PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lane Pedersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 2PAC - NO MORE PAIN. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Marciano
vs
Pedersen

184 cm
27
215 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

180 cm
29
210 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lane Pedersen!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pedersen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Pedersen tries to land a leg kick but Marciano saw it coming and moves away.
Marciano misses with a jab to the body
and Pedersen counters with a left to the body.
Pedersen throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano throws a jab but it's blocked by Pedersen.
Pedersen misses with a few strikes there.
Tommy Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Pedersen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pedersen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Marciano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marciano slips under a jab from Pedersen.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Pedersen.
Marciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pedersen was well out of range. Poor timing from Marciano.
Marciano throws a right hand that Pedersen ducks under and follows up with a left that Pedersen also avoids with ease.
Marciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pedersen.
Marciano missing with a left hand there. Pedersen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedersen tests Marciano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Marciano misses its intended target.
Pedersen closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Tommy Marciano has been cut.
Marciano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pedersen.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Pedersen blocks a low kick nicely.
Pedersen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pedersen throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
No joy there for Pedersen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Pedersen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pedersen checks a leg kick.
Marciano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pedersen slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pedersen thows a body shot but no joy.
Pedersen slips a jab from Marciano.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pedersen misses with a series of wild punches.
Pedersen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marciano throws a poor cross that misses
and Pedersen counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pedersen feints and then cracks Marciano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marciano down.
Pedersen throws a right hand that Marciano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marciano also avoids with ease.
Pedersen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Pedersen avoids them all with ease.
Pedersen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marciano's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pedersen circles away quickly and effectively.
Pedersen misses with a two punch combination.
Pedersen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano catches Pedersen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A looping hook to the body misses from Marciano. Pedersen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pedersen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Pedersen misses.
Marciano throws out a loose jab but Pedersen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pedersen.
Pedersen throws a solid leg kick but Marciano takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pedersen.
Pedersen throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano throws a hook to the side of Pedersen's head but Pedersen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen dodges the punch combination from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a lunging right hand
and Pedersen counters with an outside leg kick.
Pedersen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marciano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Marciano is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pedersen misses with the combination.
Marciano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pedersen tries to land a leg kick but Marciano saw it coming and moves away.
Pedersen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marciano's hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano misses with the combination.
Marciano misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lane Pedersen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Marciano's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Pedersen dodges the punch combination from Marciano.
Marciano takes a swing at Pedersen's ribcage but misses.
Marciano checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pedersen misses with a wild combination.
Lane Pedersen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pedersen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pedersen's corner calls for a 1-2. Pedersen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marciano misses with a double jab.
Marciano swings for the body but Pedersen moves out of range.
Pedersen just misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano cracks Pedersen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pedersen misses the jab.
Pedersen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marciano lands a glancing blow to the side of Pedersen's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedersen tries to land a leg kick but Marciano saw it coming and moves away.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pedersen throws a combination. Marciano tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marciano has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pedersen slips a jab from Marciano.
Pedersen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marciano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pedersen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Marciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pedersen manages to avoid it.
Marciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marciano loads up on a big right hand but Pedersen slips the punch.
Pedersen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marciano.
Pedersen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Pedersen.
Marciano is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano connects with a looping right hand.
Marciano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice shot by Pedersen.
Marciano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pedersen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marciano checks it well.
Marciano misses with a kick to the body.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Pedersen throws a series of punches but Marciano avoids them all with ease.
Marciano cracks Pedersen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pedersen is looking to slow Marciano down with leg kicks.
Marciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pedersen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marciano misses with a hook. Pedersen ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Marciano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pedersen on the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marciano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pedersen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Pedersen.
Pedersen misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a series of strikes. Pedersen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pedersen catches Marciano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marciano thows a body shot but no joy.
Marciano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Marciano looks for the body kick but Pedersen saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pedersen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pedersen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Pedersen.
Pedersen misses with a low kick.
Pedersen misses with a few strikes there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano swinging wildly here.
Pedersen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. Pedersen saw that one coming.
Pedersen misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pedersen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Pedersen throws a right hand that Marciano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marciano also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lane Pedersen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Marciano's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Marciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Pedersen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pedersen throws a front kick aimed at Marciano's knee but Marciano avoids it well.
Marciano thows a body shot but no joy.
Marciano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pedersen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pedersen circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Marciano.
Pedersen misses with a low kick.
Pedersen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A leg kick checked by Marciano.
Marciano drops his hands momentarily and Pedersen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedersen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pedersen misses with an uppercut.
Marciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pedersen manages to avoid it.
Pedersen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pedersen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano misses with a straight left.
Pedersen lands a glancing blow to the side of Marciano's head.
Nice uppercut there from Pedersen.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pedersen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pedersen scores with a one two! Marciano had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pedersen is looking to slow Marciano down with leg kicks.
Pedersen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano throws a body punch but Pedersen moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands the left hand.
Marciano swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pedersen counters with a three punch combo that has Marciano backing up. Marciano nods at Pedersen to acknowledge the strikes.
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!
Marciano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pedersen.
Marciano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Pedersen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Marciano misses with a right hand
and Pedersen counters with a good low kick that Marciano was not able to check.
Marciano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pedersen can pounce on him.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Pedersen.
Pedersen misses with a low kick as Marciano jumps back.
Pedersen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pedersen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Pedersen swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen scoring well with a low kick there.
Marciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pedersen.
Pedersen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tommy Marciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marciano throws out a loose jab but Pedersen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marciano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pedersen.
Pedersen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lane Pedersen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pedersen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pedersen walks into a jab.
Marciano throws a right hand that misses
and Pedersen counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen throws a leg kick but Marciano moved away.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Pedersen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Marciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pedersen throws a series of punches but Marciano avoids them all with ease.
A cross from Pedersen lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pedersen throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pedersen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pedersen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marciano throws out the jab.
Marciano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano connects with a body shot.
Marciano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tommy Marciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A looping hook to the body misses from Marciano. Pedersen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pedersen scores with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lane Pedersen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pedersen 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 William Peck scores the fight for Lane Pedersen!
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight for Lane Pedersen!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Lane Pedersen!

Lane Pedersen wins by unanimous decision!
Lane Pedersen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.