PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knuckle Stone (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 lets dance. Stone has chosen Gimme Shelter as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Marciano
vs
Stone

180 cm
33
146 lbs
29 - 10 - 0

166 cm
28
147 lbs
16 - 9 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 2, fighting out of London, Knuckle Stone!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone with a hook.
Marciano avoids a kick to the body.
Marciano throws a good cross that connects.
Stone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stone is out of range and Marciano settles back down.
Stone is looking to slow Marciano down with leg kicks.
Stone lands a high kick!
Marciano throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marciano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Stone misses the target.
Stone throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stone scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stone connects with a jab.
Marciano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone throws out a loose jab but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stone misses with a leg kick
and Marciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marciano moves out of range of the body kick from Stone.
Stone darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Stone with a jab.
Stone scores with a spinning back kick!
Stone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Marciano takes one to the chin there.
Marciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
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.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Stone stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marciano.
Marciano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marciano.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knuckle Stone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stone.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone throws a leg kick
and Marciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stone looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Stone thows a leg kick but Marciano checks it
and Marciano counters with a head kick. That will keep Stone thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The fighters circling - Marciano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marciano shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stone but Stone pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stone lands a jab to Marciano's midsection.
Marciano scores with a jab.
Stone misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marciano throws the left hand but Stone avoids the punch easily.
Marciano looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fighters circling - Stone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stone throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stone punishes Marciano's body with a nice straight punch.
Marciano throws a big shot that misses.
Marciano throws out a loose jab but Stone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marciano.
Stone throws a series of punches but Marciano avoids them all with ease.
Marciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marciano will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stone tries to land a leg kick but Marciano saw it coming and moves away.
Marciano looks to land a left hand but Stone moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Stone misses.
Stone misses with a low kick as Marciano jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone scores with a punch to the head.
Stone looks to land a left hand but Marciano moved out of range nicely.
Stone scoring well with a low kick there.
Marciano staying out of range there.

Marciano takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stone lands with a light punch inside.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stone lands an uppercut.
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!
Marciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.

Stone breaks the clinch.
Stone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Stone avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Knuckle Stone 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 throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the body from Marciano misses
and Stone counters with a one-two to the body.
Stone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marciano tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Marciano misses with a body shot.
Marciano ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Stone attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot by Stone.
Stone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marciano.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horrible takedown by Marciano or perhaps it was just good defense by Stone which made him look bad.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marciano.
Stone lands a slapping body shot.
Knuckle Stone seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a straight right.
Marciano blocks a jab.

Marciano shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Marciano showed some decent athleticism there.

Marciano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Stone sees it coming and defends easily.
Marciano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stone is staying active underneath Marciano, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Stone is looking to improve his position.
Marciano missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stone wants to get back to full guard.
Marciano will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Marciano throwing shots but Stone is blocking nicely.
Marciano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marciano winds up and cracks Stone with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Marciano thows a huge punch but Stone dodges it nicely.
Marciano stops Stone from getting back to his feet.
Marciano is pressing down on Stone's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stone is holding on for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone tries to roll over but Marciano keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone is trying to stand up here but Marciano is controlling him well.
Marciano working over Stone with some ground and pound. Stone looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stone is in trouble now - Marciano has advanced to mount!
Stone is looking to get to half guard.
Stone really wants to buck Marciano off and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano with shots to the head and body - Stone looks very uncomfortable down there.
Marciano scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stone?
BOOM! Marciano connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Marciano connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marciano lands a big shot there that rocks Stone but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
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 raining down hammerfists from mount.

Stone is rocked!
Marciano lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stone hang on?
Stone is still in real trouble! Can Marciano finish him?
Marciano drops a big elbow. That's hurt Stone! More shots from Marciano and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Marciano!
Rocky Marciano really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.