PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliah Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derrick Rose has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rose
vs
Marshal

185 cm
24
155 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
168 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Derrick Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Eliah Marshal!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rose has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshal's face.
Marshal landing knees to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Rose.
Marshal missing with knees to the body.
Marshal throws an elbow that misses.
Marshal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Marshal blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marshal.
Rose swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshal misses with some punches.
Marshal unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rose with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rose tries a knee to the head but Marshal blocks it.
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!
Marshal tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose looking to throw knees to the head but Marshal is blocking nicely.
Rose really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Marshal managing to block the knees to the body from Rose.
Marshal misses with a body punch.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Marshal scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marshal throws an elbow but misses.
Marshal's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rose misses with an elbow strike.
Marshal blocks an elbow strike from Rose.
Rose looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marshal scores with a shoulder strike.
Rose lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marshal putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rose in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rose lands a knee to the body.
Rose trying to land knees to the body.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marshal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marshal throws a head punch that misses.
Marshal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshal is looking to control Rose's arms but Rose gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marshal has his back to the cage.
Rose creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshal's defenses.
Marshal blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Rose.
Rose lands a damaging elbow.
Marshal lands a right hand.
Rose with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marshal throws a head punch that misses.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marshal blocks it with crossed arms.
Marshal taking a breather.
Rose pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rose tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marshal avoids it.
Marshal scores with a shot to the side of Rose's head.
Rose is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marshal looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Marshal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Rose blocks a body shot from Marshal.
Rose is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marshal is defending well for now.
Rose lands a good knee to the midsection. Marshal won't want to take too many of those.
Rose lands an elbow just above Marshal 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marshal takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rose misses with an elbow over the top.
Rose tries a knee to the head but Marshal blocks it.
Marshal lands a nice knee to the body.
Marshal tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marshal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rose's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rose tries to land knees in the clinch but Marshal avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal avoiding damage as Rose throws knees to the body.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Rose managing to block the knees to the body from Marshal.
Rose tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marshal avoids it.
Rose is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marshal is defending well for now.
Marshal stalling the fight.
Marshal lands an uppercut.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Marshal blocks with his arms.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Marshal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marshal lands a good knee to the midsection. Rose won't want to take too many of those.
Marshal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marshal misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short body shot lands from Marshal as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Marshal as the two fighters clinch.
Rose is breathing heavily.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Marshal blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eliah Marshal will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marshal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Marshal misses with a knee to the head.
Marshal is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marshal crunches a lovely knee into Rose's ribcage.
Marshal taking a breather.
Marshal throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
Marshal has a couple of punches blocked by Rose.
Rose lands a nice shot to the body.
Marshal scores with a shot to the side of Rose's head.
Marshal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marshal blocking some punches.
Marshal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now.
Marshal avoids a wild elbow strike from Rose.
Rose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marshal trying to land knees to the body.
Marshal is looking to control Rose's arms but Rose gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marshal has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal misses with some punches.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marshal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marshal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marshal is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rose with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Marshal.
Marshal tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Marshal in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rose tries a knee to the head but Marshal blocks it.
A short left from Marshal.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marshal gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rose connects with a knee to the head.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
Eliah Marshal seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marshal blocks it with crossed arms.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Marshal blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose dodges an elbow strike from Marshal.
Knees to the body from Marshal.
Marshal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marshal blocks it with crossed arms.
Marshal scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose letting Marshal take a breather here.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rose pushes off an throws an elbow but Marshal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marshal missing with knees to the body.
Marshal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rose takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marshal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rose avoids it.
Rose misses with an elbow strike.
Marshal tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose trying to land knees to the body.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.
Marshal managing to block the knees to the body from Rose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Marshal.
Marshal misses with a knee strike.
Rose lands a damaging elbow.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marshal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rose's brow.
Rose working Marshal over with knees to the body.
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.
Marshal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshal's face.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marshal is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rose connects with a knee to the 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!
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marshal blocks it with crossed arms.
Rose avoiding damage as Marshal throws knees to the body.
Marshal lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rose.
Marshal looking to stall.
Rose trying to land knees to the body.
Marshal stalling against the cage.
Marshal misses with an elbow over the top.
Marshal gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Marshal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rose misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marshal with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rose throws an elbow but misses.
Marshal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eliah Marshal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rose jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rose misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marshal lands with a nice body kick.
Rose tries to land a leg kick but Marshal saw it coming and moves away.
Marshal connects with a right hand. Rose shakes it off.
Marshal connects with a right hand. Rose shakes it off.
Marshal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marshal missing with a left hand there. Rose was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Rose drives through and clinches with Marshal against the cage.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Marshal is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rose misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marshal taking a breather.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Marshal missing with knees to the body.
Marshal pushes Rose back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marshal pushes Rose back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Marshal.
Marshal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Marshal blocks the elbow strike.
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rose letting Marshal take a breather here.
Rose misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshal.
Marshal struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal lands an elbow inside that Rose shrugs off.
Marshal is pushing Rose up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short uppercut from Rose.
Rose misses with an elbow strike.
Marshal is trying to maintain a safe position but Rose gets an underhook and turns Marshal into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Rose avoiding damage as Marshal throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Rose.
Marshal tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Rose tries to land knees in the clinch but Marshal avoids the damage to the body.
Marshal lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marshal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Marshal cracks Rose with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marshal misses with a knee to the head.
Rose throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Rose creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rose creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshal's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Marshal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marshal blocks it with crossed arms.
Marshal lands with a short shot to the head.
Rose misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshal.
Marshal tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Marshal back against the cage.
Marshal lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Derrick Rose has been cut.
Rose creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshal's defenses.
Knees to the body from Marshal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshal landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marshal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rose looking to throw knees to the head but Marshal is blocking nicely.
Rose tries a knee to the head but Marshal blocks it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Marshal - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rose looking to throw knees to the head but Marshal is blocking nicely.
Still in the clinch, Marshal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Marshal scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marshal obliges.
Rose dodges an elbow strike from Marshal.
Marshal landing knees to the body.
Derrick Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marshal misses with a body punch.
Rose misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eliah Marshal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marshal has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eliah Marshal!