PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mic Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronson comes to the cage accompanied by glass candy. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bronson
vs
Marquez

180 cm
25
225 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

205 cm
26
256 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mic Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bronson has Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Marquez successfully pulls guard.
Bronson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Marquez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Marquez has momentary wrist control but Bronson slips an elbow through the middle.
Bronson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bronson stands up over Marquez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marquez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bronson manages to get himself to full guard.

Marquez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Marquez throwing strikes but missing.
Bronson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bronson tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Marquez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marquez landing some decent shots from guard.
Bronson wants to stand but Marquez is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marquez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Bronson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Bronson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Marquez.
Bronson is pushing Marquez's head away, looking to escape. Marquez manages to hold on to the position though.
Bronson tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Marquez easily slips into full mount!
Bronson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marquez on the ground.
Marquez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Marquez cracks Bronson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bronson is desperately trying to improve his position but Marquez has a good base and remains in mount.
Marquez with a couple of short strikes.

Marquez is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Bronson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Bronson shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bronson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Marquez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bronson can't escape the position.
Bronson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Bronson tries to hold on but Marquez pushes him away.
Bronson is looking to improve his position but Marquez isn't that keen on the idea.
Bronson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bronson working to try and regain half guard.
Bronson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Bronson tries to reverse the position but Marquez maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bronson is trying to stand up.
Bronson wants to hold on but Marquez pushes him away.
Marquez tries to control but Bronson wriggling away.
Marquez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Marquez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Marquez avoids the attempt from Bronson to control.
Marquez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bronson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bronson is trying desperately to improve position.
Marquez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Marquez is landing with some decent strikes but Bronson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez prevents Bronson from getting the reversal.
Marquez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bronson?

Marquez has control of Bronson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bronson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bronson tries to hold on but Marquez pushes him away.
Marquez lands a couple of good shots and Bronson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bronson fending off the submission attempt from Marquez.
Bronson is trying to get back to his feet but Marquez has full control of the position and if anything, Bronson has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Bronson has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Marquez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Marquez dominated that round.
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.

Marquez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Bronson counter with a right hand.

It looks like Gabriel Marquez has been cut.
Mic Bronson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marquez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bronson misses with a wild combination.
Bronson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mic Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marquez takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Bronson has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bronson breaks the clinch.
Bronson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bronson throws a head kick but Marquez moves out of range.
Bronson is looking to clinch.
Marquez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bronson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson stuns Marquez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marquez is breathing heavily.

Bronson lands a big right hand that sends Marquez crashing to the mat! Bronson stays standing though and waves Marquez back to his feet!

Marquez is rocked!

Bronson pushes Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Marquez is still on wobbly legs! Can Bronson finish him?

Bronson breaks the clinch.
Marquez seems to have recovered his senses.

Bronson has Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marquez fails to pull guard.
Bronson lands with a short shot to the head.

Bronson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bronson pushes Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.

Bronson manages to break the clinch.

Bronson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bronson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bronson tries a head kick but it misses.
Marquez throws a counter combo.
Bronson throws an overhand right that drops Marquez like a sack of potatoes! Bronson dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mic Bronson!
Our winner, Mic Bronson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.