PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Higuain Esperanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Higuain Esperanza will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dent
vs
Esperanza

179 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Dent !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Higuain Esperanza!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esperanza swinging wilding here.
Dent tries to clinch up.

Dent looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Esperanza!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dent throws some wild stikes that Esperanza manages to avoid easily.
Esperanza can't escape the position.
Esperanza tries to lock up and control but Dent gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dent sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dent fails to advance to Esperanza's back.

Dent is working for a guillotine from mount but Esperanza frees his head quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent trying to control but Esperanza is having none of it.
Dent avoids the attempt from Esperanza to control.
Dent wants to take Esperanza's back but he can't do it this time.
Esperanza wants to control but Dent is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Esperanza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dent wants to control the pace but Esperanza is squirming around nicely.
Dent unloading with bombs!

Dent wants to finish this one by submission but Esperanza is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dent .
Esperanza is trying to escape the mount.
Dent trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Esperanza is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Dent has taken his back.
Dent is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dent keeps control of the position as Esperanza tries to break free.
Esperanza trying to control the position but Dent manages to sink in the hooks.

Dent is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Esperanza manages to reverse the position and now he's in Dent 's guard. Nice work there by Esperanza.
Dent keeping moving, preventing Esperanza from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esperanza throwing strikes but missing.
Dent keeping moving, preventing Esperanza from controlling successfully.
Esperanza wants to stand but Dent has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Esperanza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Esperanza trying to control the position from guard on top but Dent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Dent dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Esperanza clinches up against the cage.

Esperanza breaks the clinch.
Esperanza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dent moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Esperanza throws a body kick that misses.
Esperanza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dent shoots in for a double leg but Esperanza sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from Esperanza as Dent shoots in.
A big left from Esperanza misses.
Esperanza thuds his shin into the meat of Dent 's side.

Esperanza gets caught flat footed, as Dent shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Dent avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Esperanza keeping full guard, as Dent tries to pass.
Esperanza is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent trying to control but Esperanza is working from the bottom.
Dent might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Dent is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Esperanza being controlled here, momentarily.
Dent with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dent advances to half guard.

Dent is trying to work for a kimura but Esperanza is defending well.
Dent works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dent cracks Esperanza with a big right hand but Esperanza just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Dent working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dent trying to control the action but Esperanza is working from the bottom.

Dent tries for a kimura but Esperanza is defending well.
Dent has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esperanza is looking to get to half guard.
Esperanza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Esperanza tries to lock up and control but Dent gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dent has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Esperanza's face.

Dent working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Esperanza looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Dent ! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Marcus Dent !