PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Igor Vovchanchyn (ranked 2454 p4p, 3348 weight class) and Brooke Marsden (ranked 312 p4p, 373 weight class). Marsden has chosen Lunatic Fringe as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vovchanchyn
vs
Marsden

182 cm
34
155
13 - 9 - 1

170 cm
33
143
16 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Igor Vovchanchyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brooke Marsden!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vovchanchyn throws a lazy body kick
enabling Marsden to counter with a crisp jab.
Vovchanchyn throws a shot from downtown. Marsden moves away and avoids it.
Vovchanchyn takes a swing at Marsden's ribcage but misses.
Marsden misses with a straight left.
Marsden staying out of range there.

Marsden clinches up against the cage.
Marsden prevents a body shot from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn tries to throw a body punch but Marsden avoids it by throwing Vovchanchyn back against the cage.
Vovchanchyn throws a punch but it's blocked by Marsden.
Vovchanchyn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marsden backwards.
Vovchanchyn blocks an uppercut.
Vovchanchyn takes a shot to the head.
Marsden is working for takedown but Vovchanchyn is calmly controlling the position for now.
Marsden working aggressively here.
Vovchanchyn pushes Marsden back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marsden is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vovchanchyn blocks an uppercut.
Vovchanchyn misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vovchanchyn.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Marsden.
Vovchanchyn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Marsden shoots in and gets a takedown into Vovchanchyn's guard.

Vovchanchyn kicks Marsden off and gets to his feet.
Vovchanchyn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marsden.
Marsden loads up on a big right hand but Vovchanchyn slips the punch.
Vovchanchyn stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vovchanchyn wants it to stay on the feet.
Vovchanchyn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Marsden.
Vovchanchyn misses with a kick to the body
and Vovchanchyn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marsden tries a head kick but it misses.
Vovchanchyn misses the shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vovchanchyn moves away from the strike by Marsden.
Marsden thuds a left hand into Vovchanchyn's body.
Vovchanchyn scores with a hook to the body. Marsden takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Marsden forces Vovchanchyn back against the cage and clinches.
Vovchanchyn lands a shoulder strike.
Vovchanchyn tries to throw a body punch but Marsden avoids it by throwing Vovchanchyn back against the cage.
Marsden pushes Vovchanchyn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marsden wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vovchanchyn working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Vovchanchyn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vovchanchyn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vovchanchyn moves in looking to clinch but Marsden pushes him off.
A combination from Vovchanchyn does no damage.
Vovchanchyn throws a body punch but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Marsden avoids the body shot from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vovchanchyn moves away from the strike by Marsden.
Vovchanchyn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marsden avoids the body shot from Vovchanchyn.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Vovchanchyn clinches up against the cage.
Vovchanchyn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marsden or not.
Vovchanchyn misses with a body punch.
Vovchanchyn blocks a body shot from Marsden.
Vovchanchyn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch.
Marsden closes the distance and clinches up with Vovchanchyn, looking for a takedown. Marsden pushes Vovchanchyn against the cage but Vovchanchyn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Igor Vovchanchyn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brooke Marsden.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn misses with a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Marsden on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vovchanchyn connects with an inside leg kick.
Marsden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn tries to land a front kick but Marsden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Marsden misses with the combination.
Marsden throws a right and a left that Vovchanchyn avoids nicely.
Vovchanchyn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vovchanchyn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marsden.
Vovchanchyn lands with a nice body punch.
Marsden's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vovchanchyn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marsden scrambles back to his feet.
Vovchanchyn is looking to wear down Marsden with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marsden throws a body punch but Vovchanchyn moves out of range.
Vovchanchyn tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Marsden manages to circle out of the way.
Vovchanchyn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vovchanchyn has closed the distance and engaged Marsden in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Vovchanchyn.

Marsden breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden misses with a wild body shot.
Marsden looks to throw the jab but Vovchanchyn is out of range.
Marsden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn throws a push kick but Marsden slaps the foot to one side.
A big right from Vovchanchyn misses.
Marsden fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vovchanchyn is out of range.
Marsden misses the jab.
Vovchanchyn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marsden. That did some damage!
Marsden takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Vovchanchyn closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Vovchanchyn trying to control the pace.
Marsden tries to roll over but Vovchanchyn keeps him under control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Vovchanchyn dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Marsden throws a body punch but Vovchanchyn moves out of range.
Vovchanchyn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marsden tries to counter with a clinch but Vovchanchyn shakes him off and moves away.
Vovchanchyn moves out of range as Marsden strikes.
Marsden lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Marsden drives through and clinches with Vovchanchyn against the cage.

Marsden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Vovchanchyn closes the distance and clinches.
Marsden wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marsden tries to break the clinch but Vovchanchyn is controlling the position.

