PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Marley (ranked 66 p4p, 2 weight class) and Daniel Larusso (ranked 86 p4p, 5 weight class). Larusso comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Glory of love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Marley
vs
Larusso

170 cm
35
140 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

170 cm
35
144 lbs
38 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
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Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomas Marley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Larusso!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley misses with a right hand
and Larusso counters with a stiff right hand.
Marley has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Larusso stuffs the takedown attempt from Marley. Marley gets slowly back to his feet.
Larusso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley misses the shot to the body.
Tomas Marley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marley takes one to the side of the head.
Marley throws out a loose jab but Larusso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larusso fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fighters circling - Marley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Larusso is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marley with a body shot.
Marley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Larusso misses with a hook. Marley ducked under it nicely.
Marley throwing a counter right hand but Larusso manages to avoid it.
Larusso lands with an uppercut that bounces Marley off the cage and back into range.
Larusso stuffs the takedown attempt from Marley. Marley gets slowly back to his feet.
Larusso is looking to slow Marley down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marley misses with a body shot.
Marley takes a swing at Larusso's ribcage but misses.
Larusso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marley.
Good work by Larusso as he checks the leg kick.
Larusso looks to land a body kick but Marley moved away.
Larusso has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Marley is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Larusso's sensitive parts.
Larusso chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marley misses with an uppercut
and Larusso counters with a left to the body.
Larusso lands a slapping body shot.
Larusso lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Larusso throws a push kick but Marley slaps the foot to one side.
A good leg kick by Larusso.
Marley loads up on a big right hand but Larusso slips the punch.
A solid body kick from Larusso.
Marley misses with a low kick.
Larusso throws a hook but Marley blocks it.
Marley shoots in for a takedown but Larusso shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomas Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marley throws the left hand but Larusso avoids the punch easily.

Marley drives through with a takedown into Larusso's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marley sitting in guard here, content to control.
Larusso keeping moving, preventing Marley from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marley's guard.

Larusso is looking to stand up but Marley won't let him.
Marley wants to sweep but no luck.
Marley controls Larusso momentarily but Larusso frees himself.
Larusso wanted to stand there but Marley had control of the position.
Larusso trying to control but Marley is working from the bottom.
Marley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Larusso sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley controls Larusso momentarily but Larusso frees himself.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Larusso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larusso scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Larusso lands a really nice looking cross but Marley seems unphased.
Marley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Larusso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Larusso fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Larusso lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marley throws a hook to the side of Larusso's head but Larusso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Larusso.
Marley shoots and misses
and Larusso counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Larusso pushes Marley up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Marley fails to land.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Larusso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Larusso is able to avoid easily.
Larusso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marley.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Larusso.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso jabs Marley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Larusso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marley.

Larusso gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Marley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Marley wants to control from the top but Larusso keeps moving.
Marley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Larusso swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Larusso wants to sweep here but Marley controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Larusso dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marley connects with a solid leg kick.
Larusso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marley.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Larusso, right into the meat.
Larusso scores with a hook to the body. Marley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Larusso throws a body shot but no joy.
Larusso comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Larusso sizes up Marley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Larusso is fending him off so far but Marley persists. Nope, Larusso circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab from Larusso finds it's way through Marley's defenses.
Larusso staying out of range there.
Larusso moves away from the strike by Marley.
Marley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Larusso scoring well with a low kick there.
Marley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larusso stuffs the takedown attempt from Marley. Marley gets slowly back to his feet.
Larusso scores with a shot to the body.
Marley misses with a left hand
letting Larusso counter with a right hand.
Marley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Larusso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marley. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Marley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marley.
Marley misses with a left hand
and Larusso connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marley throws a lazy right hand but Larusso sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Larusso displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marley throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Marley misses with a hook.
Larusso attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Larusso on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Marley clobbers Larusso with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Larusso lands a lovely overhand right.
Marley cracks the inside of Larusso's front leg.
Larusso avoids the body shot from Marley.
Marley thuds a left hand into Larusso's body.
Marley moves out of range of the body kick from Larusso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marley throws a poor cross that misses
and Larusso counters with a nice uppercut.
Larusso has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larusso is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marley with a body shot.
Marley dives in for a single leg takedown but Larusso sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomas Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Larusso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marley.
A little jabbing left from Larusso on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marley lands a nice looking body shot.
Larusso scores with a hook to the body. Marley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Larusso pinned against the cage. Larusso gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Daniel Larusso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso stuffs the takedown.

