PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthonii Joshua (ranked 3204 p4p, 4248 weight class) and Marvin Hearse (ranked 0 p4p, 424 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Joshua
vs
Hearse

150 cm
25
205
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthonii Joshua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marvin Hearse!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.

Hearse feints and as Joshua raises his hands in defense, Hearse changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hearse throws a big right hand that misses.
Hearse throws a big elbow that misses.
Hearse won't allow Joshua to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hearse lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hearse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joshua works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Joshua not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hearse landing some decent shots from guard.
Hearse throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearse with a nice head shot there.
Joshua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hearse with a nice head shot there.
Hearse not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Joshua might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hearse passes Joshua's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hearse seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Hearse landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hearse winds up and cracks Joshua with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hearse is thwarting Joshua's attempts to control the position.
Hearse lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearse is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hearse working Joshua over with strikes.
Hearse working the head and body with strikes.
Hearse winds up and cracks Joshua with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Joshua knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hearse on the ground.
Hearse working over Joshua with some ground and pound. Joshua looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Joshua on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Joshua is breathing heavily.
Hearse is keen to just control but Joshua is a slippery customer.
Hearse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hearse is nestled in close to Joshua, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hearse takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Hearse there.

Joshua is rocked!
Joshua on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oh Joshua is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Joshua has hold of Hearse's hands but Hearse slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hearse stalling.
Joshua seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearse lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Joshua is staying active underneath Hearse, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nice strikes from Hearse there.
Hearse scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hearse winds up and cracks Joshua with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hearse scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Hearse there.
Hearse looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hearse content to control rather than advance.
Hearse scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Hearse there.
Hearse lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hearse is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hearse lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hearse looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Joshua with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hearse seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hearse winds up and cracks Joshua with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marvin Hearse dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Hearse shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Joshua is trying to defend but Hearse finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hearse is nestled in close to Joshua, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hearse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hearse lands a nice short elbow.
Joshua looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Hearse has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Joshua is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hearse scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshua tries to get to full guard but Hearse has control of the leg.
Hearse is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joshua is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hearse scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hearse working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearse scores with a big shot! Joshua's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Joshua! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marvin Hearse!