PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vivien Noyer (ranked 3241 p4p, 375 weight class) and Edwin Marquez (ranked 4462 p4p, 476 weight class). Vivien Noyer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edwin Marquez's chin.

Noyer
vs
Marquez

191 cm
20
188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
180 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vivien Noyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edwin Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Marquez. Those never looked like landing.

Noyer gets a clinch.
Marquez has Noyer pressed against the ropes.
Marquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Noyer has him pressed against the ropes.
Noyer tries a body shot but Marquez blocks it.
Noyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Marquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marquez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Noyer has clasped his hands together around Marquez's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Marquez throws Noyer to one side and escapes!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marquez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Noyer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Noyer moves into range and clinches up with Marquez.
Marquez struggles to land a body shot inside as Noyer controls his hands.
Marquez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marquez tries to land knees in the clinch but Noyer avoids the damage to the body.
Noyer jumps guard but Marquez turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Noyer decides to pull guard.
Marquez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Marquez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Noyer, up you get!
Noyer misses with a takedown
and Marquez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Noyer has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vivien Noyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noyer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Marquez sprawls well. Marquez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Noyer gets slowly back to his feet.
Noyer slips under a jab from Marquez.
Noyer has his takedown stuffed
and Marquez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Noyer's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noyer takes a swing at Marquez's ribcage but misses.
Noyer shoots in and drives through. Marquez sprawls well.
Marquez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Noyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Marquez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marquez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jab from Marquez.
Noyer throws a nice looking combination but Marquez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marquez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Noyer.
Marquez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noyer fails with a takedown attempt.
Marquez throws a big counter head kick but Noyer avoids it with no problem.
Noyer tries to clinch but Marquez moves out of range.
Noyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marquez circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noyer tries to clinch there but Marquez circles away.
Marquez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Noyer is looking to clinch.
Noyer is looking to clinch but Marquez is avoiding it.

Noyer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Noyer cracks Marquez with a nice body shot.
Marquez tries to break the clinch but Noyer is controlling the position.
Noyer tries to pull guard but Marquez forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Noyer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

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

Noyer pushes Marquez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Noyer scores with a hook to the body.
Marquez prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marquez.
Marquez is trying to maintain a safe position but Noyer gets an underhook and turns Marquez into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Noyer.
Marquez is trying to stall.

Noyer breaks the clinch.
Noyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Marquez circles away.

Marquez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Noyer to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marquez wants to stand but Noyer is controlling the position.

Noyer decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Marquez, up you get!
Noyer shoots for a takedown but Marquez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Noyer darts in trying to clinch
and Marquez counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin 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 attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Noyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marquez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice takedown defense from Marquez. No joy for Noyer on that attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Noyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marquez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Noyer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Marquez swivels and escapes.
A little jabbing left from Marquez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marquez throws a nice looking combination but Noyer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Noyer decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Marquez kicks off Noyer and gets to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noyer fails with the takedown
and Marquez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Noyer thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vivien Noyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noyer wants to clinch

and Marquez counters with a crisp one two that drops Noyer! Marquez thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Noyer to his feet! Noyer is in big trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noyer misses the jab.
Marquez unleashes a big counter combination but Noyer bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Noyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vivien Noyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marquez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Edwin Marquez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Noyer is defended easily by Marquez.
Noyer has a takedown stuffed.
Marquez connects with a leg kick. Noyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noyer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marquez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marquez scores with a nice right hand.

Noyer rushes Marquez and presses him up against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Noyer fails to land.
Marquez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Noyer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Marquez to keep the fight standing.

Marquez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Noyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Noyer fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Noyer.
Noyer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Marquez's waist but Marquez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Noyer off to one side.
Vivien Noyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noyer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Noyer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Noyer shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marquez lands an overhand right.
Noyer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Noyer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marquez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marquez looks to land a combination but Noyer avoids it well.
It looked like Noyer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marquez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Marquez wants it to stay on the feet.
Marquez raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Noyer looks to clinch
and Marquez counters with a right hand to the body.
Noyer tries to clinch there but Marquez circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Noyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Marquez.
It looked like Noyer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Marquez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noyer tries to clinch but Marquez moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Marquez misses.

Noyer moves into the clinch successfully.

Marquez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Noyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Noyer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Marquez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Noyer won't allow Marquez to get back to his feet.
Noyer trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Marquez managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin Marquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Noyer with a poor takedown
enabling Marquez to counter with a crisp jab.
Noyer closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Marquez counter with a right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Marquez. No joy for Noyer on that attempt.
Marquez throws a head kick that misses.
Noyer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vivien Noyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noyer with a lazy takedown attempt
and Marquez counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marquez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noyer doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Marquez counters with a stiff right hand.

Marquez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noyer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marquez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Noyer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Marquez to keep the fight standing.
Noyer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marquez just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Noyer lands a right hand.
Noyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vivien Noyer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marquez trying to land knees to the body.
Noyer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Marquez misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Marquez stalling in the clinch.
Marquez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marquez tries to land a knee to the head but Noyer blocks with his arms.

Noyer lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Marquez wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez won't allow Noyer to pass to mount.
Marquez is looking to get back to full guard here but Noyer has managed to pass to side control instead.
We've been hearing that Noyer has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Marquez is pushing Noyer's head away, looking to escape. Noyer manages to hold on to the position though.
Noyer is looking to take a break and control but Marquez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Marquez struggling a bit here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marquez is looking to reverse the position.

Noyer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Marquez wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez gets back to half guard.
Marquez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Noyer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Noyer's back!
Marquez trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Noyer doesn't escape.
Noyer wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marquez stands up from back control! Strange decision that!
Noyer tries to clinch there but Marquez circles away.
Noyer moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMarquez.
Noyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marquez! But no joy.
Marquez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Noyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Edwin Marquez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marquez keeps the fight on the outside.
Danga de danga de dang - Noyer scores with a four punch combination!
Noyer shoots in for a takedown but Marquez shows good takedown defense.
Vivien Noyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Noyer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Marquez to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edwin Marquez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marquez 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Edwin Marquez!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Edwin Marquez!
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Edwin Marquez!

Edwin Marquez wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Edwin Marquez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.