PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ceaser Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryder Eipper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marques comes to the ring accompanied by Path. Eipper has chosen I Got A Feeling as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marques
vs
Eipper

166 cm
19
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ceaser Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryder Eipper!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Eipper drops Marques with a beautiful combination! Marques stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Eipper is looking for the KO!

Marques is rocked!

It looks like Ceaser Marques has been cut.

Eipper gets a takedown into half guard.
Oh Marques is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Marques is trying to stand back up but Eipper is controlling him
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Eipper is trying to work for a kimura but Marques is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marques wants to get back to his feet.
Marques seems to have got his legs back now.
Eipper slows the pace down in half guard.
Eipper prevents Marques from standing back up.
Eipper scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Eipper there.
Marques is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Eipper scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marques tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Eipper manages to move to mount!
Eipper punishing his opponent with strikes.
Eipper lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques tries to buck Eipper off but he can't manage it.
Marques is in a horrible position here. Eipper smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Eipper lands a big shot there that rocks Marques but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Eipper with shots to the head and body - Marques looks very uncomfortable down there.
Eipper landing strikes from the mount and Marques is in trouble!
Marques wants to get back to his feet.
Eipper landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Eipper cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Marques is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The referee warns Marques that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Eipper is landing with some decent strikes but Marques is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Marques wants to try and get back to his feet.
Marques is breathing heavily.
Eipper looking to finish Marques with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marques!
Eipper landing strikes from the mount and Marques is in trouble!
Eipper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Eipper looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Eipper dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eipper with a couple of short strikes.
Eipper is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marques can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Marques's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Eipper lands a big elbow.
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.
Marques squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Eipper lands a big elbow.

Eipper looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Eipper cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Eipper connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marques is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Eipper unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eipper with shots to the head and body - Marques looks very uncomfortable down there.
Marques is trying to stand.

Eipper has isolated one of Marques's arms. Marques looking to fight him off but Eipper twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryder Eipper!