PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Clipse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, lets dance. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marciano
vs
Clipse

180 cm
30
146 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

170 cm
29
142 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Paul Clipse!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clipse has managed to clinch.
Clipse lands an elbow inside that Marciano shrugs off.
Clipse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marciano is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Clipse.

It looks like Rocky Marciano has been cut.
Marciano jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Clipse walks away with a smile on his face. Marciano gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Clipse closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Clipse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Clipse.
Marciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Clipse.
Marciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano jumps guard but Clipse turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Clipse is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Marciano is trying to pull guard but Clipse has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Marciano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A frustrated look appears on Marciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marciano takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marciano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Clipse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clipse lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marciano.
A frustrated look appears on Marciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marciano misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano is working Clipse over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Clipse.
Clipse working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clipse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Clipse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clipse looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marciano blocks an elbow strike.

Marciano lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Clipse wants to improve his position but Marciano is controlling well.
Marciano trying to advance position but Clipse counters by regaining guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clipse is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marciano really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Marciano keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Clipse's head.
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 tries to free his leg and advance position but Clipse is retaining full guard.

Clipse kicks Marciano off and gets to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a hook

and Clipse counters by moving into the clinch.
Clipse is pressed up against the cage. Marciano has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Clipse down to the mat. Clipse avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Clipse has Marciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Marciano fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marciano is trying to break the clinch but Clipse has him pressed against the cage.
Clipse misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Clipse unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marciano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marciano takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from Marciano - that landed with a thud.
Marciano dodges an elbow strike from Clipse.
Marciano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marciano avoiding damage as Clipse throws knees to the body.
Clipse landing knees to the body.
Clipse keeps control of Marciano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marciano lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marciano manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Marciano throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Marciano looking for a guillotine here but Clipse defends easily.
Clipse wants to stand but Marciano has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Marciano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clipse passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is looking for a sweep.
Clipse really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marciano. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Marciano stops Clipse from passing to mount.
Marciano wants to control but Clipse postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clipse tries to stand but Marciano is controlling his head.
Marciano tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paul Clipse will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Clipse takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clipse just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marciano's brow.
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.

Marciano wants the takedown. Clipse is fighting it off but Marciano persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Clipse's guard against the cage.
Marciano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clipse swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Clipse utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marciano throws a big right hand that misses.
Marciano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Clipse works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Marciano stands and steps away. Clipse gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Clipse ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Clipse has closed the distance and engaged Marciano in a clinch.

Marciano manages to break the clinch.
Clipse scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marciano moves into the clinch successfully.
Marciano tries to break free but Clipse pushes him back against the cage.

Marciano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clipse slips a straight right by Marciano.

Marciano darts in and clinches Clipse up against the cage.
Clipse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marciano.
Clipse throws an elbow that misses.
Marciano lands with a left to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Marciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Clipse throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marciano tries to pull guard but Clipse won't allow it.
Clipse throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marciano tries to pull guard but Clipse won't allow it.
Clipse lands a nice shot to the body.
Marciano digs a right hand into Clipse's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Clipse's gas tank.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Clipse.
Clipse throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clipse throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Marciano as the two fighters clinch.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clipse throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clipse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Clipse trying to stall but Marciano improves his position.
Clipse stops a takedown attempt from Marciano.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Marciano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano is working for takedown but Clipse is calmly controlling the position for now.
Clipse lands an elbow inside.
Clipse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clipse.
A shot in the inside from Clipse.
Clipse landing knees to the head.
Clipse working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clipse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clipse struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.

Marciano jumps into guard, dragging Clipse to the mat.
Marciano is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clipse on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clipse has hold of Marciano's hands but Marciano slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Marciano throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Clipse to regain full guard.
Clipse wants to get back to his feet but Marciano is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Clipse utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Clipse managing to control the position.
Clipse looking for a sweep. Not yet Clipse, not yet.
Marciano missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano trying to move into half guard but instead Clipse has managed to sweep!
Clipse wants to stand but Marciano is controlling his posture from full guard.
Marciano tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Marciano is on top in guard.
Clipse working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marciano.
Marciano working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano throws a big right hand that misses.

Clipse pushes Marciano off and gets back to his feet.

Clipse closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Marciano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Marciano tries a low kick but Clipse avoids it.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Clipse.
A leg kick checked by Clipse.

Clipse gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Clipse prevents the takedown attempt.
Marciano tries a body shot but Clipse blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
Marciano tries for a takedown but Clipse manages to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clipse just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marciano's brow.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano blocks the elbow strike.
Clipse lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clipse lands a knee to the body.
Clipse tries to land a knee to the head but Marciano blocks with his arms.
Clipse stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clipse.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.

Marciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marciano cracks Clipse with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Marciano is looking to slow Clipse down with leg kicks.

