PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcell Brice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kivi Virtane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brice
vs
Virtane

160 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
207 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcell Brice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kivi Virtane!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virtane shoots for a double leg takedown but Brice sprawls well. He's pushed Virtane's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brice slaps away a takedown attempt from Virtane, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Brice closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Virtane is staying active underneath Brice, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brice perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Brice scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brice not doing much here.
Brice not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brice with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Brice throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brice sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Virtane defending well though.
Brice really is a fat lump.

Brice is looking for a kimura here.
Virtane is not content to let Brice control the position.
Brice knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Virtane on the ground.
Brice tries to stand and escape but Virtane is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Virtane with a lazy takedown attempt

and Brice counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Marcell Brice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kivi Virtane.
Brice trying to mount his opponent but Virtane defends it.
Brice throws a strike but Virtane avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtane scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Brice seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Virtane had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Brice is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Virtane Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Brice's back instead.
Brice tries to escape the position.
Brice trying to control the hands but Virtane breaks the grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtane is hanging on to Brice's back as he tries to escape.
Brice trying to control the action but Virtane just sinks the hooks in.

Virtane has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Brice has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Virtane looks gassed!
Brice just trying to survive but Virtane is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brice looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Brice turns into Virtane and is now in his guard.
Virtane is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Virtane working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brice.
Brice thows a big elbow that misses.
Brice wants to control from the top but Virtane keeps moving.
Brice tries to free his leg and advance position but Virtane is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcell Brice dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brice shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Brice was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Brice landing punches.
Brice wants to control the pace but Virtane is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brice breaks from Virtane's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Brice working Virtane over with strikes here.
Brice trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brice avoids the attempt from Virtane to control.
Virtane is breathing heavily.
Brice is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brice thowing shots but they're missing.
Brice lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Brice can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Virtane is looking to escape.
Brice landing strikes from the mount.

Brice jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Virtane is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Virtane and Brice has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Brice staying calm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtane takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Virtane trying to remain calm as Brice controls from the top position.
Brice working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brice scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Virtane to see if he's OK.
Virtane is not content to let Brice control the position.
Virtane tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brice wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Brice decides to stand up, so the ref orders Virtane to his feet.
Brice misses with a body shot.

Brice shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Brice was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brice with a couple of short strikes.
Brice landing punches.
Brice content just to control the position here.
Brice lands a big elbow.
Virtane tries to lock up and control but Brice gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brice landing strikes from the mount.
Marcell Brice overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brice scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcell Brice dominated that second round.
That's time! Brice's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Brice tries a head kick but it misses.

Brice feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Virtane keeping moving, preventing Brice from controlling successfully.
Brice postures up in Virtane's guard and throws a big left but Virtane blocks it.
Virtane looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brice is one step ahead there.
Virtane is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brice wants to control from the top but Virtane keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brice is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Brice trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Virtane working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brice.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Brice feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Virtane trying to keep a closed guard but Brice is proving a slippery customer.
Brice trying to control but Virtane is working from the bottom.
Brice might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Brice looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brice looking to sit in guard and control but Virtane gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Brice pushes Virtane off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Brice bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Brice sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Virtane is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Virtane is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brice scoring with punches from side control.
Brice scoring with punches from side control.
Virtane is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Brice works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Brice throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Brice advances nicely into full mount.
Virtane is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brice looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Virtane tries to hold on but Brice pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brice breaks from Virtane's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Brice raining down shots from the mount!
Virtane is squirming around, avoiding Brice's attempts to control the action.
Brice prevents Virtane from getting the reversal.
Virtane is in a horrible position here. Brice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Brice trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcell Brice showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brice has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcell Brice!