PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davis Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sagat might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to His own theme music. The crowd seem to be enjoying Marcus's choice of entrance music: "Princes of the Universe," by Queen. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sagat
vs
Marcus

194 cm
24
193 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

178 cm
25
185 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Sagat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davis Marcus!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagat lands a nice looking kick to the body. Marcus takes a step back to recover.
Sagat throws and low kick but Marcus moves out of range easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sagat.

Sagat moves into range and clinches up with Marcus.
Marcus just leaning against Sagat, taking a breather.
Sagat working Marcus over with knees to the body.
Sagat blocks an elbow strike.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sagat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sagat.
Marcus misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marcus.
Sagat lands a damaging elbow.
Marcus looking to throw knees to the head but Sagat is blocking nicely.
Sagat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sagat missing with knees to the body.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but Marcus blocks with his arms.
Sagat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sagat effectively controlling the action here.
Sagat tries to stall but Marcus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marcus looking to throw knees to the head but Sagat is blocking nicely.
Marcus avoids a wild elbow strike from Sagat.
Sagat avoiding damage as Marcus throws knees to the body.
Sagat is stalling here.
Marcus crunches a lovely knee into Sagat's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marcus.
Marcus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sagat lands an elbow inside.
Sagat taking a breather.
Marcus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sagat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcus letting Sagat take a breather here.
A short left from Sagat.
Sagat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marcus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sagat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sagat landing knees to the body.
Marcus tries to land knees in the clinch but Sagat avoids the damage to the body.
Sagat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sagat managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Sagat displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marcus up against the cage.
Marcus missing with knees to the body.
Marcus misses with an elbow strike.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagat has Marcus pushed against the cage.
Marcus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sagat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marcus missing with knees to the body.
Sagat scores a nice knee to the body.
Sagat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marcus's defenses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Marcus misses with an elbow over the top.
Sagat lands a nice elbow.
Sagat looking to stall.
Marcus lands an elbow that stopped Sagat in his tracks for a moment.
Sagat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marcus.
Sagat misses with an elbow over the top.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marcus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marcus works on Sagat's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hook to the body lands for Marcus.
Sagat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sagat is breathing heavily.
Marcus misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat dodges an elbow strike from Marcus.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but Marcus blocks with his arms.
Sagat managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Marcus avoids the elbow strike from Sagat, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Marcus.
Sagat just leaning against Marcus, taking a breather.
Marcus missing with knees to the body.
Sagat looking to slow down the pace here.
Sagat throws an elbow but it misses.
Marcus tries to stall but Sagat uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marcus tries a knee to the head but Sagat blocks it.
Marcus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The referee calls for Marcus to work.
Sagat stalling in the clinch but Marcus improves position.
Sagat misses with a knee strike.
Marcus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sagat lands a knee to the head.
Marcus misses with a knee strike.
Sagat takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marcus.
Marcus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marcus missing with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagat misses with an elbow over the top.
Sagat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marcus with a knee to the head.
Sagat misses with a knee to the head.
Sagat tries to land knees in the clinch but Marcus avoids the damage to the body.
Marcus lands a body punch.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marcus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sagat's defenses.
Marcus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sagat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that Sagat shrugs off.
Marcus throws an elbow but it misses.
Marcus managing to block the knees to the body from Sagat.
Sagat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marcus with a knee to the head.
Sagat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sagat blocks an uppercut.
Marcus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sagat.
Sagat missing with knees to the body.
Marcus tries a knee to the head but Sagat blocks it.
Marcus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marcus lands an elbow that stopped Sagat in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Sagat dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sagat misses with a head kick.
Marcus checks a low kick from Sagat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sagat managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Nice elbow from Marcus.
Marcus scores with a knee to the head.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but Marcus blocks it.
Sagat blocks an uppercut.
Marcus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sagat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sagat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marcus.
Sagat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marcus's defenses.
Sagat takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marcus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sagat avoids a wild elbow strike from Marcus.
Marcus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marcus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sagat lands a nice elbow.
Sagat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marcus's defenses.
Marcus looking to throw knees to the head but Sagat is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sagat is pushing Marcus up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Davis Marcus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marcus missing with knees to the body.
Marcus dodges an elbow strike from Sagat.
Come on Sagat - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Marcus landing knees to the head.
Marcus trying to land knees to the body.
Marcus throws a head punch that misses.
Sagat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marcus.
Sagat blocks the elbow strike.
Marcus misses with a knee strike.
Sagat with a knee to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Marcus 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.
Sagat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marcus looking to throw knees to the head but Sagat is blocking nicely.
Marcus trying to control the position but instead, Sagat has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marcus into the cage.
Sagat landing knees to the body.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but Marcus blocks it.
Sagat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marcus has Sagat pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus dodges an elbow strike from Sagat.
Sagat blocks an elbow strike.
Marcus stalling in the clinch but Sagat improves position.
Sagat managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Marcus trying to land knees to the body.
Marcus throws a punch but it's blocked by Sagat.
Sagat stalling in the clinch but Marcus improves position.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but Marcus blocks it.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcus avoids it.
Marcus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sagat is defending well for now.
Marcus takes an elbow to the temple.
Marcus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sagat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Marcus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marcus.
Marcus lands an elbow that stopped Sagat in his tracks for a moment.
Sagat dodges an elbow strike from Marcus.
Marcus avoids the elbow strike from Sagat, against the cage.
Sagat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat avoids the elbow strike from Marcus, against the cage.
Sagat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marcus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sagat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marcus is defending well for now.
Marcus misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Marcus - that landed with a thud.
Sagat misses with a knee strike.
Sagat trying to control the position but instead, Marcus has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sagat into the cage.
Marcus lands a hook that snaps the head of Sagat backwards.
Marcus lands a nice knee to the body.
Sagat blocks the elbow strike.
Marcus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marcus scores with a knee to the head.
Sagat lands an elbow inside.
Sagat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sagat blocks the elbow strike.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marcus throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sagat is looking to control Marcus's arms but Marcus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sagat has his back to the cage.
Sagat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sagat is looking to control Marcus's arms but Marcus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sagat has his back to the cage.
Marcus crunches a lovely knee into Sagat's ribcage.
Marcus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sagat avoids the elbow strike from Marcus, against the cage.
Sagat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marcus.
Sagat blocks an elbow strike.
Marcus landing knees to the head.
Sagat tries to stall but Marcus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marcus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marcus landing knees to the head.
Marcus misses with an elbow strike.
Marcus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sagat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Marcus.
Marcus throws a head punch that misses.
Sagat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marcus avoiding damage.
Sagat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davis Marcus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sagat is looking to chop away at Marcus's legs.
Sagat throws a nice head kick!
Marcus bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sagat's head.
Marcus jabs Sagat right on the nose. Sagat blinks but takes it well.
Sagat throws a sloppy head kick and Marcus moves out of range easily.
Marcus tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sagat counters with a nice low kick that buckles Marcus's knee momentarily.