Vovchanchyn breaks from the clinch.
Marsden misses with a hook. Vovchanchyn ducked under it nicely.
Vovchanchyn throws a body kick that misses.
Marsden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Vovchanchyn - that will leave a mark!
Vovchanchyn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vovchanchyn misses with the combination.
Marsden thuds a left hand into Vovchanchyn's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn lands a nice shot to the body.
Marsden throws a big shot that misses.
Marsden keeps the fight on the outside.
Marsden feints the counter takedown.
Marsden keeps the fight on the outside.
Vovchanchyn takes a swing at Marsden's ribcage but misses.
Marsden looks to land a right hand but Vovchanchyn moved out of range.
Vovchanchyn seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Igor Vovchanchyn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marsden takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marsden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vovchanchyn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice leg kick from Vovchanchyn, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vovchanchyn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vovchanchyn tries to land a front kick but Marsden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vovchanchyn lands a nice looking body kick.
Marsden connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vovchanchyn. Vovchanchyn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Vovchanchyn.
A shot to the liver by Marsden. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vovchanchyn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn misses with a double jab.
Marsden checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marsden misses with a hook. Vovchanchyn ducked under it nicely.
Marsden throws a jab when Vovchanchyn was well out of range.
Marsden throws a leg kick but Vovchanchyn checks it.
Vovchanchyn throws a shot from downtown. Marsden moves away and avoids it.
Marsden lands a jab to the head.
Marsden moves out of range of the body kick from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn throws a lazy right hand but Marsden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vovchanchyn misses with a double jab.
Vovchanchyn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vovchanchyn there as he acknowledges the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Marsden 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vovchanchyn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marsden.
Vovchanchyn misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn misses with a wild body shot.
Marsden connects with a looping right hand.
Marsden throws a lazy right hand but Vovchanchyn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marsden misses with a left hand

and Vovchanchyn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Vovchanchyn struggles to land a body shot inside as Marsden controls his hands.
Marsden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vovchanchyn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vovchanchyn misses with a punch on the inside.
Vovchanchyn misses with a punch to the body.

Marsden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vovchanchyn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marsden checks it well.
Marsden connects with a body shot.
Marsden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A left lands for Marsden.
Vovchanchyn takes one on the button.
Vovchanchyn thuds his right hand into Marsden's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsden tries to close the distance and clinch but Vovchanchyn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vovchanchyn seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vovchanchyn tries to clinch but Marsden is having none of it.
Vovchanchyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Vovchanchyn does it's job there.
Vovchanchyn throws a right hand that Marsden ducks under and follows up with a left that Marsden also avoids with ease.

Marsden moves into range and clinches up with Vovchanchyn.
Marsden blocking some punches.
Vovchanchyn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marsden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marsden lands a hook that snaps the head of Vovchanchyn backwards.
Vovchanchyn is working Marsden over against the cage.
Vovchanchyn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Marsden.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Marsden.
Marsden throws a head punch that misses.

Marsden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marsden wants to clinch up but Vovchanchyn keeps it at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Igor Vovchanchyn will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Marsden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsden slips under a jab from Vovchanchyn.
Marsden is looking to clinch.
Vovchanchyn scores with a body shot.
Vovchanchyn misses with a wild body shot.
Marsden throws a looping overhand right but Vovchanchyn ducks down to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vovchanchyn lands a body shot.
Marsden misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Vovchanchyn.
Igor Vovchanchyn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn working aggressively here.
Vovchanchyn swings wildly with an uppercut but Marsden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vovchanchyn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn is stalling here.
Vovchanchyn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marsden can do to turn this around?
A hook to the body from Vovchanchyn.

Marsden breaks from the clinch.
Marsden looks to throw the jab but Vovchanchyn is out of range.
Marsden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vovchanchyn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Marsden scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Marsden avoids the body shot from Vovchanchyn.
Igor Vovchanchyn is winning the standup battle so far.
Marsden misses with a looping left.

Marsden looking to score a takedown here. Vovchanchyn is defending well but Marsden drives through and ends up in Vovchanchyn's guard.
Marsden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marsden tries to free his leg and advance position but Vovchanchyn is retaining full guard.

Vovchanchyn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Marsden is aware though and is defending well.
Vovchanchyn is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Igor Vovchanchyn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marsden seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden pushing down on Vovchanchyn's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Vovchanchyn keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Marsden is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Vovchanchyn is controlling Marsden's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marsden is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Vovchanchyn to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Vovchanchyn looking to control.
Marsden is pushing down on Vovchanchyn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Vovchanchyn is fighting to maintain full guard but Marsden has managed to sneak the leg through.
Vovchanchyn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vovchanchyn is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Marsden's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Marsden's back!
Marsden tries to escape but Vovchanchyn has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Vovchanchyn.
Marsden tries to roll but Vovchanchyn sticks to his back.
Vovchanchyn biding his time, controlling Marsden.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marsden tries to roll but Vovchanchyn sticks to his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Vovchanchyn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vovchanchyn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Vovchanchyn!
Igor Vovchanchyn seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.