PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Longmire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Longmire kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is More Human Than Human by White Zombie. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Longmire
vs
Marquez

172 cm
25
147 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

176 cm
22
174 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Longmire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Marquez!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longmire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Longmire connects with a good right hand that stumbles Marquez. Marquez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Longmire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marquez checks a low kick from Longmire.
Marquez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marquez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Marquez misses with a left hand
and Longmire counters with a slapping leg kick.
Longmire throws the kick towards the body but Marquez avoids it.
Longmire misses with a straight left.
Marquez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Longmire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marquez scores with a jab to the head.
Longmire works the jab nicely.
Harry Longmire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marquez throws a hook but Longmire blocks it.
Marquez blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez slips a straight right by Longmire.
Longmire throws a wild body kick that Marquez sees coming a mile off.
Marquez throws a looping overhand right but Longmire ducks down to avoid it.
Marquez checks a low kick from Longmire.
Nice body punch from Longmire.
Longmire closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Marquez does it's job there.
Longmire misses the jab.

Longmire gets a clinch.
Longmire scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marquez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marquez misses with a punch on the inside.
Longmire lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longmire struggles to land a body shot inside as Marquez controls his hands.
Longmire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marquez up against the cage.
Longmire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Longmire lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Longmire stalling in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marquez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Longmire backwards.
Longmire lands a left hand.
Marquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Longmire misses with the head strike.
Longmire fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Longmire is leaning against Marquez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longmire lands with a left to the head.
Longmire lands with a light punch inside.
Longmire lands a right hand.
Longmire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Longmire tries a body shot but Marquez blocks it.
Marquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Longmire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marquez throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Marquez.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Longmire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marquez backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Longmire.
Marquez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marquez blocking some punches.
Marquez lands an uppercut.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marquez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longmire misses with a punch on the inside.
Longmire lands a hook to the side of the head.
Longmire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Longmire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Longmire to work.
Marquez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Longmire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Longmire fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Longmire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Longmire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Longmire pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Marquez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marquez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marquez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Longmire.
Longmire gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marquez.

Longmire pushes Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Harry Longmire has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marquez struggles to land a body shot inside as Longmire controls his hands.
Longmire lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marquez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Longmire slows down the pace here.
Marquez has a couple of punches blocked by Longmire.
Longmire scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Longmire.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Longmire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marquez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Longmire misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marquez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marquez misses with some punches.
Marquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Longmire content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right from Longmire on the inside.
Marquez takes a shot to the head.
Longmire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marquez's elbow.
Marquez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Longmire swings wildly with an uppercut but Marquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marquez blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez prevents a body shot from Longmire.
Marquez tries to throw a body punch but Longmire avoids it by throwing Marquez back against the cage.
A short right from Longmire.
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!
Longmire drops down looking for an ankle pick but Marquez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Harry Longmire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice jab there from Marquez.
Longmire throws a low kick but Marquez moves out of range easily.
Marquez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Marquez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marquez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Marquez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Longmire manages to avoid it.
Longmire throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Longmire checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longmire pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marquez misses with a kick to the body
and Longmire connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marquez. Longmire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Longmire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Longmire takes one to the side of the head.
Longmire tries to land a front kick but Marquez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Marquez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Longmire takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jay Marquez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab lands there for Marquez.
Marquez misses with a body shot.
Marquez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marquez misses with a hook. Longmire ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marquez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Longmire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Longmire misses the shot to the body.
Marquez avoids the head kick by Longmire.
Longmire throws a push kick but Marquez slaps the foot to one side.
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!
Longmire missing with a left hand there. Marquez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Longmire.
Marquez works Longmire's body with a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Longmire misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Longmire.
Marquez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marquez misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jay Marquez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Longmire drops his hands momentarily and Marquez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Longmire misses with a kick to the body.
Marquez tests Longmire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Longmire. Marquez does a little dance to reset his feet.

Longmire forces Marquez back against the cage and clinches.
Longmire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Longmire displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marquez up against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Longmire here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Marquez throws a punch but it's blocked by Longmire.
The referee is keeping an eye on Longmire - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Marquez misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez lands a right hand.
Marquez misses with some punches.
Marquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Longmire changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Marquez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Longmire moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Longmire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marquez.
Marquez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Marquez lands with a right hand.
Longmire fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marquez checks it well.
A good leg kick by Longmire.
Longmire wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longmire takes a swing at Marquez's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Longmire misses.
Marquez lunges at Longmire with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Longmire's hand.
Longmire is looking to slow Marquez down with leg kicks.
Longmire fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marquez is out of range.
Marquez blocks the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marquez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marquez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Longmire sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Longmire. Marquez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marquez throws a leg kick but Longmire sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longmire lands a glancing blow to the side of Marquez's head.
Marquez lands a jab to Longmire's midsection.
Longmire throws a sloppy head kick and Marquez moves out of range easily.
Marquez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Longmire but Longmire pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Longmire closes the distance and pushes Marquez back into the cage.
Marquez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Longmire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Marquez up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Longmire lands a hook that snaps the head of Marquez backwards.
Longmire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Longmire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Longmire pressing his opponent against the cage.
Marquez throws a head punch that misses.
Marquez blocks a body shot from Longmire.
Longmire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marquez backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marquez has a couple of punches blocked by Longmire.
Longmire pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Longmire - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Longmire showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Longmire 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Longmire!
Harry Longmire seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.