Marley looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Larusso tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Larusso pulls Marley in to control the position.
Larusso keeping moving, preventing Marley from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marley being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley postures up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Larusso is on top in guard.

Larusso wants to stand but Marley is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Larusso trying to control the position from guard on top but Marley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Marley throws an off balance right hand
and Larusso makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Marley really felt that one!
Marley tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Larusso defends well and Marley ends up having to push Larusso into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Marley shoots in and drives through. Larusso sprawls well.
Larusso swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marley misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marley. Larusso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larusso scores with a kick to the midsection.
Larusso lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Marley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Larusso is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Marley presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

Larusso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marley throws a shot from downtown. Larusso moves away and avoids it.
Larusso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marley's sensitive parts.
Marley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Larusso.
Daniel Larusso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Larusso 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!

Marley on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Larusso does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Marley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Marley gets the takedown into side control.
Marley is looking to take a break and control but Larusso is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Larusso is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Marley off and has taken his back!
Larusso biding his time, controlling Marley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley is really stuck here.
Daniel Larusso has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marley is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Larusso.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marley turns into Larusso and is now in his guard.
Marley trying to control but Larusso is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso has control of Marley's left arm, preventing Marley from doing any damage.
Let's hope that Larusso has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Larusso is trying to control the position but Marley postures up.
Marley is looking to advance position but Larusso has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Larusso get's back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley throws a jab but it's blocked by Larusso.
Nice sprawl there from Larusso as Marley shoots in.
Marley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Larusso blocks a leg kick.
Marley has his takedown stuffed
letting Larusso counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomas Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larusso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marley. That did some damage!
Marley fails with a takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Larusso.
Larusso jabs at Marley's body.
Larusso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marley.
Larusso scores with a kick to the midsection.
Larusso throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Larusso defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Marley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larusso throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice shot by Larusso.
Marley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Larusso slips under a jab.
Larusso misses with a body shot.
Larusso throws a nice outside leg kick.
Larusso throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Larusso throws a quick inside leg kick.
Larusso scores with a kick to the midsection.
Larusso dips to his left and cracks Marley with an uppercut!
Marley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Larusso scores with a decent looking hook.
Larusso throws a push kick but Marley slaps the foot to one side.
Marley connects with a looping right hand.
Marley avoids the head kick by Larusso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Larusso really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Larusso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marley. That did some damage!
Marley throws a front kick aimed at Larusso's knee but Larusso avoids it well.
Marley takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Larusso slips under a jab from Marley.
Larusso lands a nice shot to the body.
Marley lands a lovely overhand right.
Marley cracks Larusso with a good jab.
Larusso feints and then cracks Marley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marley down.
Marley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Larusso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marley.
Marley changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Larusso tries to avoid it but Marley manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Larusso to the ground. Larusso escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Marley tries for a takedown but Larusso sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Larusso follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Larusso moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larusso takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Larusso looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Larusso slips a straight right by Marley.
Larusso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marley.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Larusso pushes Marley away with a front kick.
Larusso ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larusso connects with a right hand. Marley shakes it off.
Marley tests Larusso's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Larusso gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Larusso as he connects with a hook.
A jab from Larusso misses.
Marley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomas Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marley scores with a nice head shot.
Marley misses with a takedown attempt
and Larusso counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Larusso works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marley tries for a takedown but Larusso circles away easily
and Larusso counters with a straight right hand.
Larusso scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larusso throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Marley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Larusso scores with a nice body kick.
Larusso lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso scores with a nice right hand.

