PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Heavy Damage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damage's entrance music is South Afrika. A fine choice. Marciano has chosen lets dance as his entrance music. Rocky Marciano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Damage
vs
Marciano

170 cm
26
159 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

180 cm
32
146 lbs
26 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Heavy Damage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damage throws a chopping leg kick but Marciano manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Damage misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marciano scores with a nice body kick.
Marciano throws a sloppy head kick
and Damage counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
An inside leg kick from Marciano misses.
Damage throws a low kick but Marciano moves out of range easily.
Damage scores with a punch to the head.
Damage is looking to clinch but Marciano is avoiding it.
Damage slips under a jab.
Heavy Damage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damage just misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Damage can pounce on him.
Damage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Damage.
Marciano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice defenses there by Damage.
Marciano misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano is looking to score with low kicks.
Marciano defending well as Damage loads up on a big left hand.
Marciano feints and then cracks Damage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Damage down.
Damage throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Damage tries to clinch up.
Marciano avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Damage misses its intended target.
Marciano goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Damage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Damage throws the kick towards the body but Marciano avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Damage.
Damage shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Damage misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damage scores with a sloppy right hand. Marciano should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano connects with a leg kick. Damage looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Damage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Damage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Damage feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marciano's calf.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Damage throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marciano misses with a head kick.
Marciano misses with a hook
and Damage counters with a good low kick that Marciano was not able to check.
Both fighters circling a little - Damage finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jab by Damage.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Marciano crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Damage - the referee stops the clock and Marciano gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Damage. Marciano manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A leg kick checked by Marciano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damage stuffs the takedown attempt from Marciano. Marciano gets slowly back to his feet.
Damage moves out of range as Marciano throws a body kick.
Damage connects with a body shot.
Marciano moves forwards but Damage connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Damage feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marciano's calf.
Marciano throws a right hand that misses
and Damage counters with an outside leg kick.
Marciano throws a hook but Damage blocks it.
Damage lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marciano throws an off balance right hand
and Damage counters with a low kick, right behind Marciano 's knee.
Damage looks to throw the jab but Marciano is out of range.
Damage throws out a loose jab but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damage 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.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Damage.
Marciano swinging wildly here.
Damage tries to land a front kick but Marciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Damage misses with a kick to the body.
Marciano is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damage walks into a straight right hand from Marciano.
Marciano lands a jab to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damage misses with a few strikes there.
Damage 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.
Damage throws a shot from downtown. Marciano moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heavy Damage dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Damage misses with a straight left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Damage.
Marciano throws a big shot that misses.
Damage keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Damage throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Damage will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Damage on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Damage clinches up against the cage.
Damage tries for a takedown. No joy.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Damage fails to land.
Damage blocking some punches.
Marciano gets through Damage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Damage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Damage moves into range and connects with a jab.
Damage has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Marciano.
Damage connects with a solid leg kick.
Marciano misses with a looping right.
Damage looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Damage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damage misses with a lunging right hand
letting Marciano counter with a right hand.
Damage throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Damage misses with a leg kick

and Marciano counters with a single leg into guard. Damage didn't expect that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Marciano trying to control but Damage is working from the bottom.
Damage working a defensive guard here.
Marciano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Damage is looking for a triangle but Marciano pushes his legs off easily.
Marciano is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Marciano wants to pass the guard but Damage is keeping the position.
Marciano passes Damage's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Damage has hold of Marciano's hands but Marciano slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Marciano lands with a punch from half guard.
Damage gets back to full guard.
Marciano pushes down on Damage's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marciano seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Marciano in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Damage tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Marciano!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rocky Marciano!
Rocky Marciano gave a mention to GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).