PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Kirves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirves's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eldakajärven jää. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Kirves
vs
Marshal

173 cm
21
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
224 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorma Kirves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Glen Marshal !
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kirves shoots in and bounces Marshal off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kirves is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kirves passes into half guard.
Kirves is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirves frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kirves sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Marshal is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Marshal tries to buck Kirves off but Kirves takes his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marshal looks gassed!
Kirves keeps control of the position easily here as Marshal tries to buck him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Kirves missing with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kirves slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Kirves seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Marshal for as long as he can get away with.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorma Kirves dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Marshal is looking to land body kicks.

Kirves scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Marshal is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Marshal being controlled for a moment.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jorma Kirves just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Kirves drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Marshal is breathing heavily.
Kirves in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kirves cracks Marshal with a big right hand but Marshal just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kirves passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Marshal !

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirves seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Marshal is holding on tight.

Kirves stands up from mount. Strange move.
Marshal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marshal misses with a body kick.

Kirves shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kirves was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kirves controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorma Kirves dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kirves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marshal .

Kirves gets a takedown into half guard.
Kirves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kirves in particular looking to stall.
Marshal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kirves moves nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirves controlling from side mount.
Marshal prevents Kirves from moving into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kirves moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kirves tries for a kimura but Marshal is defending well.
Kirves just content to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal is pushing Kirves's head away, looking to escape. Kirves manages to hold on to the position though.
Marshal being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kirves advances to mount.
Kirves takes Marshal 's back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorma Kirves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kirves has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorma Kirves!