PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowacki's entrance music is Moby - Flower. A fine choice. Marshall has chosen The Champ - By: Ghostface Killah as his entrance music. Mason Marshall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nowacki
vs
Marshall

182 cm
38
180 lbs
35 - 18 - 0

177 cm
33
180 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System
House of Valor

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mason Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall tests Nowacki's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Marshall closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Nowacki quickly recovers to half guard.
Nowacki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marshall not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nowacki is looking to improve his position.

Marshall is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nowacki defends it well.
Nowacki trying to control from the bottom.
Nowacki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marshall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marshall wants to control but Nowacki is keeping him busy.
Marshall looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nowacki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nowacki is concentrating on defense, preventing Marshall from advancing position.
Marshall throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Nowacki has one foot on Marshall's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshall throws a push kick but Nowacki slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nowacki lands with a straight right. Marshall didn't see that one coming.
Nowacki connects with a nice looking jab.
A slow jab from Nowacki misses its intended target.

Marshall drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Nowacki is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Marshall presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Nowacki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowacki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marshall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nowacki as Marshall tries to tie him up.
Marshall tries to pull guard but Nowacki holds him up against the cage and eventually Marshall drops back down to his feet.
Nowacki pushes Marshall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marshall misses with the head strike.
Marshall swings wildly with an uppercut but Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nowacki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marshall tries to pull guard but Nowacki holds him up against the cage and eventually Marshall drops back down to his feet.
Nowacki is working Marshall over against the cage.

Nowacki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marshall avoids a kick to the body.
Nowacki misses with a head kick.
A big right from Nowacki misses.
A head kick misses from Marshall.
Marshall throws a hook but Nowacki blocks it.
Marshall scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marshall tries to clinch up but Nowacki circles away and keeps his distance.
Nowacki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Nowacki moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nowacki.
Nowacki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Mason Marshall has been cut.
Marshall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nowacki backwards.
Nowacki misses with the head strike.
Marshall dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki pushes Marshall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nowacki lands an elbow inside that Marshall shrugs off.
Marshall is looking to control Nowacki's arms but Nowacki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marshall has his back to the cage.
Marshall lands with a light punch inside.
Nowacki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Marshall working aggressively here.
Nowacki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nowacki working aggressively here.
Marshall takes a shot to the head.
Nowacki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall misses with the head strike.
Marshall dodges an elbow strike from Nowacki.
Nowacki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall misses with the head strike.
Nowacki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marshall scores with a shot to the side of Nowacki's head.
Marshall slows down the pace here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki scores with a shoulder strike.
Nowacki lands an elbow inside.
Nowacki lands a hook that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nowacki.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nowacki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nowacki misses with an elbow over the top.
Nowacki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshall's defenses.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Nowacki avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Nowacki throws an elbow but it misses.
Nowacki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Nowacki.
Marshall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nowacki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
Nice elbow from Marshall.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshall misses with a punch on the inside.
Nowacki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Nowacki.
Nowacki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marshall blocks an elbow strike.
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 Mason Marshall's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nowacki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marshall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nowacki.
Nowacki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
No joy there for Nowacki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marshall appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Marshall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nowacki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nowacki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nowacki throws a series of strikes that have Marshall backpedaling.
Marshall misses with a lunging right hand
and Nowacki counters with a stiff right hand.

That has opened up Mason Marshall's cut even more.
Marshall tries to clinch up.
As Marshall backs away, Nowacki returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Marshall lands with a nice body punch.
Marshall misses with a low kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Nowacki misses its target.
Marshall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nowacki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshall thuds a left hand into Nowacki's body.
Nowacki scores with a leg kick.
Marshall throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nowacki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marshall scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marshall lands with a straight right. Nowacki didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marshall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nowacki scrambles back to his feet.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Nowacki slips the punch.
Nowacki tries to close the distance and clinch but Marshall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marshall thuds a left hand into Nowacki's body.
The crowd cheers as Marshall lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nowacki doesn't seem phased though.
Nowacki misses with a straight right.
Nowacki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marshall can do to turn this around?
Marshall throws a lazy uppercut
and Nowacki counters with a nice uppercut.

Marshall throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nowacki was covering up waiting for the punch and Marshall finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Nowacki pulls Marshall in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marshall is in close to Nowacki's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is working Nowacki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Marshall missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Marshall postures up in Nowacki's guard and throws a big left but Nowacki blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nowacki wants to sweep here but Marshall controlling him for the moment.
Marshall trying to control the position from guard on top but Nowacki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marshall is working Nowacki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Marshall pushes down on Nowacki's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nowacki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marshall throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marshall has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Marshall not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nowacki is trying to get back to full guard.
Marshall thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Marshall thows a huge punch but Nowacki dodges it nicely.
Nowacki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nowacki is doing well to control the position and prevent Marshall from advancing to side control.
Marshall missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marshall throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marshall thows a huge punch but Nowacki dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nowacki gets back to full guard.
Marshall stopping the sweep attempt from Nowacki.
Marshall connects with a couple of short punches.
Marshall missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Marshall content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marshall postures up in Nowacki's guard and throws a big left but Nowacki blocks it.
Nowacki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nowacki trying to control the position.
Nowacki pulls Marshall in close to prevent any damage.
Marshall landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Marshall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mason Marshall's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nowacki cracks Marshall with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Marshall tests Nowacki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marshall misses with a wild body shot.
Marshall looks to throw the jab but Nowacki is out of range.
Herkules Nowacki is winning the standup battle so far.

Marshall darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nowacki regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Marshall.
Marshall throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nowacki manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Nowacki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Nowacki.
Marshall throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Nowacki.
Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Nowacki.
Nowacki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nowacki blocks the elbow strike.
Marshall avoids the elbow strike from Nowacki, against the cage.
Nowacki works on Marshall's body with a couple of short punches.
Marshall dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nowacki throws an elbow but misses.
Marshall is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nowacki lands an elbow just above Marshall 's eye.
Nowacki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nowacki lands an elbow just above Marshall 's eye.
Nowacki tries to work over Marshall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nowacki has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
Marshall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marshall dodges an elbow strike from Nowacki.
Marshall misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall trying to control the position but instead, Nowacki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marshall into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Nowacki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowacki blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nowacki.
Nowacki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marshall throws a punch but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Marshall avoids a wild elbow strike from Nowacki.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marshall.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nowacki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marshall taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nowacki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Nowacki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marshall tries to stall but Nowacki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Nowacki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marshall fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nowacki checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall moves forwards but Nowacki connects with a nice, crisp jab.

The cut above Mason Marshall's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Marshall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nowacki lands with a straight right. Marshall didn't see that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Nowacki misses the target.
Nowacki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marshall.
Nowacki connects with a body shot.
Marshall throws a lazy uppercut
and Nowacki counters with a nice uppercut.

Mason Marshall's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Marshall looks to throw the jab but Nowacki is out of range.
Marshall slips a jab from Nowacki.
Marshall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nowacki.
Mason Marshall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowacki walks into a straight right hand from Marshall.
Marshall with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Nowacki to counter with a crisp jab.

Nowacki sends Marshall crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Nowacki is motioning to the referee to let Marshall up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Marshall is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mason Marshall's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Herkules Nowacki!
During a confident post fight interview, Herkules Nowacki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.