PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juanzino Marquezello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mr silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). silver has chosen yes as his entrance music. mr silver is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Marquezello
vs
silver

169 cm
18
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

155 cm
20
135 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Juanzino Marquezello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, mr silver!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silver wants to clinch.
Marquezello tries a head kick but it misses.
Juanzino Marquezello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A right-left combo lands from silver.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Marquezello lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and silver has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from silver and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marquezello uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from silver.

silver instigates a clinch.

silver breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Marquezello.
silver moves out of range of the strikes.
Marquezello misses with a kick to the body.
silver thows a body shot but no joy.
Marquezello is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by silver.
Marquezello misses with a combination
and silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left and a right from Marquezello both land. Nice combination.

It looks like mr silver has been cut.
silver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Marquezello misses with a straight left.
silver is looking to clinch but Marquezello is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silver goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
silver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marquezello.
Marquezello just misses with a punch to the body.
Marquezello misses with a double jab

and silver counters with a takedown into side control.
An elbow from silver crashes against the mat.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
silver trying to control the action but Marquezello is working from the bottom.
Marquezello is working to avoid the ground and pound but silver connects with a decent elbow.
silver throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Marquezello works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silver thows a huge punch but Marquezello dodges it nicely.
silver looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Marquezello with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
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!
silver prevents Marquezello from improving his position.
silver lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
silver lands strikes from half guard.
silver seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Marquezello does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
silver drops an elbow to the side of Marquezello's head.
Marquezello looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
silver missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marquezello is not content to let silver control the position.
Marquezello is trying to defend against the ground and pound but silver scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from silver there.
silver wants to take a breather but Marquezello is having none of it.
silver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marquezello tries to push off, looking to stand up, but silver manages to move to mount!
A nice elbow there by silver.
silver with good strikes from the mount here!
silver controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that silver has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

silver goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Marquezello is on top in guard.
silver has a closed guard, preventing Marquezello from standing up.
Marquezello thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
silver thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Marquezello gets to his feet - silver follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on mr silver's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marquezello.
silver is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marquezello lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends silver sprawling to the canvas. Marquezello follows him down, looking for the kill. Can silver hang on?

silver is rocked!
silver is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
silver is still in real trouble! Can Marquezello finish him?
Marquezello working the head and body with strikes.
Marquezello landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
silver seems to have recovered his senses.
silver regains full guard. Nicely done.
Marquezello postures up.
silver bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marquezello's guard.
silver sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marquezello's guard.
silver working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
silver working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silver drops an elbow to the side of Marquezello's head.
silver works his foot free and advances to mount.
silver has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Marquezello's face.
silver is breathing heavily.
silver with the ground and pound from mount.
Marquezello is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
silver with a couple of short strikes.
silver looking to finish Marquezello with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marquezello!
Marquezello is looking to get to half guard.
silver landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquezello tries to hold on but silver pushes him away.
Marquezello in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
silver landing strikes from the mount.
silver looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
silver lands a big shot there that rocks Marquezello but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
silver postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Marquezello looks a forlorn figure.
Marquezello is trying desperately to improve position.
silver lands a big elbow.
silver with shots to the head and body - Marquezello looks very uncomfortable down there.
silver lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by silver.
silver has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
silver fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
silver lands a nice shot to the head.
silver with good strikes from the mount here!
silver lands with some strikes.
silver with good strikes from the mount here!
Marquezello tries to buck silver off but he can't manage it.
Marquezello is in all sorts of trouble here.
silver avoids the attempt from Marquezello to control.
silver wants to control the pace but Marquezello is squirming around nicely.
silver lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silver lands with some strikes.
silver landing strikes from the mount and Marquezello is in trouble!
silver is landing with some decent strikes but Marquezello is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
silver scores with a couple of good head shots there.

silver has control of Marquezello's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Marquezello regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Marquezello tries to buck silver off but he can't manage it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marquezello is bucking up trying to escape but silver cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
silver throwing strikes but Marquezello uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
mr silver has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marquezello is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr silver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on mr silver's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

silver has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from silver there as he acknowledges the shot.

