PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marc Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Godhe Sugly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sugly has chosen Hedwig's Theme as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marcus
vs
Sugly

170 cm
24
160 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marc Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Godhe Sugly!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sugly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marcus.
Marcus scores with the left hand. Sugly knows he should have avoided that one.
Sugly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sugly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sugly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marcus.
Marcus connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sugly. Sugly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sugly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Sugly moves into the clinch.
Sugly lands an elbow just above Marcus 's eye.
Marcus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sugly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sugly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marcus's brow.
Sugly stalling in the clinch.
Marcus swings wildly with an uppercut but Sugly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marcus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marcus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sugly lands a knee to the head.

Sugly manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Marcus misses its intended target.
Marcus swats away the attempt to clinch by Sugly.
Sugly moves in looking to clinch but Marcus pushes him off.

Sugly sends Marcus crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Sugly is motioning to the referee to let Marcus up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Marcus lands with a cross.
Marcus misses with a looping left.

Marcus scores with a takedown into Sugly's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sugly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Marcus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sugly pulls Marcus in close to prevent any damage.
Marcus throws and elbow that misses. Sugly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Marcus's guard. Nice move by Sugly!
Sugly preventing the sweep.

Sugly gets to his feet - Marcus follows without any prompting.
Sugly throws a head kick that half lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sugly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marcus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sugly's waist but Sugly gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Marcus off to one side.
Sugly slips a jab from Marcus.
Marcus blocks a head kick by Sugly.
Sugly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Marcus counters with a straight right hand.
Marcus tests Sugly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sugly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Marcus throws a looping overhand right but Sugly ducks down to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sugly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marcus is looking to break free of the clinch but Sugly has double underhooks.
Marcus blocks an elbow strike from Sugly.
Marcus misses with a punch on the inside.
Sugly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marcus is looking to break free of the clinch but Sugly has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sugly.
Nice elbow from Sugly.
Marcus is trying to break the clinch but Sugly is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Sugly.
Sugly lands an elbow that stopped Marcus in his tracks for a moment.
Marcus is trying to break free.
Marcus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Sugly.
Marcus lands with a short shot to the head.
Sugly lands an elbow inside that Marcus shrugs off.
Marcus wants to break free but Sugly has control.
Sugly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sugly keeps control of Marcus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sugly prevents Marcus from breaking the clinch.
Sugly lands a knee to the head.
Marcus is trying to break free.
Sugly prevents Marcus from breaking the clinch.
Sugly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marcus working hard to break the clinch.

Sugly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sugly scores with a head kick.
Sugly tries to land a front kick but Marcus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sugly doesn't manage to clinch there - Marcus circles away.
Marcus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sugly.
Sugly tries to clinch but Marcus moves out of range.

Marcus scores with a takedown into Sugly's guard.
Marcus tries to free his leg and advance position but Sugly is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus throws a big right hand that misses.
Sugly is trying to control the position but Marcus postures up.
Marcus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marcus stops Sugly from standing up.
Sugly keeping full guard, as Marcus tries to pass.
Marcus passes into half guard.
Marcus lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marcus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Marcus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Marcus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sugly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Marcus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Marcus looking to pass the guard.
Sugly wants to stand and escape but Marcus is having none of it.
Marcus thows a big elbow that misses.
Marcus working some strikes from top position.
Marcus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sugly can do anything to dispel that myth.
Marcus wants to control from the top but Sugly keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marcus advances position into side control!
Marcus throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Marcus is chipping away with strikes.
Sugly is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Marcus is trying to ground and pound but Sugly uses the momentary lack of control by Marcus to regain half guard.
Marcus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Marcus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Marcus.
Marcus is thwarting Sugly's attempts to control the position.
Marcus passes to side control.
Marcus misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Marcus scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sugly to see if he's OK.
Sugly pushes Marcus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Marcus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Marcus working the ground and pound.
Marc Marcus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marcus creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sugly sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Marcus misses with the ground and pound.
Marcus connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sugly some visible discomfort.
Marcus landing strikes.
An elbow from Marcus crashes against the mat.
Marcus trying to control the position but Sugly is working away.
Sugly wants to get back to his feet but Marcus drags him back down.
Sugly is breathing heavily.
Marcus postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Marcus scores with a couple of short elbows.
Marcus in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Marcus is looking to take a break and control but Sugly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Marcus postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Marcus trying to control the position but Sugly is working away.
Sugly can't do much from the bottom here.
Marcus in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Marcus dominated that second round.
That's time! Marcus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Marcus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sugly has time to react.
Sugly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marcus counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sugly thinking.
Sugly looks to land a body kick but Marcus moved away.

Marcus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Marcus lands a big elbow.
Marcus working Sugly over with strikes here.
Marcus dominating with strikes here.
Sugly takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcus unloads with some shots from mount but Sugly bucks and avoids them well.
Marcus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sugly because Marcus loaded up on that one.
The referee warns Sugly that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Marcus.
Sugly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sugly taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marcus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Sugly is rocked!
Sugly trying desperately to get to his feet.
Marcus working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Marcus.
Marcus landing strikes from the mount and Sugly is in trouble!
Marcus lands a big shot there that rocks Sugly but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sugly is still in real trouble! Can Marcus finish him?
Marcus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Marcus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcus punishing his opponent with strikes.
Marcus postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Sugly bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Marcus and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marc Marcus!