PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Bravado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marsh
vs
Bravado

180 cm
25
183 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

188 cm
28
184 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Counter striker
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Marsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Bravado!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsh throws the left hand but Bravado avoids the punch easily.
Bravado misses with a right hand
enabling Marsh to counter with a crisp jab.
Bravado misses the shot to the body.
Marsh misses with a hook.
Bravado on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Horrible takedown by Bravado or perhaps it was just good defense by Marsh which made him look bad.
Bravado jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Marsh shoots in and gets a takedown into Bravado's guard.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Bravado keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bravado managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Bravado keeps moving.
Marsh pushing down on Bravado's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bravado is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marsh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bravado's head.
Marsh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marsh throws a strike but Bravado avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Marsh preventing the sweep.
Marsh looking to pass the guard.
Marsh postures up in Bravado's guard and throws a big left but Bravado blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Marsh trying to control the position from guard on top but Bravado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bravado bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marsh's guard.
Bravado wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.
Bravado trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Marsh manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Bravado is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravado pulls Marsh in close to his closed guard and prevents Marsh from doing any damage or advancing position.
Marsh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bravado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bravado not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bravado working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marsh.
Marsh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bravado controlling Marsh's posture.
Bravado looking for a sweep. Not yet Bravado, not yet.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Bravado keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bravado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marsh.
Bravado just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot by Marsh.
Bravado gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marsh.
Marsh connects with a nice looking jab.
Bravado cracks Marsh with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bravado gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Marsh counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bravado throws a sloppy body shot
and Marsh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Marsh dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bravado slips under a jab from Marsh.
Marsh throws an overhand right that lands on Bravado's shoulder, as Bravado tries to avoid the shot.
Bravado throws a right hand that misses

and Marsh counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Marsh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marsh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marsh works his way into side control.
Bravado tries to bench press Marsh off him but Marsh keeps the position.
Bravado manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Marsh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bravado moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bravado is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravado is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Bravado keeps moving.
Bravado is adopting a defensive guard.
Marsh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bravado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bravado can't keep his opponent in guard - Marsh advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Marsh trying to advance position but Bravado counters by regaining guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravado is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Marsh looking to sit in guard and control but Bravado gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Marsh keeping full guard, as Bravado tries to pass.
Bravado wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.
Bravado looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh wants to sweep here but Bravado controlling him for the moment.
Bravadois looking to pass into half guard but Marsh pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Marsh is in guard.
Marsh throwing strikes from guard but Bravado blocks nicely.
Bravado looking to control.
Marsh stopping the sweep attempt from Bravado.
Marsh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marsh is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bravado is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Marsh is pressing down on Bravado's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bravado pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marsh is keeping the position for now.
Bravado wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.
Marsh is looking to stand up but Bravado isn't so interested in that idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marsh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Marsh dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bravado gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Marsh looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Marsh is pressing down on Bravado's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bravado is holding on for now.
Marsh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marsh lands strikes from half guard.
Bravado is looking to improve his position.
Bravado regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bravado keeping full guard, as Marsh tries to pass.
Marsh trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bravado manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh keeping full guard, as Bravado tries to pass.
Marsh wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Bravadois looking to pass into half guard but Marsh pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Marsh is in guard.
Marsh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bravado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bravado is pulling down on Marsh's head. It's preventing any offense from Marsh, at least for the moment.
Eddie Bravado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravado looking for a sweep. Not yet Bravado, not yet.
Marsh content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marsh showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Marsh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bravado keeping moving, preventing Marsh from controlling successfully.
Marsh is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bravado is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bravado working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh throwing strikes from guard but Bravado blocks nicely.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bravado looks to land a left hand but Marsh moved out of range nicely.
Marsh looks to land a right hand but Bravado moved out of range.
Marsh lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bravado at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Marsh.
Bravado shoots in and drives through. Marsh sprawls well.
Bravado throws out a loose jab but Marsh uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bravado misses with a takedown attempt
and Marsh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bravado takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bravado shoots in looking for a takedown but Marsh manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bravado's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Randy Marsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Bravado.
Marsh scores with a nice right hand.
Marsh moves away from the strike by Bravado.
Bravado looks to score with a jab to the body but Marsh is just out of range.
Bravado ducks right into an uppercut from Marsh.
Marsh is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice jab there from Marsh.
Bravado fails to land the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left and a right from Marsh both land. Nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Marsh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marsh 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Marsh!
Randy Marsh made sure to mention his sponsor, Crippler's Corner in his post fight interview.