PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Marston (ranked 2166 p4p, 284 weight class) and Jabbar Omarov (ranked 1954 p4p, 260 weight class). Marston's entrance music is Bleed It Out. A fine choice. Jabbar Omarov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Marston's chin.

Marston
vs
Omarov

178 cm
25
181 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

184 cm
27
200 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Urban Fighter

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Marston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jabbar Omarov!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Omarov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Omarov manages to avoid it.
Omarov staying out of range there.
Omarov lands a nice hook to Marston's body. Marston takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Omarov fails with a takedown attempt.
Omarov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Omarov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Marston misses with an uppercut.
Marston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Omarov slips under a jab from Marston.
Omarov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Omarov throws a lazy right hand but Marston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marston throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Omarov counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Marston!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Omarov in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Marston's coaches at The Jungle -Apply Within have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Marston tries to buck Omarov off but Omarov is having none of it.
Marston tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Omarov presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Marston keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marston is working hard here to advance position.
Omarov content just to control the position here.
Omarov lands a big elbow.

It looks like John Marston has been cut.
Marston manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nice strikes from Omarov there.
Omarov prevents Marston from improving his position.
Marston taking some punishment here, with Omarov in his half guard.
Omarov trying to control the action but Marston is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omarov prevents Marston from standing back up.
Marston wants to improve his position but Omarov is controlling well.
Marston is looking to get back to full guard here but Omarov has managed to pass to side control instead.
Marston manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Omarov regains full guard. Nicely done.

Omarov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marston can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marston throws a big elbow that misses.
Omarov keeping moving, preventing Marston from controlling successfully.
Marston scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marston throws a big right hand that misses.
Marston has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Marston stands up over Omarov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Omarov looking for a triangle here. Marston is fighting it but it looks tight! Omarov pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Marston is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jabbar Omarov!
Jabbar Omarov 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.
The defeated John Marston had this to say: 'wen u sit on da toilet to pee an yer pee pee hole wipes across tha front bowl surface of where other pee pee holes rubbed on'.