PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vane Bane (ranked 4781 p4p, 4818 weight class) and Tevi Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bane
vs
Marshall

180 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vane Bane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tevi Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bane forces Marshall back against the cage and clinches.
Marshall fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bane obliges.
Bane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
Bane lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Tevi Marshall has been cut.
Bane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.
Bane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Bane gets through Marshall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marshall looks winded!
Bane scores with a shot to the side of Marshall's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bane scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marshall fails to pull guard.
Bane lands a knee to the head.
Bane scores a nice knee to the body.
Bane lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bane lands a good knee to the midsection. Marshall won't want to take too many of those.
Bane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.
A nice left hand lands by Bane.
Bane landing knees to the head.
Bane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marshalls head.
A right hand to the body from Bane.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.
Bane scores with a knee to the head.

Marshall is rocked!
Bane landing knees to the head.
Marshall is still on wobbly legs! Can Bane finish him?
Bane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marshall seems to have recovered his senses.
Marshall is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bane pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Vane Bane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tevi Marshall.
Bane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.
Bane lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bane lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marshall.
Bane lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall takes a shot to the head.
Bane lands with a left to the head.
Bane stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bane landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good body shot from Bane.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bane on the inside.
A knee to the head by Bane.
Bane lands a knee to the body.
Bane is working Marshall over against the cage.
Bane crunches a lovely knee into Marshall's ribcage.
Bane lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bane lands a nice uppercut.
Bane lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marshall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bane lands a right hand.
Marshall missing with knees to the body.
Bane with a knee to the head.
Bane connects with a knee to the head.
Bane with a knee to the head.
Marshall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marshall takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bane.
Marshall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bane lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Bane.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bane.
Bane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bane scores with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Bane.
Bane pushes Marshall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bane works on Marshall's body with a couple of short punches.
Bane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bane lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bane with a knee to the head.
Bane landing knees to the head.
Bane lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bane cracks Marshall with a nice body shot.
A short right from Bane.
Bane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.
Bane lands a knee to the head.
Bane utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marshall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bane scores with a shot to the side of Marshall's head.
Bane landing knees to the head.
Bane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bane lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bane connects with a knee to the head.
Bane lands a good knee to the midsection. Marshall won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vane Bane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tevi Marshall's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Marshall fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Bane clinches up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Bane.
Bane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Bane with a knee to the head.
Vane Bane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bane.
Bane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bane lands with a light punch inside.
Bane connects with a knee to the head.
Bane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marshall.
Bane lands with a light punch inside.
Marshall is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marshall lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from Bane on the inside.
A knee to the head by Bane.

That has opened up Tevi Marshall's cut even more.

Bane drops Marshall with a big knee straight up the middle! Marshall is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bane clinches with his opponent.
Bane creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Marshall's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Marshall drops to his knees and Bane pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vane Bane!
A very excited looking Vane Bane rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.