PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vecheslav Gurin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliah Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gurin comes to the cage accompanied by Dolphin - I Will Live. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gurin
vs
Marshal

170 cm
25
145 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Determined

KAISER
Fighters First Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vecheslav Gurin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Eliah Marshal!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gurin. Marshal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gurin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marshal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gurin moves away.
Gurin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gurin cracks Marshal with an open hand slap.
Marshal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gurin.
Gurin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marshal counters with a series of strikes. Gurin will be more careful next time no doubt.

Marshal rushes Gurin and pushes him back against the cage in a 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!
Gurin tries to pull guard but Marshal holds him up against the cage and eventually Gurin drops back down to his feet.
Marshal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gurin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marshal just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marshal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marshal connects with a knee to the head.
Marshal lands an elbow inside that Gurin shrugs off.
Gurin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vecheslav Gurin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gurin fails to pull guard.
Marshal lands an elbow inside that Gurin shrugs off.
Gurin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Marshal to keep the fight standing.
Gurin jumps guard but Marshal turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gurin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gurin jumps guard but Marshal stands there with Gurin around his waist. Gurin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gurin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marshal just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gurin jumps guard but Marshal turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Marshal is stalling here.
Gurin fails to pull guard.
Gurin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marshal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gurin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gurin is breathing heavily.
Marshal working Gurin over with knees to the body.
Marshal with a knee to the head.
Marshal lands a knee to the head.
Marshal presses Gurin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Marshal.
Marshal holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Marshal connects with a knee to the head.
Marshal unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gurin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marshal lands a shot to the body.
Marshal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gurin's defenses.
Marshal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gurin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Marshal to keep the fight standing.
Marshal is leaning against Gurin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marshal stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marshal landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marshal digs a right hand underneath Gurin's ribcage. Gurin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marshal.
Marshal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gurin's defenses.
Marshal has Gurin pushed against the cage.
Marshal unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marshal with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marshal landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marshal stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal landing knees to the head.
Marshal landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marshal lands an elbow just above Gurin 's eye.
Marshal with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Gurin is rocked!
Marshal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marshal unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marshal just leaning against Gurin, taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marshal.
Gurin takes a shot to the head.
Marshal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marshal is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gurin tries to pull guard but Marshal won't allow it.
Marshal is pushing Gurin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gurin's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marshal crunches a lovely knee into Gurin's ribcage.
Gurin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marshal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marshal connects with a knee to the head.
Gurin tries to pull guard but Marshal forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Marshal lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oh Gurin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marshal unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marshal landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marshal lands a good knee to the midsection. Gurin won't want to take too many of those.
Gurin seems to have got his legs back now.
Marshal is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Marshal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gurin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gurin being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eliah Marshal dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Marshal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marshal stalling.
Gurin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marshal just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gurin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marshal walks away with a smile on his face. Gurin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marshal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vecheslav Gurin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshal lands a nice hook to Gurin's body. Gurin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gurin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Marshal has Gurin up against the cage in a clinch.
Marshal slowing the pace effectively.
Gurin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vecheslav Gurin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gurin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marshal walks away with a smile on his face. Gurin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marshal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Decent striking displayed by Gurin there.
Gurin gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Marshal gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Gurin is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eliah Marshal!