PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Green blaring out of the sound system. Marciano has chosen Kid Charlemagne as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Gracie
vs
Marciano

192 cm
28
222 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

194 cm
27
215 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 London, Marko Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marciano scores with a shot to the body.
Marciano throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rocky Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Marciano sizes up Gracie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marciano throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Marciano misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
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!
Gracie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marciano circles away.
Gracie walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marciano misses with an uppercut.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Marciano slips the punch.
Marciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marciano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Gracie dives in and scores a takedown into Marciano's guard.
Marciano keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Marciano is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gracie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracieis looking to pass into half guard but Marciano pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Marciano is in guard.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Marciano passes into side control.
Gracie tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working hard here to advance position.

Marciano decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gracie to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano thuds his right hand into Gracie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.
Marciano slips a straight right by Gracie.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Marciano.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marciano throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Marciano is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Rocky Marciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie thows a leg kick but Marciano checks it
and Marciano counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Marciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Marciano avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Marciano lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Marciano misses.
Marciano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marciano tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano misses with a left hand
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marciano thinking.
Marciano feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Marciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Marciano works the jab nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Marciano tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Marciano defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marciano staying out of range there.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Marciano enables Gracie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Marciano manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Marciano blocks nicely.
Gracie trying to control but Marciano is working from the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is really struggling to control Marciano but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Marciano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie looking to sit in guard and control but Marciano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Marciano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Marko Gracie wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Marciano misses.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Marciano lands a right hook to the body.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie clobbers Marciano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie moves away from the strike by Marciano.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marciano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Marciano fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie on the side of the head.
Marciano stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gracie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marciano scrambles back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Marciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Marciano counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Marciano dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Marciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie tries to clinch but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marciano keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marciano throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marciano with a jab.
Marciano avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Marciano throws a poor cross that misses

and Gracie moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marciano misses with a knee strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Gracie.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Marciano landing knees to the head.
Gracie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Gracie stalling in the clinch.
Marciano throws an elbow that misses.
Marciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Marciano lands a nice elbow.
Gracie tries to stall but Marciano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marciano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marciano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good body shot from Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Gracie.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
Gracie pushes Marciano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracie's brow.
Marciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Marciano misses with an elbow over the top.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
Marciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marciano tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Marciano manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Marciano lands an elbow inside.
Marciano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano missing with knees to the body.
Marciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie tries to circle away but Marciano has him pinned against the cage.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
Gracie is trying to drag Marciano to the mat but Marciano just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marciano trying to land knees to the body.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Marciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marciano manages to avoid it.
Marciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie slips under a jab from Marciano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano connects with a body shot.
Marciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Marciano - that will leave a mark!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Marciano scores with a body shot.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Marciano sprawls well.
Marciano moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rocky Marciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie takes a swing at Marciano's ribcage but misses.
Gracie 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 looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Marciano slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Marciano is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marciano tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marciano to the ground. Marciano escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gracie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marciano is able to avoid easily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is looking to clinch.
Marciano lands with a nice body punch.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Gracie is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps Marciano's head back.
Marciano keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Marciano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Marciano!
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marciano steps in with a hook that catches Gracie right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Marciano follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Gracie looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Marciano!
An intense looking Rocky Marciano took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: '“With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he’ll never know.”'.