PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Marx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Hall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hall
vs
Marx

178 cm
24
184 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

177 cm
27
174 lbs
16 - 6 - 2

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Marx!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Hall
and Marx counters with a body kick that stops Hall in his tracks momentarily.
Marx swats away the attempt to clinch by Hall.
Marx with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marx shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hall stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Marx throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hall checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall stuffs the takedown attempt from Marx. Marx gets slowly back to his feet.
A cross from Hall lands.
Hall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hall duly obliges.
Marx keeps Hall at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Marx throws a wild body kick that Hall sees coming a mile off.
Marx moves out of range of the strikes.
Mark Marx seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marx pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marx throws a sloppy head kick and Hall moves out of range easily.
Marx pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hall blocks a head kick by Marx.
Marx wants to slow Hall down by chopping away at his legs.
Marx goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marx lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hall takes a step back to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hall takes a swing at Marx's ribcage but misses.
Marx lands a head kick!
Marx scores with a kick to the body.
Marx takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marx uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hall has time to react.
Horrible takedown by Marx or perhaps it was just good defense by Hall which made him look bad.
Marx misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marx misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Marx dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hall looks to land a combination but Marx avoids it well.
A clash of legs there as Hall blocks the low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Marx 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marx.
Marx looks to land a body kick but Hall moved away.
Mark Marx seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Marx scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hall pushes Marx off looking to stand but Marx dives back in and keeps control.
Hall keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hall avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marx.
Marx working Hall over with strikes.
Marx thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hall trying to control but Marx postures up.
Hall is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marx scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hall controlling the position for now.
Marx has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marx is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Marx can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hall is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall avoids a series of strikes thrown by Marx.
Marx thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Marx throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hall is wriggling around trying to escape.
Marx lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Marx.
Marx landing strikes from the mount and Hall is in trouble!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marx looking to finish with strikes here!
Hall is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx tries to control but Hall wriggling away.
Marx landing strikes from the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marx lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Marx lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hall really wants to buck Marx off and get back to his feet.
Marx landing punches.
Hall is looking to get to half guard.
Marx thowing shots but they're missing.
Marx scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hall?

Hall is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marx postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Hall bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Marx and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Marx!