PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pancho Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominguez comes into the arena with MIchael Jackson - Beat It blaring out of the sound system. Marley has chosen The Game- One Blood as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dominguez
vs
Marley

179 cm
18
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

No Shit Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pancho Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Damian Marley!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Marley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Marley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marley pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Dominguez closes the distance and clinches.
Dominguez landing knees to the head.

It looks like Damian Marley has been cut.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Marley has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dominguez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dominguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marley's defenses.
Dominguez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marley has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dominguez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Marley looks gassed!
Dominguez lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Damian Marley's cut even more.
Dominguez lands a nice knee to the body.
Dominguez lands an elbow just above Marley 's eye.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Dominguez.
Dominguez lands an elbow just above Marley 's eye.

The cut above Damian Marley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominguez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dominguez lands an elbow just above Marley 's eye.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Dominguez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dominguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marley's defenses.
Dominguez landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.

Damian Marley's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Dominguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dominguez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dominguez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marley's face.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dominguez lands an elbow that stopped Marley in his tracks for a moment.
Dominguez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Come on Dominguez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Marley looking for a takedown.
Pancho Dominguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Marley.
Dominguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dominguez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
Marley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marley tries to score a body lock takedown but Dominguez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Marley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Marley avoids the damage to the body.
Marley takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley tries to pull guard but Dominguez won't allow it.
Dominguez gets underhooks to prevent Marley's takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Dominguez.
Marley looking for a takedown.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marley is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Marley has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
Dominguez scores a nice knee to the body.
Dominguez lands a nice knee to the body.
Marley is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Dominguez connects with a knee to the head.
Marley wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominguez won't allow it.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.
Marley tries to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling the position.
Dominguez lands a nice knee to the body.
Marley managing to block the knees to the body from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dominguez.
Marley blocks the elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dominguez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley tries to pull guard but Dominguez holds him up against the cage and eventually Marley drops back down to his feet.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Marley can't get the takedown.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Marley wants a takedown.
Marley is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Marley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dominguez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands an elbow that stopped Marley in his tracks for a moment.
Dominguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dominguez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Marley is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Marley tries to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling the position.
Dominguez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dominguez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Marley wants to break free but Dominguez has control.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Dominguez keeps control of Marley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from Marley.
Dominguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marley's defenses.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Marley avoiding damage as Dominguez throws knees to the body.
Dominguez lands an elbow just above Marley 's eye.
Marley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Dominguez.
Nice elbow from Dominguez.
Dominguez prevents Marley from breaking the clinch.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marley's defenses.
Marley looking to slow down the pace here.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Marley avoids the damage to the body.
Marley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pancho Dominguez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damian Marley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Marley misses with a head kick.
Marley throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dominguez.
Jab, jab by Marley - just one landing.
Pancho Dominguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Dominguez stalling against the cage.
Knees to the body from Dominguez.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dominguez.
Marley takes an elbow to the temple.
Marley wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominguez won't allow it.
Dominguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marley's defenses.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez effectively controlling the action here.
Dominguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pancho Dominguez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dominguez scores with a knee to the head.
Marley has Dominguez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dominguez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dominguez'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.
Marley misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from Marley.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Dominguez pushes off an throws an elbow but Marley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dominguez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marley is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Marley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Marley is trying to break free.
Dominguez scores a nice knee to the body.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside.
Marley is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
Marley tries to throw a body punch but Dominguez avoids it by throwing Marley back against the cage.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dominguez lands a nice knee to the body.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marley has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez.
Knees to the body from Dominguez.
Marley wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominguez won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marley takes an elbow to the temple.
Marley takes an elbow to the temple.
Marley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Marley jumps guard but Dominguez stands there with Marley around his waist. Marley gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dominguez landing knees to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Dominguez.
Marley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pancho Dominguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Marley.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Marley is trying to break free.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.
Dominguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marley's defenses.
Marley trying to control the position but instead, Dominguez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marley into the cage.
Marley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dominguez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marley is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Dominguez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head.
Dominguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Dominguez.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
Dominguez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marley is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Dominguez.
Dominguez misses with a knee to the head.
Dominguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Marley tries for a takedown but Dominguez manages to get underhooks.
Marley has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
Marley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.
Dominguez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marley is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Marley has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominguez keeps control of Marley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dominguez smiles and moves away.

Dominguez closes the distance and clinches.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Marley tries to pull guard but Dominguez holds him up against the cage and eventually Marley drops back down to his feet.
Marley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dominguez has Marley pressed against the cage.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Marley is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
Come on Dominguez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Marley has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marley can't break the clinch.
Marley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pancho Dominguez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damian Marley's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dominguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Dominguez closes the distance and clinches.
Marley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Dominguez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dominguez with a knee to the head.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Marley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head.
Marley tries to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling the position.
Dominguez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dominguez gets underhooks to prevent Marley's takedown attempt.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
Marley takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Dominguez.
Marley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley takes an elbow to the temple.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Marley avoids the damage to the body.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Marley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Dominguez pushes off an throws an elbow but Marley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marley avoids a wild elbow strike from Dominguez.
Marley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Marley shrugs off.
Marley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dominguez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pancho Dominguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Marley.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Marley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dominguez scores a nice knee to the body.
Dominguez lands a nice knee to the body.
Marley tries to pull guard but Dominguez won't allow it.
Marley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Dominguez scores a nice knee to the body.
Marley wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominguez won't allow it.
Marley tries to pull guard but Dominguez holds him up against the cage and eventually Marley drops back down to his feet.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.
Marley is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Dominguez landing knees to the head.
Marley has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Marley avoids the damage to the body.
Marley is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
Marley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dominguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dominguez lands an elbow that stopped Marley in his tracks for a moment.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Dominguez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marley tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dominguez keeps control of Marley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marley goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dominguez prevents it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dominguez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley tries to score a body lock takedown but Dominguez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dominguez scores a nice knee to the body.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
Dominguez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow.
Marley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A bit of stalling here from Dominguez.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Marley avoids the damage to the body.
Marley wants to break free but Dominguez has control.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dominguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez prevents the takedown attempt.
Dominguez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marley can't get the takedown.
Damian Marley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dominguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marley.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into Marley's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Dominguez.
Marley has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
Dominguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside.
A bit of stalling here from Dominguez.
Marley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Marley avoids the damage to the body.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A shot in the inside from Marley.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dominguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marley.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pancho Dominguez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee calls for Dominguez to work.
Marley misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pancho Dominguez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dominguez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Pancho Dominguez!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Pancho Dominguez!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Pancho Dominguez!

Pancho Dominguez wins by unanimous decision!