PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reagan Marley (ranked 1558 p4p, 196 weight class) and Elim Garak (ranked 1925 p4p, 231 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marley
vs
Garak

191 cm
20
190 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Reagan Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elim Garak!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley misses with a takedown
and Garak counters with a left to the body.
An inside leg kick from Marley misses.
Marley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garak moves away.
Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garak was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley.
Marley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garak is out of range and Marley settles back down.
Marley darts in looking for a takedown but Garak gets double underhooks and turns Marley into the cage.
Garak looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garak looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Garak throws a series of punches but Marley moves out of range.
Garak lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marley misses with a takedown attempt - Garak sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reagan Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garak misses with a hook. Marley ducked under it nicely.
Marley appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Marley misses with a shot to the body
and Garak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marley seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garak.
Garak with a jab.
Marley fails with the takedown
letting Garak counter with a right hand.
Marley misses with a jab to the body
and Garak counters with a stiff right hand.

Marley is rocked!
Marley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garak pounces like a tiger and cracks Marley with a vicious hook! Marley is down but not out! Garak follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Elim Garak!
A very excited looking Elim Garak made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.