PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eliah Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Street Swag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshal kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Remember the name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marshal
vs
Swag

179 cm
27
161 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

180 cm
30
170 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Grand Royal Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eliah Marshal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Street Swag!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Swag closes the distance and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marshal.

It looks like Street Swag has been cut.
Swag doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Swag lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marshal backwards.
Swag lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marshal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marshal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swag avoids it.
Marshal misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Swag or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Swag.
Swag misses with a hook to the ribs.
Swag misses with the head strike.
Marshal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swag throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marshal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swag's brow.
Marshal is working Swag over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Marshal.
Swag looking to stall.
Swag tries a body shot but Marshal blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swag makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marshal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Swag looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Swag lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marshal.
Marshal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshal scores with a shoulder strike.
Marshal misses with an elbow strike.
Marshal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swag avoids it.
Marshal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marshal lands a shoulder strike.
Marshal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swag.
Marshal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marshal struggles to land a body shot inside as Swag controls his hands.
Swag dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marshal working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marshal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Swag struggles to land a body shot inside as Marshal controls his hands.
Swag working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short left from Marshal.
Swag working aggressively here.
Marshal misses with a knee strike.
Swag misses with an elbow over the top.
Marshal slowing the pace effectively.
Marshal working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Swag is rocked!
Marshal tries to land knees in the clinch but Swag avoids the damage to the body.
Swag is still on wobbly legs! Can Marshal finish him?
Swag lands a body punch in the clinch.
Swag seems to have recovered his senses.
Swag throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Swag.
Swag misses with some punches.
Swag working aggressively here.
Marshal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marshal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Swag lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Swag pushes off an throws an elbow but Marshal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marshal trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Swag.
Swag working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Swag fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swag misses with a punch on the inside.
Swag misses with a hook from the clinch.
Swag taking a breather.
Marshal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshal blocks the elbow strike.
A short left from Marshal.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marshal.
Marshal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Swag on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swag blocks an elbow strike from Marshal.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marshal.
Swag fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Swag.
Swag lands with a right to the head.
Swag scores with a shot to the side of Marshal's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swag dodges an elbow strike from Marshal.
Swag lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Marshal.
Swag is trying to maintain a safe position but Marshal gets an underhook and turns Swag into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swag misses with a knee strike.
Swag goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marshal throws an elbow but it misses.
Swag lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Marshal.
Swag swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marshal trying to land knees to the body.
Swag misses with a body punch.
Swag misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshal avoiding damage as Swag throws knees to the body.
Marshal tries a knee to the head but Swag blocks it.
Swag blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marshal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swag has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marshal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Swag backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Swag fails to land.
Swag lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marshal throws an elbow but it misses.
Swag tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marshal avoids it.
A short uppercut from Swag.
Marshal with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marshal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Street Swag will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Street Swag's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marshal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Swag is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Marshal.
Swag cracks the inside of Marshal's front leg.
Swag throws an overhand right that lands on Marshal's shoulder, as Marshal tries to avoid the shot.
Good work by Marshal as he checks the leg kick.
Swag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marshal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Swag checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marshal misses with a leg kick.
Swag takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Swag takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marshal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Swag fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swag throws a wild body kick that Marshal sees coming a mile off.
Street Swag is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marshal throws a hook but Swag avoids it easily.
Swag tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Marshal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marshal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Swag moves away.
Marshal is looking to clinch.
Marshal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marshal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Marshal.
Marshal throws a hook to the side of Swag's head but Swag sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marshal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good shot there by Marshal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marshal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Marshal throws an overhand right that lands on Swag's shoulder, as Swag tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheers as Marshal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Swag doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swag tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marshal dips to his left and cracks Swag with an uppercut!
Marshal misses with a lunging right hand
and Swag counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Marshal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marshal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swag.
Swag takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marshal's corner calls for a 1-2. Marshal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Marshal.
A swing and a miss from Marshal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swag misses with a shot to the body
and Marshal counters with a nice body kick.
Eliah Marshal is winning the standup battle so far.
Swag throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marshal lands with a good body shot.
Marshal throws the kick towards the body but Swag avoids it.
Marshal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Marshal.

Swag instigates a clinch.
Swag tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marshal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Swag goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Swag.
A short right from Marshal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marshal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Marshal.
Swag misses with the head strike.
Street Swag seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swag goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Marshal.
Swag fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marshal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swag backwards.
Marshal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swag avoiding damage as Marshal throws knees to the body.
Swag on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marshal digs a right hand underneath Swag's ribcage. Swag let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marshal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marshal obliges.

Marshal drops Swag onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Swag is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Marshal throws an elbow that misses.
Marshal blocking some punches.
Swag tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marshal avoids it.
Marshal lands a big right hand that drops Swag! The killer instinct kicks in and Marshal finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Marshal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eliah Marshal!
Eliah Marshal retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Eliah Marshal thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.