PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dante (ranked 5711 p4p, 5025 weight class) and Antonio Marcos (ranked 309 p4p, 295 weight class). Marcus Dante looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Dante
vs
Marcos

200 cm
21
130
0 - 2 - 0

171 cm
25
144
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Dante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Marcos !
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dante throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Marcos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Marcos stands and throws Dante's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Marcos has hold of Dante's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Dante seems comfortable defending it but Marcos has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Dante is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Dante is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Marcos couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Antonio Marcos !
Antonio Marcos was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.