PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Marius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marius comes to the cage accompanied by My World - Dale Oliver. Rios comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Painkiller - Judas Priest kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Marius
vs
Rios

183 cm
29
213 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

191 cm
27
285 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Just Fight

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Marius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Rios!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios misses with a low kick as Marius jumps back.
Rios dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rios ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marius moves away.
Rios throws a leg kick
and Marius counters with a big head kick but Rios shrugs it off.
Marius jabs Rios to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rios.
Marius ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marius defending well as Rios loads up on a big left hand.
Marius connects with a solid leg kick.
Marius steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rios.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rios.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rios throws a lazy head kick
and Rios takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios scores with a head kick. Marius tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Alexander Marius has been cut.
Marius defending well as Rios loads up on a big left hand.
Rios waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marius.
Rios fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marius manages to avoid it.
Rios throws a head kick but Marius moves out of range.
Marius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rios manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Rios.
Rios tries to score with a low kick but Marius moves his leg out of the way.
Rios moves forwards but Marius connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Marius.
Alex Rios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marius blocks a head kick by Rios.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios misses with a low kick.
Alex Rios is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rios tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marius is able to avoid easily.
Rios thows a leg kick but Marius checks it
and Marius counters with a nice body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rios scores with a spinning back kick!
Rios misses with a head kick.
Rios misses with a body shot.
Rios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marius has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rios.
Rios misses with a low kick as Marius jumps back.
Marius checks a low kick from Rios.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marius cracks a nice hook into Rios's ribs.
Rios is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marius.
Marius lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Alex Rios has been cut.
Rios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marius looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marius throws a sloppy head kick and Rios moves out of range easily.
Rios ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marius moves away.
Rios lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Marius does no damage.
Rios looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marius.
Rios looks to land a left hand but Marius moved out of range nicely.
Rios throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marius takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marius throws a push kick but Rios slaps the foot to one side.
Rios is looking to score with low kicks.
Rios throws an overhand right that lands on Marius's shoulder, as Marius tries to avoid the shot.
Rios throws a solid leg kick but Marius takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rios.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marius misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rios. Marius does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alex Rios will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rios stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rios scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marius.
A head kick misses from Rios.
Marius checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rios rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rios thows a body shot but no joy.
Marius looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rios lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rios tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marius checks a leg kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marius ducks under a wild hook from Rios.

Marius has Rios up against the cage in a clinch.
Rios wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marius has him pressed against the cage.
Rios wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rios tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marius has Rios pressed against the cage, preventing Rios from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rios looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marius blocking some punches.
Rios tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rios struggles to land a body shot inside as Marius controls his hands.
Rios wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rios fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios scores with a nice hook to the head.

Rios escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marius blocks a leg kick.
Marius takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Marius thumps Rios with a low kick.
Rios connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marius's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marius shoots in but Rios avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rios misses with a low kick.
Marius avoids the body shot from Rios.
Rios throws the left hand but Marius avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marius displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rios throws out the jab.
Marius throws the kick towards the body but Rios avoids it.
Rios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab lands there for Rios.
Rios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rios swings widly with a right hand
and Marius counters with a leg kick.
Marius works Rios's body with a nice hook.
Rios misses with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Rios.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marius ducks under a wild hook from Rios.
Rios blocks a head kick by Marius.
Rios throws a leg kick but Marius sees it coming and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Rios misses the target.
Rios throws a push kick but Marius slaps the foot to one side.
Rios throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rios digs a good body shot into Marius's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rios misses with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rios keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rios throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Rios showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Marius is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rios.
Marius dodges the punch combination from Rios.
Marius misses with a body kick.
Rios misses with a looping right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rios.

Marius is rocked!
Rios connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rios throws a push kick but Marius slaps the foot to one side.
Marius gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Rios gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Rios!
Alex Rios very nearly forgot to thank Just Fight amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.