Clipse pushes Marciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Marciano digs a right hand underneath Clipse's ribcage. Clipse let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Marciano manages to break the clinch.
Marciano swings widly with a right hand
enabling Clipse to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
Marciano tries to bum rush Clipse with a series of wild strikes but Clipse uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Clipse moves into the clinch.
Marciano is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Clipse is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Marciano. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is trying to force a seperation but Clipse has the dominant position.

Marciano breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clipse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clipse creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marciano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marciano avoids the elbow strike from Clipse, against the cage.
Clipse has Marciano pressed against the cage, preventing Marciano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marciano can't find room to land a body shot as Clipse controls the action.
Clipse misses with a knee to the head.
Clipse connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marciano's face.
Clipse creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clipse throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marciano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marciano is trying to pull guard but Clipse turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Marciano misses with some punches.
Marciano lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse pushes off an throws an elbow but Marciano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clipse keeps control of Marciano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clipse blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Marciano breaks from the clinch.
Clipse has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Clipse there as he acknowledges the shot.
Clipse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.

Clipse has managed to clinch.
Marciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clipse trying to control the position but instead, Marciano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Clipse into the cage.
Marciano lands a hook that snaps the head of Clipse backwards.
Marciano lands with a left to the head.
Clipse looking to stall.
Marciano throws a head punch that misses.
Clipse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marciano's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clipse takes a shot to the head.
Marciano misses with the head strike.
Clipse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marciano pushes Clipse back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clipse's elbow.
Clipse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marciano's defenses.
Clipse lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Marciano drags the fight down to the ground.

Marciano is looking for a triangle here but Clipse uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marciano tries to buck Clipse off but Clipse is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Rocky Marciano did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Clipse clinches up against the cage.
Marciano blocks the elbow strike.
Marciano is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Clipse is defending well.
Clipse effectively controlling the action here.
Clipse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marciano is defending well for now.
Clipse tries a knee to the head but Marciano blocks it.

Marciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Clipse drives through and clinches with Marciano against the cage.
Marciano goes for a takedown attempt but Clipse pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rocky Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Clipse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano blocks the body kick.
Clipse throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a left and a right that stings Clipse.
Paul Clipse is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Clipse has closed the distance and engaged Marciano in a clinch.
Clipse lands an elbow just above Marciano 's eye.
Clipse lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clipse throws an elbow but it misses.
Clipse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marciano.
Clipse looking to stall.

Marciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clipse takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Marciano tries to keep at a distance but Clipse has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clipse gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clipse misses with a knee strike.
Clipse tries to land a knee to the head but Marciano blocks with his arms.
Marciano tries a body shot but Clipse blocks it.
Clipse stalling in the clinch but Marciano improves position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clipse trying to land knees to the body.
Marciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marciano dodges an elbow strike from Clipse.

Marciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marciano lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Marciano feints and then cracks Clipse's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clipse down.
Marciano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Clipse clinches up with Marciano and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clipse.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clipse connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marciano's face.
Clipse tries to land knees in the clinch but Marciano avoids the damage to the body.
Clipse using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marciano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marciano avoids a wild elbow strike from Clipse.
Marciano pushes Clipse back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marciano fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Marciano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano tries to pull guard but Clipse won't allow it.
Clipse is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Marciano breaks the clinch.
Paul Clipse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clipse takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.

Clipse forces Marciano back against the cage and clinches.
Clipse prevents Marciano from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marciano takes an elbow to the temple.
Marciano is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clipse lands an elbow just above Marciano 's eye.
Marciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clipse backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano blocks an elbow strike from Clipse.
A frustrated look appears on Marciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marciano has had enough of the clinch but Clipse keeps him there for the moment.
Marciano tries to pull guard but Clipse won't allow it.
Clipse throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clipse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clipse is defending well against a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clipse.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marciano pushes Clipse back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clipse pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clipse throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Clipse dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Marciano shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Clipse napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Clipse managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Marciano.
Clipse parries the strikes from Marciano easily there. Marciano is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Clipse to escape.
Marciano is chipping away with strikes.

Marciano working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Marciano lands a few punches from side control.

Marciano is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Clipse has escaped the position, nice work there.
Clipse tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Marciano wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Marciano seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Marciano misses with the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Marciano are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Clipse regains half guard there - taking advantage of Marciano's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Marciano thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clipse's head.

Marciano is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Clipse avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marciano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Clipse reverses the position - he's now on top in Marciano's guard.
Marciano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marciano is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clipse has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marciano is working away from the top position though.
Marciano landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marciano with the ground and pound but Clipse uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Clipse working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marciano.
Marciano stops Clipse from standing up.
Rocky Marciano overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Clipse pulls Marciano in close to prevent any damage.
Marciano trying to control but Clipse is working from the bottom.
Marciano chips away with some ground and pound.
Marciano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clipse swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marciano lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano looking to sit in guard and control but Clipse gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Marciano looking for a sweep. Not yet Marciano, not yet.
Marciano lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Clipse!
Clipse is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marciano has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clipse's face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Marciano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marciano has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 48:47
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 49:47
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Marciano!
Rocky Marciano retains his featherweight title!
After the big win, Rocky Marciano made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.