PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trey Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksei Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshal is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: ЦельРазгроl. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brown
vs
Marshal

187 cm
25
180 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

178 cm
24
177 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trey Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksei Marshal!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marshal's hands.
Marshal checks a leg kick nicely.
Brown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marshal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brown scores with a jab to the body.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshal.
Marshal chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brown can pounce on him.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
Marshal follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
Brown moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A big right from Marshal misses.
Brown takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Brown moves out of range of the body kick.
Marshal throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Marshal.
Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marshal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brown slips a straight right by Marshal.
Brown attempts a counter takedown but Marshal avoids it well and moves away.
Marshal fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Marshal fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've been hearing reports that Brown has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Marshal explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshal manages to avoid it.
Brown keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brown feints and then cracks Marshal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marshal down.
Brown blocks the body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brown lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Marshal has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marshal and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marshal is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Brown wants to land a leg kick but Marshal is out of range.
Marshal lands an overhand right.
A left lands for Brown.
Marshal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marshal doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown avoids a kick to the body.
Marshal shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brown throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Trey Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Marshal throws out a leg kick but Brown moves out of range and Marshal only half commits.
Marshal throws a leg kick but Brown checks it.
Marshal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Marshal misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marshal throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Brown lands a really nice looking cross but Marshal seems unphased.
Marshal just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown lands with a straight right. Marshal didn't see that one coming.
Marshal throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marshal throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Brown moves out of range as Marshal throws a body kick.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown tries to counter with a takedown but Marshal is quick to defend against it.
Brown slips under a jab from Marshal.
Brown finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brown is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brown shoots in for a double leg but Marshal sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Brown is able to avoid easily.
Marshal blocks a head kick by Brown.
Marshal doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Brown scores with a jab to the head.
Brown goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshal is just out of range.
Marshal thinks about the counter body kick.
Marshal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marshal misses with a looping left.
Marshal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marshal tries a low kick but Brown avoids it.
Brown slips under a jab from Marshal.
Brown changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Marshal walks into a left hand.
Marshal sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brown is looking to slow Marshal down with leg kicks.
Marshal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marshal goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brown has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Marshal.

That's four 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!
Brown throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marshal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marshal looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marshal lands with a straight right. Brown didn't see that one coming.
Marshal moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marshal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marshal. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brown lands a nice hook to Marshal's body. Marshal takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body punch from Brown.
Marshal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marshal was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Marshal is trying to counter with his kicks.
Brown is looking to wear down Marshal with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marshal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trey Brown dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brown throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brown cracks Marshal with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brown lands an overhand right.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marshal can do to turn this around?
Brown throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marshal counters with a leg kick.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Marshal misses with a kick to the body.
Marshal moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Marshal might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Brown has got the better of the exchanges.
Brown connects with a good right hand that stumbles Marshal. Marshal circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Marshal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Brown works Marshal's body with a nice hook.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Marshal's head but Marshal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marshal tries a quick counter leg kick but Brown is wise to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brown.
Marshal misses with an uppercut.
Brown with a nice cross.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Marshal misses with a wild body shot.
Marshal looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Marshal misses with a low kick.
Marshal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brown checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Brown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brown tests Marshal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marshal thuds a left hand into Brown's body.
Marshal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brown throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marshal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marshal throws out the jab.
Marshal scores with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Brown.
Marshal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marshal checks it well.
A head kick misses from Marshal.
Brown has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marshal gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Marshal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aleksei Marshal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marshal counters with a nice body kick.
Marshal throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marshal misses with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brown.
Brown checks the leg kick.
Brown throws a leg kick
and Marshal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Brown misses.
Brown misses with a shot to the body
and Marshal counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown staying out of range there.
Marshal lands with a hook. Brown tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Brown throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marshal.
Marshal scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Marshal blocks the leg kick.
Trey Brown is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marshal counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brown lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick from Brown lands but Marshal takes it in his stride.
Marshal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brown's hands.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marshal.
Marshal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brown.
Marshal is looking to land body kicks.
Brown feinted with a counter takedown.
Marshal tries a low kick but Brown avoids it.
Brown misses with a body shot.
And Marshal responds with a good body kick, but Brown manages to step out the way in time.
Brown bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brown swings for the body but Marshal moves out of range.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Marshal saw that one coming.
Marshal throws a leg kick but Brown moved away.
Marshal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brown checks a low kick from Marshal.
Marshal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Marshal.
Brown appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Brown shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice defenses there by Marshal.
Marshal is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Brown throws out a leg kick but Marshal moves out of range and Brown only half commits.
A left lands for Marshal.
Brown connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marshal throws a lazy right hand but Brown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Marshal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marshal bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Brown misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marshal throws a head kick that misses.
Marshal tries to work over Brown's front leg with a kick but Brown checks it.
Marshal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brown scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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 Trey Brown will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Brown defending well as Marshal loads up on a big left hand.
Marshal scores with a leg kick.
Brown moves out of range as Marshal throws a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Brown.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brown.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
That kick from Brown tenderised Marshal's leg. Marshal is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brown throws a leg kick
and Marshal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marshal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown throws the left hand but Marshal avoids the punch easily.
Marshal slaps away a takedown attempt from Brown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brown throws a push kick but Marshal slaps the foot to one side.
Marshal sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown throws a jab when Marshal was well out of range.
Brown is looking to chop away at Marshal's legs.
Marshal flicks out a counter leg kick but Brown steps away.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marshal scores with a spinning back kick!
Marshal thuds his right hand into Brown's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marshal.
Some bone on bone action there as Marshal checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marshal wants to land a leg kick but Brown is out of range.
Marshal throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brown attempts a counter takedown but Marshal avoids it well and moves away.
Brown pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marshal is out of range and Brown settles back down.
Brown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marshal has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Marshal throws a front kick that sends Brown stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Marshal.
Marshal swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Brown tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal throws a head kick that misses.
Marshal pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marshal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown takes a swing at Marshal's ribcage but misses.
Brown backing away here, and Marshal unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Marshal misses with a low kick.
Brown moves away from the strike by Marshal.
Marshal has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Marshal throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Marshal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Marshal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marshal throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brown slips a jab from Marshal.
Marshal scores with a head kick.
Marshal misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Brown. Beautiful body shot.
Brown is looking to slow Marshal down with leg kicks.
Aleksei Marshal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Brown dives in and scores a takedown into Marshal's guard.
Marshal controls Brown momentarily but Brown frees himself.
Marshal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brown is one step ahead there.
Brown with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brown throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a big elbow that misses.
Brown distracts Marshal with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Marshal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Marshal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brown will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Brown digs a good body shot into Marshal's ribs.
Marshal ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Trey Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aleksei Marshal.
Well Brown has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trey Brown!