Marcus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sagat throws an elbow but it misses.
Sagat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that Sagat shrugs off.
Marcus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marcus blocks an elbow strike.
Marcus scores with a knee to the head.
Marcus displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sagat up against the cage.
Sagat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marcus blocks it with crossed arms.
Marcus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sagat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sagat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marcus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sagat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marcus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sagat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sagat lands an elbow inside.
Sagat stalling the fight.
Marcus is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sagat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sagat lands a knee to the head.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marcus tries to land knees in the clinch but Sagat avoids the damage to the body.
Marcus lands an elbow inside that Sagat shrugs off.
Marcus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sagat managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Marcus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marcus blocks the elbow strike.
Marcus takes an elbow to the temple.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marcus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marcus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sagat misses with a knee to the head.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcus avoids it.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sagat avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Marcus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sagat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sagat lands an elbow inside.
Marcus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sagat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sagat scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Sagat.
Sagat crunches a lovely knee into Marcus's ribcage.
Marcus scores with a knee to the head.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but Sagat blocks with his arms.
Sagat misses with a knee strike.
Sagat will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Marcus up against the cage.
Sagat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marcus working Sagat over with knees to the body.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sagat avoids a wild elbow strike from Marcus.
Sagat lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Sagat.
Sagat lands an elbow just above Marcus 's eye.
Marcus lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sagat.
Sagat pushes off an throws an elbow but Marcus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sagat dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sagat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marcus missing with knees to the body.
Marcus misses with a knee to the head.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Marcus as Sagat tries to tie him up.
Marcus pushes Sagat back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but Sagat blocks with his arms.
Sagat slows down the pace here.
Marcus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marcus working aggressively here.
Marcus lands with a short shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marcus obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sagat blocks it with crossed arms.
Sagat is struggling to control the position.
Sagat is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marcus is keeping busy.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but Marcus blocks it.
A short left from Marcus.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcus avoids it.
Marcus tries to land knees in the clinch but Sagat avoids the damage to the body.
Marcus avoiding damage as Sagat throws knees to the body.
Marcus tries to land knees in the clinch but Sagat avoids the damage to the body.
Marcus digs a right hand into Sagat's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sagat's gas tank.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat is looking to control Marcus's arms but Marcus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sagat has his back to the cage.
Marcus landing knees to the body.
Marcus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marcus looking to throw knees to the head but Sagat is blocking nicely.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but Sagat blocks with his arms.
Sagat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marcus's defenses.
Sagat displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marcus up against the cage.
Sagat lands an elbow that stopped Marcus in his tracks for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Davis Marcus.
I think Marcus has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

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