PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Krum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krum has chosen MorsMordre as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marques
vs
Krum

195 cm
23
290 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Krum!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krum fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Marques has Krum up against the cage in a clinch.
Marques takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marques takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marques is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krum scores with a hook to the body.
Krum lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Krum stalling in the clinch.
Krum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marques is defending well for now.
Krum leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Victor Krum.
Marques avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krum lands a nice looking body shot.
Krum scores with a jab to the jaw.

Krum fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marques, pushing him back against the cage.
Krum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marques's defenses.
Krum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Krum lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Victor Marques has been cut.
Krum lands an elbow just above Marques 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krum lands an elbow inside that Marques shrugs off.
Krum leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Krum.
Krum is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Krum has eaten all the pies!
Krum scores with a knee to the head.
Marques on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marques blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krum lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Krum.
Krum scores with a knee to the head.
Krum will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Marques up against the cage.
Krum is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marques takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Krum.
Marques throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marques takes an elbow to the temple.
Krum is struggling to control the position.
Marques is looking to break free of the clinch but Krum has double underhooks.
Marques tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Krum.
Krum lands a good knee to the midsection. Marques won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marques tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Krum just stands there and leans against the cage.
Krum lands a nice elbow.
A right hand to the body from Krum.
Krum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Krum throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krum connects with a knee to the head.

Marques pulls guard successfully.
Krum preventing the sweep.
Krum is looking to work some ground and pound but Marques has wrist control.

Marques working for a triangle but Krum defends it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Marques is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Krum avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krum keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Marques's head.
Krum throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Krum missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Krum postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Krum throwing strikes from guard but Marques blocks nicely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Marques is on top in guard.
Krum keeping moving, preventing Marques from controlling successfully.
Krum wants to stand up but Marques is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Marques stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Marques throws a sloppy head kick and Krum moves out of range easily.
Krum closes the distance looking to clinch
and Marques counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Marques closes the distance and clinches up with Krum, looking for a takedown. Marques pushes Krum against the cage but Krum circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Krum lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Krum tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Marques counters by clinching up.
Krum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Marques manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Krum won't allow Marques to get back to his feet.
Krum must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Krum lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Marques had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Krum defends it easily.
Marques looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Krum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Marques's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Krum tries to land a leg kick but Marques saw it coming and moves away.
Krum works Marques's body with a nice hook.

Krum closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Krum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Krum just leaning against Marques, taking a breather.
Krum looking to slow down the pace here.
Krum lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Krum.
Krum lands an elbow inside.
Krum lands an elbow just above Marques 's eye.
Victor Krum seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Krum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marques backwards.
Krum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marques is defending well for now.
Krum lands a damaging elbow.
Marques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krum lands an elbow inside that Marques shrugs off.
Krum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marques backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Krum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marques's face.
Krum unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Krum tries a knee to the head but Marques blocks it.
Marques tries to stall but Krum uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Krum takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marques fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques takes an elbow to the temple.
Krum blocks a body shot from Marques.
Krum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Krum lands a knee to the body.
Marques works on Krum's body with a couple of short punches.
Marques tries to stall but Krum uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Krum misses with an elbow strike.
Krum lands an elbow inside.
Krum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marques's defenses.
Marques jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Krum walks away with a smile on his face. Marques gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Krum moves in looking to clinch but Marques pushes him off.
Krum wants to clinch up but Marques keeps it at a distance.
Marques on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Marques closes the distance but Krum moves to the side
and Krum counters with a three punch combo that has Marques backing up. Marques nods at Krum to acknowledge the strikes.
Krum tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Marques counters with a shoot takedown. Krum fights it but they end up in guard.
Krum trying to keep a closed guard but Marques is proving a slippery customer.
Marques stopping the sweep attempt from Krum.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques prevents Krum from getting back to his feet.
Krum looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Krum pulls Marques in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marques trying to control the position from guard on top but Krum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marques prevents Krum from getting back to his feet.
Marques trying to control the position from guard on top but Krum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Krum is looking to clinch.
Marques takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Victor Marques is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marques circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krum tries to clinch up.
Krum doesn't manage to clinch there - Marques circles away.
Marques fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krum manages to avoid it.
Krum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marques tries a head kick but it misses.
Marques takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Krum tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marques counters with a nice uppercut.

Krum fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marques, pushing him back against the cage.
Marques takes an elbow to the temple.
Krum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marquess head.

Marques decides to pull guard.
Krum postures up in Marques's guard and throws a big left but Marques blocks it.
Krum scoring with some ground and pound.

Krum decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Krum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krum with a nice cross.
Krum tries to close the distance and clinch but Marques swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marques connects with a single shot there.
Krum is looking to clinch but Marques is avoiding it.
Marques will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krum doesn't manage to clinch there - Marques circles away.
Marques comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marques throws a combination that misses
and Krum counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Krum gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Krum with a knee to the head.
Krum can't find room to land a body shot as Marques controls the action.

Marques manages to pull guard.
Marques utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krum thows a big elbow that misses.
Krum throwing strikes from guard but Marques blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marques wants to stand but Krum is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Krum showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Victor Marques'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Krum lands a nice looking body shot.
Krum tries to close the distance and clinch but Marques swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krum goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Krum fails to land the takedown.
Krum tries to clinch but Marques moves out of range.
No joy there for Krum, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Krum dodges the punch combination from Marques.

Marques gets the takedown into side control.
Krum is pushing Marques's head away, looking to escape. Marques manages to hold on to the position though.
Marques controls the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krum wants to control but Marques postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques controlling the position.
You can see the frustration on Krum's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Krum is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Marques is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Krum tries to hold on but Marques pushes him away.
Krum tries to buck Marques off but he can't manage it.
Marques looking to control and managing it successfully.
Marques unloading with bombs!

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.
Krum is desperately trying to improve his position but Marques has a good base and remains in mount.
Krum is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Marques controlling his opponent.
Krum is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Krum sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Krum pushes Marques off looking to stand but Marques dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques trying to control the action but Krum is working from the bottom.

Krum kicks off Marques and gets to his feet.
Krum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marques lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marques keeps the fight on the outside.
Krum is looking to clinch.
Victor Krum is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marques lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Marques throws a head kick that misses.
Krum tries to land a front kick but Marques steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Marques walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Krum tries to clinch there but Marques circles away.
Marques throws a body punch but Krum moves out of range.

Krum closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques avoiding damage as Krum throws knees to the body.
Marques tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Krum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Marques.
Krum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marques.
Krum controlling the action here for a moment.
Krum prevents a body shot from Marques.
Victor Marques has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marques misses with some punches.
Marques goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krum looking to throw knees to the head but Marques is blocking nicely.

Marques breaks the clinch.
Victor Krum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marques.

Krum clinches up against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marques works on Krum's body with a couple of short punches.
Krum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A hook to the body from Krum.
Marques looking to slow down the pace here.
A right handed body shot lands from Marques.

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 Victor Marques.
I think Krum has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Krum!