PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean-Claude Marceau (ranked 104 p4p, 165 weight class) and Papa Moosh Dambullah (ranked 11 p4p, 27 weight class). Marceau comes to the cage accompanied by Feist - Tout Doucement. Dambullah has chosen Boom Boom as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marceau
vs
Dambullah

186 cm
41
189
46 - 23 - 0

190 cm
35
187
39 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 46 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean-Claude Marceau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Moosh Dambullah!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marceau misses with a hook.
Dambullah is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Marceau slips under a jab from Dambullah.
Dambullah throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Marceau on the side of the head.

It looks like Jean-Claude Marceau has been cut.
Dambullah misses with a low kick as Marceau jumps back.
Dambullah lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dambullah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dambullah takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marceau misses with a body kick.
Marceau misses with a body kick.
Dambullah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dambullah connects with a solid leg kick.
Marceau throws a head kick but Dambullah moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau misses with a wild body shot.
Marceau throws a hook but Dambullah avoids it easily.
Dambullah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marceau walks into a stiff left hand from Dambullah.
Marceau comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dambullah misses with an uppercut. Marceau saw that one coming.
Dambullah misses with a left hand
and Dambullah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marceau connects with the punch.
Dambullah listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Marceau throws a poor cross that misses
and Dambullah counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Marceau definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau missing with a left hand there. Dambullah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marceau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dambullah throws out the jab.
Dambullah throws a solid leg kick but Marceau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dambullah.
Marceau connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dambullah moves out of range of the body kick.
Dambullah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dambullah avoids the head kick by Marceau.
It seemed like Dambullah was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marceau misses with a hook
and Marceau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marceau looks to land a right hand but Dambullah moved out of range.
Dambullah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marceau counters with a good, hard body kick but Dambullah shrugs it off.
Marceau comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah throws a solid leg kick but Marceau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dambullah.
Marceau with a hook.
Marceau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dambullah.
Marceau connects with a right hand. Dambullah shakes it off.
Marceau lands with a nice body punch.
Marceau misses with the body kick
and Dambullah counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dambullah throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Marceau to counter with a crisp jab.
Dambullah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marceau swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marceau ducks under a wild hook from Dambullah.
Nice straight punches there by Marceau. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marceau.
Dambullah scores with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dambullah throws a hook but Marceau avoids it easily.
Marceau throwing a counter right hand but Dambullah manages to avoid it.
Marceau just misses with a punch to the body.
Dambullah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marceau.
Dambullah throws a fast counter high kick but Marceau manages to duck under it in time.
Dambullah attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Marceau misses with a body kick.
Dambullah throws a front kick that sends Marceau stumbling back into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jean-Claude Marceau will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jean-Claude Marceau's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dambullah tries a low kick but Marceau avoids it.
Marceau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marceau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dambullah.
Marceau jabs Dambullah to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marceau thows a left - swing and a miss!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dambullah.
Dambullah looks to land a right hand but Marceau moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Marceau.
Dambullah lands a glancing blow to the side of Marceau's head.
Marceau takes a swing at Dambullah's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau digs a good hook to Dambullah's body.
The crowd cheers as Marceau lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dambullah doesn't seem phased though.
Dambullah loads up on a big right hand but Marceau slips the punch.
Marceau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dambullah walks into a stiff left hand from Marceau.
Dambullah misses with a right hand
and Marceau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marceau throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dambullah's head.
Dambullah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Marceau throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Dambullah lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marceau doesn't seem phased though.
A slow jab from Marceau misses its intended target.
Dambullah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dambullah throws a leg kick
and Marceau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Dambullah might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Marceau has got the better of the exchanges.
Dambullah tests Marceau's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Jean-Claude Marceau's cut is getting worse.
Dambullah throws a shot from downtown. Marceau moves away and avoids it.
Dambullah waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marceau.
Dambullah throws a lazy uppercut
and Marceau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dambullah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marceau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marceau throwing a counter right hand but Dambullah manages to avoid it.
Marceau misses with a jab to the body
and Dambullah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dambullah misses with a hook to the body
and Marceau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marceau cracks Dambullah with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Dambullah falls to his knees and Marceau doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean-Claude Marceau!
Jean-Claude Marceau seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.