PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davis Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sandy McSouthers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus comes to the cage accompanied by "Princes of the Universe," by Queen. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Marcus
vs
McSouthers

178 cm
25
190 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davis Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sandy McSouthers!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcus moves in looking to clinch but McSouthers pushes him off.

Marcus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marcus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McSouthers wants to stall.
McSouthers managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
McSouthers is trying to force a seperation but Marcus has the dominant position.
Marcus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McSouthers's defenses.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McSouthers avoids it.
McSouthers wants to get back to striking at distance but Marcus won't allow it.
Marcus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that McSouthers shrugs off.
Marcus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McSouthers is defending well for now.
McSouthers misses with some punches.
Marcus lands an elbow that stopped McSouthers in his tracks for a moment.
Marcus prevents a takedown attempt there.
McSouthers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marcus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McSouthers backwards.
Marcus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marcus working McSouthers over with knees to the body.
McSouthers looks gassed!
Marcus connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marcus lands a nice knee to the body.
Marcus just leaning against McSouthers, taking a breather.
McSouthers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marcus has him pressed against the cage.
Marcus has McSouthers pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus lands a damaging elbow.
Marcus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marcus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marcus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marcus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marcus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marcus lands an elbow that stopped McSouthers in his tracks for a moment.
Marcus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marcus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McSouthers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marcus slowing the pace effectively.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McSouthers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marcus throws an elbow but it misses.
McSouthers is looking to break free of the clinch but Marcus has double underhooks.
Marcus taking a breather.
McSouthers looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marcus trying to land knees to the body.
McSouthers being controlled against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marcus tries to land knees in the clinch but McSouthers avoids the damage to the body.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marcus taking a breather.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that McSouthers shrugs off.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Marcus.
McSouthers is trying to force a seperation but Marcus has the dominant position.
Marcus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McSouthers changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Marcus fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Davis Marcus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandy McSouthers.
A combination from McSouthers does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus tries to clinch there but McSouthers circles away.
McSouthers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Marcus moves into the clinch.
McSouthers blocks the elbow strike.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marcus just misses with a elbow thrown towards McSouthers's brow.
Marcus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Sandy McSouthers has been cut.
Marcus unloads a knee to the mid-section. McSouthers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marcus stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McSouthers stalling in the clinch but Marcus improves position.
Marcus gets underhooks to prevent McSouthers's takedown attempt.
McSouthers is trying to break the clinch but Marcus is controlling him.
Marcus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McSouthers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marcus lands an elbow inside.
Marcus scores with a knee to the head.
McSouthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McSouthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Marcus.
Marcus crunches a lovely knee into McSouthers's ribcage.
Marcus lands an elbow inside.
Marcus lands a knee to the body.
Marcus lands a knee to the head.
Marcus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marcus lands a nice knee to the body.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcus holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Marcus lands an elbow just above McSouthers 's eye.
Marcus working McSouthers over with knees to the body.
Marcus stalling in the clinch.
Marcus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McSouthers pushes Marcus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcus lands an elbow that stopped McSouthers in his tracks for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McSouthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcus scores a nice knee to the body.
Marcus lands an elbow inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Marcus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davis Marcus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sandy McSouthers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

McSouthers swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcus.
Marcus moves in looking to clinch but McSouthers pushes him off.
McSouthers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marcus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McSouthers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcus tries to close the distance and clinch up but McSouthers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcus moves in looking to clinch but McSouthers pushes him off.
McSouthers misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McSouthers throws a jab when Marcus was well out of range.
Marcus tries to close the distance and clinch up but McSouthers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McSouthers thows a body shot but no joy.
Marcus ducks under a wild hook from McSouthers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McSouthers lands a jab to Marcus's midsection.
Davis Marcus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marcus tries to close the distance and clinch up but McSouthers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcus wants to clinch up but McSouthers keeps it at a distance.
Marcus avoids the body shot from McSouthers.
Marcus jabs at McSouthers's body.
McSouthers is breathing heavily.
Marcus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Marcus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marcus tries to close the distance and clinch but McSouthers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A shot to the body from McSouthers misses
and McSouthers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McSouthers misses with a few strikes there.
Marcus tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marcus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McSouthers misses with a body shot
enabling Marcus to counter with a crisp jab.
McSouthers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marcus counters with a nice uppercut.
Marcus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marcus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McSouthers takes a swing at Marcus's ribcage but misses.
Marcus fails in his attempt to clinch.
McSouthers swings away with a body shot that misses

