PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Blank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apolo Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Blank
vs
Marshall

175 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Blank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Apolo Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blank moves out of range of the strikes.
Marshall takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blank misses with a wild body shot.
Blank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blank slips a jab from Marshall.
Marshall takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Marshall misses with a hook. Blank ducked under it nicely.
Blank swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marshall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marshall lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marshall. Blank does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marshall throws the left hand but Blank avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall misses with a hook to the body
and Blank connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marshall on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blank swings for the body but Marshall moves out of range.
Blank cracks a nice hook into Marshall's ribs.
Blank bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Marshall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blank digs a right hand into Marshall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marshall's gas tank.

Blank breaks from the clinch.
Blank looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshall is just out of range.
Blank misses with a body punch
and Marshall counters with a nice uppercut.
Blank scores with a jab.
Blank ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marshall looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blank scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marshall doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blank takes a swing at Marshall's ribcage but misses.
Blank connects with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Blank misses its intended target.
Blank smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Apolo Marshall has been cut.
Blank scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marshall on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blank misses with a wild body shot.
Blank throws a shot to the body.
Blank thows a body shot but no joy.
Blank lands with a nice combination. Marshall backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blank digs a good hook to Marshall's body.
Apolo Marshall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshall takes a jab right on the kisser.
Marshall looks to score with a jab to the body but Blank is just out of range.
Marshall avoids the body shot from Blank.
Blank thows a body shot but no joy.
Blank connects with a body shot.
Blank lands with a shot to the body.
Blank throws the left hand but Marshall avoids the punch easily.
Blank fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshall manages to avoid it.
Blank scores with a hook to the body. Marshall takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blank getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blank ducks under a wild hook from Marshall.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blank. Marshall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blank lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blank throws out a powerful jab.
Blank fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshall manages to avoid it.
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Blank moves away and avoids it.
Blank connects with a right hand. Marshall shakes it off.
Blank cracks Marshall with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blank swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blank fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshall manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Blank dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Apolo Marshall's cut.
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.

Marshall staying out of range there.
Blank ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marshall moves away.
Marshall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blank.
Marshall throws an overhand right that lands on Blank's shoulder, as Blank tries to avoid the shot.
Marshall scores with a decent looking hook.
A shot to de liver by Blank. Beautiful body shot.
Blank takes a swing at Marshall's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marshall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marshall takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marshall is breathing heavily.
Marshall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blank.
Blank scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blank misses the shot to the body.
Blank works the jab nicely.
Marshall takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marshall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blank is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marshall can do to turn this around?
Blank doesn't manage to clinch there - Marshall circles away.
Blank throws a body punch but Marshall moves out of range.
Blank takes a swing at Marshall's ribcage but misses.
Blank with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall throws a hook to the side of Blank's head but Blank sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blank cracks Marshall with an open hand slap.
Marshall looks to land a right hand but Blank moved out of range.
Blank misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Marshall misses.
A jab from Blank finds it's way through Marshall's defenses.

That has opened up Apolo Marshall's cut even more.
Jason Blank is winning the standup battle so far.
Blank ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marshall moves away.
Marshall pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blank misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marshall.
Nice body punch from Blank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blank misses with a wild body shot.
Blank misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marshall.
Blank misses the shot to the body.
Marshall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blank manages to avoid it.
Marshall ducks under a wild hook from Blank.
A big left from Marshall misses.
Marshall misses with an uppercut. Blank saw that one coming.
Blank's corner calls for a 1-2. Blank obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Blank scores with a hook to the body. Marshall takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blank misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marshall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marshall misses with a looping right.
Blank thuds a left hand into Marshall's body.
Blank swings for the body but Marshall moves out of range.
Blank lands a slapping body shot.
Blank scores with a jab to the body.
Blank swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blank throws a shot to the body.
Blank lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshall takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marshall moves forwards but Blank connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blank throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marshall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Blank dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Apolo Marshall's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A big left from Blank misses.
Blank is looking to wear down Marshall with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marshall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blank.
Marshall takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blank avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blank throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marshall doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blank blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Blank gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marshall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marshall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marshall wants to get back to striking at distance but Blank won't allow it.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Blank avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blank throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blank scores with a shot to the body.
Marshall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marshall walks into a straight right hand from Blank.
The fighters circling - Marshall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blank uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marshall.
Marshall tries to clinch but Blank is having none of it.
Marshall thows a body shot but no joy.
Blank scores with the left hand. Marshall knows he should have avoided that one.
Blank tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marshall was well out of range. Poor timing from Blank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marshall.
Blank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blank ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blank misses the body punch
and Marshall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marshall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blank slips under a jab from Marshall.
Blank throws a body punch but Marshall moves out of range.
Blank jabs Marshall right on the nose. Marshall blinks but takes it well.
Blank goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blank swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blank dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marshall takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blank moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blank looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshall is just out of range.
Blank lands with an uppercut that bounces Marshall off the cage and back into rage.
Marshall takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Blank dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marshall ducks right into an uppercut from Blank.
Apolo Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blank tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marshall was well out of range. Poor timing from Blank.
Marshall takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Marshall takes one to the chin there.
Jason Blank is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blank connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blank throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Marshall on the side of the head.
Blank throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marshall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marshall avoids the body shot from Blank.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blank.
Blank darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Blank showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blank 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:24
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Blank!