PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nic Ola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano comes to the cage accompanied by lets dance. Ola is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Disorder by Ice T&Slayer. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Marciano
vs
Ola

180 cm
34
146 lbs
33 - 13 - 0

179 cm
36
146 lbs
32 - 16 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Nic Ola!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ola scores with a jab to the head.
Marciano clobbers Ola with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ola explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marciano throws a jab but it's blocked by Ola.
A big left from Ola misses.
Marciano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Marciano tests Ola's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ola walks into a left hand.
Ola misses with a straight left.
A bone on bone clash there as Marciano blocks the leg kick.

Ola rushes Marciano and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Ola's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marciano has a couple of punches blocked by Ola.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ola blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ola is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ola has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Marciano is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Marciano misses with the head strike.
Marciano scores with a hook to the body.
Marciano really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Ola gets control of Marciano's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ola will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Marciano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ola swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marciano with a nice head shot there.
Ola looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marciano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ola swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Ola is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Marciano defends well.

Ola is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ola is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Marciano throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano wants to control from the top but Ola keeps moving.

Ola is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ola not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Marciano throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano stands up over Ola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ola tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marciano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ola works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Marciano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Marciano is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ola utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ola tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws an elbow that misses. Ola uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Marciano's guard. Nice move by Ola!
Marciano has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Marciano wants to sweep here but Ola controlling him for the moment.
Ola throwing strikes from guard but Marciano blocks nicely.

Marciano is looking for a triangle here but Ola uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Check out the look on Ola's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Marciano is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ola's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Marciano tries to roll over but Ola keeps him under control.
Marciano moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Marciano looking for a sweep. Not yet Marciano, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ola is stalling in the full guard.

Marciano looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ola trying to control but Marciano is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ola!
Ola wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marciano punishing his opponent with strikes.
Marciano putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Marciano lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Marciano dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Marciano shoots in looking for a takedown but Ola manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Marciano's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Marciano moves into the clinch successfully.
Marciano is working Ola over against the cage.
Ola tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marciano smiles and moves away.
Ola misses with a leg kick
and Marciano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marciano throws a head kick but Ola moves out of range.
Ola misses with a body kick.
Marciano scores with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ola.
The fighters circle momentarily. Marciano darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Marciano moves out of range as Ola strikes.
Marciano feints and then cracks Ola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ola down.
Ola walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marciano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marciano throws a combination. Ola tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Ola is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Ola is still on wobbly legs! Can Marciano finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ola showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Ola tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marciano is able to avoid easily.
Marciano lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Ola can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Marciano and Ola drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Marciano.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Marciano!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rocky Marciano made sure he mentioned GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS, along with how happy he was to win his fight.