PBP Commentary

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

Manuel Marquez
vs
Hoffman

181 cm
21
150 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Manuel Marquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Hoffman!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoffman misses with a takedown attempt
and Marquez counters with a left to the body.
Nice shot by Marquez.
Marquez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hoffman circles away.
Hoffman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marquez.
Hoffman throws a hook but Marquez blocks it.
Hoffman stuffs the takedown attempt from Marquez. Marquez gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Manuel Marquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoffman closes the distance and clinches up with Marquez, looking for a takedown. Hoffman pushes Marquez against the cage but Marquez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Marquez swings for the body but Hoffman moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez throws a series of punches but Hoffman avoids them all with ease.
Marquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoffman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Marquez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hoffman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Marquez but Marquez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Marquez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hoffman swivels and escapes.

Marquez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hoffman to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Hoffman 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez wants to stand but Hoffman is controlling the position.
Marquez has momentary wrist control but Hoffman slips an elbow through the middle.
Hoffman pushes down on Marquez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hoffman stops Marquez from getting back to his feet.
Hoffman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marquez taking some punishment here, with Hoffman in his half guard.

Marquez is defending against the submission attempts here by Hoffman.
Hoffman prevents Marquez from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hoffman prevents Marquez from standing back up.
Hoffman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hoffman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hoffman lands a nice short elbow.
Marquez taking some punishment here, with Hoffman in his half guard.

Hoffman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Marquez taking some punishment here, with Hoffman in his half guard.
Hoffman prevents Marquez from standing back up.
Hoffman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marquez keeps working.
Hoffman stops Marquez from getting back to his feet.
Hoffman lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hoffman seems to be looking for submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hoffman trying to control from half guard but Marquez is working away.
Marquez is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Hoffman there.

Hoffman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hoffman working the head and body with strikes.
Marquez tries to kick Hoffman off in order to stand up. Hoffman Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Hoffman lands a few punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoffman working the ground and pound.

Hoffman thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Hoffman thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hoffman 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.

Hoffman throws a head kick but Marquez moves out of range.
Hoffman cracks the inside of Marquez's front leg.
Marquez shoots in for a takedown but Hoffman shows good takedown defense.
Hoffman shoots for a double leg takedown but Marquez sprawls well. He's pushed Hoffman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Marquez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hoffman at a distance.
Hoffman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hoffman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Marquez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hoffman sprawls well initially but Marquez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ryan Hoffman has got the better of the ground game so far.

Marquez stands up and beckons Hoffman to join him on the feet.

Hoffman shoots in and bounces Marquez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hoffman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marquez's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman landing with the ground and pound.
Hoffman works over Marquez with some ground and pound from guard.
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!
Marquez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hoffman is controlling him.
Marquez keeping moving, preventing Hoffman from controlling successfully.
Marquez wants to stand but Hoffman is controlling the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoffman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hoffman connects with a couple of short punches.
Hoffman wants to control from the top but Marquez keeps moving.
Hoffman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Hoffman stops Marquez from standing up.
Hoffman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hoffman trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Hoffman lands a couple of elbows.
Hoffman trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Hoffman distracts Marquez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hoffman trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Hoffman works over Marquez with some ground and pound from guard.
Hoffman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hoffman is looking to work some ground and pound but Marquez has wrist control.
Hoffman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marquez's head.
Marquez is looking to stand up but Hoffman isn't so interested in that idea.
Hoffman sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marquez's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoffman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hoffman working over Marquez with some ground and pound. Marquez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hoffman has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hoffman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Marquez hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoffman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hoffman dominating with strikes here.
Hoffman looking to finish Marquez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marquez!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hoffman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Marquez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Marquez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hoffman sprawls well initially but Marquez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Marquez is rocked!
Marquez wants to stand but Hoffman has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Hoffman works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hoffman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Marquez is looking to escape.
Hoffman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Marquez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Marquez tries to kick Hoffman off but Hoffman keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hoffman works his foot free and advances to mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoffman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oh Marquez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Hoffman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Marquez hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoffman landing strikes from the mount.
Hoffman looking to control and managing it successfully.

Hoffman is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Marquez is surviving well by controlling Hoffman's body position as best he can.
Marquez wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hoffman unloading with bombs!
Hoffman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Marquez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hoffman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marquez wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Marquez is out cold! Hoffman jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Hoffman!
A victorious Ryan Hoffman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.