PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus The Darkness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Charms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus The Darkness looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

The Darkness
vs
Charms

195 cm
25
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus The Darkness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucky Charms!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charms ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Darkness moves away.
The Darkness looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

The Darkness shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The Darkness showed some decent athleticism there.
Charms avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Darkness.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charms is looking to improve his position.
The Darkness sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Charms defending well though.
The Darkness is nestled in close to Charms, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Charms taking some punishment here, with The Darkness in his half guard.
Charms trying to hold on to The Darkness's head to control him but The Darkness postures up.
The Darkness throwing shots but Charms is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charms taking some punishment here, with The Darkness in his half guard.
Charms blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Darkness.
The Darkness landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Darkness slips a nice elbow through Charms's hands, connecting with Charms's forehead.
Charms blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Darkness.
The Darkness lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Charms avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Darkness.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. The Darkness connects with a nice short shot to Charms's temple.
Charms pushes The Darkness off looking to stand but The Darkness dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Darkness winds up and cracks Charms with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Darkness lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The Darkness looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The Darkness thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Charms to regain full guard.
The Darkness working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Charms's head.
The Darkness landing with the ground and pound.
The Darkness postures up and lands a big shot to Charms's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Darkness trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Darkness thows a big elbow that misses.
The Darkness prevents Charms from getting back to his feet.
Charms really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Darkness. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Darkness loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Darkness loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Darkness throws a strike but Charms rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Charms throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Charms wants to get up but he can't break The Darkness's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The Darkness keeping moving, preventing Charms from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Lucky Charms hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

The Darkness shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than The Darkness was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The Darkness is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus The Darkness dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Charms pulls out of a head kick attempt.

The Darkness shoots in and gets a takedown into Charms's guard.
The Darkness cracks Charms with a solid left hand.
The Darkness in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Darkness missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Darkness throwing strikes but missing.
The Darkness 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.
The Darkness throwing strikes but missing.
The Darkness content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Darkness throws and elbow that misses. Charms uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Darkness's guard. Nice move by Charms!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charms throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charms wanted to stand there but The Darkness had control of the position.

The Darkness manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Charms throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Darkness.

The Darkness drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The Darkness working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Charms's head.
The Darkness thows a big elbow that misses.
The Darkness throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Charms works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Charms avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Darkness thows a big elbow that misses.
The Darkness in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Darkness cracks Charms with a solid left hand.
Marcus The Darkness overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Darkness scoring with some ground and pound.
The Darkness throwing strikes but missing.
The Darkness throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Darkness postures up in Charms's guard and throws a big left but Charms blocks it.
The Darkness thows a big elbow that misses.
The Darkness connects with a couple of short punches.
The Darkness with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Darkness working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Charms preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Darkness postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Darkness is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The Darkness working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Charms wants to stand but The Darkness is controlling the position.
The Darkness keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Charms's head.
The Darkness is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The Darkness working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Charms's head.
The Darkness lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus The Darkness dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

The Darkness closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Charms did well to prevent The Darkness getting side control.
The Darkness scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Darkness missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Darkness not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Darkness is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Charms keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Darkness not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Darkness winds up and cracks Charms with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Darkness takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Darkness working over Charms with some ground and pound. Charms looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Charms blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Darkness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Darkness thows a huge punch but Charms dodges it nicely.
Charms blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Darkness.
The Darkness landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Darkness missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Darkness takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from The Darkness there.
The Darkness thows a huge punch but Charms dodges it nicely.
The Darkness drops an elbow to the side of Charms's head.
Charms blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Darkness.
The Darkness thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Charms's head.

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.
Charms keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Darkness slips a nice elbow through Charms's hands, connecting with Charms's forehead.
The Darkness lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Charms avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Darkness.
The Darkness throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Charms is trying to stand back up but The Darkness is controlling him
Charms on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The Darkness winds up and cracks Charms with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Darkness throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charms keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Charms blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Darkness.
Charms is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Darkness scores with a couple of nice shots.
Charms is trying to stand.
The Darkness thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Charms's head.
The Darkness is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The Darkness punching from mount but Charms doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Darkness lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four 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.
The Darkness postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Charms looks a forlorn figure.
Lucky Charms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Darkness looking to finish with strikes here!
The Darkness pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The Darkness misses with a head shot.
The Darkness raining down hammerfists from mount.
The Darkness is landing with some decent strikes but Charms is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The Darkness is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The Darkness connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus The Darkness showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Darkness 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus The Darkness!