silver closes the distance and pushes Marquezello back into the ropes.
Marquezello working aggressively here.
silver tries to stall but Marquezello uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marquezello is trying to maintain a safe position but silver gets an underhook and turns Marquezello into the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by silver.
A nice left hand lands by silver.
silver tries for a takedown but Marquezello manages to get underhooks.
Marquezello doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Marquezello.
silver wants to break free but Marquezello has control.
silver blocks a body shot from Marquezello.
Marquezello stops a takedown attempt from silver.
silver tries to break the clinch but Marquezello is controlling the position.
Marquezello looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Marquezello.
silver wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marquezello digs a right hand underneath silver's ribcage. silver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marquezello misses with some punches.
silver wants to break the clinch but can't.
silver wants to break the clinch but can't.
silver has had enough of the clinch but Marquezello keeps him there for the moment.
silver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
silver wants a takedown.
Juanzino Marquezello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mr silver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silver blocking some punches.
Marquezello throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
silver dodges an elbow strike from Marquezello.
silver tries to score a body lock takedown but Marquezello shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marquezello.
Marquezello with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marquezello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marquezello scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marquezello lands with a right to the head.
Marquezello throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Marquezello fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
silver tries to break the clinch but Marquezello is controlling the position.
Marquezello lands a hook that snaps the head of silver backwards.
Marquezello is looking to control silver's arms but silver gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marquezello has his back to the ropes.
silver wants to break free but Marquezello has control.
silver takes a shot to the head.
silver wants to break the clinch but can't.
silver can't break the clinch.
Marquezello lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Marquezello.
silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by silver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquezello pushes silver back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Marquezello is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Marquezello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with silver's elbow.
silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marquezello.
Marquezello swings wildly with an uppercut but silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by silver as Marquezello tries to tie him up.
silver has had enough of the clinch but Marquezello keeps him there for the moment.
Marquezello lands a knee to the head.
silver wants to break free but Marquezello has control.
Marquezello misses with an elbow strike.
Marquezello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with silver's elbow.
Marquezello lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down silver.
silver blocks an uppercut.
silver tries for a takedown but Marquezello manages to get underhooks.
Marquezello scores with a hook to the body.
Marquezello scores with a shoulder strike.
Marquezello misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marquezello misses with a punch on the inside.
Marquezello stops a takedown attempt from silver.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marquezello.
silver wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquezello taking a breather.
Marquezello lands a left hand.
silver has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Marquezello is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Marquezello lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down silver.
Marquezello throws a head punch that misses.
silver being controlled against the ropes.
Marquezello works on silver's body with a couple of short punches.
Marquezello lands with a left to the head.
Marquezello lands a shoulder strike.
Marquezello lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marquezello pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
silver wants a takedown but no success here.
silver blocks the elbow strike.
silver wants to break free but Marquezello has control.
Marquezello is looking to control silver's arms but silver gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marquezello has his back to the ropes.
Marquezello misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marquezello swings wildly with an uppercut but silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
silver drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Marquezello gets the underhooks and prevents it.
silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
silver dodges an elbow strike from Marquezello.
silver misses with the head strike.
silver tries to break the clinch but Marquezello is controlling the position.
mr silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
silver wants to break free but Marquezello has control.
Marquezello looking to stall.
Marquezello scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marquezello lands a nice uppercut.
silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marquezello tries to land a knee to the head but silver blocks with his arms.
Marquezello is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Marquezello tries to throw a body punch but silver avoids it by throwing Marquezello back against the cage.

silver has Marquezello pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. silver pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Marquezello tumbling to the mat - silver dives into Marquezello's guard.
silver won't allow Marquezello to get back to his feet.
Juanzino Marquezello has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
silver throws and elbow that misses. Marquezello uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in silver's guard. Nice move by Marquezello!

And that's the end of the fight!
Juanzino Marquezello showed his dominance in that final round.
I think silver has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mr silver!