PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daren Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marshall
vs
Williams

188 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 London, Daren Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Williams!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Williams.

Williams looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Marshall!
Marshall wants to control but Williams is having none of it.
Williams tries to control but Marshall wriggling away.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marshall. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Marshall is trying to escape the mount.
Williams looking to control but Marshall is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Marshall is trying to escape the mount.
Williams misses with a head shot.
Marshall is looking to get to half guard.
Williams tries to control but Marshall wriggling away.
Marshall gets back to half guard.

That's two 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.

Williams is looking for a kimura here.
Marshall wants to get back to his feet.
Williams blocks the strikes from Marshall.
Williams is thwarting Marshall's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Marshall wants to get back to full guard.
Marshall wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marshall as he avoids it easily.
Williams looks gassed!
Marshall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Marshall keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Marshall closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Williams to the mat! Williams manages to get full guard.
Marshall postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall distracts Williams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Marshall gets to his feet. Williams looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nice jab there from Marshall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshall thuds his shin into the meat of Williams's side.
Marshall shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marshall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marshall doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Marshall shoots and misses

and Williams counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams wants to stand up but Marshall is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams stops Marshall from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daren Marshall dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Marshall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marshall closes the distance and clinches up with Williams, looking for a takedown. Marshall pushes Williams against the cage but Williams circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Williams moves into the clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt

and Williams counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Williams postures up.
Williams is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marshall throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marshall is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Marshall working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Marshall seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Williams is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Daren Marshall!