PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Josie Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Hentschel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marquez comes to the cage accompanied by the most annoying Mexican polka music you have heard in your life. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marquez
vs
Hentschel

173 cm
24
148 lbs
9 - 7 - 1

174 cm
27
146 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josie Marquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stefan Hentschel!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez misses the shot to the body.
Hentschel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Marquez with a jab.
Marquez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Marquez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marquez lands a glancing blow to the side of Hentschel's head.
Marquez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hentschel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marquez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hentschel.

Hentschel shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hentschel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marquez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hentschel's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hentschel's back!

Marquez working for the choke.

Marquez tightening his grip on Hentschel, looking for the choke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hentschel tries to roll but Marquez sticks to his back.
Marquez somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Hentschel trying to control the hands but Marquez breaks the grip.
Marquez has the hooks in. Hentschel is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marquez is persistently looking for the submission but Hentschel is defending it well.
Marquez misses with punches from the back.
Marquez is controlling the position but Hentschel somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Hentschel trying to control here.

Marquez seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marquez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hentschel's head.
Marquez looks to land a strike but Hentschel avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Marquez wants to control from the top but Hentschel keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel controls Marquez momentarily but Marquez frees himself.
Hentschel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marquez trying to control but Hentschel is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Josie Marquez just wasn't active enough.
A slow jab from Marquez misses its intended target.
Hentschel misses with a takedown attempt - Marquez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marquez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josie Marquez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marquez connects with a single shot there.
A leg kick checked by Marquez.
Marquez throws an off balance right hand

and Hentschel counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Marquez wants to improve his position but Hentschel is controlling well.
Marquez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hentschel is working away from the top position though.
Marquez wants to improve his position but Hentschel is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hentschel lands with a punch from half guard.
Marquez is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hentschel drops an elbow to the side of Marquez's head.
Marquez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Marquez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hentschel is looking to work some ground and pound but Marquez has wrist control.
Hentschel slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Marquez struggling a bit here.
Marquez has one of Hentschel's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Hentschel scoring with punches and elbows.
Marquez tries to improve position but can't.
Hentschel throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hentschel misses with the ground and pound.
Hentschel working the head and body with strikes.
Marquez regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez taking some punishment here, with Hentschel in his half guard.
Marquez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hentschel.
Hentschel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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!
Marquez trying to hold on to Hentschel's head to control him but Hentschel postures up.
Hentschel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marquez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Marquez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hentschel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hentschel preventing the sweep.
Hentschel throwing strikes but missing.
Hentschel trying to control the position from guard on top but Marquez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez looking for a sweep. Not yet Marquez, not yet.
Hentschel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hentschel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marquez trying to control the position.
Hentschel cracks Marquez with a solid left hand.
Hentschel won't allow Marquez to sweep him here.
Hentschel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Marquez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marquez wants to sweep here but Hentschel controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hentschel working some strikes from top position.
Marquez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hentschel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marquez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hentschel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marquez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marquez controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hentschel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marquez is trying to keep Hentschel in close.
Hentschel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Hentschel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hentschel ducks under a wild hook from Marquez.
Marquez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Marquez dips to his left and cracks Hentschel with an uppercut!
Hentschel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marquez throws the left hand but Hentschel avoids the punch easily.
Marquez looks to throw the jab but Hentschel is out of range.
Marquez connects with the punch.
Marquez looks to land a combination but Hentschel avoids it well.
Hentschel throws a lazy right hand but Marquez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marquez misses with a double jab.
Hentschel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hentschel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marquez manages to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Marquez as he connects with a hook.
Hentschel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marquez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marquez misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez misses with a straight left.
Marquez lands with a shot to the body.
Marquez throws a hook to the side of Hentschel's head but Hentschel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hentschel misses the jab.
Josie Marquez is winning the standup battle so far.
Marquez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hentschel at a distance.
Marquez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hentschel moves out of range of the leg kick from Marquez.
Josie Marquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hentschel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hentschel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marquez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hentschel.
Hentschel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hentschel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hentschel motions for Marquez to come forward. Hentschel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marquez throws a jab when Hentschel was well out of range.
Hentschel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Hentschel.
Hentschel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marquez avoids a kick to the body.
Hentschel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marquez lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marquez thuds his right hand into Hentschel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Marquez looks to land a combination but Hentschel avoids it well.
Hentschel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hentschel throws a hook to the side of Marquez's head but Marquez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marquez slips under a jab from Hentschel.
Marquez misses with a double jab
and Hentschel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A combination from Marquez does no damage.
Hentschel misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel lands a jab to Marquez's midsection.
Marquez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hentschel.
Marquez looks to land a combination but Hentschel avoids it well.
Marquez blocks the body kick.
Some wild striking there from Marquez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hentschel.
Marquez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hentschel works Marquez's body with a nice hook.
Hentschel lands with a hook. Marquez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hentschel misses the shot to the body.
Marquez blocks a leg kick.
Hentschel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marquez walks into a straight right hand from Hentschel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hentschel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marquez misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from Marquez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marquez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marquez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hentschel cracks a nice hook into Marquez's ribs.
Hentschel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hentschel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marquez.
A telegraphed right hand from Hentschel misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hentschel shoots in and drives through. Marquez sprawls well.
Marquez slips a jab from Hentschel.
Marquez misses with a two punch combination.
Hentschel lands a front kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Josie Marquez.
I think Marquez 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Josie Marquez!
Josie Marquez thanked the fans post fight for their support.