PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano has chosen 2PAC - NO MORE PAIN as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Clark
vs
Marciano

190 cm
28
210 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

184 cm
26
215 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano throws a jab but it's blocked by Clark.
Clark lands a leg kick that knocks Marciano off balance momentarily.
Marciano connects with a nice looking jab.
Marciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clark.
Clark loads up on a big right hand but Marciano slips the punch.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clark moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clark moves out of range of the strikes.
Clark uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marciano.
Clark stuns Marciano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marciano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clark moves out of range of the strikes.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Marciano's shoulder, as Marciano tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Marciano takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Clark lands with a good body shot.
Marciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clark was well out of range. Poor timing from Marciano.
Marciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
Clark moves away from the strike by Marciano.
Marciano misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano tries to bum rush Clark with a series of wild strikes but Clark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Clark.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Clark moves out of range.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Marciano circles away.
Clark displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marciano throws out the jab.
Marciano misses with a low kick as Clark jumps back.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Clark moves out of range.
Clark moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Tommy Marciano has been cut.
Clark avoids the body shot from Marciano.
Marciano throws a solid leg kick but Clark takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Marciano.
Clark looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marciano looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clark is looking to clinch but Marciano is avoiding it.
Clark lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Clark throws out a powerful jab.
Marciano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Clark throws a jab when Marciano was well out of range.
Marciano takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Clark.
Clark connects with a right hand. Marciano shakes it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Clark.
Clark scores with a jab. Marciano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clark lands with an overhand left.
Clark wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Clark closes the distance and pushes Marciano back into the cage.
Marciano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clark has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clark tries to work over Marciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano blocking some punches.

Clark breaks the clinch.
Marciano ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Clark is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Clark moves into range and clinches up with Marciano.
Clark misses with some punches.
Clark working aggressively here.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Marciano wants to get back to striking at distance but Clark won't allow it.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Clark breaks from the clinch.
Marciano misses with a wild body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Clark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark moves in looking to clinch but Marciano pushes him off.
Marciano slips under a jab.
Marciano scores with a three punch combo!
Clark is looking to clinch.
Marciano misses the shot to the body.
Clark connects with a looping right hand.
Clark scores with a nice right hand.

That has opened up Tommy Marciano's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark looks to score with a jab to the body but Marciano is just out of range.
Clark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clark misses with a straight right.
A bone on bone clash there as Marciano blocks the leg kick.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Marciano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marciano.
Clark scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
Marciano misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Clark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Marciano's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

An inside leg kick lands from Clark.
Clark moves in looking to clinch but Marciano pushes him off.
Clark moves out of range as Marciano throws a body kick.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Marciano does it's job there.
Marciano misses with a double jab.
Clark lands an overhand right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Clark.
Jab, jab by Marciano - just one landing.
Clark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clark tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Clark finds it's target.
Clark avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano thows a body shot but no joy.
Marciano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Clark digs a good body shot into Marciano's ribs.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marciano is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clark has Marciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Marciano is trying to break free.
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Clark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Clark pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clark uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marciano.
Clark scores with a hook to the body. Marciano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Clark lands the left hand.
Marciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marciano misses with a double jab.
Clark lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano walks into a straight right hand from Clark.

Clark fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marciano, pushing him back against the cage.
Clark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marciano can do to turn this around?
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Marciano takes a shot to the head.
Clark stalling the fight.
Clark seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A short uppercut from Clark.
Marciano wants to break free but Clark has control.
Clark pressing his opponent against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Clark.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tries to break free but Clark pushes him back against the cage.
Clark stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Clark just leaning against Marciano, taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clark.
Nice body punch from Clark - that landed with a thud.
Clark pushes Marciano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joe Clark has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clark has Marciano pushed against the cage.
Marciano takes a shot to the head.

Clark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clark swings for the body but Marciano moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano moves forwards but Clark connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clark moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clark slips a jab from Marciano.
Clark looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marciano throws a poor cross that misses
and Clark counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The cut above Tommy Marciano's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Clark throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
Clark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Clark tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Clark wants to clinch up but Marciano keeps it at a distance.

Clark clinches with his opponent.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clark - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Marciano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clark misses with a body punch.
Marciano blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Clark dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Marciano's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Clark staying out of range there.
Clark scores with the left hand. Marciano knows he should have avoided that one.
Marciano swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Tommy Marciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marciano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A lazy body kick from Marciano
and Clark counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Clark connects with a nice looking jab.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clark throws a shot from downtown. Marciano moves away and avoids it.
Clark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano takes a swing at Clark's ribcage but misses.
Clark connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Clark has Marciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Clark can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marciano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marciano takes a shot to the head.

Clark manages to break the clinch.
Joe Clark is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Marciano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marciano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Clark rushes Marciano and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clark.
Clark lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Clark creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Clark.
Marciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clark throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
Marciano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands with a left to the head.
Clark lands an uppercut.
Clark has Marciano pressed against the cage, preventing Marciano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marciano has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Marciano has had enough of the clinch but Clark keeps him there for the moment.
Clark pushes Marciano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marciano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Clark lands a shoulder strike.
Clark scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Clark creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Clark.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
Clark will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Marciano up against the cage.

Clark manages to break the clinch.
Clark getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marciano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clark misses with a double jab.
Marciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Clark slips under a jab.
Clark throws out a powerful jab.
Clark lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Tommy Marciano's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Clark throws a low kick but Marciano avoids it.
Marciano throws a looping overhand right but Clark ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Clark.
Clark scoring well with a low kick there.
Clark scores with a jab.
Clark lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Marciano is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tommy Marciano's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joe Clark!