PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Maurer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyron Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maurer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kołysanka / lullaby. 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.

Maurer
vs
Marshall

200 cm
20
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
24
240 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Speedy Supps + Laundry

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Franz Maurer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyron Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marshall closes the distance and clinches.
Maurer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maurer is trying to break the clinch but Marshall has him pressed against the cage.
Marshall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marshall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marshall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maurer tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Maurer back against the cage.
Marshall lands an elbow just above Maurer 's eye.
Maurer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Maurer fails to land.
Marshall lands an elbow just above Maurer 's eye.
Marshall leaning his opponent against the cage.
Maurer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maurer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marshall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marshall throws a knee to the head but misses.

Marshall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maurer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marshall swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Marshall drives through and clinches with Maurer against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marshall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maurer is keeping busy.
Marshall lands an elbow that stopped Maurer in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Franz Maurer has been cut.
Maurer misses with some punches.
Marshall unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maurer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maurer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maurer misses with some punches.
Marshall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marshall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marshall pushes off an throws an elbow but Maurer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Maurer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Marshall closes the distance and clinches.
Maurer looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Maurer stops a takedown attempt from Marshall.
Marshall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maurer looking to stall.

Marshall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Maurer gets tackled into the cage by Marshall. Marshall maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maurer avoids a wild elbow strike from Marshall.
Marshall displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maurer up against the cage.
Maurer avoids a wild elbow strike from Marshall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall.
Marshall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maurer's efforts to push away.
Maurer misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maurer misses with the head strike.

Marshall manages to break the clinch.
Maurer tries to clinch up but Marshall circles away and keeps his distance.
Marshall looks for a takedown but Maurer sprawls well.
Maurer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marshall's head.

It looks like Tyron Marshall has been cut.
Marshall keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maurer fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maurer swings for the body but Marshall moves out of range.
Marshall tries to clinch up.
Maurer wants to clinch.
Maurer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maurer misses with an uppercut.
Marshall wants to clinch up but Maurer keeps it at a distance.
Marshall tries to clinch up.
Marshall throws a good cross that connects.

Marshall moves into range and clinches up with Maurer.
Marshall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marshall throws an elbow but misses.
Maurer wants to break free but Marshall has control.
Marshall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marshall is looking for a takedown.
Franz Maurer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyron Marshall.
Maurer pushes off an throws an elbow but Marshall leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Maurer is trying to push Marshall away but Marshall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maurer throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Marshall.
Maurer misses with a body punch.
Marshall lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marshall tries to stall but Maurer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Maurer is trying to break the clinch but Marshall is controlling him.

Marshall breaks the clinch.
Franz Maurer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Marshall has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marshall drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Maurer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Marshall is stalling here.
Marshall looking to throw knees to the head but Maurer is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maurer throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall.

Marshall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maurer thows a body shot but no joy.
Maurer misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyron Marshall dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Maurer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marshall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marshall tries to clinch but Maurer moves out of range.
Maurer wants to clinch.
No joy there for Maurer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maurer tries to clinch but Marshall moves out of range.
Maurer lands a nice shot to the body.
Marshall is looking to clinch.
Marshall fails to land the takedown.
Marshall dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maurer. That did some damage!
Marshall keeps the fight on the outside.
Maurer tries to clinch but Marshall moves out of range.
Marshall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maurer tries a low kick but Marshall avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marshall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marshall slips under a jab from Maurer.
Marshall wants to clinch up but Maurer keeps it at a distance.

Maurer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall connects with a knee to the head.
Maurer scores with a shot to the side of Marshall's head.
Marshall drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Maurer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Marshall avoids a wild elbow strike from Maurer.
Marshall keeps control of Maurer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marshall trying to land knees to the body.
Marshall throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maurer misses with an elbow strike.
Maurer misses with a punch to the body.
Maurer lands with a short shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Marshall.

Marshall pulls guard successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Maurer connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Marshall uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Marshall has managed to clinch.
Marshall landing knees to the head.
Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maurer has had enough of the clinch but Marshall keeps him there for the moment.
Marshall has Maurer pressed against the cage, preventing Maurer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Maurer fails to land.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall lands a damaging elbow.
Marshall connects with a knee to the head.
Marshall lands an elbow inside.