Larusso moves into range and clinches up with Marley.
Marley working aggressively here.
Marley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marley swings wildly with an uppercut but Larusso uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marley.

Larusso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Larusso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larusso doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Larusso scores with a shot to the body.

Larusso gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Larusso lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marley takes a shot to the head.
Larusso is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marley is defending well for now.
Larusso wants to stall.
Marley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley lands a nice knee to the body.
Larusso avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
Larusso effectively controlling the action here.
Larusso taking a breather.
Marley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larusso's elbow.

Larusso manages to break the clinch.
Larusso pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Marley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larusso.
Marley doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Larusso counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Marley throws a right hand that misses
and Larusso counters with a nice low kick that buckles Marley's knee momentarily.
Jab by Larusso.
Larusso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larusso throws out the jab.
It looked like Marley was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Larusso.
Larusso fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marley.
Larusso throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso feints and then cracks Marley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marley down.

Marley looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Larusso!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larusso tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Larusso manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Larusso is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Larusso dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!

Larusso ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marley throws a hook but Larusso blocks it.
Marley misses with a takedown
and Larusso makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jab from Larusso.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marley.
Marley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Marley finds it's way through Larusso's defenses.
Larusso throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marley.
Marley misses with a shot to the body
and Larusso counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Larusso looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marley cracks the inside of Larusso's front leg.
A head kick misses from Larusso.
Larusso displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marley throws out the jab.
Larusso clobbers Marley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larusso is looking to clinch.
Larusso explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Larusso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marley moves away.
A jab from Marley does it's job there.
Marley shoots in looking for a takedown but Larusso manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Marley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomas Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Marley misses with a takedown attempt - Larusso sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Larusso tries to clinch up but Marley circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Larusso. That snapped Marley's head back.
Larusso is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Larusso scores with a hook to the body. Marley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab by Larusso.
Marley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley swings widly with a right hand
enabling Larusso to counter with a crisp jab.
Larusso doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Marley misses.
Tomas Marley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marley throws a leg kick that misses.
Marley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marley lands with a hook. Larusso tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Marley darts in looking for a takedown but Larusso gets double underhooks and turns Marley into the cage.
Larusso connects with a solid leg kick.
Marley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Larusso's waist but Larusso gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Marley off to one side.
Larusso moves into range and connects with a jab.
Marley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It seemed like Larusso was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A right-left combo lands from Larusso.
Larusso scores with a jab. Marley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheers as Larusso lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marley doesn't seem phased though.
Marley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Larusso but Larusso pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Larusso throws a leg kick which misses Marley's front leg but catches the back leg as Marley tries to avoid it.
Marley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Larusso punishes Marley's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larusso throws a nice outside leg kick.
Larusso moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Marley lands with a kick to the ribs.
Larusso lands with a cross.
Marley blocks a low kick nicely.
Marley looks for the body kick but Larusso saw that one coming.
Marley throws an off balance right hand
and Larusso counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larusso sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marley scores with a jab to the body.
Marley lunges at Larusso with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Larusso's hand.
Larusso cracks a nice hook into Marley's ribs.
Marley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marley misses with a right hand
and Larusso counters with an outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Larusso.
Marley lands a right hook to the body.
Larusso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marley.
Marley misses with a hook.
Larusso throws the kick towards the body but Marley avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Marley dives in and grabs Larusso's left leg, looking for a takedown. Larusso pushes down on Marley's head and hops out.
Marley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Larusso thumps Marley with a low kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marley.
Larusso throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Larusso uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Marley has time to react.
A jab from Larusso does it's job there.
Marley scores with a decent looking hook.
Daniel Larusso is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Larusso defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Marley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larusso lunges at Marley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marley's hand.
Larusso uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Larusso connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Larusso delivers a nice body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Larusso comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Larusso has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 45:50
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 45:50
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Larusso!
Daniel Larusso is the new bantamweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Daniel Larusso made sure he mentioned Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$), along with how happy he was to win his fight.