PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herbert Dinnick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Marduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Marduk's choice of entrance music: Trick Daddy- Lets Go. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dinnick
vs
Marduk

178 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herbert Dinnick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Marduk!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinnick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marduk shoots in but no luck this time.

Dinnick closes the distance and pushes Marduk back into the cage.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dinnick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dinnick crunches a lovely knee into Marduk's ribcage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Marduk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dinnick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marduk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marduk looks gassed!
Dinnick slowing the pace effectively.
Dinnick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marduk's defenses.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinnick lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Bruce Marduk has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dinnick.
Dinnick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dinnick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marduk's defenses.
Knees to the body from Dinnick.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Marduk avoids the elbow strike from Dinnick, against the cage.
Dinnick landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinnick using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dinnick stalling.
Dinnick missing with knees to the body.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dinnick lands a knee to the head.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stalling in the clinch from Dinnick.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dinnick.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dinnick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dinnick slows down the pace here.
Dinnick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marduk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Marduk takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.
Marduk changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dinnick fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Herbert Dinnick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Marduk.

Dinnick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Marduk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marduk takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Marduk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marduk drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dinnick pulls his leg out and moves away.

Dinnick has Marduk up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Marduk avoids the elbow strike from Dinnick, against the cage.
Marduk dodges an elbow strike from Dinnick.
Dinnick misses with an elbow over the top.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick misses with an elbow over the top.
Marduk looking for a takedown.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Dinnick.
Dinnick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Marduk blocks the elbow strike.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Dinnick.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.
Dinnick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but Dinnick blocks it.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dinnick.
Dinnick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marduk avoids a wild elbow strike from Dinnick.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Dinnick prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Marduk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dinnick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marduk's defenses.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dinnick throws an elbow but misses.
Marduk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marduk tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dinnick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marduk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marduk avoids a wild elbow strike from Dinnick.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.
Marduk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dinnick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk misses with a knee to the head.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick tries to land knees in the clinch but Marduk avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herbert Dinnick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Marduk'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.

Dinnick avoids the head kick by Marduk.

Dinnick gets a clinch.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dinnick blocks it with crossed arms.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Marduk blocks the elbow strike.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Marduk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dinnick stops a takedown attempt from Marduk.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Herbert Dinnick has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Dinnick.
Dinnick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marduk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marduk blocks an elbow strike.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dinnick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marduk's brow.
Marduk takes an elbow to the temple.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marduk lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dinnick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marduk's brow.
Dinnick lands a nice knee to the body.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Marduk blocks the elbow strike.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Dinnick looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marduk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marduk jumps guard but Dinnick stands there with Marduk around his waist. Marduk gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Marduk drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Herbert Dinnick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Marduk.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Marduk takes an elbow to the temple.
Dinnick is struggling to control the position.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Marduk trying to land knees to the body.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dinnick.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk takes an elbow to the temple.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dinnick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dinnick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marduk's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marduk blocks an elbow strike from Dinnick.
Marduk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marduk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dinnick landing knees to the body.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dinnick throws an elbow but it misses.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Marduk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marduk looking for a takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dinnick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marduk's brow.
Marduk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dinnick.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Dinnick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dinnick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marduk takes an elbow to the temple.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marduk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dinnick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marduk can do to turn this around?
Marduk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Marduk tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dinnick smiles and moves away.
Marduk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dinnick tries to clinch up.
Herbert Dinnick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dinnick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marduk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Dinnick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marduk, pushing him back against the cage.
Dinnick trying to control the position but instead, Marduk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dinnick into the cage.
Dinnick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Dinnick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marduk's defenses.
Dinnick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dinnick gets underhooks to prevent Marduk's takedown attempt.
Marduk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dinnick blocks it with crossed arms.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dinnick blocks it with crossed arms.
Dinnick taking a breather.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dinnick blocks it with crossed arms.
Dinnick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marduk looking to throw knees to the head but Dinnick is blocking nicely.
Dinnick crunches a lovely knee into Marduk's ribcage.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Dinnick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marduk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dinnick.
Marduk avoids a wild elbow strike from Dinnick.
Marduk trying to land knees to the body.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Marduk dodges an elbow strike from Dinnick.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dinnick.
Dinnick trying to land knees to the body.
Marduk drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dinnick pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dinnick doesn't manage to clinch there - Marduk circles away.
Marduk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herbert Dinnick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Marduk'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Dinnick slips a jab from Marduk.

