PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Kendall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Marsh
vs
Kendall

180 cm
36
183 lbs
28 - 24 - 0

176 cm
33
173 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

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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 28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Marsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Kendall!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kendall scores with a kick to the midsection.
Marsh slips under a jab.
Kendall lands a slapping body shot.
Marsh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kendall manages to avoid it.
Marsh throws a good cross that connects.
Marsh definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A swing and a miss from Marsh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kendall, right into the meat.
Marsh throws a looping overhand right but Kendall ducks down to avoid it.
Marsh avoids the head kick by Kendall.
Marsh moves out of range of the body kick from Kendall.
Kendall staying out of range there.
Marsh misses with a straight right.
Marsh dives in and grabs Kendall's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kendall pushes down on Marsh's head and hops out.
Marsh staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kendall with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marsh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kendall jabs Marsh right on the nose. Marsh blinks but takes it well.
Kendall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsh moves away.
Kendall thows a body shot but no joy.
Kendall throws a push kick but Marsh slaps the foot to one side.
Marsh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kendall. That's going to slow Marsh down.
Marsh tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kendall swivels and escapes.
Marsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kendall walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kendall defending well as Marsh loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh misses with a body shot.
Marsh misses with a series of wild punches.
Kendall blocks a jab.
Kendall looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kendall lands a slapping body shot.
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!
A solid body kick from Kendall.
Marsh checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Decent striking displayed by Kendall there.
Marsh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kendall.
Marsh takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Randy Marsh has been cut.
Kendall stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kendall wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Marsh. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kendall looks to land a right hand but Marsh moved out of range.
Kendall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kendall.
Kendall just misses with a punch to the body.
Kendall takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kendall goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marsh scores with a hook.
Kendall tries for a takedown but Marsh sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kendall throws a head kick that Marsh semi-blocks.
Marsh bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kendall's head.
Kendall is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Marsh rather than just go for the knockout.
Marsh lands with a cross.
Marsh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Marsh shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
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!
Marsh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marsh postures up.
Kendall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marsh is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marsh postures up.
Marsh throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Kendall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Marsh's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Marsh throws a hook but Kendall avoids it easily.
Marsh thuds a left hand into Kendall's body.

Marsh gets a double leg takedown into Kendall's guard.
Marsh trying to control but Kendall is working from the bottom.
Kendall controls Marsh momentarily but Marsh frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kendall is on top in guard.
Kendall trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marsh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kendall wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kendall.
Kendall wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chris Kendall was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Kendall stuns Marsh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marsh throws a right hand that Kendall ducks under and follows up with a left that Kendall also avoids with ease.
Marsh lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kendall throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Marsh counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kendall's guard now.
Marsh trying to control the position from guard on top but Kendall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marsh stopping the sweep attempt from Kendall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh tries to free his leg and advance position but Kendall is retaining full guard.
Kendall lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kendall postures up.
Kendall throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kendall trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marsh pulls Kendall in close to prevent any damage.
Kendall looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kendall wants to control from the top but Marsh keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Marsh is on top in guard.
Kendall keeping moving, preventing Marsh from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kendall is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Marsh landing with the ground and pound.
Marsh advances position into side control!
Kendall can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kendall is looking to reverse the position.
Marsh advances to mount.
Marsh trying to control but Kendall is having none of it.
Kendall keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Marsh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Marsh's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Marsh feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kendall seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Marsh sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Marsh passes into half guard.
Marsh passes to full mount!
Kendall slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Kendall tries to roll over but Marsh keeps him under control.
Marsh tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kendall knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh prevents Kendall from improving his position.
Marsh frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kendall tries to hold on but Marsh pushes him away.
Marsh looking to control but Kendall is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Marsh scoring with strikes but Kendall is staying in there.
Marsh postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kendall looks a forlorn figure.
Kendall keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kendall is in a horrible position here. Marsh smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kendall is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kendall is still trying to improve position.
Marsh controlling from the full mount.
Kendall working to try and regain half guard.
Marsh tries to control but Kendall wriggling away.
Kendall really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kendall regains half guard.
Marsh lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Marsh content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Randy Marsh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kendall avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marsh.
Kendall taking some punishment here, with Marsh in his half guard.
Kendall is trying to get back to full guard.
Marsh wants to free his trapped foot but Kendall is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kendall tries to get to full guard but Marsh has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kendall won't allow Marsh to pass to mount.
Kendall moves into full guard.
Marsh looking to pass the guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kendall lands a decent punch to the body there.
Marsh works over Kendall with some ground and pound from guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marsh slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kendall prevents Marsh from improving position.
Kendall is trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Marsh showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marsh has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Marsh!
A victorious Randy Marsh thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.