PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Bean Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Marks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bean Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Personal Jesus. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Carl Marks was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bean Jr
vs
Marks

186 cm
21
174 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

182 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Bean Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Marks!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marks shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Marks looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Marks's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marks is pressing down on Bean Jr's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bean Jr is holding on for now.
Bean Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marks on the ground.
Marks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bean Jr has hold of Marks's hands but Marks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bean Jr blocking the ground and pound attempt from Marks.
Bean Jr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Marks is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Bean Jr is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Carl Marks!
Carl Marks really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that AMPLIFY logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.