PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graham Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellington is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Suffragrette City. Graham Wellington is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Marciano
vs
Wellington

194 cm
25
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

190 cm
27
218 lbs
27 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Fast

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Graham Wellington!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano misses with an uppercut
and Wellington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wellington pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wellington scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marciano doesn't seem bothered though.
Marciano scores with a shot to the body.
Marciano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Marciano throws a shot from downtown. Wellington moves away and avoids it.
Marciano tries to clinch but Wellington is having none of it.
Marciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Marciano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wellington, pushing him back against the cage.
Marciano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wellington can't break the clinch.
Wellington avoids the elbow strike from Marciano, against the cage.
Wellington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marciano.
Wellington is trying to force a seperation but Marciano has the dominant position.
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington dodges an elbow strike from Marciano.
Wellington lands a body shot.
Marciano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marciano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marciano creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wellington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marciano throws an elbow but it misses.
Marciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wellington's defenses.
Marciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Graham Wellington has been cut.
Wellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marciano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marciano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Wellington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wellington throws a jab when Marciano was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Marciano throws a hook but Wellington blocks it.
Wellington blocks a head kick by Marciano.

Marciano has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Marciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
Wellington avoids the elbow strike from Marciano, against the cage.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Wellington.
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
Marciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marciano lands a damaging elbow.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Marciano scores a nice knee to the body.
Wellington struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Wellington wants to stall.
Wellington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marciano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wellington.
Wellington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wellington can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marciano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Marciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wellington's defenses.
Marciano lands a right hand.
Marciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Marciano keeps him there for the moment.
Wellington misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Marciano drops Wellington with a big knee straight up the middle! Wellington is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Wellington is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Wellington misses.
Wellington is still on wobbly legs! Can Marciano finish him?
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wellington circles away quickly and effectively.
Wellington tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circle, before Marciano throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Wellington's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Marciano lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Rocky Marciano!