PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Love Bug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bug comes to the cage accompanied by Big Ballin with My Homies. Marciano has chosen DEAD MAN'S GUN as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bug
vs
Marciano

199 cm
28
275 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

191 cm
33
251 lbs
42 - 12 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Conquer

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Love Bug!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano wants to slow Bug down by chopping away at his legs.
Bug throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marciano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marciano tries to clinch up but Bug circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick from Bug misses.
Marciano checks a leg kick.
Bug looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Marciano darts in and clinches Bug up against the cage.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Bug.
Marciano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bug lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marciano lands a right hand.

It looks like Love Bug has been cut.
Bug wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bug swings wildly with an uppercut but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marciano misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano prevents Bug from breaking the clinch.
Bug lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Bug misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Bug.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bug backwards.
Bug doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marciano lands with a left to the head.

Bug escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bug moves forwards but Marciano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marciano scores with a body shot.
Marciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bug.
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!
Marciano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marciano throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Marciano misses with an uppercut.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bug missing with a left hand there. Marciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bug attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Marciano wants to slow Bug down by chopping away at his legs.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bug circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bug was well out of range. Poor timing from Marciano.
A leg kick checked by Bug.
Bug misses with a leg kick

and Marciano counters by moving into the clinch.
Marciano told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Bug softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marciano.
A body shot lands from Marciano.
Bug is breathing heavily.
Marciano gets through Bug's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bug's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
Marciano presses Bug against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marciano lands a nice uppercut.
Marciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marciano digs a right hand underneath Bug's ribcage. Bug let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marciano.
Marciano scores with a hook to the body.
Marciano lands a body punch.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marciano pushes Bug back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bug lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano lands with a short shot to the head.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Bug controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Marciano.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marciano.

Bug is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Marciano.
Marciano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Bug is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marciano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marciano lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Marciano.
Marciano creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Bug crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Bug face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Marciano takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Don Marciano!
Don Marciano is the new heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Don Marciano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.