PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aarron Marcum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcum comes to the cage accompanied by Live Your Life-Rhianna feat. T.I.. Aarron Marcum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marcum
vs
Robinson

179 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aarron Marcum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcum tries for a takedown but Robinson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Marcum will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marcum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tim Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson tries to clinch but Marcum is having none of it.
A punch combination from Robinson misses.

Marcum darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Robinson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marcum scores with a couple of nice shots.

Robinson kicks off Marcum and gets to his feet.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robinson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Robinson fails to land with a series of punches.
Robinson tries to clinch up but Marcum circles away and keeps his distance.
Marcum checks a low kick from Robinson.
Marcum closes the distance and clinches up with Robinson, looking for a takedown. Marcum pushes Robinson against the cage but Robinson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aarron Marcum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marcum misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Marcum moves out of range as Robinson strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Robinson tries to clinch up but Marcum circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Robinson.
Robinson tries to clinch there but Marcum circles away.
Robinson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marcum. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Marcum drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Marcum tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Marcum has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Robinson is looking for a sweep.
Robinson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Marcum's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Robinson wants to get back to his feet.
Marcum trying to mount his opponent but Robinson defends it.

Robinson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcum working over Robinson with some ground and pound. Robinson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Robinson wants to improve his position but Marcum is controlling well.
Robinson wants to get back to his feet.
Robinson looks gassed!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Robinson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Marcum keeps it at a distance.
Robinson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marcum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tim Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marcum circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Robinson misses.
Robinson misses with a jab, cross combination.

Marcum gets the takedown into side control.
Robinson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Robinson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Robinson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Robinson wants to slow Marcum down by chopping away at his legs.

Robinson forces Marcum back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Robinson.
A knee to the head by Robinson.
Robinson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Robinson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Marcum avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Robinson missing with knees to the body.
Marcum avoiding damage as Robinson throws knees to the body.
Robinson lands a nice knee to the body.
Robinson looking to throw knees to the head but Marcum is blocking nicely.
Robinson landing knees to the head.

Robinson breaks the clinch.
Marcum fails with the takedown.
Marcum keeps the fight on the outside.
Robinson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marcum has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Robinson.
Robinson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Robinson throws a series of punches but Marcum avoids them all with ease.
Robinson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Robinson tries to clinch but Marcum moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a double jab.
Robinson tries to clinch up.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Marcum keeps it at a distance.
Robinson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marcum tries for a takedown but Robinson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Robinson.
Robinson throws a leg kick but Marcum sees it coming and moves out of range.
Robinson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marcum looks for a takedown but Robinson sprawls well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marcum takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marcum shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marcum is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Robinson doesn't manage to clinch there - Marcum circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Robinson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Marcum swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
Marcum fails to land the takedown.
Marcum will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marcum keeps the fight on the outside.
Robinson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Robinson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marcum's sensitive parts.
Robinson tries to clinch up but Marcum circles away and keeps his distance.
Robinson is looking to clinch but Marcum is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcum fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aarron Marcum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Robinson looks to land a combination but Marcum avoids it well.
Robinson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robinson takes a swing at Marcum's ribcage but misses.
Marcum fails with a takedown attempt.
Marcum shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robinson tries to clinch but Marcum is having none of it.
Marcum moves away from the strike by Robinson.
Marcum takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Robinson stuffs the takedown.
A chopping leg kick lands by Robinson.
Robinson tries to clinch up but Marcum circles away and keeps his distance.
Marcum misses with a takedown attempt - Robinson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marcum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Marcum pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Robinson both land. Nice combination.
Robinson tries to clinch there but Marcum circles away.
Robinson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marcum stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Robinson.
Robinson wants to land a leg kick but Marcum is out of range.
Marcum fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Robinson stuffs the takedown attempt from Marcum. Marcum gets slowly back to his feet.
Marcum fails with the takedown.
Robinson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marcum. That did some damage!
Robinson tries to clinch there but Marcum circles away.
Marcum moves out of range of the body kick.
Marcum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marcum slips under a jab from Robinson.
Robinson is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcum fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Robinson is looking to clinch but Marcum is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marcum.

Marcum shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Marcum slips nicely into half guard.
Robinson trying to hold on to Marcum's head to control him but Marcum postures up.
Nice strikes from Marcum there.
Robinson is trying to stand back up but Marcum is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcum lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson tries to kick Marcum off but Marcum keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marcum looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Robinson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Robinson is rocked!
Marcum prevents Robinson from standing back up.
Marcum working Robinson over with strikes.
Robinson is still in real trouble! Can Marcum finish him?
Robinson is trying to get back to full guard.
Robinson is trying to stand.
Robinson seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcum looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Robinson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Robinson pushes Marcum off looking to stand but Marcum dives back in and keeps control.
Marcum working over Robinson with some ground and pound. Robinson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Robinson wants to get back to his feet.
Marcum seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Robinson wants to control but Marcum is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Robinson is trying to stand back up but Marcum is controlling him

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Marcum changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Robinson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Aarron Marcum overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marcum working the ground and pound from side control.

Marcum looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Marcum tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Robinson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Marcum's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aarron Marcum dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Marcum looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Robinson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Robinson clinches up against the cage.
Robinson landing knees to the body.
Robinson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Robinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marcum drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robinson scores with a knee to the head.
Marcum changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Robinson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Robinson tries to clinch there but Marcum circles away.
Robinson thuds a left hand into Marcum's body.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Marcum drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robinson has hold of Marcum's hands but Marcum slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Robinson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aarron Marcum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Robinson misses the jab.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Marcum keeps it at a distance.
Robinson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Robinson is looking to clinch.
Robinson doesn't manage to clinch there - Marcum circles away.
Marcum fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aarron Marcum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Robinson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Robinson tries to clinch but Marcum moves out of range.
Good work by Marcum as he checks the leg kick.
Robinson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Robinson throws a series of punches but Marcum avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marcum shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Marcum showed some decent athleticism there.
Robinson wants to get back to his feet.
Marcum lands strikes from half guard.
Marcum prevents Robinson from standing back up.

Marcum is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robinson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Marcum scoring with some ground and pound.
Robinson wants to stand up but Marcum is controlling him.

Robinson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marcum postures up and lands a big shot to Robinson's brow.

Robinson is looking for a triangle but Marcum pushes his legs off easily.
Marcum tries to free his leg and advance position but Robinson is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcum stands up over Robinson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marcum connects with a couple of short punches.
Marcum postures up and lands a big shot to Robinson's brow.
Marcum working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Robinson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Marcum!
Robinson looking to ground and pound but Marcum is blocking nicely.
Robinson tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Marcum is working to get back to half guard.

Robinson wants to finish this one by submission but Marcum is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Robinson.

Robinson stands up from mount. Strange move.
Marcum slips a jab from Robinson.
Marcum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Robinson looks to land a combination. Marcum sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Marcum looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Robinson!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Robinson is trying desperately to improve position.
Marcum is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Robinson wants to hold on but Marcum pushes him away.
Robinson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Robinson is looking to get to half guard.
Robinson is in a horrible position here. Marcum smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marcum working Robinson over with strikes here.
Robinson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Marcum in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Robinson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Robinson tries to reverse the position but Marcum maintains control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aarron Marcum showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marcum has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aarron Marcum!