PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Stalin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marley comes to the cage accompanied by Rastaman Chant. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marley
vs
Stalin

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joseph Stalin!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley keeps the fight on the outside.
Stalin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stalin tries to clinch there but Marley circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Stalin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stalin.

It looks like Bob Marley has been cut.

Stalin closes the distance and pushes Marley back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Stalin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stalin working hard to break the clinch.
Marley lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Joseph Stalin has been cut.
Stalin has had enough of the clinch but Marley keeps him there for the moment.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.

Marley manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Marley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Stalin wants to stand but Marley is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley pulls Stalin in close to prevent any damage.

Marley is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Marley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Marley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stalin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stalin lands with a kick to the temple. Marley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Stalin moves in looking to clinch but Marley pushes him off.
Stalin blocks a head kick by Marley.
Stalin darts in trying to clinch
and Marley counters with a head kick. That will keep Stalin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Stalin takes the fight into the clinch.
Stalin tries to circle away but Marley has him pinned against the cage.
Marley crunches a lovely knee into Stalin's ribcage.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Stalin is blocking nicely.
Stalin blocks an elbow strike from Marley.

Marley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stalin throws a right hand that Marley ducks under and follows up with a left that Marley also avoids with ease.
Stalin closes the distance but Marley moves to the side

and Marley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stalin's face.
Marley is breathing heavily.
Stalin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stalin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stalin is trying to break the clinch but Marley is controlling him.
Stalin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stalin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Marley breaks from the clinch.

Marley closes the distance and clinches.
Stalin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalin looking to throw knees to the head but Marley is blocking nicely.
Marley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stalin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stalin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stalin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marley working hard to break the clinch.

Stalin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stalin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stalin cracks the inside of Marley's front leg.
Stalin wants to clinch up but Marley keeps it at a distance.
Marley throws a body kick that misses.
Stalin's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Stalin duly obliges.
Joseph Stalin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stalin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick by Marley misses
and Stalin counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stalin tries to clinch but Marley is having none of it.
Stalin wants to clinch
and Marley counters with a body kick that stops Stalin in his tracks momentarily.
Stalin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marley swats away the attempt to clinch by Stalin.
A nice combination there by Stalin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marley gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Stalin counters with a left and a right that stings Marley.
Stalin is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stalin!
Stalin is looking to clinch.
Marley is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Stalin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stalin tries to clinch but Marley moves out of range.
Marley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph Stalin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stalin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stalin tries to clinch but Marley is having none of it.
Stalin is looking to clinch but Marley is avoiding it.
Stalin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stalin tries to clinch up.
Stalin avoids the head kick by Marley.
Marley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalin tries to clinch up but Marley circles away and keeps his distance.
Stalin tries to clinch up but Marley circles away and keeps his distance.
Stalin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Stalin is breathing heavily.
Marley lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stalin misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Marley.
A combination from Stalin does no damage.
Stalin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stalin is looking to clinch.
Marley tries to clinch but Stalin is having none of it.
Stalin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stalin throws a series of punches but Marley avoids them all with ease.
Marley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stalin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marley tries to land a front kick but Stalin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stalin closes the distance looking to clinch

and Marley counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stalin's guard now.

Marley stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley looks to throw a body kick
and Stalin counters with a nice uppercut.
Marley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Marley counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Marley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stalin.
Stalin tries to clinch but Marley moves out of range.
Stalin wants to clinch but Marley slips to the side
and Marley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stalin's knee momentarily.
Stalin tries to close the distance and clinch but Marley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marley tries to close the distance and clinch but Stalin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stalin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stalin.
Marley throws a head kick that misses
and Stalin counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalin darts in trying to clinch

and Marley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Stalin landing knees to the head.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stalin wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Stalin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Marley tries to land knees in the clinch but Stalin avoids the damage to the body.
Stalin lands a knee to the head.
Stalin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stalin wants to break free but Marley has control.
Stalin is trying to break the clinch but Marley is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Marley.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Stalin blocks it.
Stalin working hard to break the clinch.
Marley landing knees to the head.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stalin's efforts to push away.
Stalin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley takes an elbow to the temple.
Marley keeps control of Stalin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley managing to block the knees to the body from Stalin.

Marley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stalin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stalin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marley tries a head kick but it misses.
Stalin moves out of range of the body kick.
Stalin is looking to clinch but Marley is avoiding it.
Marley throws a head kick that misses

and Stalin moves into the clinch.
Marley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalin avoids the elbow strike from Marley, against the cage.
Stalin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marley in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marley connects with a knee to the head.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Stalin is looking to break free of the clinch but Marley has double underhooks.
Stalin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Marley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marley throws a head kick that misses
and Stalin counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Marley dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Marley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stalin is looking to clinch but Marley is avoiding it.
Stalin moves in looking to clinch but Marley pushes him off.
Stalin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Joseph Stalin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marley throws a head kick that misses
and Stalin counters with a two punch combo.
Stalin tries to clinch up

and Marley counters by clinching up.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stalin blocks it with crossed arms.
Marley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalin has had enough of the clinch but Marley keeps him there for the moment.
Stalin wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Stalin keeps control of Marley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stalin's efforts to push away.
Stalin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Stalin blocks it.
Stalin with a knee to the head.
Stalin with a knee to the head.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalin is trying to force a seperation but Marley has the dominant position.

Marley breaks the clinch.

Marley pushes Stalin up against the cage in a clinch.
Marley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stalin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stalin wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Stalin wants to break free but Marley has control.
Stalin is looking to break free of the clinch but Marley has double underhooks.
Stalin avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
Stalin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stalin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marley keeps control of Stalin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stalin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalin avoids the elbow strike from Marley, against the cage.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Stalin is blocking nicely.
Stalin wants to break free but Marley has control.
Stalin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalin wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Stalin blocks an elbow strike.

Marley manages to break the clinch.
Stalin tries to clinch up but Marley circles away and keeps his distance.
Stalin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Marley counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Stalin is lucky that one didn't land flush.

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.
Marley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Marley counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Stalin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Stalin tries to clinch but Marley moves away
and Marley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stalin thinking.
Stalin tries to clinch there but Marley circles away.
Stalin looks to clinch
and Marley counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Stalin closes the distance but Marley moves to the side
and Marley counters with a body kick.
Stalin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Stalin.
Stalin looks to land a combination. Marley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A low kick from Marley misses
and Stalin counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bob Marley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marley shoots in but Stalin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stalin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marley doesn't manage to clinch there - Stalin circles away.
Marley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stalin stalks Marley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marley's face. Marley staggers backwards, shaken.
Marley throws and low kick but Stalin moves out of range easily.
Stalin tries to clinch but Marley moves away

and Marley counters by clinching up.

Stalin breaks from the clinch.
Stalin wants to clinch.

That's four 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.

Marley gets a clinch.
Marley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Stalin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stalin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stalin with a knee to the head.
Marley keeps control of Stalin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stalin misses with a knee to the head.
Stalin is trying to break the clinch but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Stalin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marley in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marley looking to slow down the pace here.

Marley jumps guard.
Marley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Marley tries to get out of the position.
Marley controlling the position.
Marley lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stalin!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bob Marley.
I think Marley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Marley!