PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Cerdan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Laguna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cerdan comes to the cage accompanied by French National Anthem. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cerdan
vs
Laguna

173 cm
28
155 lbs
23 - 12 - 2

175 cm
34
145 lbs
26 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Marcel Cerdan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marty Laguna!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laguna looks to land a combination but Cerdan avoids it well.

Cerdan has closed the distance and engaged Laguna in a clinch.
Laguna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cerdan misses with a punch to the body.
Cerdan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cerdan throws a head punch that misses.
Cerdan tries a body shot but Laguna blocks it.
Laguna blocks an uppercut.
Laguna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laguna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cerdan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laguna.
Cerdan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laguna blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Cerdan fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Cerdan.
Cerdan misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerdan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cerdan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cerdan misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cerdan misses with the head strike.
Cerdan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Laguna blocks an uppercut.
Laguna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cerdan swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Laguna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cerdan looks to land a left hand but Laguna moved out of range nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Cerdan there.
Cerdan swings for the body but Laguna moves out of range.
Cerdan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Laguna lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cerdan at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laguna moves away from the strike by Cerdan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cerdan moves out of range as Laguna strikes.
Laguna tries to bum rush Cerdan with a series of wild strikes but Cerdan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Laguna lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A punch combination from Cerdan misses.
Laguna misses with a right hand
and Cerdan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Laguna connects with a body shot.
Cerdan tries to clinch but Laguna is having none of it.
Cerdan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laguna.
Laguna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laguna takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cerdan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cerdan tries to clinch but Laguna moves out of range.
Cerdan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Cerdan.
Laguna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laguna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cerdan.
Laguna moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Laguna's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cerdan under the eye.
Cerdan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Laguna counters with a nice body shot.

Cerdan moves into the clinch successfully.
Cerdan lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Cerdan.
Cerdan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cerdan pushes Laguna back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cerdan misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cerdan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cerdan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Laguna is rocked!
Cerdan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cerdan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laguna backwards.
Laguna is still on wobbly legs! Can Cerdan finish him?
Cerdan throws a punch but it's blocked by Laguna.
Cerdan swings wildly with an uppercut but Laguna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laguna seems to have recovered his senses.
Cerdan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cerdan takes a shot to the head.
Laguna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cerdan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cerdan can't find room to land a body shot as Laguna controls the action.
Cerdan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cerdan misses with the head strike.
Cerdan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cerdan lands a right hand.
Cerdan throws a punch but it's blocked by Laguna.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcel Cerdan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cerdan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laguna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cerdan.
Marcel Cerdan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laguna misses the body punch

and Cerdan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cerdan lands a shoulder strike.
Cerdan misses with a punch on the inside.
Cerdan struggles to land a body shot inside as Laguna controls his hands.
Cerdan swings wildly with an uppercut but Laguna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cerdan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laguna's elbow.
Laguna blocks a body shot from Cerdan.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cerdan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cerdan has a couple of punches blocked by Laguna.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cerdan.
Cerdan swings wildly with an uppercut but Laguna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laguna struggles to land a body shot inside as Cerdan controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerdan works on Laguna's body with a couple of short punches.
Cerdan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Laguna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cerdan swings widly with a right hand
and Laguna counters with a straight right hand.
Laguna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cerdan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cerdan throws a right hand that misses
and Laguna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Laguna is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cerdan rather than just go for the knockout.
Laguna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cerdan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marcel Cerdan is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Laguna misses its intended target.
Cerdan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Laguna misses with a looping left.
Laguna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cerdan.
Laguna moves away from the strike by Cerdan.
Cerdan moves in looking to clinch but Laguna pushes him off.
Laguna lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cerdan misses with a lunging right hand
and Laguna counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laguna keeps the fight on the outside.
Cerdan avoids the body shot from Laguna.
Laguna throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cerdan counters with a right hand to the body.
Laguna lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Cerdan is rocked!
Laguna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cerdan.
Oh Cerdan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cerdan swings widly with a right hand
and Laguna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marty Laguna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laguna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Laguna fails to land with a series of punches.
Laguna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cerdan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laguna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cerdan.
Laguna circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Cerdan to the canvas! Cerdan doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Laguna keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marty Laguna!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Marty Laguna waved his t-shirt featuring CEC Nutrition Q160's logo in front of the cameras.