Marshall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marshall shoots in and drives through. Maurer sprawls well.
Franz Maurer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyron Marshall.
Marshall's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Maurer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marshall scrambles back to his feet.

Marshall gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Maurer fails to land.
Maurer working hard to break the clinch.
Marshall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maurer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maurer is trying to force a seperation but Marshall has the dominant position.
Maurer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marshall blocks it with crossed arms.
Marshall prevents Maurer from breaking the clinch.
Marshall throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Maurer.
Maurer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Marshall as Maurer tries to tie him up.
Maurer misses with some punches.

Marshall gets control of Maurer's arms and successfully pulls guard. Marshall will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Maurer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maurer trying to control but Marshall is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marshall scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Maurer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marshall tries to clinch but Maurer moves out of range.
Marshall tries to clinch up.
Maurer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marshall is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Marshall misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marshall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maurer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maurer throws a right hand that Marshall ducks under and follows up with a left that Marshall also avoids with ease.
Maurer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marshall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marshall checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Franz Maurer will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Marshall closes the distance and clinches.
Maurer is trying to push Marshall away but Marshall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Maurer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marshall swats away the attempt to clinch by Maurer.
Maurer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marshall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maurer looks to land a left hand but Marshall moved out of range nicely.
Maurer is looking to wear down Marshall with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Marshall closes the distance and pushes Maurer back into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Marshall throws an elbow that misses.
Maurer blocks the elbow strike.
Maurer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marshall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maurer's efforts to push away.
Marshall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maurer lands a hook that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurer throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall.

Maurer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maurer lands with a straight right. Marshall didn't see that one coming.
Maurer throws a shot from downtown. Marshall moves away and avoids it.
Maurer cracks Marshall with a right hand to the side of the head.
Marshall fails with an attempt to clinch.

Marshall closes the distance and pushes Maurer back into the cage.
Marshall prevents Maurer from breaking the clinch.
Marshall tries to score a body lock takedown but Maurer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Marshall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marshall throws an elbow but it misses.
Marshall is trying to maintain a safe position but Maurer gets an underhook and turns Marshall into the cage.
Maurer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall throws an elbow that misses.
Maurer throws a head punch that misses.
Maurer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Marshall breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Maurer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Maurer has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
Tyron Marshall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maurer is looking to break free of the clinch but Marshall has double underhooks.

Marshall breaks the clinch.
Maurer is looking to clinch but Marshall is avoiding it.
Maurer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marshall.
Franz Maurer is winning the standup battle so far.
Marshall tries to close the distance and clinch but Maurer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maurer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marshall shoots for a double leg takedown but Maurer sprawls well. He's pushed Marshall's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Maurer misses the shot to the body.
Maurer jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Marshall moves into the clinch successfully.
Maurer lands with a light punch inside.
Maurer lands a left hand.
Marshall has Maurer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Maurer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Franz Maurer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyron Marshall.
Marshall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marshall lands a knee to the head.
Marshall lands an elbow just above Maurer 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maurer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marshall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Maurer breaks from the clinch.
Marshall on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maurer tries to clinch
and Marshall counters with a nice body shot.

Marshall has closed the distance and engaged Maurer in a clinch.
Maurer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Maurer breaks the clinch.
Maurer swats away the attempt to clinch by Marshall.
Maurer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Maurer pushes Marshall up against the cage in a clinch.
Maurer is trying to stall.
Maurer is trying to push Marshall away but Marshall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marshall lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maurer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maurer trying to control the position but instead, Marshall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maurer into the cage.
Marshall lands an elbow inside that Maurer shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marshall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maurer is trying to break the clinch but Marshall is controlling him.
Marshall has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Maurer avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Maurer throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall.
Maurer misses with the head strike.
Maurer has had enough of the clinch but Marshall keeps him there for the moment.
Maurer looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marshall misses with a knee strike.
Marshall creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maurer's defenses.

Marshall breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Franz Maurer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Maurer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!