PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Moody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano's entrance music is 2PAC - NO MORE PAIN. A fine choice. Moody comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Medium Pace - Adam Sandler kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marciano
vs
Moody

184 cm
25
215 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

181 cm
22
209 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Moody!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Moody fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moody throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marciano looks to land a right hand but Moody moved out of range.
Moody avoids the body shot from Marciano.
Moody tries to clinch but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano lands the left hand.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Marciano checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moody fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marciano, pushing him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Moody.
Moody misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moody lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Moody is leaning against Marciano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marciano tries to circle away but Moody has him pinned against the cage.
Marciano blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Moody.
Moody tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marciano's elbow.
Moody lands an uppercut.

It looks like Tommy Marciano has been cut.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Moody crunches a lovely knee into Marciano's ribcage.
Marciano is trying to break free.
Moody pushes Marciano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Moody.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Moody.
Marciano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moody misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano can't break the clinch.
Moody tries to land knees in the clinch but Marciano avoids the damage to the body.
Moody misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moody has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Marciano avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Marciano is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Moody.
Moody softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Moody tries to work over Marciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano blocks an elbow strike from Moody.
Moody with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moody lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moody keeps control of Marciano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Moody dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Marciano's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Moody fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marciano manages to avoid it.
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Moody tries a head kick but it misses.

Moody clinches up with Marciano and pushes him back against the cage.
Marciano is trying to push Moody away but Moody has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Moody misses with a punch on the inside.

Marciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moody moves away from the strike by Marciano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marciano. Moody does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marciano throws a shot from downtown. Moody moves away and avoids it.
Moody misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Marciano to counter with a crisp jab.
Moody displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marciano throws out the jab.
Moody misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Moody fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moody tries to land a leg kick but Marciano saw it coming and moves away.
Moody tries to close the distance and clinch but Marciano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moody lands with a kick to the temple. Marciano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Marciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Marciano misses the target.
Moody throws a head kick but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moody moves away.
Marciano throws a jab but it's blocked by Moody.
Marciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Moody's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moody ducks under a wild hook from Marciano.
Tommy Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano swinging wildly here.
Moody bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Moody throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Moody keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marciano blocks a jab.
Moody lands a leg kick that knocks Marciano off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moody moves away from the strike by Marciano.
Hank Moody seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moody scores with a sloppy right hand. Marciano should have avoided that one.
Moody misses with a low kick as Marciano jumps back.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano tries to score with a low kick but Moody moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moody lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Moody showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Marciano'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!

Moody gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Moody has Marciano pressed against the cage, preventing Marciano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moody creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marciano working hard to break the clinch.
Moody misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moody lands a right hand.
Moody makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A body shot lands from Moody.
Moody is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marciano is defending well for now.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moody swings wildly with an uppercut but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Moody fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moody landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moody scores with a shot to the side of Marciano's head.
Marciano is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marciano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hank Moody seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Marciano breaks the clinch.
Marciano throws a low kick but Moody moves out of range easily.
Moody lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moody pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marciano is out of range and Moody settles back down.

Moody throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Marciano was covering up waiting for the punch and Moody finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Marciano keeping full guard, as Moody tries to pass.
Moody sitting in guard here, content to control.
Moody trying to control the position from guard on top but Marciano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moody slips nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marciano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marciano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moody.
Marciano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moody on the ground.

Moody wants to work for an arm triangle but Marciano is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moody throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Moody comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Moody has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Moody!