PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rolando Paneda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Paneda
vs
Marciano

205 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

160 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rolando Paneda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano misses with a jab to the body
enabling Paneda to counter with a crisp jab.

Paneda shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Marciano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Paneda is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Marciano tries to get to full guard but Paneda has control of the leg.
Marciano won't allow Paneda to pass to mount.
Paneda wants to control but Marciano is keeping him busy.
Marciano tries to roll over but Paneda keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano wants to control but Paneda is keeping busy.
Marciano wants to get back to full guard.
Marciano manages to get to full guard.

Marciano is working an open guard so Paneda takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Marciano misses with a left hand
and Paneda counters with a two punch combo.
Marciano throws a combination that misses
and Paneda counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Marciano is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Marciano stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Marciano wants it to stay on the feet.
Paneda works over Marciano's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paneda scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rocky Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marciano looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paneda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paneda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.
Marciano misses with the body kick

and Paneda counters by clinching up.
Marciano avoiding damage.
Paneda is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Marciano pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Paneda manages to break the clinch.
Marciano misses with a body punch
and Paneda makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Marciano really felt that one!

Paneda clinches up with Marciano and pushes him back against the cage.
Paneda is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Marciano pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rolando Paneda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano fails to pull guard.
A frustrated look appears on Marciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marciano working hard to break the clinch.

Marciano manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Paneda slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paneda wants to control from the top but Marciano keeps moving.
Marciano doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Paneda trying to control but Marciano is working from the bottom.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Marciano has eaten all the pies!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rolando Paneda.
Marciano misses with a two punch combination.
Marciano throws a left and a right that both miss

and Paneda holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Marciano wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Paneda.

Paneda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paneda closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marciano circles away.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Paneda circles away quickly and effectively.
Paneda really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Marciano throws a leg kick
and Paneda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marciano throws a sloppy head kick

and Paneda counters with a nice double leg into side control. Marciano won't be happy with that.
Paneda remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Marciano is trying to control Paneda's posture but Paneda avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marciano sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rolando Paneda dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Paneda bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Paneda is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Marciano knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Marciano is trying to buck Paneda off.
Marciano is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paneda looking to control but instead Marciano has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Marciano wants to control but Paneda is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Paneda.
Paneda wants to stand up but Marciano has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Marciano wants to get back to full guard.

Marciano looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Paneda prevents Marciano from standing back up.
Marciano is trying to maintain the position but Paneda is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two 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.
Paneda prevents Marciano from improving his position.
Marciano wants to control but Paneda is keeping busy.
Marciano tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Paneda is trying to control the action in half guard but Marciano is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Paneda is really struggling to control Marciano but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Marciano is defending against the submission attempts here by Paneda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is not content to let Paneda control the position.
Marciano blocking the ground and pound attempt from Paneda.
Marciano keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Paneda shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marciano pinned against the cage. Marciano gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses
and Paneda counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Paneda clinches with his opponent.
Paneda taking a breather.
Paneda fails to pull guard.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Paneda drags the fight down to the ground.
Paneda manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Marciano regains half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paneda keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rolando Paneda dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!

Marciano throws a combination that misses
and Paneda counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Marciano misses with a lunging right hand
and Paneda counters with a head kick.
Paneda shoots in for a double leg but Marciano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Crunch! Paneda slams his shin into Marciano's torso.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses

and Paneda moves into the clinch.

Paneda breaks from the clinch.
Marciano throws a sloppy head kick

and Paneda counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Marciano moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Paneda is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Marciano keeping moving, preventing Paneda from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano has a closed guard, preventing Paneda from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marciano trying to control the position.
Marciano seems keen to control Paneda's posture.
Marciano keeping full guard, as Paneda tries to pass.
Marciano keeping moving, preventing Paneda from controlling successfully.

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.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rolando Paneda just wasn't active enough.
Marciano throws a combination that misses
and Paneda counters with a solid body kick.

Paneda forces Marciano back against the cage and clinches.
Paneda prevents the takedown attempt.

Paneda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horrible takedown by Paneda or perhaps it was just good defense by Marciano which made him look bad.
Marciano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Paneda counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Marciano throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marciano throws a leg kick that is checked

and Paneda counters with a takedown into side control.
Marciano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Marciano prevents Paneda from improving position.
Marciano is not content to let Paneda control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Paneda politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Paneda prefers to stall for the moment though.
Marciano is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Paneda is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Paneda lands a big elbow.
Paneda looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Marciano tries to hold on but Paneda pushes him away.
Marciano really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Marciano has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Marciano manages to reverse the position and now he's in Paneda's guard. Nice work there by Marciano.
Marciano trying to move into half guard but instead Paneda has managed to sweep!
Paneda's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rolando Paneda overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marciano working a defensive guard here.
Marciano keeping moving, preventing Paneda from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rolando Paneda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paneda 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rolando Paneda!