PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orville Dudpops (ranked 1235 p4p, 780 weight class) and Jayden Marsh (ranked 166 p4p, 109 weight class). Marsh has chosen Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond as his entrance music. Jayden Marsh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Orville Dudpops's chin.

Dudpops
vs
Marsh

184 cm
19
218
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
215
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Orville Dudpops!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jayden Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dudpops missing with a left hand there. Marsh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Marsh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marsh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dudpops moves away.
Dudpops connects with a crisp jab.
Marsh bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dudpops's head backwards.
Dudpops throws a jab when Marsh was well out of range.
Dudpops misses with a straight right.
Marsh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marsh's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dudpops under the eye.
Dudpops throws a shot from downtown. Marsh moves away and avoids it.
Marsh throws out a counter right but Dudpops avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudpops misses with a hook. Marsh ducked under it nicely.
Despite the aggression on Marsh's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Marsh loads up on a big right hand but Dudpops slips the punch.
Dudpops was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Marsh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dudpops.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudpops swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dudpops lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marsh at a distance.
Dudpops swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dudpops has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Marsh avoids the body shot from Dudpops.
A little jabbing left from Marsh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dudpops rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marsh counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Marsh misses.
Marsh looks to land a left hand but Dudpops moved out of range nicely.
Dudpops was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Marsh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dudpops.
Dudpops misses with a shot to the body
and Marsh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marsh looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marsh moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudpops dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dudpops throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dudpops tests Marsh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marsh throws out a loose jab but Dudpops uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dudpops swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marsh counters with a nice uppercut.
Dudpops misses the jab.
Dudpops misses with a wild combination.
Marsh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marsh might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Marsh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marsh throws out a counter right but Dudpops avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh misses with a body shot
and Dudpops counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marsh ducks right into an uppercut from Dudpops.
Marsh lands a right hook to the body.
Marsh gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marsh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dudpops.
No joy there for Dudpops, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marsh slips under a jab.
Dudpops with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marsh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dudpops looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudpops misses with an uppercut. Marsh saw that one coming.
Marsh misses with an uppercut
letting Dudpops counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dudpops misses the shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Dudpops 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Orville Dudpops seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dudpops.
Marsh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marsh rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dudpops counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Dudpops misses its intended target.
Marsh now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dudpops looks to throw the jab but Marsh is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marsh! But no joy.
Marsh throws a series of punches but Dudpops moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Orville Dudpops dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dudpops throws an off balance right hand
and Marsh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dudpops throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marsh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dudpops lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dudpops tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsh was well out of range. Poor timing from Dudpops.
Dudpops tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsh was well out of range. Poor timing from Dudpops.
Orville Dudpops is winning the standup battle so far.
Dudpops thuds his right hand into Marsh's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Marsh scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dudpops misses with a right hand
and Marsh counters with a nice uppercut.
Marsh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dudpops connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dudpops misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudpops dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dudpops ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsh moves away.
Marsh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch lands to the side of Dudpops 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dudpops ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsh moves away.
Dudpops ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsh moves away.
Marsh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dudpops circles away quickly and effectively.
Marsh paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dudpops throws an off balance right hand
and Dudpops takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Dudpops is rocked!
Marsh throws a shot from downtown. Dudpops moves away and avoids it.
Dudpops lunges at Marsh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marsh's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Marsh looks to throw the jab but Dudpops is out of range.
Dudpops just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsh connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dudpops momentarily.
Oh Dudpops is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marsh moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Dudpops does no damage.
Marsh is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dudpops with a body shot.
Dudpops seems to have got his legs back now.

Marsh feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Dudpops sprawling to the canvas! Dudpops rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Marsh finish him?!
Marsh drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Dudpops right on the button. Dudpops goes down! Marsh follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Marsh gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jayden Marsh!
Jayden Marsh thanked the fans post fight for their support.