PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Breno Marciliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Gronkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciliano comes to the cage accompanied by Fort Minor - Remember the name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marciliano
vs
Gronkowski

176 cm
20
178 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

179 cm
26
177 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Breno Marciliano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Gronkowski!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gronkowski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gronkowski misses with a lunging right hand
and Marciliano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gronkowski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marciliano counters with a left and a right that stings Gronkowski.
Gronkowski misses with a shot to the body
and Gronkowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gronkowski throws a right hand that misses
and Marciliano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marciliano throws a one two combo.
Gronkowski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marciliano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marciliano.
Gronkowski slips a straight right by Marciliano.
Marciliano throws a right hand that misses
and Gronkowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marciliano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gronkowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gronkowski connects with a jab.
Gronkowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gronkowski swings widly with a right hand
and Marciliano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marciliano slips under a jab from Gronkowski.
Breno Marciliano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marciliano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gronkowski moves out of range of the strikes.
Marciliano is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gronkowski lands the left hand.
Gronkowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Marciliano connects with a right hand. Gronkowski shakes it off.
Marciliano misses with a hook.
Gronkowski misses with a looping right.
Marciliano misses with a jab to the body
and Gronkowski counters with a left to the body.
Marciliano throws a poor cross that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a straight right hand.
Marciliano throws a poor cross that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a straight right hand.
Marciliano misses with an uppercut
and Gronkowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gronkowski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marciliano under the eye.
Marciliano loads up on a big right hand but Gronkowski slips the punch.
Gronkowski misses with a body shot.
Gronkowski connects with the punch.
Marciliano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marciliano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gronkowski thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciliano throws a poor cross that misses
and Marciliano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gronkowski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marciliano counters with a nice body shot.
Marciliano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gronkowski counters with a straight right hand.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a nice uppercut.
Marciliano misses with a left hand
and Gronkowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Marciliano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gronkowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gronkowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gronkowski lands a jab-cross combination.
Marciliano misses with a left hand
and Gronkowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gronkowski throws a jab when Marciliano was well out of range.
Marciliano throws a right hand that misses
letting Gronkowski counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciliano misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Gronkowski misses.
Gronkowski swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gronkowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marciliano misses with a combination
and Marciliano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marciliano throws a right hand that misses
and Gronkowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Marciliano.
Marciliano scores with a nice head shot.
Marciliano missing with a left hand there. Gronkowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marciliano throws a combination that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marciliano thinking.
Gronkowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marciliano throws a right hand that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Gronkowski misses the shot to the body.
Gronkowski misses with a body punch
and Marciliano counters with a nice uppercut.
Marciliano misses with a hook
and Marciliano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marciliano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gronkowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marciliano throws a lazy uppercut
and Gronkowski counters with a straight right hand.
Marciliano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gronkowski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Marciliano lands a really nice looking cross but Gronkowski seems unphased.
Marciliano tests Gronkowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gronkowski throws a body punch but Marciliano moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Gronkowski there.
Gronkowski throws a right hand that misses
and Marciliano counters with a nice body shot.
Marciliano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gronkowski.
Marciliano misses with an uppercut
and Gronkowski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marciliano misses with a right hand
and Gronkowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gronkowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciliano was well out of range. Poor timing from Gronkowski.
Marciliano walks into a straight right hand from Gronkowski.
Marciliano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gronkowski.
Marciliano takes one on the button.
Gronkowski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marciliano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marciliano misses with a hook
and Gronkowski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marciliano scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marciliano misses with a looping left.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a two punch combo.
Marciliano swings widly with a right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a two punch combo.
Gronkowski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Gronkowski dominated that 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.

