PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saunders comes to the cage accompanied by Fort Minor - Remember the Name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saunders
vs
Marsh

190 cm
29
176 lbs
16 - 3 - 2

180 cm
33
183 lbs
25 - 20 - 0

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Cripplers Corner
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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 16 - 3 - 2, fighting out of London, John Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Saunders.
Marsh misses the jab.
Saunders connects with a high kick.
Marsh throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Saunders stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Saunders ducks under a wild hook from Marsh.
Saunders has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Johny Fighting Temple in the buildup to the fight.
Marsh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saunders.
Saunders lands a head kick. Marsh smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Randy Marsh has been cut.
Saunders throws a head kick but Marsh moves out of range.
Saunders misses with a hook. Marsh ducked under it nicely.
Saunders on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Saunders throws an off balance right hand

and Marsh counters with a nice double leg into side control. Saunders won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Marsh working the strikes but Saunders uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Saunders is trying is best to control the position here.
Marsh wants to take a breather but Saunders is having none of it.
Marsh trying to mount his opponent but Saunders defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Marsh lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Saunders hang on?
The referee warns Saunders that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Saunders is working to get back to half guard.
Marsh lands a big elbow.

It looks like John Saunders has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saunders holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Marsh tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh looking to finish with strikes here!
Marsh looking to finish Saunders with some ground and pound. This is bad for Saunders!
Marsh throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Saunders because Marsh loaded up on that one.
Marsh looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Marsh looking to control but Saunders is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Marsh controlling from the full mount.
Saunders tries to hold on but Marsh postures up.
Marsh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh wants to control the pace but Saunders is squirming around nicely.
Marsh working Saunders over with strikes here.

John Saunders's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Randy Marsh!
During a confident post fight interview, Randy Marsh thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.