PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Marr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sir Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marr comes to the cage accompanied by Falls. Jericho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. clocks - coldplay techno remix kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marr
vs
Jericho

180 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

187 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Marr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sir Jericho!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jericho shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marr as he avoids it easily.
Jericho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marr scores with a body shot.
Marr blocks a head kick by Jericho.
Jericho lands an overhand right.
Jericho scores with a body shot.
Marr wants to clinch.
Marr lands a head kick!

It looks like Sir Jericho has been cut.
Jericho fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marr throws an overhand right that lands on Jericho's shoulder, as Jericho tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marr is looking to clinch.
Marr tries to clinch but Jericho moves out of range.
Marr lands a nice looking body kick.
Joe Marr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marr wants to clinch.
Jericho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marr tries for a takedown but Jericho sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jericho takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jericho stuffs the takedown attempt from Marr. Marr gets slowly back to his feet.

Jericho shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Marr tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jericho looking to control but Marr is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Marr throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jericho. What's that going to do exactly?
Jericho can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Marr is looking to escape.
Marr is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Marr is working hard here to advance position.
Marr wants to control but Jericho is having none of it.
Jericho really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Marr swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Marr regains half guard.
Marr 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho is keen to just control but Marr is a slippery customer.
Jericho scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Marr punching from the bottom.
Jericho wants to control but Marr is keeping him busy.
Jericho is pressing down on Marr's thigh, looking to free his foot. Marr is holding on for now.
Jericho is tying to control. Marr wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jericho working over Marr with some ground and pound. Marr looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marr slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Marr controls Jericho momentarily but Jericho frees himself.
Jericho connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jericho content to stall in guard here.

Marr is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Jericho rolls with it to try and escape but Marr cranks on the arm and Jericho is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joe Marr!