PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tino Takala (ranked 631 p4p, 1296 weight class) and Ezekiel Marley (ranked 94 p4p, 197 weight class). Marley has chosen EMOTIONALLY SCARRED as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Takala
vs
Marley

180 cm
33
218
11 - 7 - 1

194 cm
33
212
19 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Vegan Gains

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 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tino Takala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezekiel Marley!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley looks to land a right hand but Takala moved out of range.
Takala walks into a jab.
Takala fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marley throws a poor cross that misses
and Takala counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Marley there.
Marley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marley with a nice cross.

Takala is rocked!
Ezekiel Marley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marley misses with a jab to the body

and Takala counters by moving into the clinch.
We've been informed that Marley has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Takala breaks from the clinch.
Takala lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marley misses with a series of wild punches.
Takala punishes Marley's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala clobbers Marley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Ezekiel Marley has been cut.
Marley lands a nice looking body shot.
Marley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Takala counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Takala moves into range and clinches up with Marley.
Marley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marley throws an elbow that misses.
Takala struggles to land a body shot inside as Marley controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marley.
Takala working aggressively here.
Marley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Takala lands a body shot in the clinch.
Takala slows down the pace here.

Marley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marley ducks under a wild hook from Takala.
Marley throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Marley misses.
It looked like Takala was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Marley throws an off balance right hand
and Takala counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Takala takes one on the button.
Nice cross by Marley.
A big left from Marley misses.
Marley thows a left - swing and a miss!

Marley gets tackled into the cage by Takala. Takala maintains the clinch.
Marley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takala has a couple of punches blocked by Marley.
A nice left hand lands by Takala.
Marley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marley misses with a body punch.
Marley connects with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Takala.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Takala.
Marley blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Marley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marley cracks Takala with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Marley throws a leg kick but Takala sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Takala appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Marley misses with a lunging right hand
letting Takala counter with a right hand.
Marley lands a lovely overhand right.
Takala looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Marley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Takala had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Marley is looking to clinch.
Takala misses with a hook.
Marley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Takala counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Takala counters with a straight that turns Marley's legs to rubber! Takala pushes forward with more strikes and Marley goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tino Takala!
During a confident post fight interview, Tino Takala thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.