PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Marko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumble Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marko might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Unstoppable-E.S. Posthumus. Cain Marko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marko
vs
Lord

201 cm
31
287 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

176 cm
27
260 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Steel Penn's All 160

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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cain Marko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rumble Lord!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lord gets a double leg takedown into Marko's guard.
Marko seems keen to control Lord's posture.
Marko avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marko is pulling down on Lord's head. It's preventing any offense from Lord, at least for the moment.
Lord postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lord looking to pass the guard.
Lord stopping the sweep attempt from Marko.
Lord wants to pass the guard but Marko is keeping the position.
Lord throws an elbow that misses. Marko uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lord's guard. Nice move by Marko!
Marko wants to control from the top but Lord keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marko looking to pass the guard.
Marko prevents Lord from getting back to his feet.
Lord wants to sweep here but Marko controlling him for the moment.
Lord manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lord has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lord can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Marko is looking to escape.
Lord working Marko over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord wants to control the pace but Marko is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lord lands a heavy elbow.
Lord lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

It looks like Cain Marko has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marko is squirming around, avoiding Lord's attempts to control the action.

Lord working for a guillotine from mount but Marko is in no mood to give up.
Marko tries to hold on but Lord postures up.
Lord scoring with strikes but Marko is staying in there.

Cain Marko's cut is getting worse.
Marko tries to hold on but Lord pushes him away.
Lord unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marko is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lord working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lord is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Cain Marko's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Marko is trying desperately to improve position.
Lord landing punches.

Jeez, Cain Marko's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rumble Lord!