PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Biggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mordechai Marx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Biggs
vs
Marx

189 cm
26
233 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

193 cm
31
270 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Biggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mordechai Marx!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biggs is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Marx misses the target.
Marx looks to score with a jab to the body but Biggs is just out of range.
Biggs lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marx throws a hook to the side of Biggs's head but Biggs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Biggs scores with a nice right hand.
Biggs goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Mordechai Marx has been cut.
Biggs shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Biggs lands with a slapping head kick.
Marx waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Biggs.
Biggs connects with a leg kick. Marx looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Marx takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Biggs scores with a leg kick.
Marx is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Biggs.
Marx 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.
A clash of legs there as Marx blocks the low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Biggs.
Biggs cracks Marx with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marx staying out of range there.
Biggs throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marx connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marx missing with a left hand there. Biggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marx takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Marx steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Biggs. That one must have hurt.
Biggs lands a front kick.
Marx looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Biggs has closed the distance and engaged Marx in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Biggs.
Biggs lands a damaging elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Biggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Biggs lands with a left to the head.
Biggs lands a damaging elbow.
Marx is trying to break the clinch but Biggs has him pressed against the cage.
Biggs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marx avoiding damage as Biggs throws knees to the body.
Marx is trying to force a seperation but Biggs has the dominant position.
Marx avoiding damage as Biggs throws knees to the body.
Biggs lands a hook that snaps the head of Marx backwards.
Marx tries to circle away but Biggs has him pinned against the cage.
Biggs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marx avoids it.
Marx wants to break free but Biggs has control.
Biggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Marx's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Biggs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marx avoids it.
Biggs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marx.
Marx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biggs blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Biggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Biggs missing with knees to the body.
Marx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Biggs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marx is defending well for now.
Biggs has a couple of punches blocked by Marx.
Marx is trying to break the clinch but Biggs has him pressed against the cage.
Marx blocks the elbow strike.
Biggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Biggs comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marx blocks an uppercut.
Marx can't break the clinch.
Marx is trying to break the clinch but Biggs is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Biggs scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marx wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Biggs scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marx working hard to break the clinch.
Biggs effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marx avoids the elbow strike from Biggs, against the cage.
Biggs misses with an elbow strike.
Biggs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marxs head.
Biggs misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Marx's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Biggs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marx is defending well for now.
Biggs is trying to maintain a safe position but Marx gets an underhook and turns Biggs into the cage.
Biggs misses with a punch to the body.
Marx wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Biggs misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marx managing to block the knees to the body from Biggs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marx blocks an elbow strike from Biggs.

Marx manages to break the clinch.
Marx misses with a wild body shot.
Marx throws a sloppy head kick and Biggs moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Biggs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mordechai Marx's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Marx swings for the body but Biggs moves out of range.

Biggs closes the distance and pushes Marx back into the cage.

Marx pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Biggs moves out of range as Marx strikes.
Biggs throws a leg kick but Marx checks it.
Marx 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.
Good work by Marx as he checks the leg kick.
Marx misses with a straight right.
Biggs fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Marx swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Biggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Biggs throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marx misses with a hook. Biggs ducked under it nicely.
Biggs throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marx stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marx pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Biggs.
Marx is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marx walks into a stiff left hand from Biggs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Biggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Marx misses with a straight right.
Marx tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Marx walks into a straight right hand from Biggs.
Marx throws a head kick that misses.
Marx takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Biggs is looking to clinch.
Willy Biggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Biggs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mordechai Marx seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Biggs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marx.
Biggs connects with a high kick.

That has opened up Mordechai Marx's cut even more.
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!
Marx slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Biggs cracks the inside of Marx's front leg.
Biggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marx swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marx throws a lazy right hand but Biggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marx throws a hook but Biggs blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biggs cracks Marx with a good jab.
Biggs throws a leg kick which misses Marx's front leg but catches the back leg as Marx tries to avoid it.
A left lands for Marx.
Marx avoids the body shot from Biggs.
Biggs lands with an overhand left.
Biggs gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Biggs throws a leg kick which misses Marx's front leg but catches the back leg as Marx tries to avoid it.

Biggs has closed the distance and engaged Marx in a clinch.
Biggs tries to throw a body punch but Marx avoids it by throwing Biggs back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Marx.
Marx avoids a wild elbow strike from Biggs.
Biggs works on Marx's body with a couple of short punches.
Biggs lands an elbow just above Marx 's eye.
Marx blocks an elbow strike from Biggs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Biggs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Biggs scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Biggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Biggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marx can do to turn this around?
Marx wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Biggs avoiding damage.
Marx's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Biggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Biggs misses with the head strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Biggs.
Biggs gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Mordechai Marx's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Biggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Willy Biggs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Biggs lands an elbow just above Marx 's eye.
Marx has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Biggs here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Marx has Biggs pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggs lands an elbow inside.
Marx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marx misses with the head strike.
Biggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marx's elbow.
Biggs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marx is trying to break the clinch but Biggs is controlling him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Biggs blocks an uppercut.
Marx wants to stall.
A shot in the inside from Biggs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marx avoiding damage as Biggs throws knees to the body.
Biggs lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Biggs trying to land knees to the body.
Biggs throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Biggs dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mordechai Marx's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Marx doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Biggs misses.
Marx misses with a body punch
and Biggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marx is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Biggs.
A big left from Marx misses.
Marx misses with an uppercut
and Biggs counters with a good, hard body kick but Marx shrugs it off.
Biggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marx swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Biggs scores with a nice body kick.
Marx on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marx throws the left hand but Biggs avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Biggs moves out of range as Marx strikes.
Biggs fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marx looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Biggs works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marx takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marx misses with an uppercut. Biggs saw that one coming.
Marx takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Biggs throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Biggs cracks a nice hook into Marx's ribs.
Marx 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.
Biggs lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marx takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Biggs clinches with his opponent.
Biggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Marx controls his hands.
Biggs lands a left hand.
Biggs tries to land knees in the clinch but Marx avoids the damage to the body.
Biggs lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Biggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Biggs lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Biggs scores with a shot to the side of Marx's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marx avoids a wild elbow strike from Biggs.
Biggs lands an elbow that stopped Marx in his tracks for a moment.

Mordechai Marx's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biggs landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Biggs scores with a shot to the side of Marx's head.
Biggs is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Biggs.
Biggs pushes off an throws an elbow but Marx leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marx wants to get back to striking at distance but Biggs won't allow it.
Biggs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Biggs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marxs head.
Biggs scores with a shot to the side of Marx's head.
Marx on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Biggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marx's elbow.
Marx avoids the elbow strike from Biggs, against the cage.
Biggs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Biggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marx blocks the elbow strike.
Biggs missing with knees to the body.
Biggs is trying to stall.

Marx breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marx scores with a jab.
Willy Biggs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Biggs thumps Marx with a low kick.
Biggs lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marx throws a body punch but Biggs moves out of range.
Marx works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A head kick misses from Biggs.
Biggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marx chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Biggs can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marx smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Biggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marx manages to avoid it.
Marx thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marx swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Biggs throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mordechai Marx has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marx misses the jab.
Biggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Marx misses with a series of wild punches.
Biggs jabs at Marx's body.
Marx looks to score with a jab to the body but Biggs is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Biggs misses with a head kick.

Biggs closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marx wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Biggs has him pressed against the cage.
Marx swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willy Biggs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Biggs 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willy Biggs!
A relieved looking Willy Biggs thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.