PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monroe comes to the cage accompanied by Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Worthy has chosen Drop the world as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Monroe
vs
Worthy

175 cm
28
169 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

182 cm
34
167 lbs
25 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Championship Clothing! (Laundry Available)

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 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marlon Worthy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Monroe looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Monroe lands a jab to the nose.
Monroe swings for the body but Worthy moves out of range.
Monroe takes a swing at Worthy's ribcage but misses.
Monroe misses with a looping right.
Monroe throws a series of punches but Worthy avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Monroe. Those never looked like landing.
Worthy checks a leg kick.
Worthy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Monroe.
Monroe slips under a jab.
Monroe misses with a shot to the body
and Worthy counters with a straight right hand.
Monroe misses the shot to the body.
Monroe scores with a one two! Worthy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Worthy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monroe.
Monroe misses the jab.
Jon Monroe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monroe just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Worthy blocks the body kick.
Worthy is looking to clinch.
Worthy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Worthy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Worthy blocks a jab.
Monroe takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Monroe connects with a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Monroe lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Worthy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Worthy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Worthy was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
Monroe lands a nice shot to the body.
Jab from Worthy.
Worthy throws a head kick but Monroe moves out of range.
Monroe throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Monroe lands a nice looking body shot.
Worthy dodges the punch combination from Monroe.
Monroe misses with the combination.
Worthy checks a leg kick nicely.
Monroe misses with a double jab.
Monroe thows a body shot but no joy.
Monroe throws a head kick that misses
and Worthy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Worthy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Monroe throws a right and a left that Worthy avoids nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Monroe checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monroe misses with an uppercut. Worthy saw that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Worthy.
Monroe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Worthy.
Worthy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Monroe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Monroe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Worthy.
Monroe walks into a left hand.
Worthy tries to close the distance and clinch but Monroe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Worthy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Worthy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Monroe.
Monroe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Worthy lands with a hook. Monroe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Worthy clinches.
Worthy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Monroe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Worthy moves away from the strike by Monroe.
Monroe thumps Worthy with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Worthy finds it's way through Monroe's defenses.
Monroe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Monroe scores with a nice head shot.
Monroe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Worthy.
Worthy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Monroe on the side of the head.
Worthy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Worthy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Monroe had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Monroe slips a jab from Worthy.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Worthy was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
Monroe is looking to wear down Worthy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A good leg kick by Worthy.
Monroe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Worthy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Monroe lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Worthy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Jon Monroe has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Monroe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Worthy manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Worthy.
Worthy avoids the body shot from Monroe.
Monroe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Monroe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice defenses there by Worthy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Monroe. Worthy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Worthy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Monroe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Worthy misses with a wild body shot.
Worthy ducks under a wild hook from Monroe.
Worthy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Monroe lands a body shot.
Monroe throws the left hand but Worthy avoids the punch easily.
Worthy scores with a jab to the body.
Worthy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Worthy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Worthy scores with a decent looking hook.
Monroe throws a shot from downtown. Worthy moves away and avoids it.
Worthy looks to score with a jab to the body but Monroe is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Monroe.

Worthy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Worthy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Monroe blocking some punches.
Worthy digs a right hand underneath Monroe's ribcage. Monroe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Worthy as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon Worthy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Monroe's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Worthy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Worthy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Worthy.
Monroe misses with a right hand
and Worthy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Monroe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Monroe connects with an inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Monroe, right into the meat.
Worthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Worthy throws a head kick that misses.
Monroe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Worthy.
Monroe jabs at Worthy's body.
Worthy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Monroe.
Monroe swings for the body but Worthy moves out of range.
Worthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Monroe misses with a series of wild punches.
Monroe throws a poor cross that misses
and Worthy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
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!
Nice uppercut lands for Monroe. That snapped Worthy's head back.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Worthy was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
Monroe throws a head kick but Worthy moves out of range.
Marlon Worthy seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Monroe.
Monroe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Monroe throws a sloppy head kick and Worthy moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Worthy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Monroe takes a step back to recover.
A right-left combo lands from Monroe.
Monroe walks into a left hand.
Monroe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Worthy catches Monroe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Monroe throws a sloppy head kick and Worthy moves out of range easily.
Worthy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Monroe's head backwards.
Monroe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Worthy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Monroe thinking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Monroe misses.
Monroe tried to score with a low kick but Worthy checks it.
Monroe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Monroe is rocked!
Worthy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oh Monroe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Worthy scores with a body shot.
Jon Monroe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Worthy pounces like a tiger and cracks Monroe with a vicious hook! Monroe is down but not out! Worthy follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marlon Worthy!
An out of breath Marlon Worthy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.