PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Great Tonying (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is REDEMPTION SONG. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marciano
vs
Great Tonying

191 cm
21
260 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

196 cm
28
276 lbs
19 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Great Tonying!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonying steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marciano.
Marciano lands a jab to Tonying's midsection.
Marciano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tonying on the side of the head.
Marciano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Don Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Marciano misses.
Tonying takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Marciano defending well as Tonying loads up on a big left hand.
Marciano scores with a jab.
Marciano punishes Tonying's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tonying looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A left lands for Marciano.
Tonying defending well as Marciano loads up on a big left hand.
Marciano lands a glancing blow to the side of Tonying's head.
Tonying looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonying lands a jab.
Marciano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marciano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tonying's sensitive parts.
Tonying looks gassed!
Marciano jabs Tonying right on the nose. Tonying blinks but takes it well.
Good leg kick by Marciano there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tonying takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marciano swings for the body but Tonying moves out of range.
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonying slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tonying manages to avoid it.
Marciano scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tonying doesn't seem bothered though.
Marciano lands a jab to Tonying's midsection.
That kick from Marciano tenderised Tonying's leg. Tonying is trying to keep his angry face on.
Marciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tonying takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Tonying takes a jab right on the kisser.
Marciano moves out of range as Tonying strikes.
Marciano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marciano throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Marciano lands a slapping body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Marciano, as that shot connected.
A nice combination there by Marciano.
Marciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marciano connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tonying misses with a hook to the body
and Marciano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marciano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tonying was well out of range. Poor timing from Marciano.
Nice uppercut lands for Marciano. That snapped Tonying's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tonying was well out of range. Poor timing from Marciano.
Tonying on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tonying on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marciano. Marciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Marciano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tonying's calf.
Tonying keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marciano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jab by Marciano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Marciano lands a jab to Tonying's midsection.
Marciano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marciano throws a sloppy head kick and Tonying moves out of range easily.
Tonying throws out a loose jab but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marciano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marciano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tonying takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tonying stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marciano.
Marciano scores with a nice strike.
Tonying is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano feints and then cracks Tonying's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tonying down.
Tonying takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tonying has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Marciano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tonying misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Tonying.
Marciano punishes Tonying's body with a nice straight punch.
Marciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tonying walks into a left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Marciano. That's going to slow Tonying down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tonying takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Tonying might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Marciano has got the better of the exchanges.
Tonying will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tonying stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marciano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Good shot there by Marciano.
Tonying avoids the head kick by Marciano.
Marciano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tonying avoids the body shot from Marciano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonying throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Marciano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marciano throws a body punch but Tonying moves out of range.
Marciano missing with a left hand there. Tonying was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marciano misses with a straight right.
Tonying looks to clinch
and Marciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tonying can do to turn this around?
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tonying checks a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Marciano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano jabs at Tonying's body.
Tonying checks a low kick from Marciano.
Marciano scores with a spinning back kick!
Crunch! Marciano slams his shin into Tonying's torso.
Marciano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tonying counters with a nice uppercut.
Marciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marciano cracks a nice hook into Tonying's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Marciano does it's job there.
Tonying's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Tonying throws out a loose jab but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Marciano dominated that second round.
That's time! Marciano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Marciano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marciano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tonying looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tonying blocks a jab.
Marciano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tonying showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Marciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Tonying is just out of range.
Marciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tonying.
Marciano throws a hook but Tonying blocks it.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marciano looks to land a left hand but Tonying moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonying bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marciano stuns Tonying with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Don Marciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marciano connects with a solid leg kick.
Tonying takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tonying misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Tonying uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marciano.
Marciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Marciano here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A combination from Tonying does no damage.
Tonying misses with a hook.
Marciano throws a leg kick but Tonying checks it.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tonying ducks under and follows up with a left that Tonying also avoids with ease.
The Great Tonying has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a head kick that half lands.
Marciano throws a body punch but Tonying moves out of range.
Don Marciano is winning the standup battle so far.
Tonying tries to clinch but Marciano moves away
and Marciano counters with a nice uppercut.
Tonying wants to clinch up but Marciano keeps it at a distance.
Marciano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marciano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marciano tests Tonying's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonying misses with a looping right.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tonying avoids them all with ease.
Marciano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marciano lands a leg kick that knocks Tonying off balance momentarily.
Tonying on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Marciano with a nice cross.
Marciano cracks Tonying with an open hand slap.
Marciano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tonying.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano scores with a hook.
Marciano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marciano misses the shot to the body.
Marciano throws the left hand but Tonying avoids the punch easily.
Marciano throws the kick towards the body but Tonying avoids it.
Marciano lands a nice hook to Tonying's body. Tonying takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tonying stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marciano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tonying takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Don Marciano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tonying takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Marciano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marciano has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:24
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Marciano!