PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Waul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Marko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marko has chosen Get Back - Ludacris as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Waul
vs
Marko

203 cm
30
265 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

225 cm
26
313 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Legal High's [CBK]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Waul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Cain Marko!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waul takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marko catches Waul with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marko tries to land a leg kick but Waul saw it coming and moves away.
Waul tries to clinch there but Marko circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Waul.
Waul thows a body shot but no joy.
Waul will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Waul misses with a kick to the body.
Waul with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marko throws a sloppy head kick and Waul moves out of range easily.
Waul throws a good cross that connects.
Waul misses with a series of wild punches.
Waul slips a jab from Marko.
Waul avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waul lands an overhand right.
Waul tries a head kick but it misses.
Waul tries to clinch up but Marko circles away and keeps his distance.
Marko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waul.
Waul takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice defenses there by Marko.
Marko misses with a looping left.
Waul takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Waul avoids the body shot from Marko.
Waul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marko misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waul moves away from the strike by Marko.
Waul is looking to clinch but Marko is avoiding it.
Waul throws a sloppy head kick and Marko moves out of range easily.
Waul scoring well with a low kick there.
Marko looks to land a body kick but Waul moved away.
Waul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Waul swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marko misses with a few strikes there.
Marko tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Waul avoids the body shot from Marko.
Waul ducks under a wild hook from Marko.
Waul throws a sloppy head kick and Marko moves out of range easily.
Waul connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waul lands a right hook to the body.
Waul misses the shot to the body.
Marko moves out of range as Waul throws a body kick.
Marko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Paul Waul is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Waul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Waul, right into the meat.
Nice shot by Marko.
Marko swings for the body but Waul moves out of range.
Marko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Waul sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marko slips a jab from Waul.
Cain Marko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marko just misses with a punch to the body.
Marko misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waul will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Marko thumps Waul with a low kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Marko.
Marko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marko there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Marko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marko jabs Waul to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marko is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Waul staying out of range there.
Marko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marko connects with a solid leg kick.
Marko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Marko misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Some wild striking there from Marko.
Marko shoots in for a takedown but Waul shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Marko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marko blocks a low kick nicely.
Marko keeps the fight on the outside.
Waul feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Markos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cain Marko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Waul.
Waul scores with a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Waul, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Waul throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marko is breathing heavily.
Waul swats away the attempt to clinch by Marko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waul misses with a body kick.
Waul blocks the body kick.
Marko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Waul.
Marko throws a looping overhand right but Waul ducks down to avoid it.
Marko avoids a kick to the body.
Waul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Waul.
Marko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Waul.

It looks like Cain Marko has been cut.
Waul fails in his attempt to clinch.
Waul closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waul throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marko.

Marko is rocked!
Waul throws a body punch but Marko moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marko takes one to the side of the head.

That has opened up Cain Marko's cut even more.
Marko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waul.
Waul throws a head kick that misses.
Waul cracks Marko with a good jab.
Marko is still on wobbly legs! Can Waul finish him?
Waul tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marko seems to have recovered his senses.

Marko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Waul misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marko misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Waul fails to land.
Waul misses with the head strike.
Waul goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Marko.
Waul tries a body shot but Marko blocks it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Waul here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Waul cracks Marko with a nice body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Marko fails to land.
Marko takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waul swings wildly with an uppercut but Marko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marko lands a body punch.
Marko has a couple of punches blocked by Waul.
Waul lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marko.
Waul tries to circle away but Marko has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Waul - that landed with a thud.
Marko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Waul lands a body shot in the clinch.
Waul scores with a nice hook to the head.

The cut above Cain Marko's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Waul misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Waul on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waul working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Waul misses with a hook to the ribs.
Waul scores with a hook to the body.

Waul breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Waul lands a nice hook to Marko's body. Marko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waul throws a head kick that misses.
A right-left combo lands from Waul.
Marko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Cain Marko's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Marko swats away the attempt to clinch by Waul.
Marko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Waul finds it's way round the side to connect with Marko's head.
Marko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marko takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Cain Marko's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Waul!