PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between DaMarcus Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Madd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, General Public - Tenderness. 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.

Saint
vs
Madd

183 cm
21
187 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

186 cm
26
175 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, DaMarcus Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Madd!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madd throws a series of punches but Saint moves out of range.
A punch combination from Madd misses.
Madd fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Saint on the side of the head.
Saint avoids a punch combination nicely.
Madd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luke Madd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Saint drops his hands momentarily and Madd takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Saint moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Madd throws a right hand that Saint ducks under and follows up with a left that Saint also avoids with ease.
Saint scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Madd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Madd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Madd misses.
Madd throws a series of punches but Saint moves out of range.
Saint moves away from the strike by Madd.
Madd fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Saint avoids a punch combination nicely.
That kick from Saint tenderised Madd's leg. Madd is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saint slips a jab and a cross from Madd.
Saint keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint throws a lazy right hand but Madd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Saint.
Saint slips a jab and a cross from Madd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saint. Madd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Madd is just out of range.
Saint connects with an inside leg kick.

Saint gets a clinch.
Saint looking to throw knees to the head but Madd is blocking nicely.

Madd gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Saint regains guard.
Madd wants to stand but Saint is controlling his posture from full guard.
Saint is controlling Madd's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of DaMarcus Saint.
Saint avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Madd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Madd connects with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Saint.
Sloppy strikes from Madd. Those never looked like landing.
Madd throws a series of punches but Saint avoids them all with ease.
Saint lands with a thumping leg kick.
Madd works over Saint's head and body with a nice combination.
Saint moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Madd. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madd throws a series of strikes that have Saint backpedaling.
Madd stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saint.
Madd misses with a two punch combination.
Madd lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saint fails in his attempt to clinch.
Madd throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Saint moves into the clinch.
Saint pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Saint comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint looking to throw knees to the head but Madd is blocking nicely.
Saint trying to land knees to the body.
Saint unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Madd looks gassed!
Saint with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Saint stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Saint breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint lands a head kick!
Madd misses with a two punch combination.
Madd takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saint lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Saint throws a push kick but Madd slaps the foot to one side.
Madd misses with a few strikes there.
Saint lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Madd circles away quickly and effectively.
Madd is looking to slow Saint down with leg kicks.
Madd misses with a double jab
and Saint counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint throws a nice inside leg kick.

Saint pushes Madd up against the cage in a clinch.
Saint with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saint scores with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Madd.
Madd drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Madd's corner calls for a 1-2. Madd obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Saint throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Madd misses with an uppercut.
Saint dodges the punch combination from Madd.
Madd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Madd throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Madd takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Madd misses with a combination
and Saint counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint throws a nice inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Madd scores with a four punch combination!
Saint throws a head kick but Madd moves out of range.
Saint wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Madd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madd throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Saint counters with a nice low kick that buckles Madd's knee momentarily.
Madd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Madd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Saint counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Madd misses with a wild combination.

Saint gets a clinch.
Saint misses with a knee to the head.
Madd taking a breather.
Saint is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Madd is defending well for now.

Saint's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saint.
Madd misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Madd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saint.
Saint throws a low kick but Madd avoids it.
Madd misses with a combination
and Saint counters with a low kick, right behind Madd 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Saint throws a low kick but it's checked well by Madd.
Madd misses with a shot to the body
and Saint counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Madd is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Madd scores with a hook.
Madd throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saint counters with a body kick that stops Madd in his tracks momentarily.
Madd is breathing heavily.
Saint feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Madd's calf.
Saint thumps Madd with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Saint.
Saint dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Madd. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint feints and then cracks Madd's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Madd down.

Saint gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Madd avoiding damage as Saint throws knees to the body.
Saint lands a knee to the body.
Saint tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saint landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Saint prevents the takedown attempt.
Saint with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint is struggling to control the position.
Madd blocks the elbow strike.
Madd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saint lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Saint.
Madd's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Saint tries a knee to the head but Madd blocks it.
Madd tries for a takedown. No joy.
Saint tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Madd lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Madd wants to stand up but Saint manages to regain full guard.
Madd has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Saint is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Madd gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
DaMarcus Saint is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Madd falls off balance throwing a combination
and Saint counters with a slapping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saint swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Madd misses with a wild combination.
Madd throws a sloppy head kick
and Saint counters with an inside leg kick.
Saint cracks the inside of Madd's front leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madd throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saint counters with a low kick, right behind Madd 's knee.
Saint misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saint connects with an inside leg kick.

Saint moves into the clinch.
Saint tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DaMarcus Saint dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Saint. That's going to slow Madd down.
Saint with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Madd to score with a decent uppercut.
Saint connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Madd throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Saint counters by moving into the clinch.
Madd fails to pull guard.
Saint is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Madd is defending well for now.
Saint trying to control the position but instead, Madd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saint into the cage.
Saint pressing his opponent against the cage.
Madd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Saint breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Madd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saint moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Saint lands a nice hook to Madd's body. Madd takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Madd misses with a combination
and Saint counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saint moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Madd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Madd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saint throws a chopping leg kick but Madd manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Madd lands an overhand right.
Saint gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Madd.
Saint moves in looking to clinch but Madd pushes him off.
Saint buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Madd misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Saint moves into the clinch.
Saint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Madd avoids it.
Madd wants a takedown.
Madd blocks an elbow strike from Saint.
Saint with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Saint looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Saint is fighting off a takedown attempt but Madd is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Saint to the mat. Saint regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Madd wants to stand and escape but instead Saint has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Madd is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Saint is controlling him.
Saint not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madd keeping moving, preventing Saint from controlling successfully.
Madd is looking to stand back up but Saint counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Madd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Madd wants to get back to his feet.
Luke Madd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Madd makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to DaMarcus Saint.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Saint, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DaMarcus Saint!