PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stasius Venom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Venom might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to For Heavy Metal we will die!. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Venom
vs
Andrews

183 cm
30
181 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

179 cm
33
183 lbs
16 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stasius Venom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marvin Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venom throws a lazy body kick

and Andrews counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Andrews fails to land.
Andrews doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Andrews blocking some punches.
Venom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Venom has a couple of punches blocked by Andrews.
Andrews is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Venom gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Venom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Andrews has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Venom avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Andrews tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Venom's elbow.
Andrews's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Andrews working aggressively here.
Venom misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venom lands a shoulder strike.
Andrews blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Andrews as the two fighters clinch.
Venom prevents the takedown attempt.
I was talking to Venom's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Stasius Venom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marvin Andrews.
Andrews misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Venom scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Venom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Andrews tries to work over Venom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Andrews struggles to land a body shot inside as Venom controls his hands.
Venom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Venom.
Andrews fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Andrews is trying to drag Venom to the mat but Venom just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Andrews fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Andrews fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Andrews can't find room to land a body shot as Venom controls the action.

Andrews has hold of one of Venom's legs. Venom is fighting the takedown attempt but Andrews gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Venom has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Andrews is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Venom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Andrews's elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Venom working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venom blocks an uppercut.

Venom breaks the clinch.
Andrews shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Venom but Venom pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Venom tried to counter with a leg kick but Andrews avoided it.
Venom scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Venom.
The fighters circle momentarily. Venom darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Venom misses with a straight right.
Andrews now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Venom pushes Andrews up against the cage in a clinch.
Venom lands a right hand.
Venom gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Andrews.

Andrews breaks the clinch.

Venom gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Venom lands a body punch.
Andrews keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Venom's efforts to push away.
Venom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Venom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Venom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Venom connects with a leg kick. Andrews looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Andrews closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Andrews is rocked!
Venom looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Venom backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Andrews's temple! It sends Andrews violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Venom celebrates and the doctors try to help Andrews!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Stasius Venom!
Stasius Venom spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.