PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between MR T (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Marianos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marianos has chosen Duran Duran - Wildboys as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

T
vs
Marianos

195 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
210 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE
Win Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, MR T!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arturo Marianos!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marianos tries to close the distance and clinch up but T swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Marianos clinches.

Marianos breaks the clinch.
Marianos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
T cracks Marianos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Marianos tries to move into range but T moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

A jab-cross combination lands for T and sends Marianos crashing to the mat! T follows him down to the mat - Marianos regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

T stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Marianos to get to his feet.
Marianos wants to clinch.
T looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marianos tries to close the distance and clinch but T swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

T drops Marianos with a right and a left! T comes rushing in but Marianos regains his composure and manages to keep T in guard.
T wants to stand but Marianos is controlling his posture from full guard.

T gets to his feet - Marianos follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marianos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Marianos tries to clinch up but T circles away and keeps his distance.
Marianos misses with a head kick.
Marianos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but T circles away quickly and effectively.
T lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice body punch from T.
Marianos looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marianos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Marianos gets cracked there but stands up to it.

T drops Marianos with a left and a right! Oh, Marianos is hurt - T dives into side control looking to finish!

Marianos is rocked!

T decides to stand back up. T steps back and let's Marianos get back to his feet.
Marianos is still on wobbly legs! Can T finish him?
T stuns Marianos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marianos seems to have recovered his senses.
Marianos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
T lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Marianos can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from T and Marianos drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by T.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). MR T!