PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Vincent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Vincent
vs
Marley

182 cm
22
184 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hugo Vincent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Marley!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vincent scores with the left hand. Marley knows he should have avoided that one.
Marley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Marley.
A little jabbing left from Marley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vincent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marley.
Vincent misses the jab.
Vincent slips a jab from Marley.
Marley misses with a two punch combination.
Marley throws a leg kick but Vincent moved away.
Vincent missing with a left hand there. Marley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vincent doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vincent takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vincent connects with the punch.
Marley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vincent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vincent on the side of the head.
Marley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marley throws a jab when Vincent was well out of range.
Marley looks to land a right hand but Vincent moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vincent. Marley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marley misses with a looping right.
Vincent tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley throws a chopping leg kick but Vincent manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marley throws a hook but Vincent avoids it easily.
Vincent connects with the punch.
Vincent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marley.
Vincent throws a lazy right hand but Marley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marley throws a body punch but Vincent moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Marley.
Vincent has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Robert Marley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marley tries to bum rush Vincent with a series of wild strikes but Vincent uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Marley connects with a body shot.
Marley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vincent avoids the body shot from Marley.
Vincent lunges at Marley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marley's hand.
Vincent is looking to clinch but Marley is avoiding it.
Vincent throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Marley circles away from the clinch attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Vincent misses its intended target.
Marley throws a looping overhand right but Vincent ducks down to avoid it.
Vincent moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley misses with a looping right.
Vincent takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vincent throws a jab but it's blocked by Marley.
Marley throws out a counter right but Vincent avoids it with no problem.
Marley misses with a two punch combination.
Vincent keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marley.
Vincent throws a head kick but Marley moves out of range.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vincent.
A bone on bone clash there as Vincent blocks the leg kick.
Marley throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Vincent misses.
A cross from Vincent lands.
Vincent digs a good body shot into Marley's ribs.

Vincent darts in and clinches Marley up against the cage.
Marley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vincent up against the cage.
Marley stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Marley tries to break free but Vincent pushes him back against the cage.

Vincent breaks from the clinch.
Marley swings for the body but Vincent moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Marley 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 Vincent has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vincent and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marley connects with the punch.
Vincent ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marley moves away.
Marley slips under a jab from Vincent.
Vincent misses with a looping right.
Marley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vincent under the eye.
Some bone on bone action there as Vincent checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vincent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marley was well out of range. Poor timing from Vincent.
Vincent throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marley lands a jab.
Marley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vincent had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Marley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vincent misses with a hook. Marley ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Marley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vincent tests Marley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marley swats away the attempt to clinch by Vincent.
Marley throws an off balance right hand
and Vincent counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vincent tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Marley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vincent throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marley throws out a counter right but Vincent avoids it with no problem.
Marley scores with a jab. Vincent acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Marley slips a straight right by Vincent.
We've been informed that Marley has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley throws a hook but Vincent blocks it.
Vincent looks to throw the jab but Marley is out of range.
Marley jabs Vincent right on the nose. Vincent blinks but takes it well.
Vincent tries to move into range but Marley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marley jabs Vincent to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Marley dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Marley misses with a looping right.
Vincent thinks about countering with a head kick.
Vincent will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vincent.
Marley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vincent throws a big counter combination but Marley scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Vincent blocks a jab.
Vincent misses with an uppercut.
Marley ducks under a wild hook from Vincent.
Vincent misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Vincent keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marley.
Marley tries to bum rush Vincent with a series of wild strikes but Vincent uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vincent pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vincent throws a sloppy head kick and Marley moves out of range easily.
Marley fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vincent checks it well.
Marley throws a series of punches but Vincent moves out of range.
Marley misses with an uppercut. Vincent saw that one coming.
Marley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Robert Marley has been cut.
Vincent takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley misses with an uppercut
and Vincent counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marley thinking.
Vincent checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vincent.
Vincent misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Vincent.
Vincent moves out of range of the strikes.
Marley moves out of range of the strikes.
Marley misses with a wild body shot.
Vincent tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot by Marley.
Marley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vincent is looking to land body kicks.
Marley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vincent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vincent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marley.
Robert Marley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marley throws a leg kick that misses.
Marley missing with a left hand there. Vincent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vincent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marley was well out of range. Poor timing from Vincent.
Marley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vincent circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley throws a shot to the body.
Marley missing with a left hand there. Vincent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vincent is looking to counter with head kicks.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vincent moves in looking to clinch but Marley pushes him off.
Vincent blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vincent ducks under a wild hook from Marley.
Marley lands with a good body shot.
Vincent slips a jab from Marley.
Vincent moves out of range of the leg kick from Marley.
Vincent throws a hook but Marley blocks it.
Vincent moves into range and connects with a jab.
Marley throws a low kick but Vincent avoids it.
A cross from Marley lands.
Sloppy strikes from Marley. Those never looked like landing.
Vincent throws a right hand that Marley ducks under and follows up with a left that Marley also avoids with ease.
Marley moves out of range of the body kick.
Marley avoids the head kick by Vincent.
Vincent ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marley moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vincent throws a right hand that misses
and Marley counters with a nice body shot.
Marley blocks a low kick nicely.
Marley misses with an uppercut.
Vincent takes a swing at Marley's ribcage but misses.
Marley blocks the body kick.
Vincent loads up on a big right hand but Marley slips the punch.
Marley throws a hook but Vincent avoids it easily.
Vincent fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marley manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vincent. Marley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vincent wants to clinch.
Nice body punch from Marley.
Vincent bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vincent takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Marley misses the target.
Good exchange - Marley coming out on top.
Vincent's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vincent scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Marley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vincent doesn't seem phased though.
Marley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vincent manages to avoid it.
Marley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marley throws a chopping leg kick but Vincent manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marley connects with the punch.
Marley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Some bone on bone action there as Vincent checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marley scores with a decent looking hook.
Marley moves away from the strike by Vincent.

