PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Icabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Marcin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crane
vs
Marcin

171 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Icabod Crane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcin Marcin!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crane shoots for a double leg takedown but Marcin sprawls well. He's pushed Crane's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Crane takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Crane shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marcin is looking to control Crane's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Marcin avoid being mounted?
Crane thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Marcin is trying to maintain the position but Crane is very close to passing his half guard.
Marcin won't allow Crane to pass to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcin trying to control but Crane postures up.
Crane not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Crane looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Marcin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Crane is trying to work for a kimura but Marcin is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Crane there.

Marcin looking for submissions off his back.
Marcin taking some punishment here, with Crane in his half guard.

Crane is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Crane definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Crane lands a nice short elbow.
Crane works his way into full mount!
Crane landing punches.
Marcin is bucking up trying to escape but Crane cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane lands a couple of good shots and Marcin has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Marcin is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crane cracks Marcin with a big right hand from the back mount! Marcin immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Crane takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Icabod Crane!
Icabod Crane decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.