PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between tj joyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aidan Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aidan Marley struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

joyce
vs
Marley

180 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, tj joyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aidan Marley!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley has a takedown stuffed.

Marley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

joyce gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Marley throws a series of punches but joyce moves out of range.
joyce scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A looping hook to the body misses from joyce. Marley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley misses with a takedown attempt

and joyce counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by joyce.
joyce has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
joyce trying to stand up but can't free himself from Marley's guard.
joyce wants to stand and escape but instead Marley has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Marley postures up in joyce's guard and throws a big left but joyce blocks it.
joyce is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Marley is controlling him.
joyce is trying to keep Marley in close.
Marley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Marley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from joyce.
joyce tests Marley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marley doesn't succeed with the takedown
and joyce counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
tj joyce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aidan Marley.
joyce throws a series of punches but Marley avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Marley.
joyce throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marley falls off balance throwing a combination
and joyce counters with a stiff right hand.

Marley feints and as joyce raises his hands in defense, Marley changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Marley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as joyce works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Marley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Marley throwing strikes from guard but joyce blocks nicely.
Marley throwing strikes from guard but joyce blocks nicely.
Marley prevents joyce from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Marley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
joyce is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
joyce throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tj joyce dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

joyce scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
joyce wants to stand but Marley is controlling his arm.
joyce is trying to ground and pound but Marley uses the momentary lack of control by joyce to regain half guard.
Marley blocking the ground and pound attempt from joyce.
Marley tries to get to full guard but joyce has control of the leg.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of joyce's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take joyce's back!
joyce rolls, trying to escape but Marley keeps control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
joyce covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Marley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marley somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
joyce has hold of Marley's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marley connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for joyce to escape the position.
Marley is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
joyce has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Marley scores with strikes from the back.
Marley lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Marley.
Marley keeps control of the position as joyce tries to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marley is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but joyce has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Marley scores with strikes from the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marley cracks joyce with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing joyce from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

Marley has his arm under joyce's chin here. Game over son! Marley squeezes tightly and joyce is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aidan Marley!