PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Byron Marchand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob pickerins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). pickerins has chosen way of the fist as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Marchand
vs
pickerins

177 cm
21
170 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
170 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Byron Marchand!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bob pickerins!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marchand scoring well with a low kick there.

Marchand decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Marchand scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Marchand thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Marchand 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.
Marchand looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
pickerins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marchand. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Marchand frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Marchand working for a submission but pickerins is keeping him at bay.
pickerins wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Marchand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pickerins is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Marchand scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish pickerins?
Marchand landing strikes from the mount.
pickerins wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Marchand.
Marchand controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Marchand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchand fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Marchand is working for a guillotine from mount but pickerins frees his head quite easily.
Marchand lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Marchand raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marchand working the ground and pound effectively.
Marchand trying to control but pickerins is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchand tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marchand working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Marchand lands a big elbow.
Marchand landing strikes from the mount and pickerins is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marchand looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Marchand with shots to the head and body - pickerins looks very uncomfortable down there.

Marchand has control of pickerins's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and pickerins regains control of the situation pretty easily.
pickerins is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marchand landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Byron Marchand dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Marchand fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marchand moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Marchand.
pickerins throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marchand finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
pickerins throws the left hand but Marchand avoids the punch easily.

Marchand scores with a takedown into pickerins's guard.
Marchand is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pickerins controls Marchand momentarily but Marchand frees himself.
Marchand wants to control from the top but pickerins keeps moving.
Marchand trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
pickerins keeping moving, preventing Marchand from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Marchand trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Marchand is looking to land body kicks.
A good leg kick by Marchand.
pickerins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
pickerins walks forward, straight into a front kick from Marchand.
pickerins moves out of range of the body kick.

Marchand shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Marchand showed some decent athleticism there.
pickerins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchand wants to pass the guard but pickerins is defending well.
Marchand trying to control from half guard but pickerins is working away.
Marchand not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
pickerins manages to get to full guard.
pickerins keeping full guard, as Marchand tries to pass.

That's four 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.
pickerins looking for a sweep. Not yet pickerins, not yet.
Marchand trying to control but pickerins is working from the bottom.
Marchand stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. pickerins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marchand is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Byron Marchand dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Marchand tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marchand plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
pickerins looks to score with a jab to the body but Marchand is just out of range.
Marchand tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marchand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Marchand.
pickerins slaps away a takedown attempt from Marchand, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Marchand shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Marchand was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marchand lands a big shot there that rocks pickerins but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Marchand cracks pickerins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Marchand working for a submission but pickerins is keeping him at bay.
Marchand landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marchand working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Marchand looking to control but pickerins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Marchand landing shots from mount.
Marchand lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

pickerins is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Marchand locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! pickerins is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Byron Marchand!
Byron Marchand retains his welterweight title!