PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ron Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoran Markovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lemieux's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sliwa. Markovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jimmy Cornett - Rollin 81 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lemieux
vs
Markovic

179 cm
36
135 lbs
35 - 8 - 1

168 cm
30
139 lbs
16 - 2 - 3

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ron Lemieux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Zoran Markovic!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markovic misses with a low kick as Lemieux jumps back.

Lemieux feints and as Markovic raises his hands in defense, Lemieux changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Markovic is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Lemieux dives into side control.
Lemieux will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Lemieux working away.
Lemieux lands a few punches from side control.
Lemieux scores with punches from side control.
Lemieux wants to control but Markovic is keeping him busy.
Lemieux tries to move into full mount but can't pass Markovic's legs.
Markovic taking a bit of punishment here - Lemieux scoring with strikes.
Lemieux in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Lemieux wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Markovic, who protects the arm well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux is looking to take a break and control but Markovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Lemieux tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lemieux has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lemieux tries to move into full mount but can't pass Markovic's legs.
Lemieux fails to land a wild elbow strike.
We've been hearing that Lemieux has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Lemieux tries to score with some ground and pound. Markovic controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Markovic is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Lemieux asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Lemieux looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Markovic is avoiding damage well.
Markovic is looking for a sweep.
Markovic trying to remain calm as Lemieux controls from the top position.
Markovic is not content to let Lemieux control the position.
Markovic defending against the ground and pound.
Markovic is pushing Lemieux's head away, looking to escape. Lemieux manages to hold on to the position though.
Lemieux fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lemieux is staying tight to Markovic's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux is looking to take a break and control but Markovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lemieux has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Markovic is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lemieux connects with a decent elbow.
Lemieux scoring with punches and elbows.
Markovic wants to control but Lemieux postures up.

Lemieux goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Markovic has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Lemieux but great work by Markovic.
Lemieux really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lemieux wants to control but Markovic postures up.
Lemieux is not content to let Markovic control the position.
Lemieux gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markovic is looking to take a break and control but Lemieux is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Markovic stands up out of the half guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Markovic. Lemieux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lemieux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Markovic.
Markovic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lemieux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Markovic.
Markovic lands a nice shot to the body.

Lemieux shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lemieux showed some decent athleticism there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lemieux sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Markovic defending well though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Markovic pushes Lemieux off and gets back to his feet.
Markovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lemieux.
Markovic throws an overhand right that lands on Lemieux's shoulder, as Lemieux tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Lemieux dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Markovic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Lemieux decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lemieux is keen to just control but Markovic is a slippery customer.
The fighters are battling for position here. Markovic manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lemieux wants to pass the guard but Markovic is keeping the position.
Markovic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Markovic pushes Lemieux off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lemieux walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Markovic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Markovic scores with a decent looking hook.
Lemieux has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Markovic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lemieux shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lemieux showed some decent athleticism there.
Lemieux wants to pass the guard but Markovic is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Lemieux.
Lemieux works his way into full mount!
Lemieux throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lemieux raining down shots from the mount!
Markovic is bucking up trying to escape but Lemieux cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Markovic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Lemieux is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Markovic is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Markovic flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Lemieux anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Markovic and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Lemieux slips an arm under Markovic chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Lemieux has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Lemieux is squeezing on Markovic like an anaconda would it's prey. Markovic fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ron Lemieux!
Ron Lemieux decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.