PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jayden Marsh (ranked 2255 p4p, 3230 weight class) and Erik Bjornsson (ranked 307 p4p, 393 weight class). Marsh comes to the cage accompanied by Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Marsh
vs
Bjornsson

190 cm
25
215
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
211
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jayden Marsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erik Bjornsson!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bjornsson walks into a jab.

It looks like Erik Bjornsson has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bjornsson. Marsh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bjornsson ducks under a wild hook from Marsh.
A slow jab from Marsh misses its intended target.
Bjornsson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Marsh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsh is looking to counter punch.
Bjornsson throws a hook to the side of Marsh's head but Marsh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marsh throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Bjornsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Bjornsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marsh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bjornsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjornsson misses with a body shot.
Marsh throwing a counter right hand but Bjornsson manages to avoid it.
Jayden Marsh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marsh looks to land a left hand but Bjornsson moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh throws a big shot that misses.
Marsh scores with a decent looking hook.
Marsh misses with a hook
and Bjornsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marsh misses with a hook
enabling Bjornsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Marsh staying out of range there.

Marsh clinches.
Bjornsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bjornsson can't find room to land a body shot as Marsh controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bjornsson.
Bjornsson blocking some punches.
Bjornsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bjornsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Marsh lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bjornsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marsh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bjornsson pushes Marsh back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bjornsson works on Marsh's body with a couple of short punches.
Marsh is breathing heavily.
Bjornsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marsh or not.
Bjornsson tries a body shot but Marsh blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Bjornsson.
Marsh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bjornsson's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marsh.
A short left from Marsh.
Bjornsson pushes Marsh back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bjornsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Bjornsson.
Bjornsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bjornsson can't find room to land a body shot as Marsh controls the action.
Bjornsson lands with a left to the head.
Marsh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bjornsson's elbow.
Marsh prevents a body shot from Bjornsson.
Bjornsson lands with a light punch inside.
Marsh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marsh.
Marsh throws a head punch that misses.
Bjornsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marsh definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bjornsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marsh misses with a punch on the inside.
Marsh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bjornsson tries to work over Marsh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Bjornsson.
Bjornsson works on Marsh's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Bjornsson.
Bjornsson lands a shot to the body.
Bjornsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bjornsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bjornsson pushes Marsh back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bjornsson lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bjornsson.
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 punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bjornsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Bjornsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marsh is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Marsh throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bjornsson counters with a nice right hand that sends Marsh toppling to the canvas! Marsh scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Bjornsson finish him?!

Marsh is rocked!

It looks like Jayden Marsh has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson drops Marsh with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Marsh! Bjornsson dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Bjornsson!
Our winner, Erik Bjornsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.