PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliah Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowacki comes to the cage accompanied by Moby - Flower. The crowd seem to be enjoying Marshal's choice of entrance music: Remember the name. Herkules Nowacki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Eliah Marshal's chin.

Nowacki
vs
Marshal

182 cm
28
165 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

179 cm
31
157 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eliah Marshal!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshal looks to throw the jab but Nowacki is out of range.
Nowacki is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nowacki looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshal is just out of range.
Nowacki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marshal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marshal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nowacki!
Marshal avoids the head kick by Nowacki.
Nowacki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marshal's calf.
Nowacki connects with a nice looking jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Marshal checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marshal ducks under a wild hook from Nowacki.
Nowacki looks to land a body kick but Marshal moved away.
Marshal throws a head kick that Nowacki semi-blocks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slow jab from Marshal misses its intended target.
Nowacki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshal.
A big right from Nowacki misses.
Nowacki misses with an uppercut. Marshal saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nowacki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshal.
Marshal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nowacki scores with a body shot.
Nowacki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Marshal misses.

Nowacki drives through and clinches with Marshal against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshal.
Marshal misses with a punch on the inside.
Nowacki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowacki lands an uppercut.
Nowacki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nowacki tries a body shot but Marshal blocks it.
Marshal swings wildly with an uppercut but Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshal.
Nowacki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowacki presses Marshal against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marshal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nowacki lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Eliah Marshal has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal crunches a lovely knee into Nowacki's ribcage.
Nowacki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Nowacki.
Nowacki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshal works on Nowacki's body with a couple of short punches.
Nowacki throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nowacki.
Marshal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marshal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nowacki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marshal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nowacki.
Marshal lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Nowacki on the inside.
Marshal misses with a punch to the body.
Nowacki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshals head.
Nowacki prevents a body shot from Marshal.
Marshal with a knee to the head.
Nowacki gets through Marshal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Nowacki as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki lands a nice elbow.
Nowacki tries to throw a body punch but Marshal avoids it by throwing Nowacki back against the cage.
Nowacki prevents a body shot from Marshal.
Nowacki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nowacki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshal's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshal.
Marshal missing with knees to the body.
Nowacki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.
Nowacki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.
Nowacki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marshal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marshal blocking some punches.
Marshal lands with a light punch inside.

Marshal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marshal throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nowacki sizes up Marshal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jab by Nowacki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshal misses with a wild body shot.
Nowacki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal misses with a hook
and Nowacki counters with a nice uppercut.
Nowacki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nowacki swings for the body but Marshal moves out of range.
Nowacki misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nowacki. Marshal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nowacki throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Marshal to counter with a crisp jab.
Nowacki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marshal.
Nowacki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marshal is able to avoid easily.
Marshal looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A combination from Nowacki does no damage.
Marshal avoids the body shot from Nowacki.
Nowacki sets himself, and Marshal steps forward looking for the clinch! Nowacki avoids it this time.
Marshal throws the left hand but Nowacki avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshal scoring well with a low kick there.
Nowacki slips a jab from Marshal.
Nowacki misses with a body kick.
Marshal is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herkules Nowacki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eliah Marshal's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nowacki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marshal can pounce on him.
Nowacki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Marshal blocks a head kick by Nowacki.
Nowacki looks to throw the jab but Marshal is out of range.
Nowacki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshal.
Marshal tries to land a leg kick but Nowacki saw it coming and moves away.
Marshal throws a front kick aimed at Nowacki's knee but Nowacki avoids it well.
Marshal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nowacki. That did some damage!
Nowacki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Herkules Nowacki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshal throws a jab but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Nowacki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marshal to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nowacki tries to bum rush Marshal with a series of wild strikes but Marshal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nowacki looks to land a right hand but Marshal moved out of range.
Nowacki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marshal's head backwards.
Marshal throws a shot from downtown. Nowacki moves away and avoids it.
Nowacki throws a chopping leg kick but Marshal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nowacki moves into the clinch.
Nowacki misses with a body punch.
Marshal lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Marshal.
Nowacki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nowacki lands a body punch.
Marshal tries to throw a body punch but Nowacki avoids it by throwing Marshal back against the cage.
Marshal swings wildly with an uppercut but Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshal blocking some punches.
Nowacki looking to throw knees to the head but Marshal is blocking nicely.
Nowacki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marshal can do to turn this around?
Marshal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marshal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Marshal.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nowacki throws an elbow but misses.
Nowacki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nowacki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marshal gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nowacki slows down the pace here.
Nowacki misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nowacki prevents a body shot from Marshal.
Marshal dodges an elbow strike from Nowacki.
Marshal lands a good knee to the midsection. Nowacki won't want to take too many of those.
Nowacki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marshal is defending well for now.

