PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Marks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wrestling Machine. Mike Tyler had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!

Tyler
vs
Marks

175 cm
20
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

167 cm
23
138 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, TJ Marks!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tyler scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
An elbow from Tyler crashes against the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyler in the domination position with Marks hanging on.
Marks gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Marks trying to control but Tyler postures up.
Marks manages to get to full guard.
Tyler is breathing heavily.
Marks controlling the position.
Marks keeping full guard, as Tyler tries to pass.
Marks is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Marks passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marks looking to control and managing it successfully.
Marks misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Marks looking to control but Tyler is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Marks with a couple of short strikes.
Marks tries to control but Tyler wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marks thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Marks controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler blocking the ground and pound.
Tyler knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marks on the ground.
Marks content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that Marks has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Marks lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tyler hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Marks looking to finish with strikes here!
Marks controlling the pace for now.
Marks is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Tyler is in real trouble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Marks dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Marks throws a body kick that misses.
Marks fails with the takedown.
Marks shoots in but Tyler avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marks throws a series of punches but Tyler avoids them all with ease.
Marks throws a head kick that misses.
No luck for Tyler with that takedown attempt.
Marks misses with a wild body shot.
Marks closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tyler circles away.
Mike Tyler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Marks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice sprawl there from Tyler as Marks shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Tyler feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tyler would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler stopping the sweep attempt from Marks.
Tyler tries to free his leg and advance position but Marks is retaining full guard.
Marks controlling the position.

Marks has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tyler doesn't defend quickly enough and Marks has managed to lock this one up! Can Tyler escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Marks on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). TJ Marks!