PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ferdinand Marcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kunta Kinte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Marcos
vs
Kinte

168 cm
22
162 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

150 cm
22
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Non-Stop Nutrition
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Top MMA Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ferdinand Marcos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kunta Kinte!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinte looks for a takedown but Marcos sprawls well.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Marcos lands a jab-cross combination.
Kinte takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Decent striking displayed by Marcos there.
Kinte will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marcos scores with a body shot.
Marcos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kinte shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marcos pinned against the cage. Marcos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ferdinand Marcos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kunta Kinte.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marcos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos lands a head shot.
Kinte throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Marcos's waist but Marcos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kinte off to one side.
Marcos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Marcos lands a nice shot that snaps Kinte's head back.
Kinte looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Marcos tests Kinte's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kinte is trying desperately to land a takedown but Marcos is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kinte.
Marcos cracks Kinte with a good jab.
Marcos lands the left hand.
Kinte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marcos throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Marcos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kinte in his tracks.
Marcos lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Kinte sprawling to the canvas. Marcos follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Kinte hang on?

Kinte is rocked!
Kinte looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte is not content to let Marcos control the position.
Marcos wants to stand up but Kinte manages to regain full guard.
Kinte keeping full guard, as Marcos tries to pass.
Kinte is looking to sweep but instead, Marcos has passed into half guard.
Marcos wants to pass to mount but Kinte is defending the position.
Marcos wants to stand up but Kinte has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Kinte has a hand on Marcos's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Marcos takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kinte is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kinte looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kinte trying to control the hands but Marcos won't let him.
What can Kinte do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Marcos is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Marcos is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kinte defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kinte rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Kinte is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Marcos pulls his head out easily.
Kinte has a hand on Marcos's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Marcos takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Marcos looking to control but Kinte is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kinte tries to reverse the position but Marcos maintains control.
Kinte tries to hold on but Marcos postures up.
Kinte can't escape the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kinte regains half guard.
Kinte is staying active underneath Marcos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Marcos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kinte defends it well.
Marcos tries to pass to full mount but Kinte defends it.
Kinte works his way to full guard. Good work.

Marcos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kinte is on top in guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Marcos wants to stand up but Kinte is controlling him.
Marcos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kinte.
Marcos seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Kinte advances position into side control!

Kinte goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Marcos has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Kinte but great work by Marcos.
Kinte is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kinte manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kinte is tying to control. Marcos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kinte thows a huge punch but Marcos dodges it nicely.
Kinte prevents Marcos from improving his position.
Marcos is trying to maintain the position but Kinte is very close to passing his half guard.

Kinte is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Marcos makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Marcos lands a lovely overhand right.
Kinte looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A shot to de liver by Marcos. Beautiful body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kinte slips a jab and a cross from Marcos.
Kinte looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Marcos is fending him off so far but Kinte persists. Nope, Marcos circles away and we're back to standing.
Marcos throws a series of strikes that have Kinte backpedaling.
Marcos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marcos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marcos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kinte fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ferdinand Marcos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Marcos.
Kinte takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Marcos fails to land with a series of punches.
Ferdinand Marcos is winning the standup battle so far.
Kinte fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marcos stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcos cracks Kinte with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

Marcos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kinte to the mat! Kinte manages to get full guard.
Kinte is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kinte throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marcos wants to stand but Kinte is controlling his posture from full guard.
Marcos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kinte is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Marcos wants to stand but Kinte is controlling his posture from full guard.
Marcos wants to control from the top but Kinte keeps moving.
Kinte wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marcos would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

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

Kinte throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Marcos escapes and throws Kinte's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Marcos has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Ferdinand Marcos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marcos misses with a looping left.
Kinte misses with a takedown attempt
and Marcos counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ferdinand Marcos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kunta Kinte.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcos connects with the punch.

Kinte gets the takedown into side control.

Kinte is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Marcos has escaped the position, nice work there.

Kinte goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Marcos has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Kinte but great work by Marcos.
Marcos working the ground and pound.
Kinte gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Marcos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Kinte looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kinte is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinte moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Kinte looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Marcos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Kinte is looking for a triangle but Marcos pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kinte has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marcos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Marcos content to stall in guard here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kinte is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kunta Kinte has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kinte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marcos keeps working.
Kinte is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Marcos!
Kinte trying to control but Marcos is having none of it.
Kinte fails to advance to Marcos's back.

Kinte quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Kinte but it's paid off an Marcos is forced to tap! Nice work by Kinte.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kunta Kinte!
Kunta Kinte is the new lightweight champion!