PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bob Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marley comes into the arena with Jammin' blaring out of the sound system. Emanuel has chosen I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Marley
vs
Emanuel

179 cm
24
162 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
29
163 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Europha Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marley's head backwards.
Marley throws a looping overhand right but Emanuel ducks down to avoid it.
Emanuel misses with a looping left.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marley misses with a double jab.
Marley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A leg kick checked by Emanuel.
Emanuel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emanuel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marley doesn't seem bothered though.
A shot to the liver by Marley. Beautiful body shot.
Marley misses with a low kick.
Emanuel wants to clinch.
Bob Marley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emanuel misses with a looping left.
Marley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marley throws a looping overhand right but Emanuel ducks down to avoid it.
Emanuel doesn't manage to clinch there - Marley circles away.
Marley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emanuel sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emanuel was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley.
Marley takes a swing at Emanuel's ribcage but misses.

Emanuel drives through and clinches with Marley against the cage.
Marley stalling against the cage.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.

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

Emanuel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marley misses with an elbow strike.
Emanuel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley lands a damaging elbow.
Emanuel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marley misses with an elbow strike.
Emanuel lands a knee to the body.
Emanuel misses with a knee strike.
Marley blocks the elbow strike.
Emanuel stalling in the clinch but Marley improves position.
Knees to the body from Emanuel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marley takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emanuel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Emanuel.
Emanuel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marley missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Emanuel throws an elbow but misses.
Emanuel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emanuel avoids it.
Marley blocks a body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel scores with a shoulder strike.
Emanuel stalling.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Emanuel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marley's elbow.
Marley tries to throw a body punch but Emanuel avoids it by throwing Marley back against the cage.
Marley lands a shot to the body.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Marley blocks a body shot from Emanuel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel tries to throw a body punch but Marley avoids it by throwing Emanuel back against the cage.
Emanuel lands a good knee to the midsection. Marley won't want to take too many of those.
Emanuel lands a good knee to the midsection. Marley won't want to take too many of those.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Marley controls the action.
Emanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emanuel throws a head punch that misses.
Marley struggles to land a body shot inside as Emanuel controls his hands.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Emanuel missing with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Marley to work.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Emanuel.
Emanuel throws a head punch that misses.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Marley controls his hands.
Marley avoiding damage as Emanuel throws knees to the body.
Emanuel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marley stalling.
Marley landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marley lands a body punch.
Marley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Marley.
Marley blocks a body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Emanuel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Emanuel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emanuel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Emanuel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel managing to block the knees to the body from Marley.
Marley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emanuel avoids it.
Marley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Europha Emanuel 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.

Marley clobbers Emanuel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Emanuel throws a jab when Marley was well out of range.
Emanuel tries to clinch but Marley moves out of range.
Emanuel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice cross by Marley.
Emanuel slips under a jab.
Emanuel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, jab by Marley - just one landing.
Emanuel just misses with a punch to the body.
Marley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crunch! Marley slams his shin into Emanuel's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emanuel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marley throws out the jab.
Marley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab by Marley.
Marley moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Good work by Emanuel as he checks the leg kick.
Emanuel throws a hook to the side of Marley's head but Marley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel throws a hook to the side of Marley's head but Marley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Emanuel is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Marley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Emanuel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Emanuel throws out a loose jab but Marley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marley slips a jab from Emanuel.
Marley throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emanuel was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley.
Marley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Marley misses with a kick to the body.
Marley misses with a low kick.
Bob Marley is winning the standup battle so far.
Marley misses with a body shot.
Emanuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Marley.
Emanuel throws the left hand but Marley avoids the punch easily.
Marley keeps the fight on the outside.
Emanuel slips a jab from Marley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley scores with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Marley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Emanuel, pushing him back against the cage.
Marley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Marley controls the action.
Emanuel misses with some punches.

Marley breaks the clinch.
Marley is looking to land body kicks.
Marley is looking to land body kicks.
Emanuel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marley throws a leg kick that misses.
Emanuel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marley.
Emanuel misses with a hook. Marley ducked under it nicely.
Marley looks for the body kick but Emanuel saw that one coming.
Emanuel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marley to score with a decent uppercut.
Emanuel blocks a head kick by Marley.
Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emanuel was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley thows a body shot but no joy.
Emanuel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marley scores with a jab.
Marley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marley. Emanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Emanuel cracks Marley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Emanuel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marley.
Marley is looking to land body kicks.
Marley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emanuel loads up on a big right hand but Marley slips the punch.
Marley fails to land with a series of punches.
Marley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Emanuel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marley throws the left hand but Emanuel avoids the punch easily.
Marley scores with a hook to the body. Emanuel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Emanuel throws a jab when Marley was well out of range.

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!
Marley just misses with a punch to the body.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Emanuel.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Marley. Emanuel shrugs it off though.
Marley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Marley blocks a jab.
Emanuel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Emanuel.
Marley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Emanuel's hands.
Good standup being displayed there by Emanuel as he connects with a hook.
Emanuel scores with a body shot.
Emanuel throws a shot from downtown. Marley moves away and avoids it.
Emanuel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel thows a body shot but no joy.
Marley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emanuel throws an off balance right hand
and Marley counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Marley dominated that second round.
That's time! Marley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Marley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Emanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emanuel lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.
Emanuel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marley avoids it.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marley throws an elbow but it misses.
Marley stalling in the clinch.

Marley breaks from the clinch.
Marley misses with a head kick.
Emanuel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marley in his tracks.
Marley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emanuel.
Marley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emanuel.
Marley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Emanuel misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Marley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marley.
Emanuel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Emanuel.
Marley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Emanuel checks a leg kick.
Emanuel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emanuel throws a jab but it's blocked by Marley.
Marley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marley looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marley jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Emanuel. Beautiful body shot.
Emanuel fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marley misses with a kick to the body.
Emanuel misses the shot to the body.
Marley dodges the punch combination from Emanuel.
Marley throws a body kick that misses.
Marley tries to move into range but Emanuel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marley pushes Emanuel away with a front kick.
A leg kick checked by Emanuel.
Marley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marley shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Marley connects with a looping right hand.
Emanuel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Marley.
Marley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marley misses the shot to the body.
Marley does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Marley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Emanuel moves into the clinch successfully.
Emanuel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marley pushes off an throws an elbow but Emanuel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Marley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marley loads up on a big right hand but Emanuel slips the punch.
Emanuel takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A swing and a miss from Marley.
Nice straight punches there by Marley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marley.
Marley shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Emanuel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Emanuel lunges at Marley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marley's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel is looking to clinch.
Marley lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emanuel lands a body shot.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emanuel throws out a powerful jab.
Marley misses with a wild body shot.
Emanuel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emanuel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Emanuel blocks a head kick by Marley.
Marley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marley throws a hook to the side of Emanuel's head but Emanuel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emanuel.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marley walks into a jab.
Marley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Emanuel at a distance.
Marley throws a nice outside leg kick.

Marley closes the distance and pushes Emanuel back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Marley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Marley!
Bob Marley tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.