PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bob Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domingo Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jammin'. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marley
vs
Perez

179 cm
28
164 lbs
14 - 4 - 1

176 cm
31
157 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bob Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Domingo Perez!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Perez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Perez checks a low kick from Marley.
Perez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perez.

Perez closes the distance and clinches.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Perez's efforts to push away.
Marley presses Perez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Perez scores with a hook to the body.

Perez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Perez.
Marley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perez.
Perez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Perez throws a low kick but Marley moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perez lands with a good body shot.
Marley misses with a kick to the body.
Perez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Perez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marley is out of range.
Marley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Perez has closed the distance and engaged Marley in a clinch.
Marley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perez.
Perez pushes Marley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marley missing with knees to the body.
Marley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marley.

Perez manages to break the clinch.
Perez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley digs a good body shot into Perez's ribs.
Perez just misses with a punch to the body.
Perez throws a body punch but Marley moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Perez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Marley walks into a left hand.
That kick from Perez tenderised Marley's leg. Marley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Perez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Marley rather than just go for the knockout.
Perez throws a leg kick
and Marley counters with a leg kick.

Perez clinches.
Perez blocks an elbow strike from Marley.
Marley trying to control the position but instead, Perez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marley into the cage.
Perez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Marley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Domingo Perez has been cut.
Perez is looking to break free of the clinch but Marley has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marley.
Perez misses with a punch on the inside.
Perez tries to pull guard but Marley won't allow it.
Perez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Perez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perez is trying to break free.
Perez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Perez is trying to pull guard but Marley turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Perez is looking to control Marley's arms but Marley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Perez has his back to the cage.
Marley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Perez's defenses.
Perez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marley is trying to maintain a safe position but Perez gets an underhook and turns Marley into the cage.
Perez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marley has a couple of punches blocked by Perez.
Marley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
Marley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marley lands an elbow inside.
Perez is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Perez or not.
Perez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marley lands an elbow inside.
Marley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Perez's defenses.
Marley lands a good knee to the midsection. Perez won't want to take too many of those.
Marley stalling against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Marley.
Perez wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Perez misses with a punch to the body.
Marley has Perez pressed against the cage, preventing Perez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perez misses with a body punch.
Marley pushes Perez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Perez drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Marley slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Domingo Perez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Domingo Perez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Marley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perez.
Perez misses with a leg kick
and Marley counters with a good low kick that Perez was not able to check.
A low kick from Perez is predictable there
and Marley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marley checks a low kick from Perez.
Perez loads up on a big right hand but Marley slips the punch.
Perez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perez misses with a right hand
and Marley counters with a straight right hand.
Perez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perez. That's going to slow Marley down.
Perez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marley.
Marley throws a push kick but Perez slaps the foot to one side.
Perez thows a leg kick but Marley checks it
and Marley counters with an outside leg kick.
Domingo Perez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley moves out of range as Perez strikes.
Perez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Perez misses the body punch
and Marley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perez just misses with a punch to the body.
Perez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Perez.
Perez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marley.
Perez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bob Marley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perez misses with a two punch combination.
Perez takes a swing at Marley's ribcage but misses.
Marley avoids the body shot from Perez.
A low kick from Perez misses
and Marley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Perez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marley counters with an outside leg kick.
Bob Marley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perez thows a body shot but no joy.
Marley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Domingo Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez lands with an overhand left.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marley lands a slapping body shot.
Perez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marley just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Marley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marley.
A chopping leg kick lands by Marley.
Marley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perez.
A low kick from Perez is predictable there
and Marley counters with a two punch combo.
Perez looks to land a right hand but Marley moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Perez moves into the clinch.
Perez struggles to land a body shot inside as Marley controls his hands.
Perez is trying to push Marley away but Marley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Perez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Marley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perez tries to break free but Marley pushes him back against the cage.
Marley presses Perez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marley.
Perez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A right handed body shot lands from Marley.
Perez is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marley scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Marley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Perez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Marley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marley prevents Perez from breaking the clinch.
Marley blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marley.
Marley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perez trying to control the position but instead, Marley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Perez into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marley.
Marley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Perez avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Marley.
Marley scores with a knee to the head.
Perez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Domingo Perez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marley lands a hook that snaps the head of Perez backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Marley showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 19:19
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 19:19
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 19:19

The fight is ruled a draw!