and Marcus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Marcus.
Marcus controlling the action here for a moment.
McSouthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McSouthers avoids it.
Marcus leaning his opponent against the cage.
Marcus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marcus lands a damaging elbow.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that McSouthers shrugs off.
Marcus trying to control the position but instead, McSouthers has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marcus into the cage.
Marcus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcus with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marcus just misses with a elbow thrown towards McSouthers's brow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marcus obliges.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marcus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McSouthers is keeping busy.
Davis Marcus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that McSouthers shrugs off.
Marcus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McSouthers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marcus misses with an elbow over the top.
Marcus tries a knee to the head but McSouthers blocks it.
McSouthers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Marcus gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Marcus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that McSouthers shrugs off.
McSouthers managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Marcus's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marcus misses with a knee to the head.
Marcus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McSouthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that McSouthers shrugs off.
McSouthers is pushing Marcus up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McSouthers.
McSouthers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marcus.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the temple.
Marcus is looking to control McSouthers's arms but McSouthers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marcus has his back to the cage.
Marcus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marcus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marcus lands a good knee to the midsection. McSouthers won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davis Marcus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sandy McSouthers's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

McSouthers keeps the fight on the outside.
Sandy McSouthers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McSouthers throws a combination that misses

and Marcus holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Marcus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marcus misses with an elbow over the top.
McSouthers is trying to force a seperation but Marcus has the dominant position.
McSouthers misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marcus throws an elbow but misses.
McSouthers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marcus lands a knee to the body.
Marcus connects with a nasty looking knee right to McSouthers's face.
Marcus lands a damaging elbow.
Marcus trying to land knees to the body.
Marcus lands an elbow that stopped McSouthers in his tracks for a moment.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marcus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McSouthers can do to turn this around?
McSouthers goes for a takedown attempt but Marcus pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Marcus misses the body punch
and McSouthers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Marcus clinches.
Nice elbow from Marcus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McSouthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McSouthers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marcus walks away with a smile on his face. McSouthers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sandy McSouthers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marcus tries to clinch but McSouthers moves out of range.

Marcus gets a clinch.
Marcus missing with knees to the body.
Marcus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McSouthers is defending well for now.
McSouthers tries to break free but Marcus pushes him back against the cage.
Marcus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marcus obliges.
Marcus scores with a shot to the side of McSouthers's head.
Marcus lands a nice elbow.
McSouthers being controlled against the cage.
McSouthers stalling in the clinch but Marcus improves position.
Marcus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marcus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marcus lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marcus smiles and moves away.
Davis Marcus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandy McSouthers.
Marcus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marcus wants to clinch up but McSouthers keeps it at a distance.
Marcus tries to clinch but McSouthers moves out of range.
Davis Marcus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marcus misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left and a right from McSouthers both land. Nice combination.
Marcus doesn't manage to clinch there - McSouthers circles away.
McSouthers just misses with a punch to the body.
McSouthers keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marcus pushes McSouthers up against the cage in a clinch.
Marcus misses with an elbow over the top.
McSouthers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marcus smiles and moves away.
McSouthers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marcus tries to clinch up.
McSouthers falls off balance throwing a combination

and Marcus counters by moving into the clinch.
Sandy McSouthers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McSouthers working aggressively here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marcus.
McSouthers misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McSouthers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marcus's elbow.
McSouthers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McSouthers lands a body shot.
Marcus trying to land knees to the body.
Marcus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McSouthers can't break the clinch.
Marcus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Sandy McSouthers's cut even more.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
McSouthers pushes Marcus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McSouthers misses with a hook to the ribs.
McSouthers working hard to break the clinch.

McSouthers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marcus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McSouthers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcus is looking to clinch but McSouthers is avoiding it.
Marcus tries to clinch there but McSouthers circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Davis Marcus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marcus 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Davis Marcus!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Davis Marcus!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Davis Marcus!

Davis Marcus wins by unanimous decision!