PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaromir Marek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young Tupac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marek comes to the cage accompanied by Riot by Three Days Grace. This should be fireworks!

Marek
vs
Tupac

187 cm
24
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
179 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaromir Marek !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Young Tupac!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marek gets caught flat footed, as Tupac shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tupacis looking to pass into half guard but Marek pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Marek is in guard.

Tupac is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marek is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tupac has a closed guard, preventing Marek from standing up.
Marek trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tupac throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Tupac escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marek gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marek wants to control from the top but Tupac keeps moving.

Tupac escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marek gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marek stands and steps away. Tupac gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tupac fails with a takedown attempt.
Tupac throws an overhand right that lands on Marek 's shoulder, as Marek tries to avoid the shot.
Tupac shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Marek as he jumps to the side.
A jab from Marek misses.
Marek stuffs the takedown attempt from Tupac. Tupac gets slowly back to his feet.
Jaromir Marek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Young Tupac.
Tupac looks gassed!
Horrible takedown by Tupac or perhaps it was just good defense by Marek which made him look bad.
Marek looks to land a right hand but Tupac moved out of range.
Tupac uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marek .
Marek throws the left hand but Tupac avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tupac uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marek .
Marek misses with a hook. Tupac ducked under it nicely.

Marek feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Tupac sprawling to the canvas! Tupac rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Marek finish him?!

It looks like Young Tupac has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tupac slips under a jab.
A jab from Marek misses.
A big left from Marek misses.
Marek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tupac.
Marek throws out a loose jab but Tupac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marek fails to land with a series of punches.
Marek misses with an uppercut.
Marek is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Marek misses with a few strikes there.
Tupac shoots in for a takedown but Marek shows good takedown defense.
A combination from Marek does no damage.
Marek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Marek misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tupac shoots in for a takedown but Marek shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tupac ducks under a wild hook from Marek .
Tupac tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Marek swivels and escapes.
Marek throws the left hand but Tupac avoids the punch easily.
Marek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tupac sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Marek misses.
Tupac throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Marek 's waist but Marek gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tupac off to one side.
Marek misses with a double jab.
Tupac uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marek .
Marek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice takedown defense from Marek . No joy for Tupac on that attempt.
Marek throws a lazy right hand but Tupac sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marek throws a right and a left that Tupac avoids nicely.
Tupac uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marek .
Marek throws a hook but Tupac blocks it.
Marek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Marek misses with a double jab.
Tupac shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marek pinned against the cage. Marek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Marek looks to land a left hand but Tupac moved out of range nicely.
Marek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marek looks to land a right hand but Tupac moved out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Marek checks a leg kick.
No joy there for Marek , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tupac steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marek .
Marek misses the jab.
No joy there for Tupac, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marek missing with a left hand there. Tupac was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Marek misses its intended target.
Tupac fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Tupac fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Marek sprawls well initially but Tupac persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaromir Marek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Young Tupac's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marek throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Marek misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Marek misses the target.
Tupac shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marek pinned against the cage. Marek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Marek misses with an uppercut.
Tupac slips a straight right by Marek .
Marek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tupac staying out of range there.
Tupac misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Marek lands a left and a right that send Tupac crashing to the mat, dazed. Marek thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Tupac is rocked!
Marek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tupac is still on wobbly legs! Can Marek finish him?
Horrible takedown by Tupac or perhaps it was just good defense by Marek which made him look bad.
Tupac seems to have recovered his senses.
Marek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tupac is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupac fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jaromir Marek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Young Tupac.
Marek throws a hook to the side of Tupac's head but Tupac sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marek looks to throw the jab but Tupac is out of range.
Tupac keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marek .
Tupac slips under a jab.
Tupac walks straight into a right hand from Marek - that's dropped him! Marek jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Tupac from any more punishment! Tupac complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jaromir Marek !