PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Marshall (ranked 2430 p4p, 248 weight class) and Micky Ireland (ranked 1591 p4p, 185 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Marshall
vs
Ireland

191 cm
25
269 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
26
216 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Arcticus University: London
Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Marshall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Micky Ireland!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ireland scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marshall doesn't seem bothered though.
Marshall's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ireland under the eye.

Ireland moves into the clinch.
Ireland throws a head punch that misses.
Marshall is trying to break the clinch but Ireland is controlling him.
Marshall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ireland struggles to land a body shot inside as Marshall controls his hands.
Ireland lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Marshall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch but Ireland keeps him there for the moment.
Ireland has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
Ireland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marshall definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marshall is trying to break free.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ireland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ireland.
Marshall wants to break free but Ireland has control.
Ireland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall tries to circle away but Ireland has him pinned against the cage.
Ireland is stalling here.
Ireland lands an uppercut.
Marshall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marshall is looking to break free of the clinch but Ireland has double underhooks.
Ireland pushes Marshall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ireland misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshall working hard to break the clinch.
Marshall blocks an uppercut.
Ireland lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marshall.
Ireland misses with a punch to the body.
Marshall is trying to push Ireland away but Ireland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ireland misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ireland looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ireland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
Ireland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marshall tries to circle away but Ireland has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ireland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marshall is trying to break free.
Marshall tries to break free but Ireland pushes him back against the cage.
Ireland cracks Marshall with a nice body shot.
Ireland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
Ireland scores with a hook to the body.
Ireland lands a shot to the body.
Ireland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ireland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marshall gets underhooks to prevent Ireland's takedown attempt.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch but Ireland keeps him there for the moment.
Ireland lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Marshall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Marshall gets tackled into the cage by Ireland. Ireland maintains the clinch.
Ireland scores with a shoulder strike.
Marshall prevents a body shot from Ireland.
Ireland misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ireland works on Marshall's body with a couple of short punches.
Marshall is breathing heavily.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch but Ireland keeps him there for the moment.
Ireland misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Ireland.
Ireland lands a nice shot to the body.
Ireland throws a head punch that misses.
Marshall is trying to break free.
Ireland tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Ireland.
A right handed body shot lands from Ireland.
Ireland keeps control of Marshall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ireland lands with a short shot to the head.
Ireland gets through Marshall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ireland wants to take the fight to the mat but Marshall manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ireland scores with a shot to the side of Marshall's head.
Marshall tries to break the clinch but Ireland is controlling the position.
Ireland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall tries to break the clinch but Ireland is controlling the position.
Marshall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ireland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ireland misses with a punch to the body.
Ireland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ireland is leaning against Marshall and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marshall wants to break free but Ireland has control.
A shot in the inside from Ireland.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ireland.
Ireland tries to work over Marshall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ireland lands with a light punch inside.

Marshall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marshall misses with a two punch combination.
Micky Ireland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ireland closes the distance and pushes Marshall back into the cage.
Ireland lands a shot to the body.
Marshall wants to break free but Ireland has control.
Marshall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micky Ireland dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Marshall ducks right into an uppercut from Ireland.
Marshall lands a glancing blow to the side of Ireland's head.
Ireland showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marshall.
Marshall throws an off balance right hand

and Ireland counters by clinching up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall.
A head punch on the inside from Ireland fails to land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ireland lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marshall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marshall tries to circle away but Ireland has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marshall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall is trying to push Ireland away but Ireland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marshall is trying to break the clinch but Ireland has him pressed against the cage.
Ireland working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ireland digs a right hand underneath Marshall's ribcage. Marshall let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ireland keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marshall's efforts to push away.
Ireland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ireland lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Ireland digs a right hand underneath Marshall's ribcage. Marshall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ireland can't get the takedown.
Ireland misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Ireland.

Marshall breaks from the clinch.
Marshall walks into a straight right hand from Ireland.

Ireland clinches up against the cage.
Ireland struggles to land a body shot inside as Marshall controls his hands.
Ireland lands a hook that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Ireland misses with some punches.
Ireland lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Ireland. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Ireland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
Marshall wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marshall is trying to force a seperation but Ireland has the dominant position.

Marshall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ireland tries to clinch but Marshall moves out of range.

Ireland closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Ireland.
A frustrated look appears on Marshall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marshall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ireland has him pressed against the cage.
Marshall is trying to break free.
Marshall tries to circle away but Ireland has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ireland.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ireland prevents Marshall from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall.
Ireland scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marshall is trying to push Ireland away but Ireland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ireland lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall wants to get back to striking at distance but Ireland won't allow it.
Ireland keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marshall's efforts to push away.
Marshall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good body shot from Ireland.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ireland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ireland lands a hook that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.

Marshall is rocked!
Marshall takes a shot to the head.
Oh Marshall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ireland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ireland creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Marshall with a big uppercut! Marshall tries to clinch up but Ireland pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Marshall to the mat! Marshall covers up and Ireland unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Micky Ireland!
Micky Ireland is the new heavyweight champion!
Micky Ireland managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Condemned, into his post fight interview.