PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Legen Dary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Maritato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dary
vs
Maritato

197 cm
22
272 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

191 cm
23
245 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Legen Dary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven Maritato!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maritato shoots in looking for a takedown. Dary tries to sprawl out of it but Maritato keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dary manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dary misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dary looks to land a body kick but Maritato moved away.
Dary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dary looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maritato shoots in for a double leg but Dary sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maritato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maritato throws a sloppy head kick and Dary moves out of range easily.
Dary tries to clinch but Maritato is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maritato.

It looks like Legen Dary has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maritato throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dary's waist but Dary gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Maritato off to one side.
Legen Dary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steven Maritato.
Dary fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dary throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dary misses with a double jab.
Dary moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Maritato throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dary throws a right and a left that Maritato avoids nicely.
Dary swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maritato.

Maritato gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maritato drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dary gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dary wants to break free but Maritato has control.
Maritato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dary is trying to break the clinch but Maritato has him pressed against the cage.

Maritato breaks from the clinch.
Maritato slips a jab and a cross from Dary.
A head kick misses from Maritato.
Dary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maritato misses with a hook.
Dary throws a series of punches but Maritato moves out of range.
Maritato throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dary's waist but Dary gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Maritato off to one side.
Maritato misses the jab.
Dary tries to move into range but Maritato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dary keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maritato misses the shot to the body.
Dary fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maritato walks into a stiff left hand from Dary.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dary throws a right and a left that Maritato avoids nicely.
Maritato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dary lands with a right hand.
Maritato tries to close the distance and clinch but Dary swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maritato shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dary pinned against the cage. Dary gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dary displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Maritato.
Dary misses with a series of wild punches.
Maritato swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maritato looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Legen Dary is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maritato throws a jab but it's blocked by Dary.
Dary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maritato.
Maritato looks gassed!
Maritato looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dary fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dary darts in trying to clinch

and Maritato holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dary working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dary tries to break the clinch but Maritato is controlling the position.
Dary wants to break free but Maritato has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dary.

Maritato successfully pulls guard.

Maritato scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Dary misses with a wild combination.
Dary throws a right hand that Maritato ducks under and follows up with a left that Maritato also avoids with ease.
Dary throws a series of punches but Maritato avoids them all with ease.
Maritato tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dary sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Maritato somewhat.
Maritato shoots for a takedown but Dary saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dary misses with a wild combination.
Dary slaps away a takedown attempt from Maritato, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Maritato misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dary misses with a combination
and Maritato counters with a three punch combo that has Dary backing up. Dary nods at Maritato to acknowledge the strikes.
Maritato shoots in and drives through. Dary sprawls well.
Nice shot by Dary.
Dary lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dary throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dary throws a right and a left that Maritato avoids nicely.
Dary throws a series of punches but Maritato avoids them all with ease.
Dary tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Maritato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dary thinking.
Dary looks to land a combination but Maritato avoids it well.
Dary looks to land a combination. Maritato sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Maritato tries to bum rush Dary with a series of wild strikes but Dary uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maritato on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Maritato tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dary swivels and escapes.
Dary fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maritato moves in looking to clinch but Dary pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dary looks to land a combination but Maritato avoids it well.
Maritato lands with a nice combination. Dary backs away looking to recover.
Maritato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dary.
Dary scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Maritato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Legen Dary's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A left and a right from Dary both land. Nice combination.
Maritato scores with a shot to the body.
Maritato shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dary as he jumps to the side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Maritato.
Maritato dodges the punch combination from Dary.
Maritato misses with the combination.
Dary throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maritato counters with a one-two to the body.
Maritato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Legen Dary is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maritato throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dary misses with a two punch combination.
Steven Maritato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dary swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Maritato counters with a single leg into guard. Dary didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dary is looking to stand up but Maritato isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Maritato throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maritato wants to pass the guard but Dary is keeping the position.
Maritato is breathing heavily.
Dary is wriggling around but Maritato manages to pass to half guard.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Maritato. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Maritato takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Maritato wants to work for an arm triangle but Dary is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Maritato not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maritato not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two 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.
Dary is looking to escape.
Dary on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Maritato sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dary defending well though.
Maritato has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maritato not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dary keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dary knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maritato on the ground.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Maritato closes the distance and pushes Dary back into the cage.
Dary is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Maritato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dary wants to clinch up but Maritato keeps it at a distance.
Maritato moves in looking to clinch but Dary pushes him off.
Maritato shoots for a double leg takedown but Dary sprawls well. He's pushed Maritato's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Legen Dary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steven Maritato.
Dary displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dary tests Maritato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maritato jabs at Dary's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maritato.

Maritato rushes Dary and presses him up against the cage.
Maritato wants a takedown.

Maritato breaks the clinch.
Maritato fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dary misses with a few strikes there.
Dary throws a combination that misses

and Maritato counters by moving into the clinch.

Dary pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dary lands with a nice combination. Maritato backs away looking to recover.
Good exchange - Maritato coming out on top.
Dary works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Maritato fails to land with a series of punches.
Dary bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maritato's head backwards.
Dary displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Maritato.
Dary misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dary looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dary looks to land a combination but Maritato avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Dary, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Maritato shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dary napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dary on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dary tries to get out of the position.
Dary wants to get back to his feet but Maritato drags him back down.

Maritato tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Maritato has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Maritato postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maritato tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Maritato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Legen Dary's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Maritato scores a takedown into full mount!
Maritato tries to control but Dary wriggling away.

Maritato working for a guillotine from mount but Dary is in no mood to give up.
Maritato looking to finish with strikes here!
Dary blocking the ground and pound.
Dary could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dary is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Maritato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maritato trying to control but Dary is having none of it.
Dary trying desperately to get to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maritato unloads with some shots from mount but Dary bucks and avoids them well.
Dary wants to get back to his feet.
Maritato landing strikes from the mount.

That's two 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.
Maritato lands a heavy elbow.
Dary in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Maritato throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Maritato lands a nice shot to the head.

Legen Dary's cut is getting worse.
Dary is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Maritato dominating with strikes here.
Maritato dominating with strikes here.
Maritato trying to control but Dary is having none of it.
Maritato breaks from Dary's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maritato looking to control but Dary is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Maritato lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Maritato landing strikes from the mount.

Legen Dary's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dary's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Maritato punishing his opponent with strikes.

Jeez, Legen Dary's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Legen Dary's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Steven Maritato!