PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bada Bing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Markusic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bing
vs
Markusic

185 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 Rio de Janeiro, Bada Bing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marko Markusic!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markusic shoots in for a takedown but Bing shows good takedown defense.

Markusic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Markusic changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bing fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Marko Markusic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Bing as he checks the leg kick.

Markusic decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bing makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bing.
Markusic looking to sit in guard and control but Bing gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Markusic looking to control.
Bing postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bing seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Markusic for as long as he can get away with.
Markusic wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Bing is now in half guard.
Bing not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bing controlling the action here.
Bing winds up and cracks Markusic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Markusic trying to control here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bing in particular looking to stall.
Markusic wants to get back to full guard but Bing has passed into side control.
Bing connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Markusic is bucking up trying to escape but Bing cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Markusic tries to hold on but Bing pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Markusic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Markusic is rocked!
Bing lands a big elbow.
Markusic is still in real trouble! Can Bing finish him?
Bing raining down shots from the mount!
Bing controlling from the full mount.
Bing has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Markusic seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markusic is in a horrible position here. Bing smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Markusic tries to hold on but Bing postures up.
Bing scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bada Bing dominated that round.
That's time! Bing's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bing misses with a double jab.
Markusic tries for a takedown but Bing sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Markusic fails to land the takedown.
Markusic throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bing decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Markusic's guard.
Markusic keeping moving, preventing Bing from controlling successfully.
Bing slips nicely into half guard.
Bing wants to pass the guard but Markusic is defending well.
Markusic is in trouble now - Bing has advanced to mount!
Markusic is breathing heavily.
Bing scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Markusic?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing controlling his opponent.
Markusic tries to reverse the position but Bing maintains control.
Bing with shots to the head and body - Markusic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bing landing strikes from the mount.
Bing lands with some strikes.
Bing controlling the pace for now.
Markusic wants to control but Bing is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing with shots to the head and body - Markusic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bing lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Markusic hang on?
Bing has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bing postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Markusic looks a forlorn figure.
Bing tries to control but Markusic wriggling away.
Markusic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bing unloading with bombs!
Bing cracks Markusic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bing punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bing with the ground and pound from mount.
Bing scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Markusic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Markusic is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bing prevents Markusic from getting the reversal.
Bing lands a heavy elbow.
Markusic tries to hold on but Bing pushes him away.
Bing pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing cracks Markusic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bing has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Markusic's face.
Bing fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bing controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Markusic sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Markusic wants to control but Bing is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bing wants to take a breather but Markusic is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bada Bing dominated that second round.
That's time! Bing's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Markusic with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bing counters with a right hand to the body.

Bing gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Markusic turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Markusic manages to end up in side control.
Bada Bing overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Markusic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bing keeps working.
Bing is trying to improve his position.
Bing is trying to control Markusic's posture but Markusic avoids it.
Bing is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Markusic off and has taken his back!
Markusic has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Markusic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
I really don't envy Markusic right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Markusic as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Bing!
Markusic is in bad spot here.
Bing avoiding Markusic 's attempts to control his hands.

Bing is looking for the choke from the back position but Markusic is controlling his hands well.
Markusic trying to control the action but Bing just sinks the hooks in.
Markusic is taking damage to the body and head.
Bing slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markusic just trying to survive but Bing is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Bing lands strikes to the head.
Bing scores with strikes from the back.
Bing lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Bing.
Markusic turns into Bing and is now in his guard.
Bing controls Markusic momentarily but Markusic frees himself.
Bing keeping moving, preventing Markusic from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markusic wants to stand but Bing is controlling his posture from full guard.
Markusic wants to control from the top but Bing keeps moving.
Markusic wanted to stand there but Bing had control of the position.
Bing utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Markusic stopping the sweep attempt from Bing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A bone on bone clash there as Bing blocks the leg kick.

That's four 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.
Markusic misses with a looping left.
Markusic misses with a straight right.
Bing throws a body punch but Markusic moves out of range.
Bing throws a jab when Markusic was well out of range.

Bing gets the takedown into side control.
Markusic struggling a bit here.
Markusic sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bing throwing shots but Markusic is blocking nicely.
Marko Markusic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bing stalling away here and it's allowed Markusic to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bada Bing showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bing has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bada Bing!