PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Urijah Hall Jr (ranked 6967 p4p, 595 weight class) and Alex Marida (ranked 7820 p4p, 618 weight class). Hall Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Dirt Off Your Shoulder-Jay Z. Alex Marida is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hall Jr
vs
Marida

190 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
26
176 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Urijah Hall Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Marida!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marida avoids a punch combination nicely.

Marida moves into the clinch.
Marida is stalling here.
Marida gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hall Jr.

Marida has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Hall Jr is trying to keep an underhook but Marida manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Marida there.
Marida drops an elbow to the side of Hall Jr's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall Jr moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Hall Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marida with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hall Jr looking for a guillotine here but Marida defends easily.

Hall Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Hall Jr is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Marida is aware though and is defending well.
Marida pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hall Jr is keeping the position for now.
Marida must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Marida scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Marida works over Hall Jr with some ground and pound from guard.

Hall Jr is looking for a triangle but Marida pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hall Jr is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marida really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hall Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Hall Jr is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Marida defends well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marida is in close to Hall Jr's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Marida avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Marida postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Marida content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hall Jr is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Marida defends well.

Hall Jr is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Marida is aware though and is defending well.

Hall Jr is looking for a triangle but Marida pushes his legs off easily.
Marida stands up over Hall Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hall Jr has momentary wrist control but Marida slips an elbow through the middle.
Hall Jr looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hall Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hall Jr throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Marida lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marida lands a couple of digs.

Hall Jr is rocked!
Marida with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oh Hall Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Hall Jr working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marida doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Marida manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Marida scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Marida arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Hall Jr's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alex Marida!
Urijah Hall Jr spoke after the fight, saying 'I lost the battle, but won the war. Fuck that guy and his whole team, bunch of chumps...'.