PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ocuzio Marcial (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Legion Arus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Marcial
vs
Arus

179 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ocuzio Marcial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Legion Arus!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Arus closes the distance and clinches.

Marcial pulls guard successfully.
Marcial is controlling Arus's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arus wants to stand but Marcial is controlling his posture from full guard.
Marcial tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marcial on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Marcial tries to get out of the position.
Arus wants to get up but he can't break Marcial's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ocuzio Marcial.

Arus clinches.
Marcial leaning his opponent against the cage.
Arus gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Marcial.
Arus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marcial's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arus tries to land a knee to the head but Marcial blocks with his arms.
Arus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Arus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marcial is working for takedown but Arus is calmly controlling the position for now.
Marcial looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ocuzio Marcial. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marcial wants a takedown.
Arus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arus landing knees to the head.
Arus lands a good knee to the midsection. Marcial won't want to take too many of those.
Marcial is breathing heavily.

Arus breaks from the clinch.
Legion Arus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Arus gets a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Arus.
Arus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marcial blocks it with crossed arms.
Arus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marcial is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Arus landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Arus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marcial shoots in looking for a takedown but Arus manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Marcial's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Arus gets a clinch.
Arus landing knees to the head.
Arus lands an elbow inside that Marcial shrugs off.

Arus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arus defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Marcial.
Marcial dives in and grabs Arus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Arus pushes down on Marcial's head and hops out.
Arus throws a head kick but Marcial moves out of range.

Arus has closed the distance and engaged Marcial in a clinch.
Marcial goes for a takedown in the clinch but Arus prevents it.
Arus with a knee to the head.

Arus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arus lands with a kick to the temple. Marcial shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Arus rushes Marcial and presses him up against the cage.
Arus blocking some punches.
Marcial tries to stall but Arus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arus gets underhooks to prevent Marcial's takedown attempt.
Arus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marcial's face.
Arus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Arus connects with a knee to the head.
Marcial avoids the elbow strike from Arus, against the cage.
Arus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marcial goes for a takedown in the clinch but Arus prevents it.
Marcial takes a knee to the side of the body.
Arus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marcial prevents Arus from breaking the clinch.
Marcial lands a left hand that snaps the head of Arus backwards.
Arus tries a knee to the head but Marcial blocks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Arus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcial avoids it.
Marcial is working for takedown but Arus is calmly controlling the position for now.
Arus stops a takedown attempt from Marcial.
Arus tries a knee to the head but Marcial blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcial wants a takedown but no success here.
Marcial is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Arus gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Marcial takes a knee right on the jaw!
Arus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marcial's face.
Marcial tries for a takedown but Arus manages to get underhooks.
Arus gets underhooks to prevent Marcial's takedown attempt.
Marcial takes a knee to the side of the body.

Arus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marcial tries to clinch up.

Arus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marcial managing to block the knees to the body from Arus.
Marcial really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Marcial is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arus is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Marcial turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Marcial manages to end up in side control.
Marcial misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Arus parries the strikes from Marcial easily there. Marcial is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Arus to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Legion Arus dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Marcial fails to land the takedown.

Arus closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Arus.
Legion Arus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Arus manages to break the clinch.

Arus rushes Marcial and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Marcial has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Arus is trying to keep an underhook but Marcial manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Marcial not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marcial prevents Arus from standing back up.
Marcial throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marcial working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Arus wants to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcial throwing shots but Arus is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcial throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marcial sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Arus defending well though.
Marcial looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Marcial is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Arus wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcial looks to land a strike but Arus avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Marcial trying to control the position from guard on top but Arus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marcial keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Arus's head.
Marcial postures up in Arus's guard and throws a big left but Arus blocks it.
Marcial postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marcial drops back looking for a leg! Arus is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Arus manages to kick Marcial off! Marcial jumps back into Arus's guard.
Arus wants to stand but Marcial is controlling the position.
Marcial missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Arus wants to stand up but Marcial is controlling him.
Marcial loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ocuzio Marcial overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcial throws a big elbow that misses.
Marcial throwing strikes from guard but Arus blocks nicely.
Marcial trying to control but Arus is working from the bottom.
Arus wants to stand but Marcial is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marcial throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ocuzio Marcial dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Arus pushes Marcial up against the cage in a clinch.

Marcial lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Marcial throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marcial throwing shots but Arus is blocking nicely.
Marcial not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marcial throwing shots but Arus is blocking nicely.
Marcial thows a huge punch but Arus dodges it nicely.
Marcial sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Arus defending well though.
Marcial not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marcial not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marcial looks to land a strike but Arus avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcial trying to control the position from guard on top but Arus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Arus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Marcial advances to half guard.
Marcial lands with a punch from half guard.
Marcial trying to control the action but Arus is working from the bottom.
Marcial working over Arus with some ground and pound. Arus looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Marcial.
Arus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marcial. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Arus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marcial.
Marcial throwing shots but Arus is blocking nicely.
Arus looks like he's trying to stand up.
Arus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marcial lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Marcial uses his free foot to push down on Arus's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Arus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcial throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Marcial misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Marcial unloads with some shots from mount but Arus bucks and avoids them well.
Marcial thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Marcial throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Marcial there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arus holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Marcial tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Marcial there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Marcial thowing shots but they're missing.
Marcial misses with some ground and pound and Arus recovers position to half guard.
Arus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arus is trying to stand back up but Marcial is controlling him

And that's the end of the fight!
Ocuzio Marcial showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marcial has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ocuzio Marcial!