PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baba Yaga (ranked 976 p4p, 1238 weight class) and Mick Marsden (ranked 117 p4p, 149 weight class). Marsden has chosen Brick - Ben Folds Five as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yaga
vs
Marsden

190 cm
29
202
11 - 5 - 0

191 cm
22
202
3 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baba Yaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mick Marsden!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaga tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marsden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yaga on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Yaga thows a leg kick but Marsden checks it
and Marsden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marsden takes one to the side of the head.
Marsden missing with a left hand there. Yaga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marsden connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yaga misses with a hook.
Yaga throws an overhand right that lands on Marsden's shoulder, as Marsden tries to avoid the shot.
Marsden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Marsden throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yaga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Yaga has Marsden up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yaga blocks a body shot from Marsden.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marsden.
I was talking to Yaga's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Marsden lands a nice uppercut.
Yaga misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden blocking some punches.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Yaga shrugs off.
Marsden lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marsden digs a right hand underneath Yaga's ribcage. Yaga let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marsden.
Yaga is breathing heavily.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Yaga shrugs off.
Marsden lands a left hand.
Marsden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marsden blocks an uppercut.
Marsden lands a nice elbow.
Marsden works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marsden lands an elbow just above Yaga 's eye.
A left hand lands to the body for Marsden.
Marsden lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marsden.
Marsden lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marsden lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yaga backwards.
Marsden creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yaga's defenses.
Yaga trying to control the position but instead, Marsden has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yaga into the cage.
Yaga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden pushes Yaga back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Marsden scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marsden tries to throw a body punch but Yaga avoids it by throwing Marsden back against the cage.
Marsden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Marsden.
Marsden tries to work over Yaga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marsden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marsden lands a body shot.
Marsden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marsden scores with a hook to the body.
Marsden is leaning against Yaga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marsden lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yaga takes an elbow to the temple.
Marsden lands a hook that snaps the head of Yaga backwards.
Marsden lands a nice elbow.
Marsden cracks Yaga with a nice body shot.
Marsden lands an elbow that stopped Yaga in his tracks for a moment.
Yaga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marsden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marsden lands an elbow inside.
A right hand to the body from Marsden.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Marsden.
Marsden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marsden.
Marsden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marsden misses with a body punch.
Marsden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Yaga is rocked!
Marsden lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Yaga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marsden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marsden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yaga takes an elbow to the temple.
Marsden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yaga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marsden lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marsden lands a shot to the body.
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!
Marsden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marsden lands a nice shot to the body.
Yaga seems to have got his legs back now.
Marsden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marsden works on Yaga's body with a couple of short punches.
Marsden is leaning against Yaga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marsden lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marsden lands an elbow that stopped Yaga in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden tries to throw a body punch but Yaga avoids it by throwing Marsden back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marsden.
Marsden creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yaga's defenses.
Marsden digs a right hand into Yaga's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yaga's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Marsden.
Marsden lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Yaga shrugs off.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Yaga shrugs off.
Marsden creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yaga's defenses.
Marsden creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Yaga! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Marsden.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Marsden!
Mick Marsden decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.