PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Soap Aandn (ranked 7010 p4p, 5902 weight class) and Julio Marquez (ranked 450 p4p, 415 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aandn
vs
Marquez

182 cm
21
150
0 - 2 - 0

177 cm
20
150
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Soap Aandn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aandn avoids the body shot from Marquez.
Marquez tries to clinch up but Aandn circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marquez.

Marquez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aandn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Marquez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Aandn wanted to stand there but Marquez had control of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aandn tries to free his leg and advance position but Marquez is retaining full guard.
Marquez looking for a sweep. Not yet Marquez, not yet.
Aandn trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez is pulling down on Aandn's head to control his posture.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Marquez tries to keep at a distance but Aandn has taken the fight into the clinch.

Aandn pulls guard.
Aandn has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Marquez wants to pass the guard but Aandn is keeping the position.
Marquez slips nicely into half guard.
Marquez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Aandn wants to get back to his feet.
Marquez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Aandn's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Marquez trying to mount his opponent but Aandn defends it.
Marquez throwing shots but Aandn is blocking nicely.
Marquez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Aandn knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Aandn is looking to improve his position.
Marquez is taking a breather. Aandn says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Marquez prevents Aandn from improving his position.
Marquez is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Aandn!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Marquez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Aandn tries to hold on but Marquez pushes him away.
Marquez throwing strikes here but Aandn is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Aandn tries to lock up and control but Marquez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Aandn wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Marquez.
Marquez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Aandn is breathing heavily.
Marquez looking to control but Aandn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Aandn blocking the ground and pound.
Aandn is trying to escape the mount.
Aandn holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Marquez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Aandn is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Aandn holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Marquez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Marquez wants to control the pace but Aandn is squirming around nicely.
Aandn tries to hold on but Marquez pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Marquez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Marquez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Marquez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Aandn is squirming around, avoiding Marquez's attempts to control the action.
Marquez lands a big elbow.
Aandn wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Marquez.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marquez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Marquez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Marquez has managed to clinch.
Marquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Aandn is fighting off a takedown attempt but Marquez is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Aandn to the mat. Aandn regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Marquez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aandn looking for a sweep. Not yet Aandn, not yet.
Marquez pushing down on Aandn's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Marquez trying to pass the guard but Aandn defending well.
Marquez works his way into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marquez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Aandn is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Aandn wants to control but Marquez postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sloppy strikes there by Marquez.

Marquez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aandn being controlled for a moment.
Marquez throws an elbow but Aandn slips to the side and avoids it well.
Marquez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Marquez is looking to take a break and control but Aandn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aandn tries to buck Marquez off but Marquez is having none of it.
Marquez controls the position.
Marquez is trying to ground and pound but Aandn uses the momentary lack of control by Marquez to regain half guard.
Marquez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Aandn trying to hold on to Marquez's head to control him but Marquez postures up.
Aandn is trying to get back to full guard.
Marquez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marquez works his foot free and advances to mount.
Marquez throws some wild stikes that Aandn manages to avoid easily.
Aandn holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Marquez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Marquez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The referee warns Aandn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Marquez controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aandn sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Marquez in particular looking to stall.
Aandn gets back to full guard.
Marquez is stalling in the full guard.
Marquez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aandn's guard.
Marquez trying to mount his opponent but Aandn defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez prevents Aandn from improving his position.
Aandn really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Aandn wants to control but Marquez is keeping busy.
Aandn is staying active underneath Marquez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Marquez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Marquez is thwarting Aandn's attempts to control the position.
Marquez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marquez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Aandn manages to get to full guard.
Aandn can't keep his opponent in guard - Marquez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Marquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Marquez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marquez tries to clinch there but Aandn circles away.
Marquez wants to clinch up but Aandn keeps it at a distance.

Marquez clinches with his opponent.
Marquez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aandn pulls his leg out and moves away.
Marquez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marquez tries to clinch up.

Aandn fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Marquez sprawls well initially but Aandn persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marquez is staying active underneath Aandn, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Marquez is controlling Aandn's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Marquez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marquez wants to get back to full guard but Aandn has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez is looking for a sweep.
Aandn takes a little break here. Marquez wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Aandn trying to control the action but Marquez is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Aandn tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Marquez felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Marquez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Aandn tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Marquez is looking to chop away at Aandn's legs.
Aandn attempts a counter takedown but Marquez avoids it well and moves away.

Aandn shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Julio Marquez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aandn prevents Marquez from improving his position.
Marquez won't allow Aandn to pass to mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Aandn is working for a kimura but Marquez is defending it quite comfortably.
Marquez holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Soap Aandn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marquez 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio Marquez!