PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Louis Princip (ranked 1506 p4p, 183 weight class) and Jorginho Marcelo (ranked 1863 p4p, 212 weight class). Princip's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lord of This World by Black Sabbath. Louis Princip has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Princip
vs
Marcelo

183 cm
27
165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
27
165 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Louis Princip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorginho Marcelo!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Princip tries to sprawl but Marcelo drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Princip has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Marcelo is on him like a limpet, forcing Princip back against the cage.
Marcelo is trying to break free.
Princip scores with a nice hook to the head.

Marcelo gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Marcelo is working for a kimura but Princip is defending it quite comfortably.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Marcelo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Princip defends it well.
Marcelo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Princip knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Princip is trying to stand.

Marcelo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Princip sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip wants to get back to his feet.
Marcelo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Princip looks like he's trying to stand up.

Marcelo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Princip has managed to free his arm - good work.

Marcelo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Princip is looking to escape.
Marcelo wants to control but Princip is keeping him busy.
Princip knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marcelo on the ground.

Marcelo is trying to work for a kimura but Princip is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marcelo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Princip tries to kick Marcelo off but Marcelo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marcelo is trying to control the action in half guard but Princip is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Princip wants to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Marcelo tries to clinch there but Princip circles away.
A big right from Marcelo misses.
A little feinted left hand from Princip on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Marcelo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louis Princip is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Marcelo clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Princip.

Marcelo manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Marcelo or perhaps it was just good defense by Princip, which made it look bad.
Marcelo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Marcelo instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Princip.
Marcelo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Princip has Marcelo pressed against the cage, preventing Marcelo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Princip is working Marcelo over against the cage.
Marcelo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Princip gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Marcelo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Princip lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marcelo or not.
Princip lands a shoulder strike.
Princip struggles to land a body shot inside as Marcelo controls his hands.
Princip prevents a body shot from Marcelo.
Marcelo blocking some punches.
Princip working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marcelo takes a shot to the head.
Marcelo has a couple of punches blocked by Princip.
Princip lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Princip lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Princip.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Princip makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marcelo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Princip gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Louis Princip has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorginho Marcelo.
Princip scores with a hook to the body.
Princip working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo tries to circle away but Princip has him pinned against the cage.
Princip misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Princip.
Marcelo struggles to land a body shot inside as Princip controls his hands.
Marcelo wants to get back to striking at distance but Princip won't allow it.
Princip scores with a shot to the side of Marcelo's head.
Princip lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marcelo.
Still in the clinch, Princip scores with a nice short uppercut.
Princip softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Princip creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Princip working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marcelo is trying to break free.
Marcelo scores with a hook to the body.
Princip works on Marcelo's body with a couple of short punches.
Marcelo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Princip gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Marcelo.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Princip.
Princip lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marcelo backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Princip dominated that 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.

Marcelo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Princip getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Marcelo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice shot lands for Marcelo.
Marcelo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Princip displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marcelo.
Princip dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Marcelo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Marcelo wants to work for an arm triangle but Princip is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Princip wants to get back to his feet.
Marcelo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Princip looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcelo wants to control but Princip is keeping him busy.
Princip looks like he's trying to stand up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Princip lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Princip throws a hook to the side of Marcelo's head but Marcelo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marcelo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Princip swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcelo.
Princip keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Marcelo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Princip is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marcelo can do to turn this around?
Marcelo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Princip ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marcelo tries to close the distance and clinch but Princip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Princip.
Princip looks to throw the jab but Marcelo is out of range.
As Princip backs off Marcelo throws a huge counter combo but Princip manages to avoid it all.
Princip jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcelo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab by Princip.
Princip throws a hook but Marcelo blocks it.
Louis Princip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marcelo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Princip sprawls well. Princip wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Marcelo gets slowly back to his feet.
Princip dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Princip cracks Marcelo with an open hand slap.
Princip throws a hook but Marcelo avoids it easily.
Princip scores with a decent looking hook.
Princip scores with a sloppy right hand. Marcelo should have avoided that one.
Marcelo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Princip looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Princip lands a really nice looking cross but Marcelo seems unphased.
Marcelo fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Princip.
Princip with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marcelo takes one to the side of the head.
Princip moves forwards but Marcelo connects with a nice, crisp jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marcelo can't get the takedown.
Louis Princip has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorginho Marcelo.
Princip makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Princip lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Louis Princip has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marcelo stalling in the clinch but Princip improves position.
Princip lands with a short shot to the head.
Marcelo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Princip struggles to land a body shot inside as Marcelo controls his hands.
Princip struggles to land a body shot inside as Marcelo controls his hands.
Princip working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Princip stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marcelo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Princip just stands there and leans against the cage.
Princip scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Marcelo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marcelo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Marcelo is breathing heavily.
Princip wants to get back to his feet.
Marcelo trying to control from half guard but Princip is working away.
Marcelo prevents Princip from standing back up.
Marcelo trying to mount his opponent but Princip defends it.
Marcelo is looking to take a break and control but Princip is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Princip pushes Marcelo off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Princip dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Marcelo darts in and clinches Princip up against the cage.
Marcelo looking for a takedown.
Princip is working Marcelo over against the cage.
Princip blocks a body shot from Marcelo.
Princip tries a body shot but Marcelo blocks it.
Princip lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marcelo backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Princip.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Princip creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Princip blocks an uppercut.

Marcelo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Marcelo.
Marcelo drops his hands momentarily and Princip takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marcelo tries to clinch but Princip moves out of range.
Marcelo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Princip missing with a left hand there. Marcelo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Louis Princip is winning the standup battle so far.
Princip scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Princip lands with a shot to the body.
Marcelo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Princip's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marcelo under the eye.
Marcelo takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip throws a series of punches but Marcelo moves out of range.

Marcelo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Princip looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Princip is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Marcelo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Marcelo is looking to take a break and control but Princip is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Marcelo is trying to get an arm triangle but Princip is defending well.
Marcelo trying to control the action but Princip is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marcelo in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Princip is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jorginho Marcelo!
Our winner, Jorginho Marcelo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Louis Princip was interviewed post fight and said 'Oh no, I lost! I'm not gonna get cut am I?'.