PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hasil Jalil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Marley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marley
vs
Jalil

172 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hasil Jalil!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Jalil drives through and clinches with Marley against the cage.
Marley goes for a takedown attempt but Jalil pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Marley shoots in looking for a takedown but Jalil manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Marley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Jalil closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jalil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jalil fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marley, pushing him back against the cage.
Marley trying to stall but Jalil improves his position.
Jalil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jalil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Jalil breaks from the clinch.
Jalil fails to land with a series of punches.
Jalil lands with a nice combination. Marley backs away looking to recover.

Marley is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jalil closes the distance and clinches.
Oh Marley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jalil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marley seems to have got his legs back now.
Jalil is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalil throws a right and a left that Marley avoids nicely.

Marley gets tackled into the cage by Jalil. Jalil maintains the clinch.
Jalil gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Marley.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Marley pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Marley trying to strike off his back.
Jalil tries to stand but Marley is controlling from the bottom.

Marley is looking for a triangle but Jalil pushes his legs off easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marley throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Marley is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Jalil has his hands clasped together but Marley extends an breaks Jalil's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Marley.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bob Marley!