PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Marroquin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bambooo Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Marroquin
vs
Man

187 cm
24
223 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

200 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mario Marroquin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bambooo Man!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Marroquin throws the left hand but Man avoids the punch easily.
Man throws a series of punches but Marroquin moves out of range.
Marroquin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Man tries to keep at a distance but Marroquin has taken the fight into the clinch.

Marroquin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mario Marroquin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Marroquin forces Man back against the cage and clinches.
Marroquin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Marroquin is working for takedown but Man is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marroquin.

Marroquin has clasped his hands together around Man's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Marroquin wants to stand but Man is controlling his arm.
Man gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Marroquin is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Marroquin stalling away here and it's allowed Man to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marroquin preventing the sweep.
Man seems keen to control Marroquin's posture.

Mario Marroquin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Man takes one to the side of the head.
Marroquin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Marroquin.

Marroquin clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Marroquin fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Marroquin closes the distance and clinches.
Marroquin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Marroquin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marroquin scores with a hook to the body. Man takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Man moves forwards but Marroquin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Man shoots in but Marroquin avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Marroquin.
Man misses with an uppercut
and Marroquin counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marroquin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Man throws a looping overhand right but Marroquin ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marroquin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marroquin shoots in looking for a takedown but Man manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Marroquin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Marroquin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Man misses with an uppercut.
Marroquin stuns Man with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marroquin catches Man with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marroquin lands a body shot.
Marroquin connects with a single shot there.
Marroquin digs a good hook to Man's body.
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!
Marroquin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marroquin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marroquin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marroquin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marroquin connects with a body shot.

Man gets the takedown into side control.
Man is breathing heavily.
Man trying to control the position but Marroquin is working away.
Marroquin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Marroquin tries to get out of the position.
Marroquin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Man is trying to get an arm triangle but Marroquin is defending well.
Marroquin pushes Man away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Man gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ground and pound from Man seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Man throws an elbow but Marroquin slips to the side and avoids it well.
Marroquin gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Man throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Man lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Marroquin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Man on the ground.
Man misses with a head shot.

Man is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Marroquin is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Marroquin flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Man anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Marroquin and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Man slips an arm under Marroquin chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Man has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Man is squeezing on Marroquin like an anaconda would it's prey. Marroquin fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bambooo Man!