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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrion Lannister (ranked 6681 p4p, 570 weight class) and Marlon John (ranked 24307 p4p, 644 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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216 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrion Lannister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marlon John!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lannister napping and manages to drive through into side control!
An elbow from John crashes against the mat.
John lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lannister dodges the ground and pound from John.
Lannister is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lannister takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
John scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lannister managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by John.
John lands a decent elbow from side control.
John wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lannister keeps working.
John scoring with punches and elbows.
John working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
John tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John lands a decent elbow from side control.
John postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
John sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lannister is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
John with the ground and pound but Lannister regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
John missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
John thows a huge punch but Lannister dodges it nicely.
John is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from John.
John lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
John working the head and body with strikes.
John seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lannister does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Well, if John is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
John scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lannister wants to get back to his feet.
John thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
John winds up and cracks Lannister with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
John working over Lannister with some ground and pound. Lannister looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from John.
John drops an elbow to the side of Lannister's head.
Lannister is rocked!
John controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Lannister is out! John gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marlon John!
During a confident post fight interview, Marlon John thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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