PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eliah Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Contreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshal comes to the cage accompanied by Remember the name. Eliah Marshal is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Marshal
vs
Contreras

179 cm
28
159 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

172 cm
28
166 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eliah Marshal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alejandro Contreras!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshal lands a front kick.
Marshal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Contreras takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Contreras throws a hook but Marshal avoids it easily.
Marshal connects with a looping right hand.
Marshal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marshal lets loose with a powerful body kick. Contreras will feel that in the morning.
Marshal looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Marshal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Contreras's calf.
Marshal tries to close the distance and clinch but Contreras swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marshal lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Marshal staying out of range there.
Marshal thows a body kick. Contreras tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Marshal moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Contreras throws an elbow that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Contreras's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Contreras swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marshal crunches a lovely knee into Contreras's ribcage.
Contreras wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marshal has him pressed against the cage.
Marshal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marshal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marshal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Contreras's defenses.

It looks like Alejandro Contreras has been cut.
Marshal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Contreras swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Contreras swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshal gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marshal is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Contreras looks winded!
Marshal lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Contreras lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.
Marshal using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Contreras misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marshal landing knees to the head.
Contreras throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marshal unloads a knee to the mid-section. Contreras lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contreras takes an elbow to the temple.
Marshal working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Contreras wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marshal has him pressed against the cage.
Marshal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marshal crunches a lovely knee into Contreras's ribcage.
Marshal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Contreras backwards.
Marshal has Contreras pressed against the cage, preventing Contreras from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marshal connects with a nasty looking knee right to Contreras's face.
Contreras goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Contreras looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marshal lands an elbow inside that Contreras shrugs off.
Contreras tries to break the clinch but Marshal is controlling the position.
Marshal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marshal with a knee to the head.
Marshal lands a hook that snaps the head of Contreras backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marshal.
Marshal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Alejandro Contreras's cut even more.
Marshal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Contreras's efforts to push away.
Marshal lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Contreras misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marshal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marshal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Contreras's defenses.
Contreras can't find room to land a body shot as Marshal controls the action.
Nice elbow from Marshal.
Marshal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Marshal scores with a nice short uppercut.

The cut above Alejandro Contreras's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Still in the clinch, Marshal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Contreras misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marshal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Contreras is rocked!
Contreras can't break the clinch.
Contreras is still on wobbly legs! Can Marshal finish him?
Marshal utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Contreras seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Marshal.
Contreras wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marshal has him pressed against the cage.
Marshal lands a nice shot to the body.
Contreras is trying to force a seperation but Marshal has the dominant position.
Contreras is looking to break free of the clinch but Marshal has double underhooks.
Contreras swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marshal lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Marshal.

Alejandro Contreras's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eliah Marshal!
Eliah Marshal retains his lightweight title!
Eliah Marshal gave a mention to //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).