PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jhin Markell (ranked 1455 p4p, 164 weight class) and Lani Kirby (ranked 1691 p4p, 194 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Markell
vs
Kirby

182 cm
28
182 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

182 cm
27
175 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jhin Markell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lani Kirby!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirby wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Markell closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Markell grinds an elbow into Kirby's temple.
An elbow from Markell crashes against the mat.
Kirby holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Markell landing strikes.
Markell working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kirby takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Markell in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kirby on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Markell is chipping away with strikes.
Markell advances to mount.
Markell lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kirby hang on?
Markell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Markell raining down hammerfists from mount.

Kirby is rocked!
Kirby is looking to improve his position but Markell isn't that keen on the idea.
Kirby is still in real trouble! Can Markell finish him?
We've been hearing that Markell has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Markell landing strikes from the mount and Kirby is in trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markell unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Kirby wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Markell celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jhin Markell!
Jhin Markell is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Jhin Markell thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.