PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Pejkaiya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Marsh
vs
Pejkaiya

191 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
173 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ymer Clothing

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy Marsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Piotr Pejkaiya!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pejkaiya shoots in for a takedown but Marsh shows good takedown defense.
Pejkaiya tries to bum rush Marsh with a series of wild strikes but Marsh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pejkaiya shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Marsh but Marsh pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pejkaiya is looking to clinch.
Pejkaiya looks to score with a jab to the body but Marsh is just out of range.
Pejkaiya shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Marsh as he jumps to the side.
Randy Marsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piotr Pejkaiya.

Pejkaiya takes the fight into the clinch.
Pejkaiya struggles to land a body shot inside as Marsh controls his hands.
Marsh has Pejkaiya pressed against the cage.
Pejkaiya wants to take the fight to the mat but Marsh manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Pejkaiya drags the fight down to the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Marsh would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pejkaiya working a defensive guard here.
Marsh would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Pejkaiya tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pejkaiya is on top in guard.

Marsh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pejkaiya postures up in Marsh's guard and throws a big left but Marsh blocks it.
Pejkaiya wants to pass the guard but Marsh is keeping the position.
Marsh is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pejkaiya throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marsh works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pejkaiya has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pejkaiya wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.
Pejkaiya is looking to work some ground and pound but Marsh has wrist control.
Marsh keeping moving, preventing Pejkaiya from controlling successfully.
Pejkaiya landing some decent shots from guard.

Marsh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marsh lands a good elbow from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pejkaiya trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pejkaiya cracks Marsh with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pejkaiya trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pejkaiya pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marsh is keeping the position for now.
Pejkaiya's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Piotr Pejkaiya was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Pejkaiya misses with a few strikes there.
Marsh throws a body punch but Pejkaiya moves out of range.
Marsh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pejkaiya shoots for a double leg takedown but Marsh sprawls well. He's pushed Pejkaiya's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pejkaiya throws a series of punches but Marsh moves out of range.
Pejkaiya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marsh.
Marsh dodges the punch combination from Pejkaiya.
Marsh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pejkaiya counters with a right hand to the body.
Pejkaiya is looking to clinch but Marsh is avoiding it.
Marsh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pejkaiya lands with an overhand left.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Marsh gets tackled into the cage by Pejkaiya. Pejkaiya maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pejkaiya.
Pejkaiya tries to throw a body punch but Marsh avoids it by throwing Pejkaiya back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Pejkaiya dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Marsh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pejkaiya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pejkaiya is looking to land body kicks.
Marsh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pejkaiya manages to avoid it.
Marsh looks to land a left hand but Pejkaiya moved out of range nicely.
Marsh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pejkaiya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Piotr Pejkaiya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marsh missing with a left hand there. Pejkaiya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marsh lands an overhand right.
Pejkaiya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pejkaiya works over Marsh's head and body with a nice combination.
Pejkaiya is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Pejkaiya. Those never looked like landing.
Marsh looks to score with a jab to the body but Pejkaiya is just out of range.
Marsh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pejkaiya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marsh.
Marsh is looking to wear down Pejkaiya with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pejkaiya drops his hands momentarily and Marsh takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marsh stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Marsh wants it to stay on the feet.
Pejkaiya wants to clinch
and Marsh counters with a stiff right hand.

Pejkaiya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pejkaiya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pejkaiya struggles to land a body shot inside as Marsh controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Marsh can't find room to land a body shot as Pejkaiya controls the action.
Pejkaiya lands with a short shot to the head.
Marsh tries to throw a body punch but Pejkaiya avoids it by throwing Marsh back against the cage.
Pejkaiya effectively controlling the action here.
Pejkaiya throws an elbow that misses.
Marsh misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marsh.
Pejkaiya blocks a body shot from Marsh.
Marsh can't get the takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marsh misses with a punch on the inside.
Marsh blocking some punches.

Pejkaiya has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Marsh uses from the top position.

Pejkaiya throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Pejkaiya looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Marsh passes into side control.
Marsh tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pejkaiya gets back to half guard.
Pejkaiya regains full guard. Nicely done.
Marsh wants to stand but Pejkaiya has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pejkaiya pulls Marsh in to control the position.
Pejkaiya bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marsh's guard.
Pejkaiya wants to pass the guard but Marsh is keeping the position.
Pejkaiya trying to control but Marsh is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pejkaiya slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Marsh manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Pejkaiya pushes down on Marsh's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marsh wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsh won't allow Pejkaiya to pass to mount.
Pejkaiya winds up and cracks Marsh with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Piotr Pejkaiya has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marsh is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pejkaiya is looking to stall here but Marsh recovers full guard.
Pejkaiya forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Pejkaiya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Pejkaiya closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Marsh stops Pejkaiya from passing to mount.
Marsh is trying to get back to half guard.
Pejkaiya cracks Marsh with a big right hand but Marsh just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pejkaiya is putting a hurting on Marsh here, landing some big shots from side control.

Marsh is rocked!
Pejkaiya just content to control the position.
Oh Marsh is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pejkaiya moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pejkaiya working Marsh over with strikes here.
Marsh is squirming around, avoiding Pejkaiya's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pejkaiya is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pejkaiya lands a heavy elbow.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Pejkaiya! Marsh is hurt baaadly! Pejkaiya is firing away with more strikes - Marsh is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Pejkaiya!