PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Marshall (ranked 994 p4p, 105 weight class) and Pedro Kapaldi (ranked 585 p4p, 60 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marshall
vs
Kapaldi

170 cm
37
139 lbs
24 - 20 - 0

158 cm
38
155 lbs
35 - 12 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

FORCEE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tobias Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Kapaldi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Kapaldi. That's going to slow Marshall down.
Marshall takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kapaldi misses with a right hand
enabling Marshall to counter with a crisp jab.
Marshall on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kapaldi. Kapaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
Kapaldi throws a jab when Marshall was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Marshall misses the target.
Kapaldi scores with a jab to the head.
Marshall throws a big shot that misses.
Kapaldi is looking to slow Marshall down with leg kicks.
Marshall on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kapaldi lands a jab.
A lazy left from Marshall finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Marshall misses.
Kapaldi misses with a left hand
and Marshall counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Kapaldi moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kapaldi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kapaldi scores with a spinning back kick!
Marshall has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Kapaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Kapaldi.
Kapaldi lands a nice looking body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kapaldi.
Kapaldi misses with a hook.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot
enabling Marshall to counter with a crisp jab.
Kapaldi tries to land a body kick

and Marshall counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Marshall.
Kapaldi blocks a body shot from Marshall.
Kapaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall.
Kapaldi blocks a body shot from Marshall.
Marshall tries to work over Kapaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kapaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Kapaldi.
Marshall misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall tries to work over Kapaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kapaldi fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Kapaldi.
Marshall misses with a body punch.
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marshall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kapaldi.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Kapaldi avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Kapaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Marshall controls his hands.
Marshall misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kapaldi.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Kapaldi avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Marshall struggles to land a body shot inside as Kapaldi controls his hands.
Kapaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Kapaldi works on Marshall's body with a couple of short punches.
Marshall misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Marshall.
Marshall is leaning against Kapaldi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kapaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kapaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Marshall tries a body shot but Kapaldi blocks it.
Marshall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kapaldi's elbow.
Kapaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Kapaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kapaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Kapaldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kapaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kapaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Marshall controls his hands.
Marshall misses with a punch to the body.
Kapaldi misses with some punches.
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kapaldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marshall.
Kapaldi blocks a body shot from Marshall.
Marshall tries to work over Kapaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall tries a body shot but Kapaldi blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi lands a body shot.
Marshall misses with a punch to the body.
Kapaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kapaldi working aggressively here.
Kapaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kapaldi misses with a body punch.
Kapaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marshall tries to work over Kapaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall lands a nice uppercut.
Kapaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Kapaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Kapaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kapaldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kapaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshall can't find room to land a body shot as Kapaldi controls the action.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Kapaldi avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Kapaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Kapaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Kapaldi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Marshall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kapaldis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marshall.
Kapaldi connects with a body shot.
Kapaldi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Marshall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kapaldi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kapaldi.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Kapaldi slips the punch.
A lazy left from Kapaldi finds it's target.
Kapaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kapaldi with a hook.
Kapaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marshall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kapaldi.
Marshall ducks right into an uppercut from Kapaldi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kapaldi misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Marshall.
Kapaldi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kapaldi looks to land a body kick but Marshall moved away.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot
and Marshall counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kapaldi thinking.
Kapaldi works Marshall's body with a nice hook.
Marshall misses with a straight left.
Kapaldi misses with a straight right.
Kapaldi lands a nice hook to Marshall's body. Marshall takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kapaldi connects with the punch.
Kapaldi throws a body punch but Marshall moves out of range.
Kapaldi is looking to slow Marshall down with leg kicks.
Kapaldi punishes Marshall's body with a nice straight punch.
Marshall misses with an uppercut.
Kapaldi misses the shot to the body.
Marshall wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Marshall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi misses with a low kick.
Marshall needs to keep his hands up - Kapaldi had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kapaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marshall avoids the body shot from Kapaldi.
