PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Tang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Tang
vs
Marques

195 cm
21
191 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Tang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Marques!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marques misses the jab.
Marques tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marques tries to clinch there but Tang circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Tang blocks the leg kick.
Marques throws a chopping leg kick but Tang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marques tries to clinch but Tang moves out of range.
Marques tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marques tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tang counters with a nice uppercut.
Tang blocks a leg kick.
Tang circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tang counters with a stiff right hand.
Marques throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Marques misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques misses with a low kick.
Marques with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marques misses with an uppercut.
Marques takes a swing at Tang's ribcage but misses.
Tang blocks a leg kick.
Marques tries to clinch but Tang moves out of range.
Marques wants to clinch up but Tang keeps it at a distance.
Mike Marques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marques just misses with a punch to the body.
Tang checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tang slips under a jab from Marques.
Marques waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tang.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tang is able to avoid easily.
Marques tries to clinch up.
Marques throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tang.
Marques punishes Tang's body with a nice straight punch.
Marques fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marques tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marques tries to clinch up.
Marques throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Marques finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Marques tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marques tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Tang checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tang checks a leg kick nicely.
Tang blocks a leg kick.
Marques tries to clinch up.
Tang avoids the body shot from Marques.
Tang circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tang counters with a leg kick.
Marques is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marques attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques lands with a nice body punch.
Marques is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tang rather than just go for the knockout.
Marques thows a body shot but no joy.
Marques takes a swing at Tang's ribcage but misses.
Marques throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marques misses with a shot to the body
letting Tang counter with a right hand.
Tang checks a low kick from Marques.
Marques scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marques wants to slow Tang down by chopping away at his legs.
Marques throws a front kick aimed at Tang's knee but Tang avoids it well.
Marques jabs at Tang's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Marques dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Marques misses with a low kick.
Marques throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marques loads up on a big right hand but Tang slips the punch.
Marques misses with a low kick as Tang jumps back.
Marques swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Tang.
Marques tries to clinch there but Tang circles away.
Tang swats away the attempt to clinch by Marques.
A low kick from Marques is predictable there
enabling Tang to counter with a crisp jab.
Tang swats away the attempt to clinch by Marques.
Marques misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marques misses with a body shot.
Trevor Tang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tang checks the leg kick.
Tang slips a jab from Marques.
Marques misses with a leg kick
and Tang counters with a series of strikes. Marques will be more careful next time no doubt.
Marques finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Marques misses with a wild body shot.
Marques swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marques swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Marques throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marques throws a hook to the side of Tang's head but Tang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tang blocks a low kick nicely.
Marques throws a front kick aimed at Tang's knee but Tang avoids it well.
Tang checks a leg kick.
Tang takes one on the button.
Marques tries a low kick but Tang avoids it.
Marques closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tang circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tang counters with a left and a right that stings Marques.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tang moves away.
Marques throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marques swings for the body but Tang moves out of range.
Marques fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tang blocks a low kick nicely.
Tang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marques.
Marques doesn't manage to clinch there - Tang circles away.
Marques throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tang stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marques wants to clinch.
Marques thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques misses with a low kick.
Marques missing with a left hand there. Tang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marques attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marques misses with a hook.
Tang keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Marques throws a body punch but Tang moves out of range.
Marques fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tang manages to avoid it.
Mike Marques seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tang checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Marques showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Marques misses with a low kick.
Marques throws a front kick aimed at Tang's knee but Tang avoids it well.
Marques tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marques thows a body shot but no joy.
Tang checks a low kick from Marques.
Marques throws a low kick but Tang avoids it.
Marques wants to slow Tang down by chopping away at his legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marques looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marques just misses with a punch to the body.
Marques tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques takes a swing at Tang's ribcage but misses.
Marques misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Marques does it's job there.
Marques misses with a wild body shot.
Marques throws a chopping leg kick but Tang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marques misses with a right hand
and Tang counters with a stiff right hand.
Tang avoids the body shot from Marques.
Tang checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marques misses with a low kick.
A big right from Marques misses.
Marques throws a low kick, looking for Tang's leg but Tang calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tang doesn't seem bothered though.

Marques moves into the clinch.
Tang is trying to break the clinch but Marques has him pressed against the cage.
Marques tries to stall but Tang uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Tang breaks the clinch.
Marques misses with a low kick.
Tang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marques doesn't manage to clinch there - Tang circles away.
Marques misses with a hook. Tang ducked under it nicely.
Marques swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques misses with a low kick.
Marques throws a front kick aimed at Tang's knee but Tang avoids it well.
Tang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marques throws a leg kick
and Tang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marques tries to clinch
and Tang counters with a two punch combo.
Marques misses with a body shot.
Marques dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marques throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marques tries a low kick but Tang avoids it.
Marques tries to clinch but Tang moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques misses with a right hand
and Tang makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marques misses with a low kick as Tang jumps back.
Marques throws a leg kick
and Tang counters with a left and a right that stings Marques.
Tang blocks a leg kick.
Marques tries to land a leg kick but Tang saw it coming and moves away.
Tang checks a leg kick.
Marques misses with an uppercut. Tang saw that one coming.
Mike Marques is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marques does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marques throws a leg kick
and Tang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marques wants to clinch.
Trevor Tang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marques scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tang doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Marques comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marques 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Marques!
An out of breath and clearly excited Mike Marques thanked Fight Night Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).