PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marlo Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bell
vs
Padilla

200 cm
24
191 lbs
5 - 0 - 1

190 cm
21
195 lbs
8 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery

Cobra Kai Nutrition (St. Pete's Best)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Marlo Bell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Junior Padilla!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Padilla misses with a wild combination.
Padilla misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Padilla lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bell throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Padilla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Padilla misses with a straight left.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Bell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Padilla throws out the jab.
Padilla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bell.
Bell scores with a hook.
Bell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Padilla moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Padilla.
A jab from Bell misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bell scores with a shot to the body.
Bell swings for the body but Padilla moves out of range.
Padilla paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bell is looking to wear down Padilla with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Padilla misses with a jab to the body
and Bell counters with a nice body shot.
Bell misses the jab.
Padilla fails to land the takedown.
Bell jabs at Padilla's body.
Bell throws an overhand right that lands on Padilla's shoulder, as Padilla tries to avoid the shot.
Padilla avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marlo Bell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell looks to throw the jab but Padilla is out of range.
Padilla takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bell misses with a jab to the body

so Padilla counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bell being controlled here, momentarily.
Bell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Padilla on the ground.
Padilla stands and throws Bell's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Padilla misses with the ground and pound.
Bell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Padilla wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Padilla taking a breather here.
Bell is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla working the head with strikes.
Padilla tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Bell is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Padilla throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Padilla throws a strike aimed at the side of Bell's head but Bell avoids it well.
An elbow from Padilla crashes against the mat.
Padilla working the strikes but Bell uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Padilla.
Padilla slows the pace down in half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bell misses with a two punch combination.
Bell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Padilla counters with a body kick that stops Bell in his tracks momentarily.
Marlo Bell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Padilla closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Some wild striking there from Padilla.
Bell throws a combination that misses
and Padilla counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Padilla decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bell controlling the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Padilla is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bell has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Padilla dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bell throws a hook but Padilla blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Bell.
Padilla misses the shot to the body.
Padilla shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bell as he avoids it easily.
Bell works the jab nicely.
Bell scores with a jab to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Padilla scores with a four punch combination!
Bell swings away with a body shot that misses

and Padilla counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Padilla.
Padilla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Padilla pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bell is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell pulls Padilla in close to prevent any damage.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Padilla from controlling successfully.
Padilla landing with the ground and pound.
Bell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Padilla accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Padilla in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Padilla throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Padilla trying to control the position from guard on top but Bell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Padilla stays in close to Bell's body and controls the position.
Bell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bell tries to get out of the position.
Padilla throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Padilla moves out of range of the strikes.
Bell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bell throws a hook to the side of Padilla's head but Padilla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Padilla.
Bell throws a big shot that misses.
Bell throws the left hand but Padilla avoids the punch easily.
Junior Padilla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla moves out of range of the strikes.
Padilla gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Padilla needs to keep his hands up - Bell had a free shot at his head there.
Padilla misses with a wild body shot.
Padilla lands with a right hand.
Donk. Padilla catches Bell right on the button with a cross.
Padilla misses with a double jab.

Padilla shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bell napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Padilla with the ground and pound but Bell regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Bell tries to get to full guard but Padilla has control of the leg.
Bell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Padilla.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Padilla is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Bell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bell is trying to control the position but Padilla postures up.
Padilla seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Padilla pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bell is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Padilla showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Padilla shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bell manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Padilla looking to sit in guard and control but Bell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Junior Padilla has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bell wants to pass the guard but Padilla is keeping the position.
Padilla throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bell trying to control but Padilla is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bell manages to get himself to full guard.
Padilla trying to control the position from guard on top but Bell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Padilla stopping the sweep attempt from Bell.
Padilla with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Padilla trying to control but Bell is working from the bottom.
Padilla throwing strikes from guard but Bell blocks nicely.
Bell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Padilla is one step ahead there.
Bell has his hands on Padilla's head, controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice shot lands for Bell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Padilla misses.
Bell misses with a hook.
Padilla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bell.
Bell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bell missing with a left hand there. Padilla was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bell misses with a looping right.
Bell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bell misses with a looping right.
Bell slips a jab from Padilla.
Bell throws a sloppy body shot
and Bell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Padilla.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell misses with a double jab
and Bell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bell misses with a body punch
and Padilla counters with a stiff right hand.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Padilla moves away.
Bell leaves Padilla with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bell cracks Padilla with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bell lands with a right hand.
Bell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bell throws a big shot that misses.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Junior Padilla just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bell takes a swing at Padilla's ribcage but misses.
Bell defending well as Padilla loads up on a big left hand.
Padilla misses with a straight left.
Bell misses the jab.
Padilla throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bell.
A swing and a miss from Bell.
Bell misses with a double jab
and Padilla counters with a stiff right hand.
Bell misses with a body punch
and Padilla makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Padilla staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Padilla moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A lazy left from Padilla finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell throws the left hand but Padilla avoids the punch easily.

Padilla scores a takedown into full mount!
Padilla sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Padilla looking to finish with strikes here!
Padilla looking to control but Bell is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bell holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Padilla tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bell gets back to half guard.
Bell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Padilla.
Padilla works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bell is working hard here to advance position.

Padilla is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bell has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bell!
Padilla bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bell's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla pushing down on Bell's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Padilla is keen to just control but Bell is a slippery customer.
Bell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Padilla looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bell wants to control but Padilla is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Padilla not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Padilla seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Padilla walks into a stiff left hand from Bell.
Padilla misses with a hook.
A shot to de liver by Bell. Beautiful body shot.
Padilla throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bell counters with a right hand to the body.
Marlo Bell is winning the standup battle so far.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A shot to the body from Bell misses
and Padilla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bell looks to throw the jab but Padilla is out of range.
Bell misses with a combination
and Padilla counters with a right hand to the body.
Padilla takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Padilla dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Bell misses.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Padilla moves away.
Bell looks to score with a jab to the body but Padilla is just out of range.
Bell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Padilla throws a jab when Bell was well out of range.
Bell misses with a wild combination.
Bell scores with a shot to the body.
Bell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Padilla stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bell cracks Padilla with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bell moves out of range of the body kick from Padilla.
Bell throws a sloppy body shot

and Padilla decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bell's guard.
Bell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Padilla is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell is trying to control the position but Padilla postures up.
Padilla landing some decent shots from guard.
Padilla controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Padilla 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.
Padilla trying to control the position from guard on top but Bell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Padilla 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.
Padilla is looking to work some ground and pound but Bell has wrist control.
Padilla throws a big right hand that misses.
Padilla thows a big elbow that misses.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Padilla from controlling successfully.
Bell is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marlo Bell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bell misses with a hook to the body

and Padilla counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bell's guard now.
Padilla wants to control from the top but Bell keeps moving.
Padilla wants to pass the guard but Bell is keeping the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bell holds on and takes a little breather.
Padilla looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Padilla from controlling successfully.
Bell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Padilla throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Padilla takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Padilla tries to bum rush Bell with a series of wild strikes but Bell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bell misses with a jab to the body
and Padilla counters with a three punch combo that has Bell backing up. Bell nods at Padilla to acknowledge the strikes.
Junior Padilla is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Padilla counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bell misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Padilla comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Padilla winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Padilla! Junior Padilla retains his middleweight title!