PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Attilius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Polo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Attilius
vs
Polo

200 cm
29
285 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

195 cm
27
300 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcus Attilius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Polo!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Polo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Attilius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Polo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Polo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Attilius counters with a nice uppercut.
Polo throws a one two combo.
Attilius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Polo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Attilius slips a jab and a cross from Polo.
Sloppy strikes from Polo. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Polo.
Polo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Attilius circles away.
Marcus Attilius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Polo.
No joy there for Polo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Polo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Polo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Attilius but Attilius pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Attilius slips a jab and a cross from Polo.
Polo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Attilius slaps away a takedown attempt from Polo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Polo is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Polo closes the distance and pushes Attilius back into the cage.
Polo keeps control of Attilius as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Polo misses with some punches.
Attilius wants to break free but Polo has control.
Attilius is trying to force a seperation but Polo has the dominant position.
Polo tries to work over Attilius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Polo tries to work over Attilius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Polo misses with a body punch.
Polo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Polo can't find room to land a body shot as Attilius controls the action.
Polo has a couple of punches blocked by Attilius.
A left hand lands to the body for Polo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Attilius tries to break the clinch but Polo is controlling the position.
Polo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Attilius's efforts to push away.
Attilius has had enough of the clinch but Polo keeps him there for the moment.
Attilius is trying to break the clinch but Polo has him pressed against the cage.
Polo has Attilius pressed against the cage, preventing Attilius from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Polo misses with a body punch.
Attilius tries to break the clinch but Polo is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Polo.
Polo goes for a takedown attempt but Attilius pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Polo misses with a wild combination.
Marcus Attilius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Polo looks to land a combination but Attilius avoids it well.
Polo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Attilius.

Polo darts in and clinches Attilius up against the cage.
Polo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Attilius looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Polo.
Polo prevents Attilius from breaking the clinch.
Attilius is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Polo keeps control of Attilius as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attilius wants to get back to striking at distance but Polo won't allow it.
Attilius is trying to push Polo away but Polo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Attilius tries to break free but Polo pushes him back against the cage.
Polo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Attilius backwards.
Attilius is trying to break the clinch but Polo is controlling him.
Polo prevents Attilius from breaking the clinch.

Attilius manages to break the clinch.
Polo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Attilius is fending him off so far but Polo persists. Nope, Attilius circles away and we're back to standing.
Polo throws a one two combo.

It looks like Marcus Attilius has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Polo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Attiliuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Attilius closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Polo moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Attilius breaks the clinch.
Polo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Polo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Polo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Attilius's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Polo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Attilius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Attilius slips a jab and a cross from Polo.
Polo scores with a hook to the body. Attilius takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Attilius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Polo.
Attilius keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Polo.

Polo closes the distance and clinches.
Attilius's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Attilius has had enough of the clinch but Polo keeps him there for the moment.
Attilius tries to circle away but Polo has him pinned against the cage.
Polo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Polo lands an uppercut.
Attilius wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marco Polo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Attilius tries to break the clinch but Polo is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Polo lands a right hand.
Polo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Polo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Polo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Polo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Polo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Polo lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Polo cracks Attilius with a nice body shot.
Polo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Polo lands a left hand.
Polo works on Attilius's body with a couple of short punches.
Polo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Attilius.
Polo scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Polo on the inside.
Polo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Polo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Polo works on Attilius's body with a couple of short punches.
Polo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Polo digs a right hand into Attilius's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Attilius's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Polo.
Polo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Polo.

Attilius is rocked!
Polo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Attilius.
Nice body punch from Polo - that landed with a thud.
Polo wants a takedown but no success here.
Attilius wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right handed body shot lands from Polo.
Polo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Attilius backwards.
Polo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Attilius backwards.
Polo lands an uppercut.
Attilius is trying to force a seperation but Polo has the dominant position.
Polo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Attilius.
Polo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Polo.
Polo lands a left hand.
Polo presses Attilius against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Polo - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Attilius gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Polo can't get the takedown.
Marcus Attilius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Polo.
Polo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Polo lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Polo.
Polo scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Polo.
Polo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Attilius backwards.
A short left from Polo.
Polo digs a right hand into Attilius's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Attilius's gas tank.
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!
Polo pushes Attilius back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Polo.
Polo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Polo lands with a light punch inside.
Polo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Polo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Attilius prevents it.
Polo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polo lands with a left to the head.
Polo pushes Attilius back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Polo.
Still in the clinch, Polo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Attilius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Polo.
Polo lands a body punch in the clinch.

Polo lands an uppercut that drops Attilius! Polo follows him to the canvas looking to finish.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Polo working the ground and pound but Attilius is defending the strikes.
Attilius tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Polo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Polo misses with a head shot.
Attilius seems to have got his legs back now.
Polo controlling from the full mount.
Polo looking to ground and pound but Attilius is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Polo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Attilius can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Polo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Polo thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Polo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marcus Attilius's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Polo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Attilius is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Polo just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Attilius has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marco Polo!
During a confident post fight interview, Marco Polo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.