PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Owen Tooogood (ranked 4908 p4p, 4531 weight class) and Rhett Marquez (ranked 425 p4p, 417 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tooogood
vs
Marquez

182 cm
27
165
4 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
166
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Owen Tooogood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rhett Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tooogood misses with a takedown attempt - Marquez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Tooogood darts in and clinches Marquez up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tooogood.
A head punch on the inside from Marquez fails to land.
Marquez misses with the head strike.
Marquez can't find room to land a body shot as Tooogood controls the action.

Marquez is fighting off a takedown attempt but Tooogood is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Marquez to the mat. Marquez regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tooogood gets to his feet. Marquez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Marquez tries to keep at a distance but Tooogood has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marquez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Tooogood won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tooogood has hold of one of Marquez's legs. Marquez is fighting the takedown attempt but Tooogood gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Tooogood decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Marquez, up you get!
Tooogood thuds a left hand into Marquez's body.
Owen Tooogood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tooogood doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tooogood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Tooogood is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Marquez's half guard.
Marquez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tooogood's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tooogood's back!

Marquez is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Marquez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tooogood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tooogood wants to escape the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Marquez looking for the choke but no joy.
Tooogood is in bad spot here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tooogood tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Tooogood tries to lock up and control but Marquez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Marquez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tooogood is in all sorts of trouble here.

Marquez goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Tooogood turns into him and now he's in Marquez's guard.

Marquez working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Tooogood has passed into half guard!
Tooogood prevents Marquez from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez gets full guard.

Marquez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tooogood postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tooogood landing some decent shots from guard.
Marquez looking for a sweep. Not yet Marquez, not yet.

Tooogood stands and steps away. Marquez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Tooogood shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Marquez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Marquez looks to move to half guard but instead Tooogood has passed into mount! Damn!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tooogood cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tooogood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Marquez is rocked!
Marquez can't escape the position.
Tooogood sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Tooogood stands up from mount. Strange move.
Tooogood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marquez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marquez stuffs the takedown.
Marquez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Owen Tooogood. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tooogood moves into the clinch.
Marquez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tooogood backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tooogood throws an elbow but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Tooogood dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Tooogood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Marquez avoids it really well and circles away.
Tooogood misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marquez! But no joy.
Tooogood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marquez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tooogood.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Owen Tooogood. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Marquez gets tackled into the cage by Tooogood. Tooogood maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tooogood works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Marquez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tooogood manages to get himself to full guard.

Marquez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marquez is looking to pass into half guard but Tooogood pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tooogood is in guard.

Marquez working for submissions but it's allowed Tooogood to get to half guard.
Marquez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marquez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tooogood scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tooogood lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Owen Tooogood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Tooogood seems to be working for a kimura but Marquez defends the submission attempt.

Tooogood decides to stand and escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tooogood shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marquez as he avoids it easily.
Tooogood shoots for a double leg takedown but Marquez sprawls well. He's pushed Tooogood's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marquez! But no joy.
Tooogood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marquez can do to turn this around?
Tooogood looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Marquez is fending him off so far but Tooogood persists. Nope, Marquez circles away and we're back to standing.
Tooogood fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Tooogood or perhaps it was just good defense by Marquez, which made it look bad.
A little jabbing left from Marquez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marquez blocks a low kick nicely.
Marquez throws out a counter right but Tooogood avoids it with no problem.
Marquez keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Marquez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Tooogood.
Tooogood darts in looking for a takedown but Marquez gets double underhooks and turns Tooogood into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tooogood - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Marquez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marquez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tooogood slows down the pace here.
Tooogood blocking some punches.
Marquez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A shot in the inside from Marquez.

Tooogood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tooogood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marquez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Tooogood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tooogood with a poor takedown
and Marquez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rhett Marquez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Tooogood shoots in and drives through. Marquez sprawls well.
Marquez throws out a counter right but Tooogood avoids it with no problem.
Tooogood shoots in but Marquez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Owen Tooogood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Tooogood gets a double leg takedown into Marquez's guard.
Marquez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Tooogood puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Marquez is looking for a sweep. Tooogood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marquez is pressing down on Tooogood's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tooogood preventing the sweep.
Tooogood content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marquez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Marquez is thwarting Tooogood's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tooogood slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Marquez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marquez is still trying to improve position.
Marquez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Marquez working the ground and pound but Tooogood is defending the strikes.
Marquez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Marquez tries to advance to mount but can't.
Tooogood definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tooogood has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Marquez goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Tooogood has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Marquez but great work by Tooogood.
Marquez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is trying to improve his position.
Marquez is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tooogood off and has taken his back!

Marquez looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Tooogood is controlling Marquez 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marquez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tooogood is one step ahead there.

Marquez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tooogood defends well.
Tooogood stands and throws Marquez's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Marquez tries to improve position but can't.
Marquez looking for a sweep but Tooogood has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Tooogood manages to capitalize on a mistake by Marquez to take his back!
Tooogood has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Marquez's body.
Tooogood has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Marquez is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tooogood is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Marquez defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
I really don't envy Marquez right now.

Marquez is trying to roll into a better position but Tooogood has get a rear naked choke and Marquez is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Owen Tooogood!