PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Quadros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marciano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kid Charlemagne. Quadros comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pride Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Stephen Quadros has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marciano
vs
Quadros

194 cm
31
215 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

194 cm
27
220 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephen Quadros!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quadros shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Quadros thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Marciano if he has to take too many more of those.
Good standup being displayed there by Quadros as he connects with a hook.
Marciano tries to close the distance and clinch but Quadros swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marciano works Quadros's body with a nice hook.
Quadros misses with an uppercut. Marciano saw that one coming.
Quadros takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Quadros checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quadros fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marciano checks it well.
Marciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quadros.
Marciano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stephen Quadros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quadros works Marciano's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quadros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quadros misses with a kick to the body.
Quadros swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a head kick.
Quadros throws a wild body kick that Marciano sees coming a mile off.
Quadros buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quadros misses with a body kick.
Marciano moves out of range of the body kick.
Quadros throws a half hearted mid kick.
Quadros throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marciano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quadros blocks a head kick by Marciano.
Quadros uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marciano.
Quadros throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Marciano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quadros thuds his shin into the meat of Marciano's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quadros misses with a body kick.
Marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quadros moves away.
Quadros bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quadros swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Quadros clinches.
Marciano misses with a body punch.
Marciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Quadros tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marciano avoids it.
Quadros working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Quadros tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marciano's elbow.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Quadros controls his hands.
Marciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Quadros uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marciano tries to work over Quadros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano blocks an elbow strike.
Quadros lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Quadros.
Quadros presses Marciano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marciano avoids the elbow strike from Quadros, against the cage.
Quadros misses with an elbow strike.
Marciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marciano throws a head punch that misses.
Quadros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quadros just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marciano's brow.
Marciano lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
Marciano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quadros wants to stall.
Marciano digs a right hand underneath Quadros's ribcage. Quadros let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters up against the cage, Quadros throws an elbow but misses.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Quadros misses with an elbow strike.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Quadros.
Quadros lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Quadros lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Rocky Marciano has been cut.
Quadros on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quadros cracks Marciano with a nice body shot.
Quadros'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.
Marciano is trying to push Quadros away but Quadros has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marciano pushes Quadros back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quadros pushes Marciano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quadros's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of Quadros's head.
Marciano tries to work over Quadros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Quadros throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Stephen Quadros will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Quadros lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. Quadros saw that one coming.
Quadros misses with a straight right.
Marciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Quadros checks a leg kick nicely.
A left and a right from Quadros both land. Nice combination.
Marciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quadros comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Quadros lands with a kick to the temple. Marciano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quadros takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Marciano lands the left hand.
Stephen Quadros is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quadros wants to clinch up but Marciano keeps it at a distance.
Marciano avoids the head kick by Quadros.
Quadros throws a wild body kick that Marciano sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quadros throws a lazy head kick
and Marciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marciano looks to land a left hand but Quadros moved out of range nicely.
Marciano throws a solid leg kick but Quadros takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Marciano.
Marciano moves out of range of the body kick.
Quadros throws a push kick but Marciano slaps the foot to one side.
A big left from Marciano misses.
Quadros has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Quadros there as he acknowledges the shot.
Quadros tries to move into range but Marciano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Quadros misses with a kick to the body
and Marciano counters with a good low kick that Quadros was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quadros is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marciano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quadros connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Quadros throws a wild body kick that Marciano sees coming a mile off.
Stephen Quadros seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Quadros misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quadros looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Quadros throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Marciano scores with a head kick. Quadros tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Quadros counters by moving into the clinch.
Quadros lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quadros trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Quadros.
Marciano tries a body shot but Quadros blocks it.
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Quadros avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quadros.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quadros avoids the elbow strike from Marciano, against the cage.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Quadros controls his hands.
Quadros softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Quadros tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quadros misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Quadros's brow.
Marciano takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quadros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marciano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Quadros has Marciano pushed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Quadros.
Marciano misses with a knee to the head.
Marciano has a couple of punches blocked by Quadros.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marciano.
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Quadros avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.
Marciano is trying to break the clinch but Quadros has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quadros blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quadros tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marciano avoids it.
Quadros makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quadros avoiding damage.
Quadros missing with knees to the body.
Quadros misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quadros blocks an uppercut.
Quadros tries to land knees in the clinch but Marciano avoids the damage to the body.
Quadros lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano dodges an elbow strike from Quadros.
Quadros has Marciano pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quadros is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marciano is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Quadros showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Marciano throws a hook to the side of Quadros's head but Quadros sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quadros throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Quadros pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Quadros misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano looks to land a right hand but Quadros moved out of range.
Marciano misses with a head kick.

Quadros moves into the clinch.
Marciano lands a nice uppercut.
Marciano has a couple of punches blocked by Quadros.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Quadros.
Marciano missing with knees to the body.
Marciano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marciano tries to work over Quadros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Quadros controls his hands.
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Quadros avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano being controlled against the cage.
Quadros throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marciano.
Quadros slows down the pace here.
Quadros tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees to the body from Marciano.
Quadros blocking some punches.
Marciano lands with a left to the head.
Quadros doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quadros lands a hook that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quadros's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of 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!
A short right from Quadros on the inside.
Marciano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quadros stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
Marciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Quadros uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quadros struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marciano throws an elbow but misses.
Marciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quadros avoids it.
Quadros blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quadros lands a nice knee to the body.
Quadros misses with a knee strike.
Rocky Marciano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Quadros tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marciano avoids it.
Quadros lands with a right to the head.
Marciano tries to work over Quadros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
Quadros misses with a knee strike.
Rocky Marciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tries to break free but Quadros pushes him back against the cage.
Marciano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Quadros.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Quadros.
Quadros swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quadros misses with an elbow over the top.
Quadros's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Quadros stalling.
Quadros lands a shoulder strike.
Quadros missing with knees to the body.
Quadros unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marciano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
Quadros is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marciano is keeping busy.
Marciano dodges an elbow strike from Quadros.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano gets through Quadros's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Quadros misses with a punch to the body.
Quadros creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Quadros lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Marciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quadros looks to land a body kick but Marciano moved away.
Marciano scores with a body shot.
Quadros takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Quadros throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quadros swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marciano takes a swing at Quadros's ribcage but misses.
Marciano throws a hook but Quadros blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano tried to score with a low kick but Quadros checks it.
Marciano avoids the head kick by Quadros.
Stephen Quadros is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marciano throws a leg kick but Quadros moved away.

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 Rocky Marciano.
I think Quadros has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Stephen Quadros!
Our winner, Stephen Quadros, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.