PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel comes to the cage accompanied by The Wizard by Black Sabbath. Matthew Emanuel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Randy Marsh's chin.

Emanuel
vs
Marsh

187 cm
25
185 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
183 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marsh connects with a body shot that sends Emanuel's belly button to the back.
Marsh looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Marsh swings for the body but Emanuel moves out of range.
Emanuel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Emanuel stuffs the takedown attempt from Marsh. Marsh gets slowly back to his feet.
Marsh scores with a hook to the body. Emanuel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Emanuel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marsh to score with a decent uppercut.
Marsh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emanuel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marsh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emanuel.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Emanuel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel misses with a hook. Marsh ducked under it nicely.
Marsh falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marsh jabs at Emanuel's body.
Emanuel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marsh's calf.
Marsh scores with a hook to the body. Emanuel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marsh missing with a left hand there. Emanuel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Emanuel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Marsh will feel that in the morning.
Marsh misses with a hook.
Emanuel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Emanuel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh lands a jab to Emanuel's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsh thows a body shot but no joy.
Marsh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emanuel.
Emanuel misses the shot to the body.
Marsh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emanuel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marsh shoots in looking for a takedown. Emanuel tries to sprawl out of it but Marsh keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Emanuel manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Matthew Emanuel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Marsh.
Marsh fails with the takedown.

Marsh darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh is thwarting Emanuel's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marsh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marsh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Emanuel defending well though.
Emanuel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marsh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Emanuel defending well though.
Emanuel is not content to let Marsh control the position.
Emanuel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel is working hard here to advance position.
Marsh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Marsh passes the guard and advances to mount!
Marsh unloads with some shots from mount but Emanuel bucks and avoids them well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marsh scoring with strikes but Emanuel is staying in there.
Emanuel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Marsh fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Marsh landing strikes from the mount and Emanuel is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Marsh cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emanuel wants to hold on but Marsh pushes him away.
Emanuel is trying desperately to improve position.
Marsh scoring with strikes but Emanuel is staying in there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marsh working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Emanuel is rocked!
Emanuel tries to hold on but Marsh pushes him away.
Marsh looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Oh Emanuel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marsh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marsh drops a big elbow. That's hurt Emanuel! More shots from Marsh and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Marsh!
An out of breath and clearly excited Randy Marsh thanked [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).