PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bhozs crazzy crazzy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Manuel Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

crazzy crazzy
vs
Manuel Marquez

160 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bhozs crazzy crazzy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Manuel Marquez!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marquez.
Nice cross by Marquez.
crazzy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Marquez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
crazzy stalks Marquez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marquez's face. Marquez staggers backwards, shaken.
crazzy could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Marquez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
crazzy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marquez looks to land a combination but crazzy avoids it well.
Marquez misses with a jab, cross combination.
A shot to the liver by Marquez. Beautiful body shot.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marquez lands a right hook to the body.
Marquez is looking to clinch.
Marquez lands with a nice combination. crazzy backs away looking to recover.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marquez misses with a combination

and crazzy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Marquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marquez is looking to break free of the clinch but crazzy has double underhooks.

crazzy manages to pull guard.
Marquez stopping the sweep attempt from crazzy.
crazzy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
crazzy has a closed guard, preventing Marquez from standing up.

crazzy is working an open guard so Marquez takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Juan Manuel Marquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
crazzy throws a looping overhand right but Marquez ducks down to avoid it.
Marquez throws a one two combo.
Marquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Marquez misses.
Marquez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marquez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Marquez.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
crazzy throws a lazy right hand but Marquez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
crazzy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marquez as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bhozs crazzy crazzy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marquez jabs at crazzy's body.
Marquez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Marquez is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez misses with a double jab

and crazzy counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by crazzy.
crazzy won't allow Marquez to get back to his feet.
crazzy trying to control the position from guard on top but Marquez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
crazzy is breathing heavily.
Marquez wants to stand up but crazzy is controlling him.

Marquez has his feet on crazzy's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Marquez both land. Nice combination.
Marquez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marquez throws a body kick that misses.
Marquez's corner calls for a 1-2. Marquez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marquez lands with a nice combination. crazzy backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez scores with a one two! crazzy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Marquez misses.
Marquez lands a jab to crazzy's midsection.
Marquez stuns crazzy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marquez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. crazzy tries to avoid it but Marquez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag crazzy to the ground. crazzy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Marquez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Marquez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. crazzy sprawls well initially but Marquez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
It looks like Marquez is going to stand back up.
crazzy is trying to stand up here but Marquez is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Marquez decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Marquez tries to bum rush crazzy with a series of wild strikes but crazzy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marquez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Marquez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Marquez duly obliges.
Marquez lands a jab-cross combination.
Marquez misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez throws a head kick that misses.
Marquez throws a head kick that misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from crazzy is defended easily by Marquez.
Marquez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marquez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marquez misses with a double jab.
Marquez shoots for a takedown but crazzy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Marquez lands with a nice combination. crazzy backs away looking to recover.
Marquez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marquez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marquez scores with a hook to the body. crazzy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marquez throws a leg kick but crazzy checks it.
A punch combination from Marquez misses.
Marquez throws a combination. crazzy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marquez lands with a nice combination. crazzy backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Manuel Marquez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Marquez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
crazzy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
crazzy throws a head kick but Marquez moves out of range.
Marquez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but crazzy swivels and escapes.
Juan Manuel Marquez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
crazzy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marquez throws a nice looking combination but crazzy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marquez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marquez tries a head kick but it misses.
Marquez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. crazzy tries to avoid it but Marquez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag crazzy to the ground. crazzy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Marquez falls off balance throwing a combination
and crazzy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marquez throws a solid leg kick but crazzy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Marquez.
Marquez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and crazzy counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marquez wants to break the clinch but can't.
crazzy has Marquez pressed against the cage, preventing Marquez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

crazzy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marquez scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Marquez wants it to stay on the feet.
crazzy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
crazzy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marquez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Marquez misses with a double jab.
crazzy tries to close the distance and clinch but Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
crazzy misses with a takedown attempt - Marquez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marquez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Marquez misses with a combination

