PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lori Tante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marciano
vs
Tante

185 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

188 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lori Tante!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Tante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lori Tante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
Tante drops Marciano with a beautiful combination! Marciano stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tante is looking for the KO!

It looks like Rocky Marciano has been cut.
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!
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marciano is breathing heavily.
Tante swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano misses with a head kick.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Marciano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tante slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano throws a hook but Tante blocks it.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tante throws a combination that misses
and Marciano counters with a series of strikes. Tante will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tante stalks Marciano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marciano's face. Marciano staggers backwards, shaken.
Some wild striking there from Tante.
Marciano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Tante takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Marciano moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante dodges the punch combination from Marciano.
A left and a right from Marciano both land. Nice combination.
Tante throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Tante does no damage.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano avoids them all with ease.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante avoids the head kick by Marciano.
Tante throws a right hand that Marciano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marciano also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
Tante swinging wilding here.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tante.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
Tante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tante throws a combination that misses
and Marciano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tante thinking.
Tante misses with the combination.
Marciano lands an overhand right.
Tante keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Some wild striking there from Tante.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Danga de danga de dang - Marciano scores with a four punch combination!
Marciano misses with the combination.
Tante misses with a double jab.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab from Marciano does it's job there.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tante misses with the combination.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano avoids them all with ease.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Tante swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marciano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tante is out of range and Marciano settles back down.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Tante.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a two punch combo.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marciano tries to bum rush Tante with a series of wild strikes but Tante uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante avoids them all with ease.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Tante throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tante avoids the head kick by Marciano.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a two punch combination.
Tante slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Marciano's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Marciano duly obliges.
Marciano misses with a leg kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tante misses with a series of wild punches.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante looks to land a combination but Marciano avoids it well.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tante lands a jab-cross combination.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante moves out of range.
Tante misses with a series of wild punches.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Marciano!
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante moves out of range.
Marciano misses with the combination.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano lands with a cross.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante throws a combination that misses
and Marciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tante throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Tante slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a left and a right that stings Tante.
Tante showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Marciano lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lori Tante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Tante swinging wilding here.
Tante throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rocky Marciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Tante avoids the head kick by Marciano.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lori Tante seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marciano throws a one two combo.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano scores with a decent looking hook.
Marciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tante!
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante moves out of range.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano misses with a wild body shot.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Tante showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Tante misses with a series of wild punches.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tante misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a few strikes there.
Tante swinging wilding here.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marciano counters with a three punch combo that has Tante backing up. Tante nods at Marciano to acknowledge the strikes.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tante!
Tante misses with the combination.
Marciano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Marciano avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
Nice straight punches there by Marciano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marciano.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano cracks Tante with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
Tante throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a one-two to the body.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Tante avoids them all with ease.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Marciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tante.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Tante misses with a double jab.
Marciano misses with the combination.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Marciano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Tante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Tante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tante in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A bone on bone clash there as Tante blocks the leg kick.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano slips a jab and a cross from Tante.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tante fails to land with a series of punches.
Tante misses with a wild combination.
Marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marciano.
Marciano misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tante throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Tante lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Marciano backs up against the ropes.
Tante misses with a combination
and Marciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tante tries to bum rush Marciano with a series of wild strikes but Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano looks to land a combination but Tante avoids it well.
Tante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante misses with a double jab
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Marciano tries a head kick but it misses.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tante circles away quickly and effectively.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Tante avoids nicely.
Tante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Marciano does no damage.
Tante throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Tante looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Tante misses.
Tante throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a right hand that Tante ducks under and follows up with a left that Tante also avoids with ease.
Tante throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marciano.
Tante throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Tante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano swinging wilding here.
No joy there for Tante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tante.
Marciano lands with a nice combination. Tante backs away looking to recover.
No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Tante is just out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Marciano dodges the punch combination from Tante.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.
Tante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tante misses with a two punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Marciano showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Lori Tante!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Lori Tante!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Lori Tante!

Lori Tante wins by unanimous decision!