PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Duritz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marsden might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Feiticeira by Deftones. 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.

Marsden
vs
Duritz

176 cm
30
170 lbs
20 - 14 - 1

177 cm
29
167 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Marsden!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Duritz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marsden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duritz throws the kick towards the body but Marsden avoids it.
Duritz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duritz misses with a lunging right hand
and Marsden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marsden throws an overhand right that lands on Duritz's shoulder, as Duritz tries to avoid the shot.
Marsden shoots in looking for a takedown. Duritz tries to sprawl out of it but Marsden keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Duritz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Marsden throws the left hand but Duritz avoids the punch easily.
Duritz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duritz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duritz misses with a body shot.

Marsden shoots in and gets a takedown into Duritz's guard.
Marsden cracks Duritz with a solid left hand.
Duritz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marsden has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Duritz is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duritz controlling the position.
Duritz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Marsden stands and throws Duritz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Marsden moves into full mount!
Marsden lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Duritz hang on?

It looks like Adam Duritz has been cut.
Duritz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Marsden punching from mount but Duritz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Marsden avoids the attempt from Duritz to control.
Marsden sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duritz is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Duritz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Marsden tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Marsden working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Marsden lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That has opened up Adam Duritz's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duritz tries to lock up and control but Marsden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Duritz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Marsden slips a nice elbow through Duritz's hands, connecting with Duritz's forehead.

Marsden seems to be working for a kimura but Duritz defends the submission attempt.
Marsden trying to mount his opponent but Duritz defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duritz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marsden is working for a kimura but Duritz is defending it quite comfortably.
Duritz wants to control but Marsden is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Marsden throwing shots but Duritz is blocking nicely.
Duritz wants to control but Marsden is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Duritz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Marsden's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Marsden's back!
Marsden wants to escape the position.
Duritz slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duritz loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Marsden hold on?
Marsden rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Marsden is looking for a sweep. Duritz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duritz is looking to take a break and control but Marsden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duritz stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Marsden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Duritz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Marsden throws a head kick but Duritz moves out of range.

Duritz moves into the clinch successfully.

Marsden has picked Duritz up - he's going for a ride! Marsden dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Marsden takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Marsden is looking for a kimura but Duritz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Marsden to get the leverage.
Duritz desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Duritz is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marsden trying to pass the guard but Duritz defending well.
Duritz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duritz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Duritz.
Duritz controls Marsden momentarily but Marsden frees himself.
Duritz might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Marsden haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Duritz wants to sweep but no luck.
Marsden cracks Duritz with a solid left hand.
Duritz wants to sweep but no luck.
Marsden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duritz can do to turn this around?
Duritz has Marsden pulled in close to control his posture.
Duritz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Marsden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Duritz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Duritz slips under a jab from Marsden.
Duritz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marsden on the side of the head.
Duritz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marsden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duritz circles away quickly and effectively.
Marsden throws a nice inside leg kick.

Marsden shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Marsden was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Marsden tries to score with some ground and pound. Duritz controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Marsden tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duritz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Marsden scores with punches from side control.
Marsden postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ground and pound from Marsden seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Marsden misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Duritz taking a bit of punishment here - Marsden scoring with strikes.

The cut above Adam Duritz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Marsden is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Duritz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Marsden advances nicely into full mount.
Duritz wants to hold on but Marsden pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden unloads with some shots from mount but Duritz bucks and avoids them well.
Marsden avoids the attempt from Duritz to control.
Poor strikes thrown by Marsden there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Duritz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Marsden landing strikes, looking to finish!

Adam Duritz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Adam Duritz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Brandon Marsden!
Brandon Marsden retains his lightweight title!
Post fight, Brandon Marsden stared into the camera and said 'A weakling like you doesn't deserve fists to fight with, now go fade to nothingness!'.