PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Marx (ranked 4835 p4p, 2970 weight class) and Mr Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Marx
vs
Roberts

190 cm
25
285
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
300
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Karl Marx!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mr Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marx shoots in and bounces Roberts off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Marx connects with a couple of short punches.
Marx lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Marx defends it easily.
Marx engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Roberts not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marx is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marx is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marx lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marx postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Marx stays in close to Roberts's body and controls the position.
Marx postures up.
Roberts tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marx's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Marx postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Roberts looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Marx is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marx makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Marx thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Roberts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marx. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Marx scoring with some ground and pound.
Marx showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marx makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marx sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx forces his way into half guard.
Marx slows the pace down in half guard.
Marx scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Marx content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ground and pound from Marx.
Marx is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marx working over Roberts with some ground and pound. Roberts looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marx landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Marx seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Roberts has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marx is working away from the top position though.
Marx 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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Marx in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Roberts tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Marx!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Karl Marx!
Mr Roberts was interviewed post fight and said 'No'.