PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Pleasures (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Pleasures had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Pleasures
vs
Marquez

174 cm
21
158 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Pleasures!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pleasures plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Marquez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Pleasures forces Marquez back against the cage and clinches.

Pleasures breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Pleasures shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Marquez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pleasures scores with a couple of nice shots.

Pleasures is working for a kimura but Marquez is defending it quite comfortably.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Marquez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pleasures is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Pleasures decides to return to a standing position.

Pleasures fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marquez, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pleasures tightens his grip and picks Marquez up, before dumping him to the ground. Marquez manages to land in guard.

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

Marquez gets caught flat footed, as Pleasures shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Marquez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pleasures. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleasures postures up in Marquez's guard and throws a big left but Marquez blocks it.
Pleasures is working Marquez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Marquez is working an open guard so Pleasures takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Pleasures clinches up against the cage.

Pleasures manages to break the clinch.

Pleasures shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by Pleasures.
Pleasures with the ground and pound from mount.
Pleasures has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Marquez's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pleasures putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pleasures connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Pleasures looking for a guillotine from mount but Marquez is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pleasures looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is in a horrible position here. Pleasures smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Pleasures is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Marquez can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pleasures cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pleasures 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.
Pleasures landing strikes, looking to finish!
Marquez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pleasures pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleasures lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pleasures working the ground and pound effectively.
Pleasures in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pleasures cracks Marquez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pleasures is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Marquez taking shots to the head.
Pleasures with a couple of short strikes.
Pleasures is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marquez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Marquez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Marquez tries to lock up and control but Pleasures gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pleasures pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pleasures connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pleasures lands with some strikes.
Marquez taking shots to the head.
Pleasures raining down shots from the mount!
Pleasures lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Pleasures connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pleasures with a couple of short strikes.
Pleasures lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marquez is looking to improve his position but Pleasures isn't that keen on the idea.
Pleasures raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Pleasures dominated that round.
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.

Pleasures drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pleasures pushing down on Marquez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Pleasures is looking for a kimura here.
Marquez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pleasures is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Pleasures working Marquez over with strikes here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pleasures cracks Marquez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pleasures is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marquez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleasures landing shots from mount.
Pleasures scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pleasures with the ground and pound from mount.
Pleasures pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Marquez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pleasures landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pleasures landing punches.
Pleasures lands with some strikes.
Pleasures unloading with bombs!
Pleasures putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pleasures lands with some strikes.

Pleasures working for a submission but Marquez is keeping him at bay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez working to try and regain half guard.
Pleasures landing strikes from the mount and Marquez is in trouble!
Pleasures has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Marquez's face.
A nice elbow there by Pleasures.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pleasures with a couple of short strikes.
Pleasures looking to finish Marquez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marquez!
Pleasures with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pleasures cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Pleasures connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is in all sorts of trouble here.

Pleasures jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Marquez manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Pleasures looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Pleasures cracks Marquez with a big elbow.
Pleasures landing a few strikes.
Pleasures working the ground and pound from side control.
Marquez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is looking for a sweep.
Pleasures in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Marquez wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Marquez tries to bench press Pleasures off him but Pleasures keeps the position.
Pleasures lands a nice forearm strike.
Pleasures lands a few punches from side control.
Pleasures working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pleasures lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marquez taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pleasures scores with punches from side control.

Pleasures tries for a kimura but Marquez is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Pleasures dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Pleasures shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marquez pinned against the cage. Marquez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pleasures's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pleasures duly obliges.

Pleasures forces Marquez back against the cage and clinches.

Pleasures manages to pull guard.

Pleasures is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Pleasures is pressed up against the cage. Marquez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pleasures down to the mat. Pleasures avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Pleasures shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pleasures lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez taking some punishment here, with Pleasures in his half guard.
Pleasures looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Pleasures there.

Pleasures looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Pleasures gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Pleasures has managed to clinch.
John Pleasures is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pleasures turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
John Pleasures overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pleasures taking a breather here.
Pleasures scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marquez to see if he's OK.
Pleasures controlling the position.
Marquez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pleasures creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleasures lands an elbow.
Pleasures working the ground and pound from side control.
Marquez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Pleasures lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Marquez down.
Marquez is not content to let Pleasures control the position.
Check out the look on Pleasures's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pleasures just content to control the position.

Pleasures decides to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pleasures shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pleasures passes to full mount!
Pleasures lands a heavy elbow.
Pleasures lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Marquez hang on?
Marquez taking shots to the head.
Pleasures is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marquez can do to turn this around?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee warns Marquez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Marquez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diego Marquez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pleasures controlling from the full mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Pleasures showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pleasures has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Pleasures!