PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thurston Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Manuel Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juan Manuel Marquez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Moore
vs
Manuel Marquez

182 cm
25
145 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

181 cm
19
150 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple 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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thurston Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Manuel Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moore manages to avoid it.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marquez moves away.
Moore throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marquez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Moore avoids the body shot from Marquez.
Moore misses with a hook

and Marquez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Marquez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Moore is looking to control Marquez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moore avoid being mounted?
It looks like Marquez is going to stand back up.
Marquez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Marquez stands up out of the half guard.
Moore pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marquez is out of range and Moore settles back down.
Moore throws a right and a left that Marquez avoids nicely.
Marquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moore takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marquez.
Marquez misses the shot to the body.
Moore throws a right hand that misses
and Marquez counters with a series of strikes. Moore will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore swinging wildly here.

Marquez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Marquez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Moore is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marquez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Moore is looking to escape.

Marquez stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Thurston Moore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marquez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marquez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moore fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Marquez drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore tries to strike from the bottom.
Moore controls Marquez momentarily but Marquez frees himself.

Marquez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Moore throws a looping overhand right but Marquez ducks down to avoid it.
Marquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Marquez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Moore thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moore misses with an uppercut
and Moore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Moore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marquez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Marquez.
Moore throws a jab but it's blocked by Marquez.
A jab from Marquez does it's job there.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marquez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with a left hand
and Marquez counters with a left to the body.
Marquez shoots in for a double leg but Moore sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Moore, as that shot connected.
Moore stuffs the takedown.
Thurston Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Manuel Marquez.
Moore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marquez takes one on the button.

Marquez is rocked!
Marquez throws a shot to the body.

Marquez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Marquez looks gassed!
Marquez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Moore's guard.
Moore is trying to control the position but Marquez postures up.

Marquez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Moore, up you get!
Marquez lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moore throws a jab when Marquez was well out of range.
Moore is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Marquez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Marquez is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Marquez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marquez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marquez seems to have recovered his senses.
Moore throws a series of punches but Marquez moves out of range.
Moore falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marquez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Moore digs a good body shot into Marquez's ribs.
Moore swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Marquez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Moore working a defensive guard here.

Marquez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Moore, up you get!
Moore throws a jab but it's blocked by Marquez.
Moore misses with a straight left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moore falls off balance throwing a combination
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Marquez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Moore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Manuel Marquez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Moore lands a jab-cross combination.
Marquez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moore.
Marquez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Marquez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Moore sprawls well initially but Marquez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Moore manages to get to full guard.
Moore not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Marquez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Moore, up you get!
Moore throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thurston Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore throws a left and a right that both miss

and Marquez counters with a single leg into guard. Moore didn't expect that.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Marquez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Moore, up you get!
Marquez shoots for a double leg takedown but Moore sprawls well. He's pushed Marquez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Marquez misses with a straight right.
Moore works the jab nicely.
Moore swings widly with a right hand
and Marquez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marquez thows a body shot but no joy.
Moore throws an overhand right that lands on Marquez's shoulder, as Marquez tries to avoid the shot.

Moore drops Marquez with a beautiful combination! Marquez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Moore is looking for the KO!
Moore with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moore circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Marquez to the canvas! Marquez doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Moore keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thurston Moore!