PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hawk Hollow (ranked 3038 p4p, 2986 weight class) and Brooke Marsden (ranked 347 p4p, 342 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Marsden's choice of entrance music: Lunatic Fringe. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hollow
vs
Marsden

169 cm
30
154
10 - 5 - 1

170 cm
34
143
18 - 20 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hawk Hollow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brooke Marsden!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsden lands a two punch combo.
Marsden throws a leg kick
letting Hollow counter with a right hand.
Hollow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hollow with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marsden to score with a decent uppercut.
Marsden connects with a looping right hand.
Hollow throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marsden makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marsden tries to close the distance and clinch but Hollow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marsden throws a hook to the side of Hollow's head but Hollow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marsden.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hollow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marsden.
Hollow appears to be looking for a big counter.
Marsden tests Hollow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marsden moves in looking to clinch but Hollow pushes him off.
Hollow half committed to a counter leg kick.
Brooke Marsden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsden throws a poor cross that misses
and Hollow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Hollow moves into the clinch successfully.
Hollow struggles to land a body shot inside as Marsden controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden misses with some punches.
Marsden swings wildly with an uppercut but Hollow uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Hollow on the inside.
Hollow pushes Marsden back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marsden lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hollow backwards.
Hollow keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marsden's efforts to push away.
Marsden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marsden takes a shot to the head.
Marsden lands an uppercut.
Hollow gets through Marsden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marsden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marsden misses with a punch on the inside.
Marsden is trying to force a seperation but Hollow has the dominant position.
Marsden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hollow has Marsden pressed against the cage, preventing Marsden from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hollow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marsden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hollow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marsden backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marsden misses with a punch on the inside.
Hollow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hollow tries a body shot but Marsden blocks it.
A short right from Hollow.
Marsden is looking to break free of the clinch but Hollow has double underhooks.
Hollow blocks the elbow strike.
Hollow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marsden wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marsden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Hollow.

Marsden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Marsden scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Marsden is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Marsden really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hollow. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hollow manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Marsden is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Hollow has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Marsden is looking to defend but Hollow has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Marsden! Hollow pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Marsden taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Hawk Hollow!
After winning the bout, Hawk Hollow thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.