PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jalen Vazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Marleau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Vazquez
vs
Marleau

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jalen Vazquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Marleau!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vazquez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marleau is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Marleau is not content to let Vazquez control the position.
Marleau is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here as Vazquez stalls from top position.
Marleau is looking for a sweep.
Marleau is still trying to improve position.
Marleau is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Vazquez is looking to take a break and control but Marleau is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vazquez working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marleau tries to bench press Vazquez off him but Vazquez keeps the position.
Vazquez taking a breather here.
Marleau is looking to reverse the position.
Vazquez wants to control but Marleau is keeping him busy.
Marleau tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vazquez remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marleau is looking to regain half guard here but Vazquez keeps moving and retains side control.
Marleau is trying to control Vazquez's posture but Vazquez avoids it.
Marleau sneaks back into half guard.
Marleau trying to hold on to Vazquez's head to control him but Vazquez postures up.
Marleau is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Marleau actively working from the bottom here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Vazquez wants to work for an arm triangle but Marleau is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Marleau actively working from the bottom here.

Marleau looking for subs from the bottom but Vazquez mounts him!
Vazquez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vazquez wants to control the pace but Marleau is squirming around nicely.
Marleau is looking to get to half guard.
Vazquez wants to control the pace but Marleau is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marleau keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vazquez trying to control but Marleau is having none of it.
Marleau can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vazquez seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Marleau is holding on tight.
Marleau is trying desperately to improve position.
Vazquez wants to control the pace but Marleau is squirming around nicely.
Vazquez prevents Marleau from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marleau tries to lock up and control but Vazquez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jalen Vazquez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Vazquez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Marleau gets caught flat footed, as Vazquez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Marleau working for a triangle but Vazquez defends it easily.
Marleau is adopting a defensive guard.
Vazquez preventing the sweep.

Marleau is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Vazquez defends well.
Marleau can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Vazquez controls the pace.
Vazquez trying to control but Marleau is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marleau is trying to control the position but Vazquez postures up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Marleau trying to strike off his back.

Vazquez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vazquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Marleau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Patrick Marleau has got the better of the ground game so far.

Marleau is looking for a triangle but Vazquez pushes his legs off easily.
Vazquez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Marleau bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vazquez's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marleau throws a big right hand that misses.
Vazquez trying to control the position.
Marleau is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Vazquez keeping moving, preventing Marleau from controlling successfully.
Marleau throwing strikes but missing.
Vazquez is controlling Marleau's posture.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marleau passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Vazquez is trying to control Marleau's posture but Marleau avoids it.
Marleau looks up at the clock and then as Vazquez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Marleau smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez wants to control but Marleau postures up.

Marleau is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vazquez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Vazquez is trying to control Marleau's posture but Marleau avoids it.

Marleau tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Vazquez prevents Marleau from moving into mount.
Marleau tries to stand but Vazquez is controlling his head.
You can see the frustration on Vazquez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Marleau is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Vazquez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marleau postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Marleau swings around for an armbar but Vazquez sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Marleau's guard.

Vazquez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Marleau has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vazquez has managed to get both his arms back between Marleau's legs - danger averted.
Vazquez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Marleau is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marleau keeping moving, preventing Vazquez from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marleau looking for a sweep. Not yet Marleau, not yet.
Vazquez postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Marleau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Marleau fails to land the takedown.
Marleau shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vazquez pinned against the cage. Vazquez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Vazquez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Marleau!
Marleau is not content to let Vazquez control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marleau can't do much from the bottom here.
Marleau is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Vazquez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Marleau works his way to full guard. Good work.

Marleau had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Vazquez defends it easily.
Marleau is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Marleau has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vazquez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Marleau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marleau is trying to control the position but Vazquez postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Marleau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Marleau working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Vazquez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Vazquez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Vazquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Marleau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vazquez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Marleau is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jalen Vazquez.

Vazquez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Vazquez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marleau is looking for a sweep.
Marleau sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Vazquez is trying to control the action in half guard but Marleau is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vazquez is controlling the pace.

Marleau looking for submissions off his back.
Vazquez controlling the action here.
Marleau trying to hold on to Vazquez's head to control him but Vazquez postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez wants to take a breather but Marleau is having none of it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Marleau actively working from the bottom here.
Marleau wants to improve his position but Vazquez is controlling well.

Marleau looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Marleau is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vazquez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marleau keeps working.

Marleau looking for submissions off his back.

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 Jalen Vazquez.
I think Vazquez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Patrick Marleau!