PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between rocky marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Maguire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). marciano's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, yes. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

marciano
vs
Maguire

180 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

169 cm
19
151 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, rocky marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cormac Maguire!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
marciano tries to clinch but Maguire is having none of it.
marciano shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Maguire scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maguire.
Cormac Maguire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maguire throws a body punch but marciano moves out of range.
Maguire tries to bum rush marciano with a series of wild strikes but marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maguire scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Maguire misses with a low kick.
marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maguire throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

marciano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
marciano jumps guard but Maguire stands there with marciano around his waist. marciano gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
marciano keeps control of Maguire as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maguire is looking to break free of the clinch but marciano has double underhooks.
marciano keeps control of Maguire as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maguire wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maguire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maguire prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for rocky marciano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maguire keeps control of marciano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maguire wants to get back to striking at distance but marciano won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire tries to break the clinch but marciano is controlling the position.

Maguire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
marciano throws a shot from downtown. Maguire moves away and avoids it.
No luck for marciano with that takedown attempt.
Maguire lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Maguire.
Maguire will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
marciano misses with a body shot
and Maguire counters with a right hand to the body.
Maguire throws a left and a right that both miss
and marciano counters with a stiff right hand.
marciano throws a nice looking combination but Maguire bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Maguire does no damage.
marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
marciano misses with a wild body shot.
Maguire throws a combination. marciano tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Maguire misses with a combination
and marciano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maguire avoids the body shot from marciano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maguire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maguire avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maguire misses with a combination
and marciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cormac Maguire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maguire moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maguire lands a right hook to the body.
Maguire lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Maguire.
Maguire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab from marciano.
Maguire throws a left and a right that both miss

and marciano holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from marciano. Maguire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maguire throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and marciano counters with a single leg into guard. Maguire didn't expect that.
marciano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
marciano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
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.
marciano is breathing heavily.
marciano is fighting to break Maguire's control of his arms but Maguire is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
marciano trying to move into half guard but instead Maguire has managed to sweep!
marciano keeping moving, preventing Maguire from controlling successfully.
marciano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
marciano trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Maguire wants to stand but marciano has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Maguire gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
marciano fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Maguire blocks a jab.
Maguire lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
marciano tries to move into range but Maguire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maguire displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Maguire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maguire throws a one two combo.
marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Maguire misses with a combination
and marciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
marciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
marciano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Maguire throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and marciano counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Maguire!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
marciano fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
marciano misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Maguire can't escape the position.
marciano has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Maguire is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Maguire tries to hold on but marciano pushes him away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
marciano looking to control but Maguire is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Maguire defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from marciano.
marciano thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Maguire is in all sorts of trouble here.
marciano landing shots from mount.
marciano lands a heavy elbow.
Maguire wants to control but marciano is having none of it.

marciano working for a guillotine from mount but Maguire is in no mood to give up.
marciano will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Maguire really wants to buck marciano off and get back to his feet.
Maguire tries to reverse the position but marciano maintains control.
marciano scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maguire?
A nice elbow there by marciano.
Maguire tries to hold on but marciano pushes him away.
marciano putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
marciano trying to control but Maguire is having none of it.
marciano cracks Maguire with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

marciano goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Maguire is on top in guard.
Maguire slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
marciano is trying to control the position but Maguire postures up.
marciano wants to sweep but no luck.

marciano manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Maguire swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and marciano counters with a series of strikes. Maguire will be more careful next time no doubt.
Maguire throws a combination but it was largely blocked by marciano.
Maguire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice jab there from Maguire.
marciano takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A shot to de liver by marciano. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - marciano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Maguire moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Maguire stalks marciano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into marciano's face. marciano staggers backwards, shaken.
Maguire throws a nice looking combination but marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
marciano misses the jab.
Maguire scores with a jab. marciano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maguire swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and marciano counters with a nice body shot.
marciano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maguire.
marciano takes a swing at Maguire's ribcage but misses.
Maguire lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Maguire.
Maguire falls off balance throwing a combination

and marciano counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!

marciano thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Maguire is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
marciano throws a strike aimed at the side of Maguire's head but Maguire avoids it well.
Maguire tries to bench press marciano off him but marciano keeps the position.
Sloppy strikes there by marciano.
marciano prevents Maguire from escaping the position.
Maguire can't do much from the bottom here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maguire moves away.
Maguire is working the combinations to good effect here.
marciano tests Maguire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maguire misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that rocky marciano will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

marciano lunges at Maguire with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Maguire's hand.
Cormac Maguire seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maguire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by marciano.
marciano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Maguire looks to score with a jab to the body but marciano is just out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Maguire.

marciano instigates a clinch.

Maguire manages to break the clinch.
marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Maguire gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Maguire wants to stand but marciano is controlling the position.
rocky marciano overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maguire lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for marciano!
marciano is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
marciano keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Maguire takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
marciano is squirming around, avoiding Maguire's attempts to control the action.
marciano can't escape the position.
marciano is working hard here to advance position.
Maguire sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
marciano tries to hold on but Maguire postures up.
Maguire tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
marciano is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire avoids the attempt from marciano to control.
Maguire takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
marciano manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maguire stalling.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cormac Maguire just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
marciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maguire throws a series of punches but marciano moves out of range.
Maguire falls off balance throwing a combination
and marciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maguire swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and marciano counters with a shoot takedown. Maguire fights it but they end up in guard.
Maguire keeping full guard, as marciano tries to pass.
marciano won't allow Maguire to get back to his feet.
marciano tries to free his leg and advance position but Maguire is retaining full guard.
marciano thows a big elbow that misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
marciano wants to pass the guard but Maguire is keeping the position.
marciano trying to control the position from guard on top but Maguire is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
marciano throws a strike but Maguire rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Maguire trying to control but marciano is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No joy there for Maguire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maguire throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maguire scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Maguire misses with a few strikes there.
Maguire with a jab.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maguire swinging wilding here.
Maguire swings for the body but marciano moves out of range.
Nice body punch from marciano.
Maguire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from marciano.
Maguire has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Maguire throws a combination that misses
and marciano counters with a three punch combo that has Maguire backing up. Maguire nods at marciano to acknowledge the strikes.
marciano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maguire misses with a series of wild punches.
Maguire throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Maguire throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and marciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maguire misses with a two punch combination.
marciano looks to land a right hand but Maguire moved out of range.
marciano shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Maguire as he avoids it easily.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Maguire lands a jab-cross combination.
Maguire fakes a jab and throws a low kick but marciano checks it well.
marciano shoots in and drives through. Maguire sprawls well.
Maguire lands a nice shot that snaps marciano's head back.
marciano wants to clinch up but Maguire keeps it at a distance.
Maguire scores with a jab. marciano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maguire misses with a combination

and marciano counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Maguire is looking for a sweep. marciano is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
marciano is taking a breather. Maguire says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Maguire regains full guard. Nicely done.
Maguire manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
marciano is trying to escape the mount.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
marciano wants to hold on but Maguire pushes him away.
marciano working to try and regain half guard.
Maguire content just to control the position here.
marciano is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Maguire takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
marciano is in all sorts of trouble here.
Maguire controlling his opponent.
Maguire tries to control but marciano wriggling away.
Maguire prevents marciano from getting the reversal.

And that's the end of the fight!
rocky marciano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think marciano has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for rocky marciano!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for rocky marciano!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for rocky marciano!

rocky marciano wins by unanimous decision!