PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Marius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Loosem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marius comes to the cage accompanied by My World - Dale Oliver. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Marius
vs
Loosem

183 cm
24
213 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

190 cm
28
217 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Marius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Loosem!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Loosem.

It looks like Alexander Marius has been cut.
Loosem looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Marius throws a leg kick but Loosem sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Marius throws a low kick but it's checked well by Loosem.
Marius tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loosem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marius is looking to clinch but Loosem is avoiding it.
Loosem throws out a loose jab but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loosem throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marius counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Marius paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Loosem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loosem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Loosem throws a big shot that misses.
Marius scoring well with a low kick there.
Loosem misses with a left hand
and Marius counters with a slapping leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Marius. Beautiful body shot.
Loosem scores with a sloppy right hand. Marius should have avoided that one.
A bone on bone clash there as Loosem blocks the leg kick.
Marius shoots in for a takedown but Loosem shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marius lands with an uppercut that bounces Loosem off the cage and back into range.
Marius moves in looking to clinch but Loosem pushes him off.
Marius connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marius lands with a straight right. Loosem didn't see that one coming.
Marius connects with a jab.

Marius has Loosem up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Loosem wants to break free but Marius has control.
Loosem has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Loosem has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marius has Loosem pressed against the cage, preventing Loosem from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marius lands a knee to the body.
Loosem wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marius tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Loosem avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marius.

Loosem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marius defending well as Loosem loads up on a big left hand.
Loosem takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marius lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loosem's sensitive parts.
Marius throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Loosem misses with a wild body shot.
Loosem keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Marius. That's going to slow Loosem down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Marius lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Loosem has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Loosem and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marius feints and then cracks Loosem's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Loosem down.
Marius feints and then cracks Loosem's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Loosem down.

Marius clinches up against the cage.
Marius gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marius misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loosem is trying to push Marius away but Marius has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Loosem tries to circle away but Marius has him pinned against the cage.
Marius lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Marius dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Marius's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A nice leg kick lands there from Marius.
Loosem misses with a right hand
and Marius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marius ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good standup being displayed there by Marius as he connects with a hook.
Loosem misses with an uppercut
and Marius counters with a slapping leg kick.
Winston Loosem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loosem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danga de danga de dang - Loosem scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marius shoots in and drives through. Loosem sprawls well.
Marius misses with an uppercut. Loosem saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marius darts in and clinches Loosem up against the cage.
Marius throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loosem blocks it with crossed arms.
Loosem wants to break free but Marius has control.
Marius has Loosem pressed against the cage, preventing Loosem from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marius missing with knees to the body.

Loosem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alexander Marius is winning the standup battle so far.
Marius gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Loosem drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Loosem walks into a left hand.

Marius drives through and clinches with Loosem against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loosem wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Loosem wants to break free but Marius has control.
Loosem dodges an elbow strike from Marius.
Marius pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Marius.
Marius lands an uppercut.

Loosem breaks the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
No joy there for Loosem, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Loosem misses with an uppercut

and Marius counters with a single leg into guard. Loosem didn't expect that.

Loosem has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Marius is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Loosem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loosem looking for a sweep but Marius has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Loosem working to try and regain half guard.
Loosem's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Loosem wants to hold on but Marius pushes him away.
Loosem is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loosem tries to hold on but Marius pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marius punishing his opponent with strikes.
Loosem is looking to improve his position but Marius isn't that keen on the idea.
Loosem is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Loosem is breathing heavily.
Marius connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Marius is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Loosem is surviving well by controlling Marius's body position as best he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loosem wants to control but Marius is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loosem is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Marius is staying active.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Marius will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Marius's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Marius fakes the leg kick and cracks Loosem in the body.
Loosem might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Marius throws a hook to the side of Loosem's head but Loosem sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marius moves in looking to clinch but Loosem pushes him off.
Marius throws a hook but Loosem blocks it.
Marius shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Loosem looks to land a left hand but Marius moved out of range nicely.
Marius wants to clinch up but Loosem keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the body from Loosem misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marius tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marius lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Loosem at a distance.
Loosem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marius.
A slow jab from Loosem misses its intended target.
Loosem swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Marius gets a clinch.
Loosem wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marius comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marius tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Loosem tries to break free but Marius pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marius just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loosem's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marius lands an uppercut.

Loosem breaks the clinch.
Marius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Loosem.
Marius ducks under a wild hook from Loosem.
Marius bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Loosem's head backwards.
Loosem takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marius scoring well with a low kick there.
Loosem misses with a left hand
and Marius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marius scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marius getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Marius connects with a leg kick. Loosem looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Loosem throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marius counters with a right hand to the body.
Loosem looks to throw the jab but Marius is out of range.
Loosem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A clash of legs there as Loosem blocks the low kick.
Marius misses the jab.
Loosem 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.
Loosem's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marius looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Loosem swings widly with a right hand
and Marius counters with an outside leg kick.
Marius goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Marius lands with an overhand left.
Marius takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Winston Loosem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marius misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marius fails with a takedown attempt.
Marius scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Loosem doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Marius showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marius has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Marius!