PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chief Tappenahomma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksei Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappenahomma comes to the cage accompanied by Tatanka. Marshal has chosen ЦельРазгроl as his entrance music. Chief Tappenahomma could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Aleksei Marshal's chin.

Tappenahomma
vs
Marshal

180 cm
30
181 lbs
24 - 7 - 2

178 cm
29
177 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Chief Tappenahomma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksei Marshal!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshal misses with a leg kick
letting Tappenahomma counter with a right hand.

It looks like Aleksei Marshal has been cut.
Marshal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tappenahomma misses with a body shot.
Tappenahomma attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Marshal finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A punch lands to the side of Tappenahomma 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marshal connects with a high kick.

It looks like Chief Tappenahomma has been cut.

Tappenahomma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marshal, pushing him back against the cage.
Marshal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marshal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marshal is looking to control Tappenahomma's arms but Tappenahomma gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marshal has his back to the cage.
Marshal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Tappenahomma's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marshal dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Marshal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma gets through Marshal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marshal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tappenahomma blocks a body shot from Marshal.
Marshal is looking to break free of the clinch but Tappenahomma has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Tappenahomma scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marshal lands with a left to the head.
Marshal lands a left hand.
Marshal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Marshal fails to land.
Marshal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marshal tries to work over Tappenahomma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tappenahomma creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marshal tries to work over Tappenahomma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshal is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tappenahomma unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marshal lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshal trying to stall but Tappenahomma improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal looking to stall.
Tappenahomma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tappenahomma putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marshal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marshal slowing the pace effectively.
Marshal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tappenahomma's elbow.
Tappenahomma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshal's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marshal takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marshal has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tappenahomma seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Marshal can turn it around.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tappenahomma.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma prevents a body shot from Marshal.
Tappenahomma blocks an uppercut.
Marshal avoiding damage as Tappenahomma throws knees to the body.
Marshal takes an elbow to the temple.
A right hand to the body from Marshal.

Marshal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marshal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tappenahomma.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tappenahomma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tappenahomma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marshal connects with a body shot that sends Tappenahomma's belly button to the back.
Tappenahomma connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Marshal misses with a straight right.
Tappenahomma seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Marshal misses with a leg kick
and Tappenahomma counters with a good, hard body kick but Marshal shrugs it off.
Marshal misses with an uppercut.
Marshal takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Tappenahomma closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Marshal manages to break the clinch.
Marshal tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tappenahomma is able to avoid easily.
Marshal thumps Tappenahomma with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tappenahomma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshal's defenses.

That has opened up Aleksei Marshal's cut even more.
Tappenahomma blocking some punches.
Tappenahomma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tappenahomma works on Marshal's body with a couple of short punches.
Marshal swings wildly with an uppercut but Tappenahomma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tappenahomma looking to throw knees to the head but Marshal is blocking nicely.
Marshal is looking to control Tappenahomma's arms but Tappenahomma gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marshal has his back to the cage.
Tappenahomma blocks a body shot from Marshal.
Tappenahomma lands a right hand.
Marshal blocks an elbow strike from Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshal's defenses.
Marshal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marshal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marshal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tappenahomma as Marshal tries to tie him up.
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 Chief Tappenahomma will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tappenahomma avoids the head kick by Marshal.
Aleksei Marshal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marshal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marshal looks to land a body kick but Tappenahomma moved away.
Tappenahomma throws out a leg kick but Marshal moves out of range and Tappenahomma only half commits.
Marshal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tappenahomma.
Marshal throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tappenahomma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tappenahomma avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marshal wants to land a leg kick but Tappenahomma is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tappenahomma lands a jab to the nose.

Marshal is rocked!
Marshal throws a lazy body kick
and Tappenahomma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marshal is still on wobbly legs! Can Tappenahomma finish him?
Marshal misses with a left hand
and Tappenahomma rattles Marshal with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Marshal tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Tappenahomma dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Marshal stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Chief Tappenahomma!
Chief Tappenahomma retains his welterweight title!
Chief Tappenahomma spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.