Marshal breaks the clinch.
Nowacki missing with a left hand there. Marshal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and Marshal releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Marshal looks to throw the jab but Nowacki is out of range.
Nowacki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nowacki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nowacki throws a low kick, looking for Marshal's leg but Marshal calmly moves out of range.
Nowacki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marshal lands a jab to the head.
Nowacki slips a jab from Marshal.
Nowacki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marshal moves away.
Nowacki swings widly with a right hand
and Marshal counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nowacki cracks a nice hook into Marshal's ribs.
Herkules Nowacki is winning the standup battle so far.
Nowacki throws a hook to the side of Marshal's head but Marshal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marshal tries to move into range but Nowacki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marshal scoring well with a low kick there.
Marshal blocks the body kick.
Marshal fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Marshal dodges the punch combination from Nowacki.
Nowacki moves out of range as Marshal throws a body kick.
Marshal throws a looping overhand right but Nowacki ducks down to avoid it.
Nowacki tries to counter by clinching up but Marshal breaks away and moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marshal. Nowacki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nowacki, as that shot connected.
Marshal misses with a low kick.
Marshal misses with a low kick.
Nowacki tries to bum rush Marshal with a series of wild strikes but Marshal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal misses with a leg kick.
Nowacki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marshal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marshal avoids the body shot from Nowacki.
Nowacki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nowacki defending well as Marshal loads up on a big left hand.
Marshal scoring well with a low kick there.
Nowacki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nowacki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nowacki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nowacki throws a low kick, looking for Marshal's leg but Marshal calmly moves out of range.
Marshal is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Marshal finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nowacki throws a low kick but Marshal moves out of range easily.
Marshal missing with a left hand there. Nowacki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And Nowacki counters with a quick kick to the body but Marshal blocks it.
Marshal wants to slow Nowacki down by chopping away at his legs.
Nowacki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marshal.
Marshal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eliah Marshal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eliah Marshal's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nowacki is looking to slow Marshal down with leg kicks.
Marshal throws a sloppy head kick and Nowacki moves out of range easily.
Nowacki lands a jab to Marshal's midsection.
Marshal misses with a hook. Nowacki ducked under it nicely.
Nowacki misses with a body kick.
Marshal was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Marshal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marshal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nowacki. Nowacki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A lazy left from Marshal finds it's target.
Marshal cracks Nowacki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nowacki misses with a body shot.
Nowacki moves out of range as Marshal throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marshal throws a body punch but Nowacki moves out of range.
Nowacki lunges at Marshal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marshal's hand.
Marshal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice combination there by Nowacki.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marshal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marshal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nowacki.
Marshal connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nowacki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marshal attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Nowacki misses the target.
Nowacki tries to clinch there but Marshal circles away.
Nowacki misses with a wild body shot.
Nowacki misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marshal! But no joy.
Marshal misses with a hook. Nowacki ducked under it nicely.
Marshal throws a jab but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Nowacki cracks a nice hook into Marshal's ribs.
Nowacki moves out of range of the body kick.
Nowacki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nowacki sizes up Marshal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marshal feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nowackis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Nowacki tenderised Marshal's leg. Marshal is trying to keep his angry face on.
Marshal ducks under a wild hook from Nowacki.
Marshal tries a quick counter leg kick but Nowacki is wise to it.
A swing and a miss from Marshal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nowacki misses with a body shot.
Marshal lands a jab to Nowacki's midsection.
Nowacki thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the liver by Marshal. Beautiful body shot.
Marshal misses with a low kick.
Marshal tried to score with a low kick but Nowacki checks it.
Marshal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it.
Nowacki is looking to counter with head kicks.
A head kick misses from Nowacki.
Nowacki ducks under a wild hook from Marshal.
Marshal checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marshal.
Nowacki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nowacki closes the distance and pushes Marshal back into the cage.
Marshal scores with a nice hook to the head.
Herkules Nowacki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nowacki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nowacki gets through Marshal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marshal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nowacki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nowacki misses with a knee strike.
Nowacki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.
Marshal using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Marshal fails to land.
Marshal tries to throw a body punch but Nowacki avoids it by throwing Marshal back against the cage.
Nowacki trying to stall but Marshal improves his position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Marshal is leaning against Nowacki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marshal avoids the elbow strike from Nowacki, against the cage.
Marshal misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marshal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nowacki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marshal's brow.

Nowacki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nowacki scores with a jab to the head.
Marshal lands with a kick to the temple. Nowacki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Marshal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marshal steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nowacki.
Marshal tries to land a leg kick but Nowacki saw it coming and moves away.
Nowacki staying out of range there.
Nowacki walks into a jab.
Nowacki has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nowacki there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nowacki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marshal.
It looked like Nowacki wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marshal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nowacki.
Nowacki lands with a cross.
Nowacki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marshal moves away.
Marshal appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Marshal lands a leg kick that knocks Nowacki off balance momentarily.
Marshal misses with a straight left.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eliah Marshal.
I think Marshal has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eliah Marshal!
Our winner, Eliah Marshal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.