PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demarcus Flatendo (ranked 2351 p4p, 1438 weight class) and Dude Sweet (ranked 374 p4p, 226 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Flatendo
vs
Sweet

188 cm
27
210
6 - 3 - 1

200 cm
25
215
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Demarcus Flatendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dude Sweet!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flatendo fails with an attempt to clinch.

Flatendo darts in and clinches Sweet up against the cage.
Sweet softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Flatendo blocks an uppercut.
Sweet tries a body shot but Flatendo blocks it.
Sweet tries to circle away but Flatendo has him pinned against the cage.
Flatendo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Flatendo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flatendo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sweet backwards.
Sweet scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sweet misses with the head strike.
Flatendo misses with some punches.
Sweet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sweet lands a hook that snaps the head of Flatendo backwards.
Flatendo is leaning against Sweet and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Flatendo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sweet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flatendo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sweet misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flatendo.
Sweet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sweet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flatendo lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flatendo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Flatendo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sweet swings wildly with an uppercut but Flatendo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sweet swings wildly with an uppercut but Flatendo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flatendo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sweet misses with some punches.
Flatendo works on Sweet's body with a couple of short punches.
Flatendo blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Flatendo fails to land.
Sweet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flatendo.

It looks like Dude Sweet has been cut.
Flatendo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sweet.
Flatendo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flatendo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flatendo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sweet backwards.
Flatendo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sweet misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sweet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flatendo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Flatendo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flatendo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sweet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flatendo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flatendo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sweet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flatendo's elbow.
Flatendo blocks an uppercut.
Sweet lands a hook that snaps the head of Flatendo backwards.
Flatendo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flatendo misses with a punch on the inside.
Flatendo misses with the head strike.
Sweet tries to work over Flatendo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sweet's coach down at Elite Island Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sweet's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sweet misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Sweet.
Flatendo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sweet lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sweet tries to work over Flatendo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flatendo prevents a body shot from Sweet.
A left hand lands to the body for Sweet.
Flatendo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sweet misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sweet fails to land.
Sweet blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweet lands a left hand.
A short right from Sweet on the inside.
Flatendo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sweets head.
Flatendo misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sweet fails to land.
Sweet lands a body shot in the clinch.
Flatendo throws a punch but it's blocked by Sweet.
Sweet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flatendo swings wildly with an uppercut but Sweet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sweet digs a right hand underneath Flatendo's ribcage. Flatendo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sweet blocking some punches.
Flatendo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sweet lands a hook that snaps the head of Flatendo backwards.
A right hand to the body from Sweet.
Flatendo is breathing heavily.
Sweet blocking some punches.
Flatendo misses with the head strike.
Flatendo blocks an uppercut.

Sweet breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flatendo lands a glancing blow to the side of Sweet's head.
Flatendo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flatendo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sweet ducks under a wild hook from Flatendo.
Flatendo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sweet catches Flatendo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sweet cracks Flatendo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Flatendo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sweet manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sweet looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Flatendo has managed to clinch.
Nice body punch from Flatendo.
Flatendo swings wildly with an uppercut but Sweet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sweet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flatendo's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sweet blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Sweet.
Sweet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Flatendo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sweet misses with the head strike.
Flatendo is working Sweet over against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dude Sweet will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dude Sweet's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Flatendo throws a hook to the side of Sweet's head but Sweet sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Flatendo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flatendo.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sweet in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sweet cracks Flatendo with a good jab.
Sweet jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sweet slips a jab from Flatendo.
Sweet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flatendo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sweet lands with an uppercut that bounces Flatendo off the cage and back into range.
Sweet loads up on a big right hand but Flatendo slips the punch.
Flatendo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sweet throws out the jab.
Dude Sweet seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Flatendo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweet takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Demarcus Flatendo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sweet throws a hook but Flatendo blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flatendo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Flatendo tries to clinch but Sweet is having none of it.

Flatendo clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweet lands a body shot in the clinch.

Sweet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sweet cracks Flatendo with an open hand slap.
Flatendo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Flatendo misses with a looping left.
It seemed like Sweet was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sweet lands with a cross.
Sweet uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flatendo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sweet. Flatendo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sweet lands with a cross.
Flatendo connects with a looping right hand.
Flatendo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Flatendo. Those never looked like landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flatendo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sweet.
Demarcus Flatendo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Sweet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flatendo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A shot to the liver by Sweet. Beautiful body shot.
Flatendo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sweet listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sweet pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sweet lands a jab to the nose.
Sweet looks to land a right hand but Flatendo moved out of range.
Flatendo throws a series of punches but Sweet avoids them all with ease.
Sweet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sweet is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Flatendo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sweet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sweet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flatendo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sweet.
Flatendo slips a jab from Sweet.
Sweet on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Flatendo cracks Sweet with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Flatendo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sweet lunges at Flatendo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Flatendo's hand.

Sweet cracks Flatendo with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Flatendo looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sweet finish him?

Flatendo is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Sweet ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Flatendo clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dude Sweet!
Dude Sweet decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.