PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Maine (ranked 3531 p4p, 5628 weight class) and Tino Marcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Maine
vs
Marcos

174 cm
25
158
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
160
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charles Maine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tino Marcos!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcos closes the distance looking to clinch

so Maine counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Marcos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Marcos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Maine is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Marcos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Maine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Marcos's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos trying to keep a closed guard but Maine is proving a slippery customer.

Maine thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marcos is trying to hold Maine in close to prevent damage but Maine has managed to pass into half guard.
Maine 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.
Maine trying to pass the guard but Marcos defending well.
Maine trying to control the pace.
Maine working Marcos over with strikes.
Maine working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Maine.

Maine is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maine keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Maine working over Marcos with some ground and pound. Marcos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Maine stalling.
Maine lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marcos has hold of Maine's hands but Maine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Maine looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Marcos trying to hold on to Maine's head to control him but Maine postures up.
Maine passes to side control.
Marcos tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maine lands an elbow.
Maine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Marcos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Maine creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Maine slows the pace down.
Marcos is looking to regain half guard here but Maine keeps moving and retains side control.
Maine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Maine in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Marcos is trying to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here as Maine stalls from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maine cracks Marcos with a big right hand but Marcos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Marcos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Marcos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The referee asks Maine politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Maine prefers to stall for the moment though.
Marcos is looking for a sweep.
Maine working the ground and pound from side control.
Marcos is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maine controls the position.
Marcos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Maine scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marcos to see if he's OK.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maine working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Maine dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Marcos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maine attempts a counter takedown but Marcos avoids it well and moves away.
Marcos wants to clinch.

Maine shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Maine was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Marcos struggling a bit here.
Marcos manages to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcos trying to control from the bottom.
Maine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Maine is nestled in close to Marcos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Maine lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marcos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maine not doing much here.
Maine has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Maine moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Marcos.
Charles Maine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marcos tries to bench press Maine off him but Maine keeps the position.
Marcos is trying to escape the position but Maine is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Maine scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marcos to see if he's OK.
Marcos regains half guard.
Marcos tries to get to full guard but Maine has control of the leg.
Maine takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Maine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Maine passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Marcos!
Maine controlling from mount.
Marcos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcos is bucking up trying to escape but Maine cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Marcos tries to improve his position but instead Maine has taken his back!

Maine working for the choke.
Marcos tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Maine lands a big elbow.
Maine can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Marcos is looking to escape.
Maine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Maine lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Marcos hang on?
Marcos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Marcos is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maine controlling the position easily from mount.
Maine landing strikes, looking to finish!
BOOM! Maine connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marcos tries to lock up and control but Maine gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Marcos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Maine dominating with strikes here.
Maine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marcos can do to turn this around?
Maine with shots to the head and body - Marcos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Maine with good strikes from the mount here!
Marcos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Marcos is still trying to improve position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Maine dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Maine manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Marcos on his heels. He'll look to pass Marcos's guard now, I'm sure.
Marcos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marcos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Maine stays in close to Marcos's body and controls the position.
Maine slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Maine lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Marcos down.
Marcos wants to control but Maine postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcos tries to bench press Maine off him but Maine keeps the position.
Maine in side control lands a decent elbow.
Marcos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Maine scoring with punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos is looking to regain half guard here but Maine keeps moving and retains side control.
Maine controls the position from side control.
Marcos is looking to regain half guard here but Maine keeps moving and retains side control.
Maine grinds an elbow into Marcos's temple.
Maine is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Marcos will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Marcos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Maine lands some shots froms side control.

Maine working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Maine controlling the position.
Maine is putting a hurting on Marcos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Charles Maine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Maine seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Marcos for as long as he can get away with.
Maine continues to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
More hug and hope from Maine.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Marcos wants to clinch but Maine slips to the side

and Maine counters with a shoot takedown. Marcos fights it but they end up in guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maine showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Maine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:24
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Maine!
During a confident post fight interview, Charles Maine thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.