Marshall misses with a hook.
Kapaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kapaldi drops his hands momentarily and Marshall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Marshall crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kapaldi - the referee stops the clock and Marshall gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kapaldi. Marshall manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kapaldi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kapaldi connects with a single shot there.
Marshall is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kapaldi misses with a looping right.
Marshall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Marshall lands a jab to the head.
Kapaldi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kapaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marshall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kapaldi.
Marshall uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kapaldi has time to react.
A big right from Marshall misses.
Kapaldi connects with a nice looking jab.
Kapaldi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marshall moves out of range of the body kick.
Marshall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kapaldi throws a body punch but Marshall moves out of range.
Marshall swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kapaldi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A shot to the liver by Kapaldi. Beautiful body shot.
Kapaldi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marshall misses the jab.
Marshall backing away here, and Kapaldi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kapaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Kapaldi misses.
A little feinted left hand from Marshall on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi throws a half hearted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kapaldi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marshall.
Kapaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kapaldi throws a shot to the body.
Kapaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kapaldi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kapaldi.
Marshall slips under a jab from Kapaldi.
Marshall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kapaldi can pounce on him.
Marshall dips to his left and cracks Kapaldi with an uppercut!
Kapaldi scores with a kick to the body.
Pedro Kapaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshall throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kapaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marshall moves out of range of the body kick.
Kapaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Kapaldi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Marshall.
Kapaldi scores with a nice right hand.
Kapaldi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marshall counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kapaldi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marshall throws a hook but Kapaldi avoids it easily.
Kapaldi thuds his shin into the meat of Marshall's side.
Kapaldi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kapaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marshall tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kapaldi lands with a hook. Marshall tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Marshall throws a big shot that misses.
Pedro Kapaldi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kapaldi misses with a leg kick
and Marshall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kapaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Marshall will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Marshall just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kapaldi is looking to land body kicks.
Marshall seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kapaldi. That's going to slow Marshall down.
Marshall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kapaldi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kapaldi slips under a jab from Marshall.
Marshall slips a jab and a cross from Kapaldi.
Kapaldi throws a low kick but Marshall moves out of range easily.
Kapaldi avoids the body shot from Marshall.
Kapaldi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kapaldi misses with a hook.
Kapaldi throws a front kick that sends Marshall stumbling back into the cage.
Kapaldi swings for the body but Marshall moves out of range.
Marshall throws a jab but it's blocked by Kapaldi.
Tobias Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pedro Kapaldi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall sizes up Kapaldi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marshall misses with an uppercut.
Kapaldi throws the kick towards the body but Marshall avoids it.
Kapaldi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Marshall if he has to take too many more of those.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Marshall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marshall has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kapaldi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kapaldi.
Kapaldi lands a jab to the nose.
Kapaldi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marshall.
Kapaldi misses with a leg kick
and Marshall counters with a nice uppercut.
Kapaldi throws a sloppy body shot
and Marshall counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Marshall tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kapaldi.
A countering left hand to the body from Kapaldi misses.
Kapaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshall is just out of range.
Kapaldi cracks Marshall with a right hand to the side of the head.
Marshall tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kapaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marshall misses with a straight right.
Kapaldi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Marshall will feel that in the morning.
Marshall tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kapaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshall.
Marshall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kapaldi.
Nice body kick there by Kapaldi.
Marshall steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kapaldi. That one must have hurt.
Kapaldi digs a good body shot into Marshall's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Kapaldi slips the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kapaldi feints and then cracks Marshall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marshall down.
Marshall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kapaldi.
Kapaldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kapaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
Kapaldi throws a leg kick which misses Marshall's front leg but catches the back leg as Marshall tries to avoid it.
Marshall moves forwards but Kapaldi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kapaldi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marshall scores with a hook.
Kapaldi throws the kick towards the body but Marshall avoids it.
Marshall misses with a looping right.
Marshall sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Kapaldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kapaldi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Kapaldi!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Pedro Kapaldi waved his t-shirt featuring FORCEE's logo in front of the cameras.