and crazzy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Marquez pushes crazzy off and scrambles back to his feet.
Marquez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
crazzy keeps the fight on the outside.
Marquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marquez moves into the clinch.
Marquez is looking to break free of the clinch but crazzy has double underhooks.
Marquez wants to get back to striking at distance but crazzy won't allow it.
Marquez has had enough of the clinch but crazzy keeps him there for the moment.
Marquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but crazzy has him pressed against the cage.
crazzy keeps control of Marquez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marquez tries to break the clinch but crazzy is controlling the position.
Marquez is looking to break free of the clinch but crazzy has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, crazzy throws an elbow but misses.
Marquez is trying to break free.
crazzy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marquez is trying to break free.
Marquez is trying to break the clinch but crazzy is controlling him.
Marquez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
crazzy has Marquez pressed against the cage, preventing Marquez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

crazzy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marquez punishes crazzy's body with a nice straight punch.
Marquez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
crazzy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Marquez as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bhozs crazzy crazzy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
crazzy blocks a low kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Marquez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marquez scores with a one two! crazzy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Marquez scores with a three punch combo!
Marquez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marquez looks to land a combination but crazzy avoids it well.
Marquez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marquez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down crazzy rather than just go for the knockout.
Marquez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body punch from Marquez.
Danga de danga de dang - Marquez scores with a four punch combination!
A shot to the liver by Marquez. Beautiful body shot.
A punch combination from Marquez misses.
crazzy throws a head kick that misses.
Marquez throws a series of strikes that have crazzy backpedaling.
crazzy shoots in for a double leg but Marquez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marquez throws a series of punches but crazzy avoids them all with ease.
Bhozs crazzy crazzy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marquez throws a series of strikes that have crazzy backpedaling.
Marquez lands a nice hook to crazzy's body. crazzy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marquez shoots for a takedown but crazzy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Marquez looks to land a combination but crazzy avoids it well.
crazzy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marquez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marquez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but crazzy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Marquez does no damage.
Marquez lands with a nice combination. crazzy backs away looking to recover.
crazzy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marquez.
A nice combination there by Marquez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marquez misses with a series of wild punches.
crazzy misses with a combination
and Marquez counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Manuel Marquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

crazzy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
crazzy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marquez throws a half hearted mid kick.
crazzy has a takedown stuffed.
crazzy slips a jab and a cross from Marquez.
Marquez throws a wild body kick that crazzy sees coming a mile off.
A punch lands to the side of crazzy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marquez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. crazzy defends it nicely.
Marquez moves out of range of the body kick from crazzy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marquez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as crazzy backs up against the cage.
crazzy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
crazzy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marquez misses with a few strikes there.
Marquez lands a body shot.
crazzy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marquez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Marquez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
crazzy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marquez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping crazzy at a distance.
crazzy slips a jab and a cross from Marquez.
Marquez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Marquez lands with a nice combination. crazzy backs away looking to recover.
Marquez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from crazzy.
Marquez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Marquez closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marquez scores with a hook to the body. crazzy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A right-left combo lands from Marquez.
crazzy avoids the head kick by Marquez.
Marquez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marquez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marquez stalks crazzy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into crazzy's face. crazzy staggers backwards, shaken.
Marquez scores with a one two! crazzy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Marquez lands a two punch combo.
Marquez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marquez looks to land a combination. crazzy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A left and a right from Marquez both land. Nice combination.
Marquez misses with a two punch combination.
Marquez lands with a shot to the body.
Marquez misses with the combination.
crazzy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez misses with a double jab.
Marquez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Marquez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as crazzy backs up against the cage.
crazzy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
crazzy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Marquez swinging wildly here.
Marquez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marquez.
A right-left combo lands from Marquez.
Marquez connects with a body shot.
Marquez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
crazzy misses with a body shot.
Marquez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as crazzy backs up against the cage.
Marquez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Marquez duly obliges.
Marquez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marquez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by crazzy.
Marquez stalks crazzy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into crazzy's face. crazzy staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marquez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marquez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Marquez duly obliges.
A nice combination there by Marquez.
Marquez lands with a nice combination. crazzy backs away looking to recover.
Marquez is trying hard to land a takedown here. crazzy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bhozs crazzy crazzy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Manuel Marquez.
crazzy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marquez.
Marquez throws a right and a left that both miss.
crazzy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marquez stalks crazzy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into crazzy's face. crazzy staggers backwards, shaken.
Marquez lands with a nice body punch.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marquez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bhozs crazzy crazzy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marquez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Manuel Marquez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marquez 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Manuel Marquez!