PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arkady Markova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Granit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markova comes to the cage accompanied by Sleater/Kinney's Words and Guitar. Granit has chosen no way out as his entrance music. Barney Granit will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Markova
vs
Granit

167 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arkady Markova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barney Granit!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Markova closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Granit to the mat! Granit manages to get full guard.
Markova lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Markova preventing the sweep.
Granit is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Markova trying to control but Granit is working from the bottom.
Markova missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Granit manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Markova manages to get himself to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Granit's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Granit is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Markova looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Granit scoring with punches to the head and body.
Markova avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Markova throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Markova is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Granit keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Markova lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markova looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Granit with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Markova slips a nice elbow through Granit's hands, connecting with Granit's forehead.
Markova prevents Granit from improving his position.
Markova is keen to just control but Granit is a slippery customer.
Markova lands strikes from half guard.
Markova looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Granit slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Granit has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Markova trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Markova stands up out of Granit's guard for a moment - Granit manages to land a nice upkick.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Granit is on top in guard.
Markova wants to sweep here but Granit controlling him for the moment.
Granit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Markova might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Granit lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Granit is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markova striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Granit stands up out of Markova's guard for a moment - Markova manages to land a nice upkick.
Markova thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Granit makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Granit avoids the body shot from Markova.
Granit swinging wilding here.
Granit looks gassed!
Granit with a poor takedown
and Markova counters with a left to the body.
Markova just misses with a punch to the body.

Markova scores a takedown into full mount!
Markova lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Markova landing shots from mount.
Granit in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Markova wants to control the pace but Granit is squirming around nicely.
Granit is in a horrible position here. Markova smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markova blocks Granit's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Markova fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Granit is bucking up trying to escape but Markova cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Markova scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Granit?
Granit is trying to escape the mount.
Markova lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Markova cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Markova looking to finish Granit with some ground and pound. This is bad for Granit!
Markova landing punches.
Markova with shots to the head and body - Granit looks very uncomfortable down there.

Granit is rocked!

Markova is working for a guillotine from mount but Granit frees his head quite easily.
Granit is looking to get to half guard.
Markova unloading with bombs!
Granit is still in real trouble! Can Markova finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markova cracks Granit with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Markova looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Granit covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arkady Markova!