PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michele Rene Gaspard (ranked 1743 p4p, 24494 weight class) and Marlon Myers (ranked 168 p4p, 355 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Gaspard
vs
Myers

168 cm
23
135
8 - 4 - 1

176 cm
23
158
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michele Rene Gaspard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlon Myers!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gaspard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Myers now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Myers throws a chopping leg kick but Gaspard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Gaspard closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Myers.
Myers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gaspard avoids the elbow strike from Myers, against the cage.
Myers tries to throw a body punch but Gaspard avoids it by throwing Myers back against the cage.
Gaspard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Myers walks away with a smile on his face. Gaspard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gaspard scores with a sloppy right hand. Myers should have avoided that one.
Michele Rene Gaspard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaspard scores with a nice head shot.
Gaspard tries to clinch up.
Gaspard lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myers throws out a powerful jab.
Myers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gaspard.
Gaspard throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaspard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaspard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Myers looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers connects with a crisp jab.

Gaspard clinches.
Gaspard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gaspard.
Gaspard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gaspard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Myers lands with a light punch inside.
Myers misses with a punch to the body.
Myers pushes off an throws an elbow but Gaspard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gaspard avoids a wild elbow strike from Myers.
Myers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gaspard jumps guard but Myers turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michele Rene Gaspard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Myers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Myers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Myers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Myers.
Gaspard scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Myers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gaspard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Myers.
Gaspard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Myers walks away with a smile on his face. Gaspard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gaspard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myers paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers misses with a straight left.
Gaspard cracks Myers with an open hand slap.
Myers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gaspard misses with a looping right.
Gaspard looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gaspard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Myers.
Myers loads up on a big right hand but Gaspard slips the punch.
Gaspard lands with a hook. Myers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Myers connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gaspard's hands.
Gaspard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gaspard tries to clinch there but Myers circles away.
Myers swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Myers looks to land a left hand but Gaspard moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Gaspard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Decent striking displayed by Gaspard there.
Gaspard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Myers counters with a straight right hand.

Gaspard has Myers up against the cage in a clinch.
Gaspard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Myers walks away with a smile on his face. Gaspard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gaspard moves in looking to clinch but Myers pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gaspard moves into range and clinches up with Myers.
Gaspard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Myers walks away with a smile on his face. Gaspard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Gaspard clinches up with Myers and pushes him back against the cage.
Gaspard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gaspard blocks a body shot from Myers.
A right hand to the body from Myers.
Myers lands a hook that snaps the head of Gaspard backwards.
Gaspard dodges an elbow strike from Myers.
Gaspard is trying to pull guard but Myers turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Myers struggles to land a body shot inside as Gaspard controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Gaspard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gaspard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Myers smiles and moves away.
Gaspard staying out of range there.
Myers defending well as Gaspard loads up on a big left hand.

Gaspard rushes Myers and presses him up against the cage.
Myers blocking some punches.

Gaspard pulls guard successfully.
Gaspard is trying to keep Myers in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Myers stands and steps away. Gaspard gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Myers lands a left and a right that send Gaspard crashing to the mat, dazed. Myers thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Gaspard is rocked!
Myers with a nice cross.
Oh Gaspard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Myers looks to throw the jab but Gaspard is out of range.
Gaspard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gaspard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Myers! Gaspard is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marlon Myers!