PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Advantage comes to the cage accompanied by Drain the Blood. Marsh has chosen Limp Bizkit- Nookie as his entrance music. Randy Marsh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Advantage
vs
Marsh

180 cm
23
172 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

188 cm
21
181 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rural Advantage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Advantage throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marsh counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Marsh shoots in for a double leg but Advantage sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Advantage misses with a jab to the body
and Marsh counters with a nice body shot.
Marsh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Advantage throws a body punch but Marsh moves out of range.
Marsh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Advantage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Advantage gets tackled into the cage by Marsh. Marsh maintains the clinch.
Marsh has Advantage pressed against the cage, preventing Advantage from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Advantage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marsh avoids the body shot from Advantage.
Marsh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Advantage.
Advantage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Advantage misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Advantage's head.
Advantage scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marsh scores with a head kick.

Marsh sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Advantage to the ground! Marsh dives into full mount looking to finish!

Advantage is rocked!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Marsh looking to secure an arm triangle but Advantage defends it well.
Oh Advantage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Advantage is trying to escape the mount.

Marsh has hold of Advantage's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Advantage manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Marsh swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Advantage is now in Marsh's guard. A big mistake from Marsh there, giving up the dominant position!
Advantage seems to have got his legs back now.
Advantage wants to get up but he can't break Marsh's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Advantage trying to control but Marsh is working from the bottom.
Advantage is really struggling to control Marsh but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Marsh has a closed guard, preventing Advantage from standing up.
Advantage forces his way into half guard.

Marsh pushes Advantage off and gets back to his feet.
Advantage rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marsh counters with a head kick.
Advantage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Advantage lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Randy Marsh has been cut.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Advantage moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Advantage bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Advantage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsh was well out of range. Poor timing from Advantage.
Advantage throws a hook but Marsh avoids it easily.
Advantage scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch but Marsh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marsh fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Advantage tries to clinch there but Marsh circles away.
Marsh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marsh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marsh shoots in for a takedown but Advantage shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Marsh on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Advantage lands with a shot to the body.
Marsh throws a sloppy head kick and Advantage moves out of range easily.
Marsh tries to score a power double leg takedown but Advantage sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Marsh somewhat.
Rural Advantage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Marsh.
Marsh looks gassed!
Nice takedown defense from Advantage. No joy for Marsh on that attempt.
Advantage lands a slapping body shot.
Advantage lands a jab-cross combination.
Marsh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Advantage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Advantage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Advantage is trying to break the clinch but Marsh has him pressed against the cage.
Advantage is trying to break the clinch but Marsh is controlling him.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Advantage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marsh has him pressed against the cage.
Advantage is trying to break the clinch but Marsh has him pressed against the cage.
Advantage working hard to break the clinch.
Advantage tries to break the clinch but Marsh is controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Advantage tries to circle away but Marsh has him pinned against the cage.

Marsh manages to break the clinch.
Advantage is looking to wear down Marsh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Advantage avoids the head kick by Marsh.
Marsh misses with a head kick.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marsh throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marsh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Advantage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Advantage.
Advantage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marsh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marsh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marsh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Advantage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch lands to the side of Marsh 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marsh throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Advantage jabs Marsh to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marsh shoots in but no luck this time.
Advantage bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marsh's head backwards.
Advantage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Advantage just misses with a punch to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Advantage drives through and clinches with Marsh against the cage.
Advantage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marsh.

Advantage manages to break the clinch.
Advantage misses with the combination.
Marsh fails with the takedown.
Marsh avoids the body shot from Advantage.
Marsh is trying hard to land a takedown here. Advantage sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Advantage throws a right hand that Marsh ducks under and follows up with a left that Marsh also avoids with ease.
Marsh throws a head kick that misses.
Advantage stalks Marsh and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marsh's face. Marsh staggers backwards, shaken.
Advantage lands a jab to the nose.

Marsh is rocked!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Advantage scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marsh doesn't seem bothered though.
Marsh is still on wobbly legs! Can Advantage finish him?
Rural Advantage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Advantage scores with a shot to the body.

Advantage clinches up against the cage.
Advantage is pushing Marsh up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Advantage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Advantage dances in with a quick combination. Marsh is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Advantage snaps Marsh's head back. Marsh stumbles backwards against the cage. Advantage steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Marsh's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Marsh just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rural Advantage!