PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Marvels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James The Croc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marvels
vs
The Croc

199 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

196 cm
21
283 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Marvels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James The Croc!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marvels shoots in and drives through. The Croc sprawls well.
Shawn Marvels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marvels looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Croc is fending him off so far but Marvels persists. Nope, The Croc circles away and we're back to standing.
Marvels shoots in for a takedown but The Croc shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shawn Marvels. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The Croc gets the takedown into side control.

The Croc is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Marvels is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Marvels stops The Croc from passing to mount.
The Croc scores with a couple of short elbows.
The Croc grinds an elbow into Marvels's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marvels throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Marvels is working to avoid the ground and pound but The Croc connects with a decent elbow.
Marvels is looking to work his way out of this bad position but The Croc is controlling him well.
Marvels tries to bench press The Croc off him but The Croc keeps the position.
Marvels manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The Croc gets full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Croc lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Marvels!
The Croc raining down shots from the mount!
Marvels is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Croc looking to finish Marvels with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marvels!
The Croc cracks Marvels with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The Croc scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Marvels?
Marvels wants to get back to his feet.
Marvels tries to reverse the position but The Croc maintains control.
Marvels throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The Croc working Marvels over with strikes here.
The Croc lands a big shot there that rocks Marvels but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The Croc cracks Marvels with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The Croc has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Croc scoring with strikes but Marvels is staying in there.
The Croc scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Marvels takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Croc with shots to the head and body - Marvels looks very uncomfortable down there.
The Croc lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Marvels hang on?

Marvels is rocked!
The Croc looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Marvels covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James The Croc!