PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Marley (ranked 2011 p4p, 21564 weight class) and Retired Sparbot 8 (ranked 83 p4p, 335 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marley
vs
Sparbot 8

194 cm
35
212
19 - 13 - 0

189 cm
35
228
6 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezekiel Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Retired Sparbot 8!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Retired Sparbot 8 has been cut.
Marley leaves Sparbot 8 with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Marley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sparbot 8 counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Sparbot 8 moves into the clinch.

Marley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sparbot 8 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marley.
Jab from Marley.
Marley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sparbot 8.
Marley throwing a counter right hand but Sparbot 8 manages to avoid it.

Marley rushes Sparbot 8 and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sparbot 8 fails to pull the fight into his guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marley with a knee to the head.
Sparbot 8 wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marley has him pressed against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marley obliges.
Sparbot 8 wants a takedown.
Ezekiel Marley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Retired Sparbot 8.
Marley lands a shot to the body.
Sparbot 8 looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Marley.
Marley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Marley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sparbot 8 lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marley lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marley.
A nice left hand lands by Marley.
Marley lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Retired Sparbot 8's cut even more.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marley scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Marley.
Marley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Marley - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Marley.
Sparbot 8 tries to circle away but Marley has him pinned against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marley.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Marley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sparbot 8 throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sparbot 8 tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marley lands a hook that snaps the head of Sparbot 8 backwards.
Sparbot 8 avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.

Sparbot 8 breaks from the clinch.

Marley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sparbot 8 goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marley prevents it.

Marley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley throws a big shot that misses.

Sparbot 8 gets tackled into the ropes by Marley. Marley maintains the clinch.

Marley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ezekiel Marley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sparbot 8 shoots in but Marley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Decent striking displayed by Marley there.
Marley chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Marley has Sparbot 8 up against the ropes in a clinch.
Marley pushes Sparbot 8 back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marley lands a hook that snaps the head of Sparbot 8 backwards.
Marley lands a body punch in the clinch.

Marley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Marley. That snapped Sparbot 8's head back.

The cut above Retired Sparbot 8's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sparbot 8 gets tackled into the ropes by Marley. Marley maintains the clinch.
Marley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marley.
Sparbot 8 fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sparbot 8 drops down looking for an ankle pick but Marley pulls his leg out and moves away.
Good leg kick by Marley.
Sparbot 8 steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marley.
Marley with a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Marley. No joy for Sparbot 8 on that attempt.
Marley feints and then cracks Sparbot 8's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparbot 8 down.
Marley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Retired Sparbot 8's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley lands a nice looking body kick.

Marley takes the fight into the clinch.
Marley landing knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ezekiel Marley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marley 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 10:9
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 10:8
Judge George Francis scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ezekiel Marley!
A relieved looking Ezekiel Marley thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.