PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bart Paw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paw
vs
Marshall

175 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

170 cm
25
139 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bart Paw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tobias Marshall!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oh, that's a big right hand from Marshall and Paw goes tumbling to the canvas! Marshall follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Paw is rocked!

It looks like Bart Paw has been cut.
Marshall wants to stand but Paw has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Oh Paw is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paw on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Paw tries to get out of the position.
Paw wants to get back to full guard.
Marshall wants to get back to his feet.
Paw trying to control from the bottom.
Marshall wants to get back to his feet.
Paw seems to have got his legs back now.

Paw makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Marshall drops Paw with a big left hand and mounts him. Paw is in big trouble!
Paw tries to hold on but Marshall postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paw is working to get back to half guard.
Paw wants to hold on but Marshall pushes him away.
Marshall tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Paw regains half guard.
Marshall wants to stand up but Paw is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Marshall tries to stand and escape but Paw actually recovers to full guard.
Marshall would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Marshall stopping the sweep attempt from Paw.

Paw escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marshall gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marshall wants to stand but Paw is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Marshall sizes up Paw with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Paw fails to land the takedown.
Paw seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Marshall circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Paw to the canvas! Paw doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Marshall keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tobias Marshall!