PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Domman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Antoine Marquez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Marquez
vs
Domman

215 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antoine Marquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ian Domman!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Marquez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Domman to the ground. Marquez is now in Domman's guard.

Marquez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Domman, up you get!

Marquez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Domman looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Marquez pushes past his half guard into mount!
Marquez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Domman on the ground.
Domman can't escape the position.
Domman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Domman won't allow Marquez to sweep him here.

Domman drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Domman jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Marquez is trying to control the position but Domman postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Domman drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Domman jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Domman drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Domman seems to have locked his on tight now - Marquez screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Domman, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ian Domman!