PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marvon Del Bosco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akhenaton Talibah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Del Bosco
vs
Talibah

201 cm
18
292 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
23
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Intelligent

Drops Nutri

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marvon Del Bosco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Akhenaton Talibah!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Bosco connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Del Bosco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Talibah checks a leg kick.

Talibah shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Del Bosco's guard.
Del Bosco keeping moving, preventing Talibah from controlling successfully.
Talibah prevents Del Bosco from getting back to his feet.
Talibah really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Del Bosco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Talibah avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Del Bosco lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Talibah!
Del Bosco looking to finish with strikes here!
Del Bosco thowing shots but they're missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Del Bosco there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Talibah is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Del Bosco unloads with some shots from mount but Talibah bucks and avoids them well.
Talibah squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Del Bosco throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Talibah blocking the ground and pound.
Del Bosco working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Talibah slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Del Bosco throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Del Bosco throws a series of punches but Talibah avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Del Bosco throws a series of punches but Talibah avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Del Bosco.
Del Bosco misses with a series of wild punches.
Del Bosco scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Del Bosco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Del Bosco throws a leg kick but Talibah moved away.
Some wild striking there from Del Bosco.
Talibah shoots for a takedown but Del Bosco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Del Bosco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Talibah tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Del Bosco swivels and escapes.
Del Bosco could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Del Bosco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Del Bosco throws a right hand that Talibah ducks under and follows up with a left that Talibah also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talibah takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Del Bosco tries for a takedown but Talibah circles away easily

and Talibah counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Del Bosco has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Talibah is working away from the top position though.
Talibah tries to pass the half guard into mount. Del Bosco knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Del Bosco tries to roll over but Talibah keeps him under control.

Del Bosco actively working from the bottom here.
Del Bosco trying to control but Talibah postures up.
Del Bosco moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosco looking for a sweep. Not yet Del Bosco, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Del Bosco lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Del Bosco cracks a nice hook into Talibah's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Del Bosco.
Marvon Del Bosco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talibah tries a head kick but it misses.
Talibah is trying hard to land a takedown here. Del Bosco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Marvon Del Bosco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akhenaton Talibah.
Talibah looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Del Bosco is fending him off so far but Talibah persists. Nope, Del Bosco circles away and we're back to standing.
Talibah looks gassed!
Del Bosco lands a jab to Talibah's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Del Bosco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Del Bosco.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marvon Del Bosco dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Talibah tries to score a power double leg takedown but Del Bosco sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Talibah somewhat.
Del Bosco looks to land a combination but Talibah avoids it well.
Del Bosco lands a jab.
Del Bosco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Del Bosco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Talibah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Bosco throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Talibah counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Talibah.
Del Bosco is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Talibah stops Del Bosco from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Bosco lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Talibah!
Talibah keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Del Bosco throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Del Bosco looking to finish with strikes here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Talibah can do anything to dispel that myth.
Del Bosco prevents Talibah from getting the reversal.
Del Bosco throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
BOOM! Del Bosco connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Talibah avoids a series of strikes thrown by Del Bosco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosco lands with some strikes.
Talibah is breathing heavily.
Del Bosco misses with a head shot.
Del Bosco looking to finish with strikes here!
Del Bosco looking to finish with strikes here!
Del Bosco has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Del Bosco thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Del Bosco throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Del Bosco looking for a guillotine from mount but Talibah is having none of it.
Talibah holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Del Bosco tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosco thowing shots but they're missing.
Talibah squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Talibah wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Del Bosco.
Del Bosco sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Del Bosco with shots to the head and body - Talibah looks very uncomfortable down there.
Del Bosco thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosco throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Del Bosco throwing strikes here but Talibah is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Del Bosco misses with a head shot.
Talibah avoids a series of strikes thrown by Del Bosco.
Talibah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Del Bosco throwing strikes here but Talibah is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Del Bosco looking to ground and pound but Talibah is blocking nicely.
Talibah wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Del Bosco.
Del Bosco thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marvon Del Bosco dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Del Bosco misses with the combination.
Talibah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Del Bosco lands a right hook to the body.
Talibah shoots in but no luck this time.
Del Bosco throws a right and a left that Talibah avoids nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Del Bosco.
Del Bosco wants to clinch

and Talibah counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Del Bosco wants to control but Talibah is keeping busy.
Talibah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fighters are battling for position here. Del Bosco manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Del Bosco wants to stand and escape but Talibah is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Del Bosco is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Talibah rolls with it to try and escape but Del Bosco cranks on the arm and Talibah is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marvon Del Bosco!