PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Marciano (ranked 4398 p4p, 2509 weight class) and Stan Blakkendecker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano comes to the cage accompanied by DON'T NEED TIME. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Marciano
vs
Blakkendecker

193 cm
18
253
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
245
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sonny Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stan Blakkendecker!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano swings for the body but Blakkendecker moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Blakkendecker! But no joy.
Blakkendecker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Stan Blakkendecker has been cut.
Blakkendecker throws a shot from downtown. Marciano moves away and avoids it.
Blakkendecker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Blakkendecker.
Blakkendecker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marciano feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blakkendeckers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marciano scores with a leg kick.
Blakkendecker jabs at Marciano's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blakkendecker ducks under a wild hook from Marciano.
Blakkendecker takes a swing at Marciano's ribcage but misses.
Marciano slips under a jab.
Blakkendecker lands with a cross.
Marciano misses with a shot to the body
and Blakkendecker counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Sonny Marciano has been cut.
Blakkendecker fails to land with a series of punches.
Marciano was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Marciano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blakkendecker takes a swing at Marciano's ribcage but misses.
Marciano scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a half hearted mid kick.
As Marciano backs off Blakkendecker throws a huge counter combo but Marciano manages to avoid it all.
Blakkendecker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Decent striking displayed by Marciano there.
A swing and a miss from Blakkendecker.
Blakkendecker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Blakkendecker throws a lazy uppercut
and Marciano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blakkendecker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marciano counters with a nice body kick.
Blakkendecker looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
Marciano moves out of range of the strikes.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Marciano stuns Blakkendecker with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marciano lands a slapping body shot.
Blakkendecker sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Blakkendecker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That has opened up Stan Blakkendecker's cut even more.
A solid body kick from Marciano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano drops Blakkendecker with a huge uppercut! Blakkendecker drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Marciano is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonny Marciano!
Our winner, Sonny Marciano, 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.