PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Bapp (ranked 9 p4p, 47 weight class) and Jean-Claude Marceau (ranked 2 p4p, 8 weight class). Marceau comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Feist - Tout Doucement kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bapp
vs
Marceau

225 cm
30
209
23 - 8 - 0

186 cm
35
205
32 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Carnage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scotty Bapp!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean-Claude Marceau!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Bapp misses the target.
Scotty Bapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bapp misses the shot to the body.
Bapp lands a right hook to the body.
Bapp is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bapp cracks Marceau with a good jab.
Bapp avoids the body shot from Marceau.
A slow jab from Bapp misses its intended target.
Bapp misses the shot to the body.
Marceau throws out a counter right but Bapp avoids it with no problem.
Bapp throws a looping overhand right but Marceau ducks down to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Marceau misses.
Marceau moves out of range of the strikes.
Marceau let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bapp just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Marceau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bapp has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Beasties in the buildup to the fight.
Bapp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marceau moves away.
Bapp's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marceau under the eye.
Marceau takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bapp wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bapp misses the shot to the body.
Marceau takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bapp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marceau looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bapp paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marceau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bapp.
Bapp scores with a jab to the head.
Marceau looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marceau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bapp.
Marceau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bapp is looking to counter punch.
Bapp throws a body shot but no joy.
Bapp throws a right hand that misses
and Bapp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bapp lands a nice looking body shot.
Bapp fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bapp lands an overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Bapp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bapp.
Marceau appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bapp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Marceau moves out of range as Bapp strikes.
Marceau waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bapp.
An attempted straight right counter from Bapp misses the target.
Bapp misses with a hook.
Marceau wants to clinch up but Bapp keeps it at a distance.
Bapp loads up on a big right hand but Marceau slips the punch.
Marceau looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marceau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bapp is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marceau gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bapp scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A slow jab from Bapp misses its intended target.
Bapp tests Marceau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bapp throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bapp is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Marceau misses.
Marceau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bapp.
Marceau is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bapp with a body shot.
Bapp's corner calls for a 1-2. Bapp obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marceau takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bapp just misses with a punch to the body.
And Marceau responds with a good body kick, but Bapp manages to step out the way in time.
Marceau on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bapp moves out of range as Marceau throws a body kick.
Bapp is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bapp connects with the punch.
Marceau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bapp.
Bapp throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bapp throws a body punch but Marceau moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Bapp. That snapped Marceau's head back.
Bapp feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marceaus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marceau gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bapp dodges the punch combination from Marceau.
Marceau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marceau is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bapp swings for the body but Marceau moves out of range.
Marceau on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Marceau avoids the body shot from Bapp.
Bapp looks to score with a jab to the body but Marceau is just out of range.
Bapp bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marceau's head.
Bapp swings for the body but Marceau moves out of range.
Marceau defending well as Bapp loads up on a big left hand.
Marceau is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bapp with a body shot.
Bapp lands a nice looking body shot.
Marceau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bapp.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scotty Bapp dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Marceau walks into a jab.
Bapp looks to land a right hand but Marceau moved out of range.
Marceau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bapp.
Bapp swings for the body but Marceau moves out of range.
Marceau jabs Bapp right on the nose. Bapp blinks but takes it well.
Bapp misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marceau! But no joy.
Marceau avoids the body shot from Bapp.
Bapp misses with a right hand
and Marceau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bapp swings widly with a right hand
and Marceau counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bapp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marceau let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bapp lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Marceau might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bapp has got the better of the exchanges.
Bapp misses with a jab to the body
and Marceau rattles Bapp with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Bapp tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Marceau dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Bapp stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jean-Claude Marceau!
Jean-Claude Marceau is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Jean-Claude Marceau, 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.