Dinnick has Marduk up against the cage in a clinch.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Marduk blocks the elbow strike.
Dinnick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but Dinnick blocks with his arms.
Dinnick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marduk's defenses.
Marduk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Dinnick lands a nice knee to the body.
Dinnick landing knees to the body.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Dinnick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marduk's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dinnick.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dinnick throws an elbow but misses.
Dinnick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dinnick prevents the takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dinnick blocks it with crossed arms.
Dinnick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside.
Marduk missing with knees to the body.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinnick lands a knee to the body.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marduk looking to throw knees to the head but Dinnick is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dinnick throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Marduk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marduk blocks an elbow strike.
Marduk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Dinnick managing to block the knees to the body from Marduk.
Dinnick just leaning against Marduk, taking a breather.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk looking for a takedown.
Dinnick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marduk looking to throw knees to the head but Dinnick is blocking nicely.
Dinnick scores a nice knee to the body.
Marduk takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dinnick.
Dinnick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Dinnick to work.
Dinnick lands an elbow that stopped Marduk in his tracks for a moment.
Marduk is working for takedown but Dinnick is calmly controlling the position for now.
Herbert Dinnick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Marduk.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dinnick lands an elbow inside that Marduk shrugs off.
Dinnick lands a damaging elbow.
Marduk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Dinnick misses with an elbow strike.
Dinnick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Marduk avoids the elbow strike from Dinnick, against the cage.
Marduk blocks an elbow strike.
Dinnick lands a knee to the body.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but Dinnick blocks it.
Dinnick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dinnick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dinnick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marduk takes an elbow to the temple.
Marduk avoiding damage as Dinnick throws knees to the body.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dinnick throws an elbow but it misses.
Marduk misses with a knee to the head.
Dinnick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marduk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marduk trying to land knees to the body.
Marduk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dinnick misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marduk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dinnick's brow.
Marduk avoids a wild elbow strike from Dinnick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Dinnick.
Marduk looking to throw knees to the head but Dinnick is blocking nicely.
Dinnick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dinnick stalling the fight.
Marduk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dinnick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dinnick is trying to maintain a safe position but Marduk gets an underhook and turns Dinnick into the cage.
Nice elbow from Dinnick.
Marduk scores a nice knee to the body.
Marduk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dinnick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marduk is working for takedown but Dinnick is calmly controlling the position for now.
Marduk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dinnick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dinnick lands an elbow just above Marduk 's eye.
Marduk dodges an elbow strike from Dinnick.
Dinnick landing knees to the head.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dinnick throws an elbow that misses.
Dinnick is pressed up against the cage. Marduk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dinnick down to the mat. Dinnick avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Marduk misses with a body kick.

Dinnick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marduk looking to throw knees to the head but Dinnick is blocking nicely.
Dinnick tries to land knees in the clinch but Marduk avoids the damage to the body.
Dinnick misses with an elbow over the top.
Dinnick prevents the takedown attempt.
Dinnick leaning against his opponent.
Marduk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dinnick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bruce Marduk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marduk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dinnick is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marduk is keeping busy.
Dinnick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Dinnick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marduk blocks the elbow strike.
Dinnick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marduk blocks the elbow strike.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Marduk avoids the elbow strike from Dinnick, against the cage.
Marduk has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dinnick avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk throws an elbow that misses.
Knees to the body from Dinnick.
Dinnick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marduk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marduk dodges an elbow strike from Dinnick.
Dinnick avoids a wild elbow strike from Marduk.

Marduk jumps guard and drags Dinnick to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dinnick knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marduk on the ground.

Marduk working for a triangle but Dinnick defends it easily.
Dinnick tries to stand but Marduk is controlling from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herbert Dinnick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dinnick, 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herbert Dinnick!