PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rory Markman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rab Rehab (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rehab has chosen saturday nights alright for fighting as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rab Rehab has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rory Markman's chin.

Markman
vs
Rehab

178 cm
38
186 lbs
26 - 28 - 0

185 cm
38
177 lbs
33 - 26 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Beaver Jooce!

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 26 - 28 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rory Markman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rab Rehab!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Rehab is looking to score with low kicks.
Rehab swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Markman appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rehab misses with a hook
and Markman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Markman lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rehab will feel that in the morning.
Markman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rehab moves away.
Rab Rehab seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Markman throws a body punch but Rehab moves out of range.
Rehab looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rehab throws a hook but Markman avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Markman enables Rehab to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Markman manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Rehab pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Markman is keeping the position for now.
Markman wants to get back to his feet but Rehab is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Markman has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Rehab is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Rehab has a couple of punches blocked by Markman.
Markman looking for a takedown.
Rehab misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rehab misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rehab misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rehab working aggressively here.

Markman tightens his grip and picks Rehab up, before dumping him to the ground. Rehab manages to land in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Markman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Markman wants to control from the top but Rehab keeps moving.
Rehab tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Markman wants to pass the guard but Rehab is keeping the position.
Markman wants to control from the top but Rehab keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rehab bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Markman's guard.

Markman has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rehab is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rehab being controlled here momentarily.
Markman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rehab pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Markman is keeping the position for now.
Markman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rehab's guard.

Rehab has an active guard here but Markman has managed to pass into half guard.
Rehab has hold of Markman's hands but Markman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Markman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Markman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Markman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Rehab slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Markman sitting in guard here, content to control.

Rehab throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rehab looking to hit a scissor sweep but Markman is one step ahead there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rory Markman will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rehab takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Markman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Markman tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rehab sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Markman somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Markman shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rehab counters with a three punch combo that has Markman backing up. Markman nods at Rehab to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rehab closes the distance looking to clinch

and Markman counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Markman slows the pace down in half guard.
Rehab wants to get back to full guard but Markman has mounted him!
Rehab is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Markman tries to control but Rehab wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markman dominating with strikes here.
Markman controlling from mount.
Rehab tries to reverse the position but Markman maintains control.
Rehab is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Rehab regains half guard.
Markman sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Markman moves nicely into side control.
Markman landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rehab is looking to reverse the position.
Markman is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Rehab is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Markman there.
Markman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Rehab is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Markman pulls his head out easily.
Markman perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ground and pound from Markman.
Markman slips a nice elbow through Rehab's hands, connecting with Rehab's forehead.
Markman working over Rehab with some ground and pound. Rehab looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Markman is trying to control the action in half guard but Rehab is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Markman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Rehab is rocked!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Markman connects with a nice short shot to Rehab's temple.
Rehab is still in real trouble! Can Markman finish him?
Markman lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Rehab quite badly. Rehab pulls Markman in close trying to recover. Markman postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Rehab on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Rehab doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rory Markman!