PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Marley (ranked 119 p4p, 303 weight class) and Tinashe Chukwuma (ranked 14 p4p, 42 weight class). Marley comes to the cage accompanied by WANTED. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marley
vs
Chukwuma

199 cm
25
265
13 - 2 - 0

190 cm
35
254
25 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Conviction

Conviction
© Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ezekiel Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tinashe Chukwuma!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chukwuma.
Marley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chukwuma can pounce on him.
Marley connects with an inside leg kick.
Chukwuma throws a body kick that misses.
And Marley counters with a quick kick to the body but Chukwuma blocks it.
A low kick lands for Marley.
Marley thuds his shin into the meat of Chukwuma's side.
Chukwuma has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The fighters circling - Chukwuma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marley throwing a counter right hand but Chukwuma manages to avoid it.
Chukwuma scores with a head kick.

It looks like Ezekiel Marley has been cut.
Chukwuma lands with a kick to the ribs.
Chukwuma throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Chukwuma there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Chukwuma clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chukwuma with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marley throws a head punch that misses.
Chukwuma lands with a left to the head.
Chukwuma takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chukwuma looks winded!
Chukwuma managing to block the knees to the body from Marley.
Chukwuma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marley misses with a punch on the inside.
Marley gets through Chukwuma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chukwuma - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Chukwuma lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chukwuma.
Marley blocks a body shot from Chukwuma.
Marley lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chukwuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chukwuma backwards.
Still in the clinch, Marley scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marley.

It looks like Tinashe Chukwuma has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chukwuma misses with some punches.
Marley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chukwuma backwards.
A short left from Chukwuma.
Marley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chukwuma backwards.
Marley is leaning against Chukwuma and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chukwuma takes a shot to the head.
Chukwuma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short uppercut from Marley.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marley.
Chukwuma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chukwuma backwards.
Marley lands a right hand.
Marley scores a nice knee to the body.
Marley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chukwuma managing to block the knees to the body from Marley.
A short right from Marley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marley.
Marley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chukwuma.
Marley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marley landing knees to the body.
Chukwuma blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marley digs a right hand underneath Chukwuma's ribcage. Chukwuma let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marley.
Marley scores with a shoulder strike.

Chukwuma is rocked!
Marley lands a big right hand that drops Chukwuma! The killer instinct kicks in and Marley finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Marley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ezekiel Marley!
Ezekiel Marley thanked the fans post fight for their support.