PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vince Hollaway (ranked 1612 p4p, 0 weight class) and KJ Marshal (ranked 2823 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Vince Hollaway has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hollaway
vs
Marshal

180 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
27
188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vince Hollaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, KJ Marshal!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Hollaway.

It looks like KJ Marshal has been cut.
Marshal's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hollaway connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marshal scrambles back to his feet.
Hollaway takes a swing at Marshal's ribcage but misses.
Marshal avoids the head kick by Hollaway.
Marshal is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hollaway swings for the body but Marshal moves out of range.
Hollaway misses the shot to the body.
And Marshal tries to counter it with a takedown but Hollaway pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Marshal avoids a punch combination nicely.

Marshal bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Marshal looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marshal tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
A lull in the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marshal tries to move into full mount but can't pass Hollaway's legs.
Marshal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hollaway tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marshal looking to finish Hollaway with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hollaway!
Marshal with the ground and pound from mount.
Marshal landing strikes from the mount.
Marshal is landing with some decent strikes but Hollaway is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Marshal lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Marshal raining down hammerfists from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshal lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hollaway hang on?
Marshal lands a big shot to the head and Hollaway winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). KJ Marshal!