PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Marquez (ranked 4690 p4p, 453 weight class) and Sergey Kostrov (ranked 2246 p4p, 277 weight class). Edwin Marquez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Marquez
vs
Kostrov

195 cm
23
180 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

170 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edwin Marquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Kostrov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marquez has Kostrov up against the ropes in a clinch.

Marquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kostrov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marquez.

Marquez pushes Kostrov up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kostrov misses with a knee to the head.
Marquez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kostrov avoiding damage as Marquez throws knees to the body.
Kostrov scores with a knee to the head.
Kostrov tries to land a knee to the head but Marquez blocks with his arms.
Kostrov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kostrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Marquez.
Kostrov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kostrov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kostrov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kostrov prevents a body shot from Marquez.
Marquez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marquez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Kostrov.
Marquez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marquez is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostrov is struggling to control the position.
Kostrov tries to stall but Marquez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marquez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kostrov is trying to stall.
Marquez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kostrov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marquez is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sergey Kostrov.
Kostrov throws a head kick that half lands.
Marquez misses with a low kick.
Kostrov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kostrov defending well as Marquez loads up on a big left hand.
Marquez throws a low kick, looking for Kostrov's leg but Kostrov calmly moves out of range.
Kostrov moves out of range of the body kick.
Marquez looks to land a left hand but Kostrov moved out of range nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kostrov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A telegraphed right hand from Marquez misses the target.
Marquez misses with an uppercut.

Marquez has Kostrov up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kostrov looking to throw knees to the head but Marquez is blocking nicely.

Marquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marquez misses with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marquez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kostrov in his tracks.
Nice cross by Kostrov.

Kostrov gets tackled into the ropes by Marquez. Marquez maintains the clinch.
Kostrov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kostrov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marquez backwards.

Marquez is rocked!
Kostrov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Oh Marquez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kostrov lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Marquez to his knees! Kostrov keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergey Kostrov!
After the fight, Sergey Kostrov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Edwin Marquez was interviewed post fight and said 'I hate your face. But, like, really. I really hate your face.'.