PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kilfaro Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Marvels (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.

Bacon
vs
Marvels

195 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, Kilfaro Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Marvels!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bacon scores with a takedown into Marvels's guard.
Marvels striking off his back but it's not causing Bacon any problems.

Bacon decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Marvels, up you get!

Bacon drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bacon stops Marvels from standing up.
Marvels striking off his back but it's not causing Bacon any problems.
Bacon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marvels works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Marvels preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Marvels is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bacon is aware though and is defending well.
Marvels trying to strike off his back.

Bacon decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Marvels, up you get!
Marvels fails with the takedown
and Bacon counters with a series of strikes. Marvels will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bacon throws a series of punches but Marvels avoids them all with ease.

Bacon shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Marvels looks gassed!
Marvels punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon slows the pace down in half guard.
Bacon working the head and body with strikes.
Marvels tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Bacon manages to move to mount!
Bacon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bacon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Marvels tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bacon connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bacon trying to control but Marvels is having none of it.
Marvels tries to buck Bacon off but he can't manage it.
Bacon unloading with bombs!
Marvels really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bacon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bacon prevents Marvels from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marvels is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bacon scoring with strikes but Marvels is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bacon lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Marvels hang on?
The referee warns Marvels that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bacon scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bacon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Marvels tries to reverse the position but Bacon maintains control.
Bacon breaks from Marvels's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Marvels is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bacon working the ground and pound effectively.
Bacon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marvels squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bacon pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Marvels is trying to escape the mount.
Marvels is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Marvels is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
A nice elbow there by Bacon.
Marvels is trying to stand.
Bacon unloading with bombs!
Bacon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Marvels is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvels trying desperately to get to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Bacon.
Bacon scoring with strikes but Marvels is staying in there.
Bacon is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marvels can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Marvels is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bacon with a couple of short strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacon pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Marvels takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Marvels tries to reverse the position but Bacon maintains control.
Marvels in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kilfaro Bacon dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Marvels gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Marvels wants to stand and escape but Bacon is having none of it.

Bacon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bacon works over Marvels with some ground and pound from guard.
Bacon trying to control but Marvels is working from the bottom.
Bacon chips away with some ground and pound.
Bacon 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.
Bacon controls from within his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bacon wants to control from the top but Marvels keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marvels has his takedown stuffed

and Bacon counters with a nice double leg into side control. Marvels won't be happy with that.
Bacon works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Marvels taking a bit of punishment here - Bacon scoring with strikes.
Bacon wants to control but Marvels is keeping him busy.
Marvels wants to get back to his feet but Bacon drags him back down.

Marvels throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Bacon tries to clinch up.

Bacon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Marvels manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Marvels wants to stand but Bacon is controlling the position.
Marvels throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Marvels looking to control.
Marvels is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Marvels thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bacon landing some decent shots from guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marvels shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Bacon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bacon.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marvels has momentary wrist control but Bacon slips an elbow through the middle.
Marvels controls Bacon momentarily but Bacon frees himself.
Marvels throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Marvels is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bacon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Marvels wants to get back to his feet but Bacon is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bacon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bacon won't allow Marvels to get back to his feet.

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

Bacon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bacon showed some decent athleticism there.
Bacon prevents Marvels from standing back up.
Marvels is trying to get back to full guard.
Bacon lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvels flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Marvels wants to get back to his feet.
Bacon 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.
Marvels is trying to stand.

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

and Bacon decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marvels's guard.
Kilfaro Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shawn Marvels.
Bacon works over Marvels with some ground and pound from guard.
Bacon trying to control but Marvels is working from the bottom.
Marvels looking to control.

Bacon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bacon content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marvels wants to stand and escape but Bacon is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kilfaro Bacon dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bacon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bacon showed some decent athleticism there.
Bacon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Marvels is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bacon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bacon prevents Marvels from standing back up.
Bacon lands with a punch from half guard.
Bacon scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bacon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marvels pushes Bacon off looking to stand but Bacon dives back in and keeps control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bacon looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Marvels!
The referee warns Marvels that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Bacon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Marvels can't escape the position.
Kilfaro Bacon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bacon blocks Marvels's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Marvels is trying to escape the mount.
Marvels throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bacon. What's that going to do exactly?
Bacon in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bacon postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Marvels looks a forlorn figure.
Marvels is looking to improve his position but Bacon isn't that keen on the idea.
Marvels squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Marvels swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Marvels is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bacon dominating with strikes here.
Bacon is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marvels can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Marvels really wants to buck Bacon off and get back to his feet.
Marvels is looking to improve his position but Bacon isn't that keen on the idea.
Bacon landing strikes from the mount and Marvels is in trouble!
Marvels is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Marvels regains half guard.
Marvels is controlling Bacon's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Marvels misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Bacon working over Marvels with some ground and pound. Marvels looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marvels wants to get back to his feet.
Marvels wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Marvels is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bacon pulls his head out easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marvels fails with the takedown

and Bacon counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bacon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marvels can do to turn this around?
Marvels is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bacon passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacon creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Marvels is looking to get back to his feet here but Bacon is keeping cool and he's managed to take Marvels's back.
Marvels is trying to get back to his feet but Bacon has full control of the position and if anything, Marvels has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Bacon throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Marvels!
Marvels controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Marvels covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Kilfaro Bacon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marvels wants to get back to his feet.
Bacon controlling the position well here. Marvels rolled but Bacon kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Shawn Marvels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marvels is trapped and Bacon is scoring with shots to the head and body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kilfaro Bacon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bacon 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kilfaro Bacon!