PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Tempest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giona Marchesi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Tempest had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tempest
vs
Marchesi

185 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

170 cm
22
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Tempest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Giona Marchesi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tempest throws a head kick but Marchesi moves out of range.
Tempest thows a body shot but no joy.
Tempest throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tempest throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Giona Marchesi has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Tempest.
Tempest throws a sloppy head kick and Marchesi moves out of range easily.
Marchesi fails to land with a series of punches.

Tempest gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tempest keeps control of Marchesi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marchesi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tempest won't allow it.
Marchesi tries to break the clinch but Tempest is controlling the position.
Tempest misses with an elbow strike.
Marchesi tries to circle away but Tempest has him pinned against the cage.
Marchesi avoids the elbow strike from Tempest, against the cage.
Tempest has Marchesi pressed against the cage, preventing Marchesi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tempest misses with an elbow over the top.
Marchesi dodges an elbow strike from Tempest.
Tempest scores with a knee to the head.
Marchesi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tempest won't allow it.
Tempest tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tempest lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marchesi working hard to break the clinch.
Tempest tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marchesi tries to break the clinch but Tempest is controlling the position.
Tempest has Marchesi pressed against the cage, preventing Marchesi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marchesi has had enough of the clinch but Tempest keeps him there for the moment.
Marchesi is trying to push Tempest away but Tempest has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marchesi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tempest keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marchesi's efforts to push away.
Tempest has Marchesi pressed against the cage, preventing Marchesi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marchesi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tempest throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tempest throws an elbow but it misses.
Marchesi is trying to break the clinch but Tempest is controlling him.
Marchesi is trying to break the clinch but Tempest has him pressed against the cage.
Marchesi wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchesi blocks an elbow strike.
Marchesi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tempest won't allow it.
Tempest prevents Marchesi from breaking the clinch.
Tempest throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marchesi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marchesi takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Marchesi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tempest lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marchesi wants to get back to striking at distance but Tempest won't allow it.
Tempest misses with an elbow strike.
Marchesi is trying to break the clinch but Tempest is controlling him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tempest misses with a knee strike.
Tempest has Marchesi pressed against the cage, preventing Marchesi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tempest is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Marchesi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tempest throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Tempest drags the fight down to the ground.
Marchesi wants to stand and escape but instead Tempest has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchesi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Marchesi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tempest. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Tempest decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Marchesi, up you get!
Tempest tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tempest throws a head kick that misses.
Tempest is breathing heavily.
Marchesi swinging wildly here.
Tempest is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Marchesi.
Marchesi throws a series of punches but Tempest avoids them all with ease.
Tempest lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tempest lands a head kick. Marchesi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Marchesi throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tempest slips a jab and a cross from Marchesi.
Marchesi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Marchesi is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tempest has managed to clinch.
Marchesi is still on wobbly legs! Can Tempest finish him?
Tempest landing knees to the head.
Tempest goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marchesi prevents it.
Marchesi working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Tempest.
Marchesi blocks an elbow strike from Tempest.
Tempest lands a knee to the head.
Marchesi is trying to break the clinch but Tempest is controlling him.
Marchesi wants to break free but Tempest has control.
Marchesi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tempest misses with an elbow strike.
Tempest lands an elbow just above Marchesi 's eye.
Marchesi avoids the elbow strike from Tempest, against the cage.
Marchesi avoids a wild elbow strike from Tempest.
Tempest pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tempest throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marchesi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tempest tries to land a knee to the head but Marchesi blocks with his arms.
Marchesi avoids a wild elbow strike from Tempest.
Marchesi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tempest has him pressed against the cage.
Marchesi has had enough of the clinch but Tempest keeps him there for the moment.
Marchesi is trying to force a seperation but Tempest has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tempest throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Marchesi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tempest pushes off an throws an elbow but Marchesi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tempest misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Marchesi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tempest with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marchesi is trying to break free.
Marchesi tries to break free but Tempest pushes him back against the cage.
Marchesi is trying to break the clinch but Tempest has him pressed against the cage.
Tempest throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tempest lands a knee to the head.
Tempest tries to land a knee to the head but Marchesi blocks with his arms.
Marchesi tries to break the clinch but Tempest is controlling the position.
Marchesi seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marchesi is trying to force a seperation but Tempest has the dominant position.
Marchesi is trying to push Tempest away but Tempest has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Marchesi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marchesi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tempest circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Tempest dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giona Marchesi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tempest lands with a nice body kick.
Tempest lands with a kick to the ribs.
Marchesi lands with a nice combination. Tempest backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Paul Tempest has been cut.
Marchesi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tempest counters with a huge head kick that drops Marchesi! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Tempest!