PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Jay (ranked 5088 p4p, 3431 weight class) and Alpyurek Sanli (ranked 545 p4p, 436 weight class). Marco Jay could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alpyurek Sanli's chin.

Jay
vs
Sanli

182 cm
22
175
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
185
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Jay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alpyurek Sanli!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Darius Henderson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jay lands a right hook to the body.
Jay wants to land a leg kick but Sanli is out of range.
Sanli tries a quick counter leg kick but Jay is wise to it.
Jay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marco Jay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jay misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanli counters with a nice leg kick.
Jay misses with a low kick.
Sanli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanli ducks under a wild hook from Jay.
Jay throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Sanli counters with a solid body kick.
Jay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanli throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Marco Jay has been cut.
Jay misses with a two punch combination.
Jay backing away here, and Sanli unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Sanli throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jay bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanli's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay misses with an uppercut
and Sanli counters with a low kick, right behind Jay 's knee.
Jay throws a lazy head kick
and Sanli counters with a thumping low kick.
Jay is breathing heavily.
Jay throws a head kick that misses.
Sanli was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sanli with the inside leg kick.
Jay gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sanli counters with an inside leg kick.
Jay blocks a head kick by Sanli.
Jay throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanli counters with a body kick that stops Jay in his tracks momentarily.
Sanli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sanli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanli misses with an uppercut.
Sanli dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jay. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay swings for the body but Sanli moves out of range.
Jay throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Sanli counters with an inside leg kick.
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 solid leg kick lands there for Sanli.
Sanli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jay has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jay takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanli looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanli.
Sanli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanli.
Jay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanli.
Sanli lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jay.
Sanli flicks out a counter leg kick but Jay steps away.
Jay is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sanli feints a counter leg kick.
Sanli connects with a leg kick.
Sanli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanli on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jay throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanli.
Jay throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanli counters with a leg kick.
Jay misses with a leg kick
and Sanli counters with a nice body kick.
Sanli throws a head kick that half lands.
Jay takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanli. That's going to slow Jay down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanli connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanli lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jay throws a leg kick
and Sanli counters with an outside leg kick.
Sanli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanli. That's going to slow Jay down.
Nice defenses there by Jay.
Jay looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Jay throws a head kick that misses
and Sanli counters with a thumping low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanli.
Jay tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanli feints a counter leg kick.
Jay on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanli. Sanli obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanli throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sanli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanli checks a low kick from Jay.
Sanli was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jay misses with a combination
and Sanli counters with an outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanli.
Jay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jay tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanli lands a leg kick that knocks Jay off balance momentarily.
Sanli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jay has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanli connects with a leg kick.
Sanli throws a leg kick which misses Jay's front leg but catches the back leg as Jay tries to avoid it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sanli scores with a push kick.
Sanli tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanli darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Marco Jay's cut is getting worse.
Jay misses with a double jab
and Sanli counters with a straight right hand.
That kick from Sanli tenderised Jay's leg. Jay is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jay falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanli counters with a body kick.
Jay on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jab, jab by Sanli - just one landing.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jay on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sanli is looking to slow Jay down with leg kicks.
Sanli thumps Jay with a low kick.
Sanli fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Sanli.
Sanli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jay misses with a low kick.
Sanli was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The fighters circle, before Sanli throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Jay's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Sanli lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Alpyurek Sanli!
Alpyurek Sanli decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.