PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Marks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olof Bonde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tim Marks has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tim Marks seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Marks
vs
Bonde

183 cm
25
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tim Marks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olof Bonde!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonde dodges the punch combination from Marks.
Bonde has a takedown stuffed.
Marks seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Marks checks a leg kick.
Marks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Marks scores with a punch to the head.
Bonde misses with a takedown attempt - Marks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Bonde takes the fight into the clinch.
Marks working hard to break the clinch.
Bonde is trying to drag Marks to the mat but Marks just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bonde looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tim Marks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Olof Bonde.
Bonde throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marks tries to break free but Bonde pushes him back against the cage.
Marks misses with some punches.
Marks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bonde jumps guard but Marks stands there with Bonde around his waist. Bonde gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Marks wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonde won't allow it.
Marks wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonde won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonde throws an elbow but misses.
Bonde throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marks has had enough of the clinch but Bonde keeps him there for the moment.
Bonde misses with an elbow strike.
Bonde keeps control of Marks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Marks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bonde tries a low kick but Marks avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Marks checks a leg kick.
Bonde walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marks checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Marks.
Marks attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Marks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Marks checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Marks. That snapped Bonde's head back.
A left lands for Marks.
Bonde shoots in for a double leg but Marks sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Bonde drives through with a takedown into Marks's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marks keeping full guard, as Bonde tries to pass.
Bonde trying to control but Marks is working from the bottom.
Bonde throwing strikes but missing.
Bonde won't allow Marks to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonde forces his way into half guard.
Bonde throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bonde missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marks is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Mo's ($499), so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Marks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bonde.
Marks is in trouble now - Bonde has advanced to mount!
You get the feeling that Marks really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bonde with the ground and pound from mount.
Bonde lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Marks is trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonde lands a couple of good shots and Marks has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Marks wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bonde lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Marks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonde lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Marks.
Marks trying to get back to his feet but Bonde is in full control for now.
Bonde scores with punches from the back.
Marks trying to get back to his feet but Bonde is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olof Bonde dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Marks throws a solid leg kick but Bonde takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Marks.
Marks lands a glancing blow to the side of Bonde's head.
Bonde tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tim Marks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marks loads up on a big right hand but Bonde slips the punch.
Marks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tim Marks is winning the standup battle so far.
Marks sizes up Bonde with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bonde will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Marks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marks misses with a low kick.
Bonde wants to slow Marks down by chopping away at his legs.
Bonde takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Marks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marks misses with a straight left.
Bonde tried to score with a low kick but Marks checks it.

Bonde shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bonde showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonde stops Marks from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marks trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Bonde is trying to control. Marks wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bonde slips a nice elbow through Marks's hands, connecting with Marks's forehead.
Bonde takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bonde stops Marks from getting back to his feet.
Bonde works his way into full mount!
Marks is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonde cracks Marks with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Marks wants to try and get back to his feet.
Bonde scoring with strikes but Marks is staying in there.
Bonde looking to finish Marks with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marks!

Marks is rocked!

It looks like Tim Marks has been cut.
Bonde looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Marks covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olof Bonde!