Gronkowski throws a sloppy body shot
and Marciliano counters with a three punch combo that has Gronkowski backing up. Gronkowski nods at Marciliano to acknowledge the strikes.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a nice body shot.
Marciliano swings widly with a right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a left to the body.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a series of strikes. Marciliano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sloppy strikes from Marciliano. Those never looked like landing.
Marciliano swings widly with a right hand
and Marciliano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marciliano misses with a double jab
and Gronkowski counters with a right hand to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marciliano. Gronkowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marciliano misses with an uppercut
and Gronkowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Marciliano jabs Gronkowski right on the nose. Gronkowski blinks but takes it well.
Marciliano misses with the combination.
Marciliano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gronkowski.
Marciliano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marciliano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marciliano misses with a hook
and Gronkowski counters with a right hand to the body.
Marciliano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gronkowski at a distance.
Steve Gronkowski seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciliano throws a good cross that connects.
Gronkowski scores with the left hand. Marciliano knows he should have avoided that one.
Marciliano throws a poor cross that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marciliano thinking.
Gronkowski misses with a hook
and Marciliano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marciliano moves away from the strike by Gronkowski.
Gronkowski throws a poor cross that misses
and Marciliano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marciliano throws a combination that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gronkowski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marciliano misses with a hook
and Gronkowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Gronkowski throws an off balance right hand
and Marciliano counters with a nice body shot.
Gronkowski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gronkowski takes a swing at Marciliano's ribcage but misses.
Gronkowski misses with an uppercut
letting Marciliano counter with a right hand.
Gronkowski misses with a left hand
and Marciliano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gronkowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciliano.
Marciliano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gronkowski.
Marciliano misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciliano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gronkowski scores with a punch to the head.
Gronkowski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Marciliano misses with an uppercut
letting Gronkowski counter with a right hand.
Gronkowski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marciliano counters with a straight right hand.
Marciliano ducks under a wild hook from Gronkowski.
Marciliano swings for the body but Gronkowski moves out of range.
Marciliano misses with a right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Marciliano misses with a right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a nice uppercut.
Gronkowski takes one to the side of the head.
Gronkowski misses with an uppercut.
Gronkowski misses with a jab to the body
and Marciliano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marciliano missing with a left hand there. Gronkowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gronkowski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gronkowski clobbers Marciliano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gronkowski lands a slapping body shot.
Marciliano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciliano misses with a right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a series of strikes. Marciliano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gronkowski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gronkowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marciliano throws a lazy uppercut
and Gronkowski counters with a series of strikes. Marciliano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gronkowski connects with a crisp jab.
A combination from Marciliano does no damage.
Marciliano fails to land with a series of punches.
Marciliano misses with a left hand
and Gronkowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Marciliano throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Gronkowski to counter with a crisp jab.
Marciliano misses with a right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a two punch combo.
Gronkowski with a nice cross.
Gronkowski throws a nice looking combination but Marciliano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciliano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a nice uppercut.
Marciliano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciliano misses with a hook
and Gronkowski counters with a two punch combo.
Gronkowski lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Marciliano.
Gronkowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Gronkowski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciliano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A cross from Marciliano lands.
Marciliano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gronkowski.
No joy there for Marciliano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Gronkowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marciliano misses with a body punch
and Gronkowski counters with a straight right hand.
Gronkowski walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marciliano misses with an uppercut.
Marciliano shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gronkowski eats them both and turns towards Marciliano to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Marciliano throws an off balance right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marciliano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Gronkowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Marciliano slips a straight right by Gronkowski.
Gronkowski ducks under a wild hook from Marciliano.
Marciliano throws an off balance right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marciliano throws a lazy uppercut
and Gronkowski counters with a right hand to the body.
Gronkowski connects with a right hand. Marciliano shakes it off.
Nice straight punches there by Gronkowski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gronkowski.
Marciliano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marciliano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marciliano lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Marciliano lands with a shot to the body.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marciliano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gronkowski walks into a left hand.
Marciliano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gronkowski misses with a hook to the body
and Marciliano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marciliano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Marciliano takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gronkowski misses with a body shot.
Gronkowski misses with a right hand
enabling Marciliano to counter with a crisp jab.
Marciliano lands with a right hand.
Gronkowski throws a poor cross that misses
and Marciliano counters with a straight right hand.
Marciliano throws an off balance right hand
and Gronkowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gronkowski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gronkowski throws an off balance right hand
and Gronkowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gronkowski lands a jab to Marciliano's midsection.
Gronkowski misses with an uppercut.
Gronkowski throws a body punch but Marciliano moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Gronkowski.
Gronkowski misses with a right hand
and Marciliano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marciliano cracks Gronkowski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gronkowski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marciliano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gronkowski lands a head shot.
Gronkowski thuds a left hand into Marciliano's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gronkowski misses with a left hand
and Marciliano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marciliano ducks under a wild hook from Gronkowski.
Gronkowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciliano was well out of range. Poor timing from Gronkowski.
Gronkowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Marciliano misses with a left hand
and Gronkowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marciliano swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gronkowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Marciliano.
Gronkowski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marciliano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gronkowski walks into a straight right hand from Marciliano.
Marciliano avoids the body shot from Gronkowski.
Jab, jab by Gronkowski - just one landing.
Marciliano lands with a hook. Gronkowski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gronkowski lands a really nice looking cross but Marciliano seems unphased.
The fighters circling - Gronkowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marciliano misses with the combination.
Gronkowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciliano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Marciliano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gronkowski throws a right hand that Marciliano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marciliano also avoids with ease.
Gronkowski misses with a straight right.
Marciliano throws a jab but it's blocked by Gronkowski.
Marciliano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marciliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a right hand to the body.
Marciliano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gronkowski.
Gronkowski misses with a hook
and Marciliano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marciliano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Marciliano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gronkowski.
Gronkowski misses with an uppercut
and Marciliano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Gronkowski. Beautiful body shot.
Gronkowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Steve Gronkowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marciliano swings widly with a right hand
and Gronkowski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gronkowski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marciliano at a distance.
Marciliano misses with a right hand
and Gronkowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gronkowski misses with a right hand
and Marciliano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gronkowski throws a lazy uppercut
and Marciliano counters with a right hand to the body.
Gronkowski misses with an uppercut
and Marciliano counters with a nice body shot.
Gronkowski misses with a left hand
and Marciliano counters with a three punch combo that has Gronkowski backing up. Gronkowski nods at Marciliano to acknowledge the strikes.
Marciliano throws a nice looking combination but Gronkowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gronkowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marciliano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gronkowski.
Good exchange - Gronkowski coming out on top.
Gronkowski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marciliano with a jab.
Gronkowski throws a big shot that misses.
Gronkowski thows a body shot but no joy.
Breno Marciliano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gronkowski lands with a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Gronkowski.
Well Gronkowski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Gronkowski!