PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chandler Nelson (ranked 3384 p4p, 323 weight class) and Randy Marsh (ranked 5807 p4p, 422 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Nelson
vs
Marsh

179 cm
24
163 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

169 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chandler Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsh swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.

Nelson has closed the distance and engaged Marsh in a clinch.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marsh wants a takedown.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Marsh tries to pull guard but Nelson won't allow it.
Nelson blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
Nelson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Marsh's head.

Marsh fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Nelson to the ground. Marsh is now in Nelson's guard.

Marsh got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nelson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Marsh has managed to get both his arms back between Nelson's legs - danger averted.
Nelson wants to stand up but Marsh is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh pushing down on Nelson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Marsh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nelson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nelson is trying to get back to full guard.
Nelson wants to get back to his feet.
Marsh sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Marsh there.
Nelson wants to get back to his feet.

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.
Nelson is looking to get back to is feet but Marsh passes into side control.
Marsh is looking to take a break and control but Nelson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nelson is trying to buck Marsh off.

Marsh decides to stand back up.

Marsh clinches.
Nelson crunches a lovely knee into Marsh's ribcage.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Nelson stops a takedown attempt from Marsh.
Chandler Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Marsh.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh looking for a takedown.
Marsh is trying to pull guard but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nelson has Marsh pressed against the cage.
Nelson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Marsh has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nelson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Marsh gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Marsh perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nelson is looking to escape.
Nelson wants to stand back up but Marsh manages to pass into side control.
Marsh trying to control the action but Nelson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Nelson is looking to regain half guard here but Marsh keeps moving and retains side control.
Nelson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chandler Nelson will probably get the nod.
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.

Nelson moves into the clinch.
Nelson stalling in the clinch but Marsh improves position.
Marsh goes for a takedown attempt but Nelson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Marsh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nelson circles away quickly and effectively.
Nelson dodges the punch combination from Marsh.
Nelson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Marsh changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nelson tries to avoid it but Marsh manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nelson to the ground. Nelson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Nelson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marsh, pushing him back against the cage.
Marsh displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nelson up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marsh is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Chandler Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Marsh.
Nelson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chandler Nelson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marsh tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Nelson.

Nelson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Nelson clinches with his opponent.
Nelson crunches a lovely knee into Marsh's ribcage.
Marsh is breathing heavily.

Nelson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Nelson moves into the clinch.
Nelson leaning against his opponent.
Marsh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nelson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Randy Marsh has been cut.
Nelson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nelson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marsh's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nelson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Nelson.
Marsh has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Marsh misses with a takedown attempt
and Nelson counters with a left and a right that stings Marsh.
Nelson throws a nice head kick!
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Nelson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marsh managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Marsh avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson slowing the pace effectively.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marsh backwards.
Marsh has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nelson after a bit of a struggle.
Nelson looking to stall.
Nelson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marsh can do to turn this around?
Marsh tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nelson stalling against the cage.
Marsh throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marsh tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nelson crunches a lovely knee into Marsh's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson just leaning against Marsh, taking a breather.

Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nelson lands a jab to the head.

Nelson darts in and clinches Marsh up against the cage.

Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Randy Marsh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marsh misses with a takedown attempt
and Nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Nelson forces Marsh back against the cage and clinches.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marsh's efforts to push away.
Marsh tries to pull guard but Nelson won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chandler Nelson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Marsh's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nelson throws a series of strikes that have Marsh backpedaling.
Nelson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chandler Nelson is winning the standup battle so far.
Marsh wants to clinch up but Nelson keeps it at a distance.

Marsh shoots in and bounces Nelson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nelson trying to control the position.
Marsh stops Nelson from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marsh trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom.
Nelson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marsh on the ground.

Nelson looking for a guillotine here but Marsh defends easily.

Nelson has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Marsh is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marsh avoids it.
Marsh tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nelson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marsh can't get the takedown.

Marsh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chandler Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marsh fails with a takedown attempt.
Chandler Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Marsh.
Marsh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nelson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh wants to clinch up but Nelson keeps it at a distance.

Nelson closes the distance and clinches.
Nelson landing knees to the head.
Marsh goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nelson prevents it.
Nelson controlling the action here for a moment.
Nelson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nelson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nelson throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Marsh drives through and clinches with Nelson against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Marsh as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Marsh drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Marsh tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nelson smiles and moves away.

Marsh tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nelson. That's going to slow Marsh down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nelson instigates a clinch.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
Marsh jumps guard but Nelson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Marsh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Marsh is avoiding it.
Marsh tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marsh tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nelson swivels and escapes.

Nelson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nelson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marsh has Nelson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Nelson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Randy Marsh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chandler Nelson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees to the body from Nelson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chandler Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nelson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chandler Nelson!
An out of breath Chandler Nelson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.