PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ravikumar Conradipakur (ranked 6149 p4p, 3953 weight class) and Mason Marmot (ranked 643 p4p, 0 weight class). Mason Marmot has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ravikumar Conradipakur's chin.

Conradipakur
vs
Marmot

182 cm
18
200
2 - 6 - 0

175 cm
26
180
4 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ravikumar Conradipakur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mason Marmot !
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marmot fails to land the takedown.
Conradipakur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marmot manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marmot with the counter takedown but Conradipakur avoids it easily.
Ravikumar Conradipakur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conradipakur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marmot manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Conradipakur fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marmot , pushing him back against the cage.
Conradipakur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marmot avoids a wild elbow strike from Conradipakur.
Marmot told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Conradipakur just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marmot 's brow.
Marmot changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Conradipakur fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Marmot looks winded!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marmot .
Ravikumar Conradipakur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mason Marmot .

Conradipakur fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marmot , pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conradipakur holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Conradipakur lands a nice elbow.
Conradipakur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marmot blocks the elbow strike.
Conradipakur definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Conradipakur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marmot blocks an elbow strike from Conradipakur.
Conradipakur trying to land knees to the body.
Marmot takes an elbow to the temple.
Conradipakur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marmot 's defenses.

It looks like Mason Marmot has been cut.
Conradipakur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Conradipakur lands a damaging elbow.
Conradipakur lands an elbow that stopped Marmot in his tracks for a moment.
Marmot takes an elbow to the temple.

Marmot is rocked!
Conradipakur has Marmot pressed against the cage. He pushes Marmot back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Conradipakur throws a beautiful elbow that sends Marmot crashing to the floor! Conradipakur piles on the pressure with more strikes! Marmot is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ravikumar Conradipakur!
During a confident post fight interview, Ravikumar Conradipakur thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.