PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Marques (ranked 1509 p4p, 171 weight class) and Tyson Pearson (ranked 2872 p4p, 320 weight class). Marques's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Raining Blood. Pearson has chosen Drop The Bombshell as his entrance music. Tyson Pearson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marques
vs
Pearson

191 cm
35
185 lbs
12 - 11 - 1

180 cm
28
185 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

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 12 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson lands a nice hook to Marques's body. Marques takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pearson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Billy Marques has been cut.
Pearson tries to clinch there but Marques circles away.
Marques thuds a left hand into Pearson's body.
Marques walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pearson.
Pearson misses with a lunging right hand

and Marques counters by clinching up.
Pearson stalling.
Pearson struggles to land a body shot inside as Marques controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Pearson.
Pearson digs a right hand into Marques's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marques's gas tank.
Pearson misses with a punch to the body.
Pearson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pearson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marques lands a body punch.
A short right from Pearson.
Pearson lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pearson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pearson digs a right hand into Marques's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marques's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Marques fails to land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pearson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Marques seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pearson can turn it around.
Pearson tries a body shot but Marques blocks it.
Pearson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pearson lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pearson.
Marques throws a head punch that misses.
Marques tries to work over Pearson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pearson pushes Marques back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Marques is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marques.
Oh Marques is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pearson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marques misses with a body punch.
Pearson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearson misses with the head strike.
Pearson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marques backwards.
Pearson pushes Marques against the cage. Pearson is working some dirty boxing. Pearson pushes off with a quick right hook! Marques goes down! Marques tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Pearson moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyson Pearson!
Tyson Pearson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Billy Marques was interviewed post fight and said 'I would like to apologize to my fans for what they witnessed here tonight. I am A LOT better than what you all seen here, trust me, the next time I step inside this octagon, you will witness something you've never seen before. MARK MY WORDS!'.