Vincent has Marley up against the cage in a clinch.
Marley holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Vincent looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vincent is looking to break free of the clinch but Marley has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Marley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robert Marley'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!

Vincent misses with the combination.
Vincent lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marley swats away the attempt to clinch by Vincent.
Vincent throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marley misses with a hook. Vincent ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Vincent was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Marley.
Marley throws a hook to the side of Vincent's head but Vincent sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vincent tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Marley.
Vincent misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vincent.
Vincent is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Marley lands a lovely overhand right.
Vincent takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vincent throws a jab when Marley was well out of range.
Vincent checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vincent takes a swing at Marley's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincent lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vincent throws a jab but it's blocked by Marley.
Marley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Vincent misses.
Marley lands with a nice combination. Vincent backs away looking to recover.
Vincent with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marley to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Marley.

Vincent is rocked!

Vincent moves into range and clinches up with Marley.
Marley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marley controlling the action here for a moment.
Vincent being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincent is trying to break free.
Marley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vincent backwards.
Marley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Vincent breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marley scores with a nice right hand.
Marley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vincent.
Vincent blocks a jab.
Vincent throws a big counter combination but Marley scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Marley misses with a double jab.
Marley throws out a loose jab but Vincent uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vincent throws a series of strikes that have Marley backpedaling.

That has opened up Robert Marley's cut even more.
Marley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vincent.
Marley with a jab.
Vincent takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincent throws a jab when Marley was well out of range.
Vincent scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Marley scores with a jab.
Marley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big right from Marley misses.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vincent.
Vincent misses with a wild combination.
A left lands for Marley.
Robert Marley is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marley slips a jab from Vincent.
A jab from Vincent finds it's way through Marley's defenses.
Vincent throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley flicks out a counter leg kick but Vincent steps away.
Marley misses with an uppercut. Vincent saw that one coming.
Vincent is looking to clinch but Marley is avoiding it.
Marley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Vincent with a body shot.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vincent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vincent on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Vincent blocks the low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vincent moves away from the strike by Marley.
Vincent ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vincent misses with a head kick.
Vincent misses with a wild body shot.
Marley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hugo Vincent has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marley ducks under a wild hook from Vincent.
Vincent loads up on a big right hand but Marley slips the punch.
Marley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Decent striking displayed by Marley there.
Marley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Marley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vincent doesn't seem bothered though.
Vincent takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Marley with a nice cross.
Marley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley digs a good hook to Vincent's body.
Marley blocks a head kick by Vincent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Marley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marley winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Marley!