PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacopo Faithful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marques comes to the cage accompanied by mosh. Faithful has chosen Be Faithful as his entrance music. Fabio Marques had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Marques
vs
Faithful

206 cm
27
265 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fabio Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacopo Faithful!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Marques throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Faithful throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marques throws a right and a left that Faithful avoids nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Marques throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Faithful missing with a left hand there. Marques was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marques throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marques will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Faithful forces Marques back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques working hard to break the clinch.
Marques fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faithful is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marques throws a punch but it's blocked by Faithful.
Faithful utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Marques breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marques. Faithful does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faithful with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marques takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Fabio Marques has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faithful wants to clinch
and Marques counters with a left and a right that stings Faithful.
Faithful scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marques cracks Faithful with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faithful swinging wildly here.
Marques throws out a loose jab but Faithful uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Faithful lands an uppercut.
Marques lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Jacopo Faithful has been cut.
Marques working hard to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Faithful.
Marques has had enough of the clinch but Faithful keeps him there for the moment.
Our sources have told us that Marques has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Marques lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Faithful obliges.
Marques takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marques is breathing heavily.
Faithful utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Faithful lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faithful lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marques backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faithful lands an uppercut.
Faithful blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Faithful.
Marques's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marques fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marques is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Faithful blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Faithful.
Marques wants to break free but Faithful has control.
Faithful lands a left hand.
Faithful unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Faithful drops Marques onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Marques is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Marques is rocked!
Knees to the body from Faithful.
Oh Marques is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Faithful lands a knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Faithful.
Marques seems to have got his legs back now.
Marques is trying to break the clinch but Faithful has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacopo Faithful dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Marques throws a right hand that misses

and Faithful counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Faithful drops Marques onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Marques is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Faithful prevents Marques from breaking the clinch.
Marques tries to circle away but Faithful has him pinned against the cage.
Faithful blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Marques's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Marques.
Faithful looks to score with a jab to the body but Marques is just out of range.
Marques lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faithful.
Marques rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Faithful holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Marques wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Faithful keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marques's efforts to push away.
Faithful landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marques tries to circle away but Faithful has him pinned against the cage.
Marques wants to break free but Faithful has control.
Faithful lands with a left to the head.

Fabio Marques's cut is getting worse.
Marques has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Faithful landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marques misses with some punches.

Faithful drops Marques onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Marques is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marques tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faithful landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marques working aggressively here.
Faithful utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Faithful creates a bit of distance and cracks Marques with a massive left hook! Marques crumples out of camera shot, completely unconscious! He's been Nelmarked! Faithful stares at him for a moment then struts over to his corner, victorious.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jacopo Faithful!
A very excited looking Jacopo Faithful made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.