PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock King Kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marques kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Raining Blood. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Marques
vs
King Kong

191 cm
27
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
178 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brock King Kong!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King Kong punishes Marques's body with a nice straight punch.
King Kong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King Kong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marques punishes King Kong's body with a nice straight punch.
Marques looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Marques throws a big shot that misses.
Brock King Kong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King Kong throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marques counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Marques.
King Kong thows a left - swing and a miss!
King Kong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King Kong lands a head shot.
Marques thuds a left hand into King Kong's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King Kong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marques was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
King Kong throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King Kong throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marques counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
King Kong throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Marques throws a body shot but no joy.
Marques misses with a body shot.
Marques is looking to wear down King Kong with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
King Kong swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marques counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab lands there for Marques.
Marques stuns King Kong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marques misses with an uppercut
and King Kong counters with a straight right hand.
Marques thuds his right hand into King Kong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King Kong scores with a sloppy right hand. Marques should have avoided that one.
Marques takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Marques is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King Kong.
Marques misses with a straight right.
King Kong is looking for the big counter here.
King Kong misses with an uppercut. Marques saw that one coming.
Marques takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Marques has closed the distance and engaged King Kong in a clinch.
King Kong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marques.
Marques lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marques taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marques takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stalling in the clinch from Marques.
King Kong throws a punch but it's blocked by Marques.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marques.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Marques.
King Kong misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Marques.
King Kong takes a shot to the head.
King Kong misses with a body punch.
King Kong stalling in the clinch but Marques improves position.
Marques struggles to land a body shot inside as King Kong controls his hands.
Marques tries to work over King Kong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marques dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Marques lands a hook that snaps the head of King Kong backwards.

King Kong is rocked!
Marques scores with a hook to the body.
Marques lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marques lands a left hand.
King Kong is still on wobbly legs! Can Marques finish him?
Marques lands a nice shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Marques as King Kong tries to tie him up.
Marques controlling the action here for a moment.
Marques scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marques taking a breather.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marques cracks King Kong with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Marques dominated that round.
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.

Marques misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King Kong.
King Kong tries to move into range but Marques moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marques uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King Kong.
Brock King Kong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King Kong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marques throws a lazy uppercut
enabling King Kong to counter with a crisp jab.
Marques misses with a looping right.
King Kong seems to have recovered his senses.
Marques connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marques swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King Kong.
Marques seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
No joy there for King Kong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King Kong swinging wildly here.
Marques cracks a nice hook into King Kong's ribs.
Marques circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! King Kong drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Marques follows King Kong to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Marques!
A very excited looking Billy Marques made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.