PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Biff Hemlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Marko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hemlock comes to the cage accompanied by Champagneros. Marko has chosen Get Back - Ludacris as his entrance music. Biff Hemlock could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cain Marko's chin.

Hemlock
vs
Marko

190 cm
30
220 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

225 cm
28
279 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Biff Hemlock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cain Marko!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hemlock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Marko smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Marko 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!
Marko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hemlock circles away quickly and effectively.
Hemlock misses with a wild body shot.
Hemlock misses with a hook to the body
and Marko counters with a leg kick.

Marko forces Hemlock back against the cage and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hemlock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hemlock stalling in the clinch but Marko improves position.
Marko pushes Hemlock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marko misses with a punch to the body.
Marko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hemlock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemlock looking to throw knees to the head but Marko is blocking nicely.
Hemlock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Marko.
Hemlock tries to throw a body punch but Marko avoids it by throwing Hemlock back against the cage.
Marko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hemlock's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marko misses with some punches.
Marko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hemlock backwards.
Hemlock takes a shot to the head.
Marko avoiding damage.
Marko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marko scores with a nice hook to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Marko lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marko leaning his opponent against the cage.
Marko misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Marko.
Hemlock is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Marko as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hemlock trying to control the position but instead, Marko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hemlock into the cage.
Good body shot from Marko.
Hemlock is breathing heavily.
The referee calls for Marko to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hemlock misses with the head strike.
Marko tries to work over Hemlock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marko misses with a knee to the head.
Marko tries a body shot but Hemlock blocks it.
Hemlock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Marko.
Marko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemlock blocks it with crossed arms.
Marko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Marko scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marko effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hemlock.
Marko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hemlock being controlled against the cage.
Marko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Come on Marko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Marko fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marko just leaning against Hemlock, taking a breather.
Marko blocks an elbow strike from Hemlock.
Marko lands with a left to the head.
Marko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Marko dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hemlock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hemlock throws a sloppy head kick and Marko moves out of range easily.
Marko is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Hemlock tries to sprawl but Marko drives through with a takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Marko wants to pass to mount but Hemlock is defending the position.
Marko sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marko tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hemlock knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Marko keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hemlock tries to get to full guard but Marko has control of the leg.
Hemlock might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Marko with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cain Marko was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Marko blocks a head kick by Hemlock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marko avoids the head kick by Hemlock.
Marko scores with a hook.
Marko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hemlock on the side of the head.
Marko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Biff Hemlock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marko ducks under a wild hook from Hemlock.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Marko!

Hemlock is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemlock avoids the head kick by Marko.
Marko moves away from the strike by Hemlock.
Hemlock avoids the head kick by Marko.
Hemlock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marko is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hemlock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marko counters with a solid body kick.
Cain Marko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A cross from Marko lands.
Oh Hemlock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hemlock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hemlock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hemlock seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemlock swinging wildly here.

Marko cracks Hemlock with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hemlock looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Marko finish him?
Marko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marko throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Hemlock crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cain Marko!
A victorious Cain Marko thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.