PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Tyyp
vs
Marshall

190 cm
32
185 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

177 cm
28
180 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mingi Tyyp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Mason Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyyp tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Marshall to counter with a crisp jab.
Marshall takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tyyp throws a head kick that misses
and Marshall counters with a right hand to the body.
Marshall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyyp waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marshall.
Marshall has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Marshall on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mingi Tyyp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshall takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tyyp uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marshall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyyp avoids the body shot from Marshall.
Tyyp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshall.
Tyyp wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Marshall on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Marshall - just one landing.
Tyyp connects with a body shot that sends Marshall's belly button to the back.
Tyyp rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marshall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyyp wants to clinch up but Marshall keeps it at a distance.
Tyyp turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marshall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tyyp.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tyyp.
Marshall digs a good body shot into Tyyp's ribs.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Marshall on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marshall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyyp moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marshall lands with a good body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Marshall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tyyp tries to bum rush Marshall with a series of wild strikes but Marshall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marshall doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tyyp shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Marshall takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tyyp's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marshall under the eye.
Tyyp throws a head kick that misses.
Tyyp looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tyyp throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marshall counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Marshall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tyyp.
A leg kick checked by Marshall.
It seemed like Marshall was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tyyp scores with a jab.
Tyyp misses with a body punch
and Marshall counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marshall avoids the head kick by Tyyp.
Marshall looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marshall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tyyp.
Tyyp displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tyyp.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Marshall there.
Tyyp throws a lazy right hand but Marshall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marshall changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tyyp 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 Marshall has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marshall and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Tyyp moves into the clinch.
Marshall gets through Tyyp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tyyp.
Tyyp working aggressively here.
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tyyp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Marshall - that landed with a thud.
Tyyp misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marshall.
Tyyp throws a head punch that misses.
Tyyp misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp lands a good knee to the midsection. Marshall won't want to take too many of those.
Tyyp throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Marshall breaks the clinch.
Marshall throws out a powerful jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tyyp. Marshall shrugs it off though.
Marshall on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tyyp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyyp throws out a leg kick but Marshall moves out of range and Tyyp only half commits.
A countering left hand to the body from Marshall misses.
Marshall misses with an uppercut
and Tyyp counters with a nice uppercut.
Marshall misses with a hook.
Tyyp misses the jab.
Marshall swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tyyp fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marshall has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mingi Tyyp 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.

Marshall checks the leg kick.
Marshall swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marshall.
Marshall avoids the head kick by Tyyp.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tyyp. Marshall shrugs it off though.
Marshall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tyyp tries to clinch up
and Marshall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyyp falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marshall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Marshall tries to keep at a distance but Tyyp has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Marshall.
A frustrated look appears on Marshall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tyyp blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Tyyp avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Tyyp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Marshall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tyyp swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marshall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut there from Tyyp.
Marshall slips a jab from Tyyp.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marshall! But no joy.
Tyyp fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marshall on the side of the head.
Tyyp tries to clinch but Marshall moves away
and Marshall counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyyp with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tyyp takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jab, jab by Tyyp - just one landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyyp feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marshalls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tyyp looks to land a right hand but Marshall moved out of range.
Marshall looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp is looking to score with low kicks.
Tyyp swings widly with a right hand
and Tyyp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marshall keeps the fight on the outside.
Marshall avoids the head kick by Tyyp.
Tyyp darts in trying to clinch
enabling Marshall to counter with a crisp jab.
Marshall misses the jab.

Tyyp has closed the distance and engaged Marshall in a clinch.
Tyyp swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mingi Tyyp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tyyp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marshall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyyp stuns Marshall with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tyyp lands with a shot to the body.
Tyyp keeps Marshall at a distance using the push kick.
Tyyp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marshall throws out the jab.
Tyyp misses with a head kick.
Marshall throws out a counter right but Tyyp avoids it with no problem.
Tyyp throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Mason Marshall has been cut.

Tyyp clinches up against the cage.
Tyyp pushes Marshall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyyp lands a knee to the head.
Marshall throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyyp.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyyp misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyyp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marshall misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is working Tyyp over against the cage.
Marshall misses with the head strike.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Marshall in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Marshall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tyyp throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tyyp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tyyp misses with some punches.
Marshall scores with a shoulder strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Marshall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nice body punch from Tyyp.
Tyyp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tyyp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Tyyp.
Marshall displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tyyp up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mingi Tyyp dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mason Marshall's cut.
That's time! Tyyp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Marshall works Tyyp's body with a nice hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tyyp!
Tyyp throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marshall.
Marshall throws out a counter right but Tyyp avoids it with no problem.
Tyyp jabs at Marshall's body.
Marshall swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyyp.
Tyyp fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marshall looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marshall avoids the head kick by Tyyp.
Tyyp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marshall cracks Tyyp with an open hand slap.
Marshall throws a body punch but Tyyp moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tyyp doesn't manage to clinch there - Marshall circles away.
Tyyp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marshall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Marshall on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tyyp throws a shot from downtown. Marshall moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Marshall on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Tyyp moves into the clinch.
Tyyp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tyyp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
Marshall misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tyyp creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tyyp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marshall can't find room to land a body shot as Tyyp controls the action.

Marshall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyyp lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tyyp misses the shot to the body.
Tyyp ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marshall slips a jab and a cross from Tyyp.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyyp misses the jab.
Tyyp connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marshall's hands.
Marshall moves out of range of the body kick from Tyyp.
Marshall bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tyyp's head.
Tyyp misses with a jab to the body
and Marshall counters with a two punch combo.
Marshall cracks Tyyp with a good jab.
Tyyp blocks a jab.
Tyyp takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Marshall scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mingi Tyyp is winning the standup battle so far.
Marshall connects with a single shot there.
Mason Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyyp fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Tyyp slips the punch.
Tyyp quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Tyyp looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Marshall avoids the head kick by Tyyp.
Marshall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tyyp throwing a counter right hand but Marshall manages to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Marshall as he connects with a hook.
Marshall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tyyp looks to clinch
and Marshall counters with a nice uppercut.
Marshall throws a right hand that misses
letting Tyyp counter with a right hand.
Tyyp throws a looping overhand right but Marshall ducks down to avoid it.
Marshall doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tyyp misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marshall misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall avoids the body shot from Tyyp.
Marshall let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tyyp misses with a shot to the body
and Marshall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyyp is looking to slow Marshall down with leg kicks.
Tyyp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Tyyp moves away and avoids it.
Tyyp misses with a right hand
letting Marshall counter with a right hand.
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Tyyp moves away and avoids it.

Tyyp has closed the distance and engaged Marshall in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tyyp.
A short right from Marshall.
Marshall working aggressively here.
Marshall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mingi Tyyp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Tyyp.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mason Marshall.
Well Tyyp 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mingi Tyyp!