PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksei Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshal has chosen ЦельРазгроl as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Tyyp
vs
Marshal

190 cm
31
185 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

178 cm
26
177 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mingi Tyyp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksei Marshal!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshal takes one to the chin there.
Tyyp misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marshal counters with a big head kick but Tyyp shrugs it off.
Tyyp scores with a head kick.

It looks like Aleksei Marshal has been cut.
Tyyp fakes the leg kick and cracks Marshal in the body.
Tyyp has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hugs & Kisses in the buildup to the fight.
Tyyp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Marshal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Marshal. Tyyp shrugs it off though.
Tyyp with a nice cross.
Marshal misses with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyyp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marshal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Marshal is rocked!
Tyyp avoids the body shot from Marshal.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marshal.
Tyyp looks to land a combination but Marshal avoids it well.
Marshal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tyyp finds it's way round the side to connect with Marshal's head.
Tyyp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshal manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Tyyp lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marshal doesn't seem phased though.
Marshal is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyyp finish him?
Marshal misses with a head kick.
Marshal slips a jab and a cross from Tyyp.
Marshal seems to have recovered his senses.
Marshal jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tyyp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marshal misses with a body kick.
Marshal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tyyp.
Marshal lands a body shot.
Tyyp tries to land a front kick but Marshal steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyyp chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marshal can pounce on him.
Tyyp misses with a head kick.
Marshal pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marshal throws a sloppy head kick and Tyyp moves out of range easily.
Tyyp misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Tyyp, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyyp moves in looking to clinch but Marshal pushes him off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marshal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal lands with a nice body punch.
Tyyp throws a right hand that misses
and Marshal counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jab from Marshal.
Marshal throws a push kick but Tyyp slaps the foot to one side.
Marshal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marshal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tyyp. That did some damage!
Marshal tries to land a front kick but Tyyp steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Marshal scores with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marshal.
Tyyp connects with the punch.
Tyyp avoids the head kick by Marshal.
Tyyp is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Tyyp clinches with his opponent.
Tyyp tries to land knees in the clinch but Marshal avoids the damage to the body.

Marshal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marshal misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Tyyp misses its target.

Tyyp closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tyyp takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyyp lands a shoulder strike.
Tyyp is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tyyp tries a knee to the head but Marshal blocks it.
Tyyp lands an elbow inside that Marshal shrugs off.
Tyyp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marshal is defending well for now.
Marshal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tyyp taking a breather.
Tyyp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marshal is defending well for now.
Marshal avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
Marshal taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tyyp gets through Marshal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marshal avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
Marshal misses with the head strike.
Marshal slows down the pace here.
Tyyp's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal cracks Tyyp with a nice body shot.
Marshal blocking some punches.
Marshal gets through Tyyp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Tyyp lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marshal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tyyp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Tyyp.
A hook to the body from Marshal.
Marshal trying to control the position but instead, Tyyp has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marshal into the cage.
Marshal lands a hook that snaps the head of Tyyp backwards.
Tyyp has a couple of punches blocked by Marshal.
Marshal wants to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tyyp.
Tyyp lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.

Marshal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tyyp moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mingi Tyyp will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aleksei Marshal's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tyyp misses with a double jab.
Good leg kick by Marshal there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tyyp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyyp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Marshal as he connects with a hook.
Tyyp stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marshal.
Tyyp is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Marshal jabs Tyyp to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marshal walks into a left hand.
Tyyp tries to clinch but Marshal is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Tyyp.
Tyyp lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tyyp throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marshal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyyp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyyp moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMarshal.
Marshal connects with a high kick.

Tyyp is rocked!
Marshal fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Tyyp to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Tyyp looks to clinch but Marshal throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Tyyp taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Aleksei Marshal!