PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano comes into a darkened arena with his song building. REDEMPTION SONG kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Don Marciano acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Brown
vs
Marciano

195 cm
27
281 lbs
19 - 4 - 1

191 cm
27
251 lbs
26 - 4 - 1

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World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Leroy Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brown moves into the clinch successfully.
Marciano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Marciano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Still in the clinch, Brown scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brown stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Marciano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brown scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Brown.
Marciano is trying to push Brown away but Brown has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Brown as the two fighters clinch.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marciano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marciano is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
Brown content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Marciano lands a nice uppercut.
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!
Brown taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano wants to take the fight to the mat but Brown manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brown scores with a shoulder strike.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marciano.
Brown misses with some punches.
Marciano is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A frustrated look appears on Marciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The referee calls for Brown to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown tries to clinch there but Marciano circles away.
Marciano scores with a jab to the head.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Marciano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brown tries to clinch there but Marciano circles away.
Leroy Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marciano.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice body kick from Brown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Brown clinches up against the cage.
Marciano missing with knees to the body.
Brown taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maybe Brown would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Marciano pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Marciano tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.
Marciano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Marciano avoids the damage to the body.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Don Marciano will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Marciano connects with a body shot.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Brown has closed the distance and engaged Marciano in a clinch.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano blocks an elbow strike.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcianos head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown taking a breather.
Marciano takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marciano tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.

Marciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown thows a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Marciano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses.
Marciano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Brown rushes Marciano and presses him up against the cage.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Brown.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marciano is trying to stall.
Marciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marciano.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marciano.
Marciano tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.
Marciano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Marciano avoids the damage to the body.
Brown stalls.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Marciano is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
Brown gets through Marciano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leroy Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brown prevents Marciano from breaking the clinch.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brown tries a body shot but Marciano blocks it.
Brown tries to stall but Marciano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marciano lands a body shot.
Marciano is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown trying to stall but Marciano improves his position.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marciano misses with a body punch.

Marciano breaks the clinch.
Brown tries to clinch but Marciano moves away
and Marciano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Brown moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marciano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leroy Brown dominated that second round.
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 connects with a crisp jab.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.
A nice combination there by Brown.

Brown takes the fight into the clinch.
Brown cracks Marciano with a nice body shot.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown is stalling here.
Marciano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Marciano missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands a nice shot to the body.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Brown prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.
Brown is pushing Marciano up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Marciano lands a body punch.
Brown tries to stall but Marciano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Marciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown throws a body kick that misses.
Marciano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown defending well as Marciano loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Marciano misses with a body kick.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marciano tries to land a front kick but Brown steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brown cracks the inside of Marciano's front leg.
A leg kick checked by Brown.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marciano looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Marciano.
Marciano misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Marciano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brown fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marciano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brown lands a jab-cross combination.
Brown blocks a low kick nicely.
Marciano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marciano.
A punch lands to the side of Brown 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brown slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Marciano keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a body kick.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marciano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Brown throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marciano bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Marciano jabs Brown to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marciano. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marciano scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano lands a leg kick that knocks Brown off balance momentarily.
Brown is looking to wear down Marciano with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marciano throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Brown counters with a nice leg kick.
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano throws a chopping leg kick but Brown manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Leroy Brown did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brown gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marciano.
Marciano is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marciano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brown is looking to clinch but Marciano is avoiding it.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marciano scores with a body shot.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
Brown darts in trying to clinch
and Marciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marciano misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a straight right hand.
Marciano connects with a crisp jab.
Marciano scores with a jab to the head.
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Brown moves into range and clinches up with Marciano.
Brown prevents Marciano from breaking the clinch.
Brown throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcianos head.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Marciano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marciano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Marciano takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown works on Marciano's body with a couple of short punches.
Marciano is trying to break free.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Brown.
Marciano blocks the elbow strike.
Brown lands with a short shot to the head.
Marciano digs a right hand underneath Brown's ribcage. Brown let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brown misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Marciano improves position.
Marciano is trying to break free.
Brown effectively controlling the action here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown trying to control the position but instead, Marciano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brown into the cage.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Marciano crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano with a knee to the head.

It looks like Leroy Brown has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Marciano blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marciano.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Brown tries a body shot but Marciano blocks it.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Marciano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Marciano dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Brown's cut.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Marciano throws a head kick that misses.
Brown tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Marciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown wants to clinch but Marciano slips to the side
and Marciano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brown jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Marciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marciano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown lands with a kick to the ribs.
Marciano tried to score with a low kick but Brown checks it.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown wants to clinch but Marciano slips to the side
and Marciano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marciano scores with a nice body kick.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Marciano.
Don Marciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marciano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Marciano darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Marciano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brown can pounce on him.

Brown moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown with a knee to the head.

It looks like Don Marciano has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
Marciano stalling in the clinch but Brown improves position.
Marciano cracks Brown with a nice body shot.

Marciano breaks the clinch.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.
Marciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown punishes Marciano's body with a nice straight punch.
Brown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
Marciano is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Marciano checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown swings for the body but Marciano moves out of range.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Marciano throws a head kick that misses.
Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marciano.
Marciano throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown looks to clinch
and Marciano counters with a leg kick.
Marciano swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Marciano misses with a low kick.
Marciano misses with a looping right.
Brown tries to clinch but Marciano moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marciano.
Marciano keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brown lands a leg kick that knocks Marciano off balance momentarily.

Brown drives through and clinches with Marciano against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown tries a body shot but Marciano blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Marciano improves position.
Marciano lands a hook that snaps the head of Brown backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Leroy Brown.
I think Brown 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 48:48
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 47:49

The fight is ruled a draw!