PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Blake (ranked 4861 p4p, 459 weight class) and Rakeem Marley (ranked 4012 p4p, 419 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blake
vs
Marley

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
19
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harvey Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rakeem Marley!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blake, right into the meat.
Marley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blake misses with a takedown attempt - Marley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Harvey Blake has been cut.

Blake drives through with a takedown into Marley's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Blake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Blake stops Marley from standing up.
Marley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blake is looking to work some ground and pound but Marley has wrist control.
Marley wants to stand up but Blake is controlling him.
Marley is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Marley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake wants to control from the top but Marley keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Harvey Blake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marley throws a combination that misses

and Blake counters with a shoot takedown. Marley fights it but they end up in guard.

Marley manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Blake needs to keep his hands up - Marley had a free shot at his head there.

Marley drops Blake with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Blake looks back up at him and smiles so Marley waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Blake is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marley lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Blake - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Marley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rakeem Marley!