PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Marston (ranked 1198 p4p, 143 weight class) and Gilberto Simeone (ranked 1370 p4p, 166 weight class). Marston comes to the cage accompanied by Bleed It Out. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Marston
vs
Simeone

178 cm
25
175 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

188 cm
29
190 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Groove Gear
Voodoo Nutrition

Conviction

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Marston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gilberto Simeone!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marston throws a lazy uppercut
and Simeone counters with a stiff right hand.
Simeone has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Marston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marston uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Simeone.
Marston misses the shot to the body.
Marston takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Simeone slips under a jab from Marston.
Simeone avoids the body shot from Marston.
Marston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marston seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Simeone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marston.
Marston lands a body shot.
Marston misses with a left hand
and Simeone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
John Marston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marston throws a jab when Simeone was well out of range.
Simeone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marston throws a lazy right hand but Simeone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot lands for Simeone.
Marston takes a swing at Simeone's ribcage but misses.
Simeone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jab by Simeone.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Simeone takes a swing at Marston's ribcage but misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Simeone checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Simeone let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marston with a jab.
Marston misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Simeone.
Marston misses with a hook
letting Simeone counter with a right hand.
Nice shot by Simeone.
Simeone lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Simeone checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marston throws a hook to the side of Simeone's head but Simeone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Simeone has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marston misses with a wild combination.
Marston moves out of range as Simeone strikes.
A lazy left from Marston finds it's target.
Simeone fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marston on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simeone misses with a hook.
Simeone lands with a shot to the body.
Marston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Simeone moves away.
Marston catches Simeone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab from Simeone misses.
Simeone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marston.
Simeone now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Simeone might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Simeone throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simeone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Marston misses.
Marston chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Simeone can pounce on him.
Marston misses with a wild combination.
Simeone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Simeone moves out of range as Marston strikes.
Marston misses with a wild body shot.
Simeone blocks a low kick nicely.
Simeone tries a head kick but it misses.
Marston looks to throw a body kick
and Simeone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Simeone scores with a jab.
Simeone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marston misses with a looping left.
Marston 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.
Marston misses with a looping right.
Simeone throws a body kick that misses.
Simeone is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Marston had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Marston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Simeone looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marston swings away with a body shot that misses
and Simeone counters with a nice uppercut.
Marston misses with a looping left.
Marston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Simeone.
Marston misses with a body punch
and Simeone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Simeone throws a shot from downtown. Marston moves away and avoids it.
Marston stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Marston throws a hook but Simeone avoids it easily.
Marston throws a combination. Simeone tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marston misses with a head kick.
Marston misses the body punch
and Simeone counters with a stiff right hand.
Marston ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marston takes a swing at Simeone's ribcage but misses.
Simeone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marston.
Simeone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marston stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marston misses with a body shot.
Simeone walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Marston changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Simeone misses with a looping right.
Simeone scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marston drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Simeone clobbers Marston with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Marston bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Simeone keeps Marston at a distance using the push kick.
Marston moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Simeone throws a lazy right hand but Marston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marston appears to be looking for a big counter.
Simeone throws a quick inside leg kick.
Simeone misses with an attempted mid kick.
Simeone throws a hook but Marston avoids it easily.
Marston was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Marston looks to score with a jab to the body but Simeone is just out of range.
Simeone lands with a nice body punch.
Marston misses with a looping right.
Simeone on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marston checks a low kick from Simeone.
Marston misses with a low kick.
Marston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab by Simeone.
Marston throws a nice looking combination but Simeone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gilberto Simeone will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Simeone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simeone was well out of range. Poor timing from Marston.
Marston scores with a decent looking hook.
Simeone lands a jab to Marston's midsection.
Simeone lands with a kick to the ribs.
Simeone delivers a nice body kick.
Simeone loads up on a big right hand but Marston slips the punch.
Simeone misses with a straight right.
Simeone lands a leg kick that knocks Marston off balance momentarily.
Simeone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marston manages to avoid it.
Marston misses with a hook. Simeone ducked under it nicely.
Simeone throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Marston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marston misses with the body kick
letting Simeone counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Simeone lands with a nice body punch.
Simeone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marston.
Simeone doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Marston moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Simeone jabs Marston right on the nose. Marston blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marston misses with a hook. Simeone ducked under it nicely.
Simeone is trying to counter with his kicks.
Simeone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marston blocks a jab.
Marston punishes Simeone's body with a nice straight punch.
Good work by Marston as he checks the leg kick.
Marston throws a lazy uppercut
and Simeone counters with a nice low kick that buckles Marston's knee momentarily.
Gilberto Simeone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Simeone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marston at a distance.
Simeone misses with a hook.
Marston walks into a straight right hand from Simeone.
Marston looks to throw a body kick
and Simeone counters with a nice leg kick.
Simeone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marston.
Marston fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Simeone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Simeone lands with an overhand left.
Marston misses with a kick to the body.
Marston gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simeone scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Simeone misses the shot to the body.
Marston looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marston misses with a body shot.
Simeone's corner calls for a 1-2. Simeone obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marston misses with an uppercut
and Simeone counters with a leg kick.
Marston lands a body shot.
A solid body kick from Simeone.
A shot to the body from Marston misses
and Simeone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marston digs a good hook to Simeone's body.
Simeone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Simeone slips under a jab.
Simeone now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Marston might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Simeone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marston.
Marston moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Simeone throws a chopping leg kick but Marston manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marston throws a looping overhand right but Simeone ducks down to avoid it.
Simeone throws a low kick but Marston avoids it.
Marston throws a body punch but Simeone moves out of range.
Marston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Simeone rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Marston.
Simeone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marston takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A good leg kick by Simeone.
Marston misses with a body shot.
Simeone throws a looping overhand right but Marston ducks down to avoid it.
Simeone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Simeone pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marston is out of range and Simeone settles back down.
Simeone misses with a head kick.
Marston misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Simeone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marston works Simeone's body with a nice hook.
Marston feints a jab promting Simeone to slip. Marston then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Simeone slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Simeone avoids the body shot from Marston.
Simeone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Marston is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Simeone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
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!
Simeone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Simeone is looking to chop away at Marston's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marston defending well as Simeone loads up on a big left hand.
Simeone throws a head kick but Marston moves out of range.
Simeone misses with an uppercut. Marston saw that one coming.
Marston throws a big shot that misses.
Marston throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simeone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Simeone looks to land a right hand but Marston moved out of range.
Marston just misses with a punch to the body.
Marston throws a big shot that misses.
Marston just misses with a punch to the body.
Simeone throws out a counter right but Marston avoids it with no problem.
Simeone blocks a jab.
Marston misses the shot to the body.
Simeone feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marstons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Simeone lands an overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marston stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Simeone.
Marston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marston misses with a straight left.
Marston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Simeone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Marston lands with a nice body punch.
Simeone scores with a jab.
Marston moves out of range as Simeone strikes.
Marston swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Marston thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marston pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Simeone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Simeone avoids the head kick by Marston.
Simeone lands with a shot to the body.
Simeone defending well as Marston loads up on a big left hand.
Marston throws a low kick but it's checked well by Simeone.
Simeone is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marston with a body shot.
Marston takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A low kick from Marston misses
and Simeone counters with a slapping leg kick.
Simeone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Simeone lands a jab to the head.
Simeone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marston.
A head kick from Simeone lands but Marston takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Marston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marston ducks under a wild hook from Simeone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marston takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Simeone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marston throws out a loose jab but Simeone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marston is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Simeone's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Decent striking displayed by Marston there.
Simeone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marston. That did some damage!
Marston misses with a left hand
and Marston takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Simeone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Simeone keeps Marston at a distance using the push kick.
Simeone connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simeone manages to avoid it.
Simeone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marston.
Marston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marston scores with a shot to the body.
Simeone on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marston misses with a hook
and Simeone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Simeone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
John Marston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marston looks to throw the jab but Simeone is out of range.
Marston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simeone was well out of range. Poor timing from Marston.
Marston misses with a straight left.
Simeone lands a glancing blow to the side of Marston's head.
Simeone misses with a looping left.
Marston walks into a jab.
Marston misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marston. Simeone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marston misses the jab.
Marston throws a body punch but Simeone moves out of range.
Simeone swings for the body but Marston moves out of range.
Marston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A left lands for Simeone.
Simeone scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marston in his tracks.
Simeone takes one to the chin there.
Marston misses with a jab to the body
and Simeone counters with a straight right hand.
Simeone jabs at Marston's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marston takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Simeone keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Marston backing away here, and Simeone unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Simeone thumps Marston with a low kick.
Marston avoids the body shot from Simeone.
Simeone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marston.
Simeone misses with a looping left.
Marston looks to score with a jab to the body but Simeone is just out of range.
Simeone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big left from Marston misses.
Marston pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marston throws a big shot that misses.
Simeone missing with a left hand there. Marston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Marston wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Simeone walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marston checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marston checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marston is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marston drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Simeone blocks the body kick.
Simeone moves out of range of the body kick from Marston.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simeone misses with a right hand
and Marston counters with a body kick that stops Simeone in his tracks momentarily.
Marston just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Simeone there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marston throws a body punch but Simeone moves out of range.
A jab from Simeone misses.
Marston swings widly with a right hand
and Simeone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marston takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Marston takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Marston throws a looping overhand right but Simeone ducks down to avoid it.
Marston misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Simeone to counter with a crisp jab.

Marston is rocked!
Simeone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oh Marston is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marston blocks a low kick nicely.
Marston seems to have got his legs back now.
Simeone tries to score with a low kick but Marston moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marston misses with an uppercut. Simeone saw that one coming.
Simeone misses with a looping left.
Marston on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A big right from Simeone misses.
Marston throws a big counter combination but Simeone scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Simeone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gilberto Simeone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Simeone 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gilberto Simeone!
After the fight, Gilberto Simeone was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated John Marston had this to say: 'wen u sit on da toilet to pee an yer pee pee hole wipes across tha front bowl surface of where other pee pee holes rubbed on'.