PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charm Demarsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Stanly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Demarsh
vs
Stanly

190 cm
34
218 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

197 cm
29
214 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

5th Round Clothing

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 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charm Demarsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcelo Stanly!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demarsh moves in looking to clinch but Stanly pushes him off.
Stanly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Demarsh.

Demarsh clinches up with Stanly and pushes him back against the cage.
Demarsh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stanly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demarsh can't find room to land a body shot as Stanly controls the action.
Stanly tries to pull guard but Demarsh won't allow it.
Stanly blocks an uppercut.
Demarsh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stanly prevents a body shot from Demarsh.
Stanly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Demarsh is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Stanly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demarsh scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stanly wants to take the fight to the mat but Demarsh manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Charm Demarsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo Stanly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demarsh lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Demarsh is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Stanly tries to pull guard but Demarsh forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Stanly is trying to pull guard but Demarsh has him pressed against the cage.
Demarsh stops a takedown attempt from Stanly.
Demarsh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Demarsh stops a takedown attempt from Stanly.
Demarsh misses with a knee strike.
Demarsh works on Stanly's body with a couple of short punches.
Stanly is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Demarsh gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Demarsh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Demarsh misses with a punch to the body.
Demarsh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stanly is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Demarsh.
A short right from Demarsh on the inside.
Stanly jumps guard but Demarsh turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Demarsh pulls his leg out and moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demarsh wants to clinch.
Demarsh staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Demarsh.
Demarsh is looking to clinch but Stanly is avoiding it.
Demarsh wants to clinch up but Stanly keeps it at a distance.
Stanly scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarsh connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Stanly's hands.

Stanly tries to keep at a distance but Demarsh has taken the fight into the clinch.
Demarsh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stanly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stanly is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Demarsh is defending well.
Demarsh misses with a punch to the body.
Stanly tries to pull guard but Demarsh holds him up against the cage and eventually Stanly drops back down to his feet.
Demarsh can't find room to land a body shot as Stanly controls the action.
Demarsh gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stanly.
Stanly blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanly throws an elbow that misses.
Stanly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Demarsh pulls his leg out and moves away.
Horrible takedown by Stanly or perhaps it was just good defense by Demarsh which made him look bad.
Demarsh throws a sloppy head kick and Stanly moves out of range easily.
Demarsh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Demarsh fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stanly, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stanly is working for takedown but Demarsh is calmly controlling the position for now.
Demarsh misses with a punch to the body.

Stanly decides to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charm Demarsh dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Demarsh doesn't manage to clinch there - Stanly circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Demarsh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Demarsh stuffs the takedown attempt from Stanly. Stanly gets slowly back to his feet.

Demarsh instigates a clinch.
Demarsh gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stanly.
Stanly tries for a takedown. No joy.
Charm Demarsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo Stanly.
Demarsh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanly's elbow.
Stanly goes for a takedown in the clinch but Demarsh prevents it.
Stanly changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Demarsh fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanly on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stanly is breathing heavily.
Demarsh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stanly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demarsh darts in trying to clinch
and Stanly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Demarsh moves in looking to clinch but Stanly pushes him off.

Demarsh moves into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stanly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stalling in the clinch from Demarsh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demarsh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Demarsh lands an elbow that stopped Stanly in his tracks for a moment.
Stanly wants a takedown but no success here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Stanly gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Stanly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stanly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Demarsh's head.
Still in half guard, Stanly seems content to control.

Demarsh is defending against the submission attempts here by Stanly.
Demarsh wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanly is looking to take a break and control but Demarsh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stanly wants to advance to full mount but Demarsh doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Stanly won't allow Demarsh to sweep him here.
Stanly wants to pass the guard but Demarsh is keeping the position.
Demarsh controlling Stanly's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Demarsh works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stanly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Demarsh is keeping the position for now.
Demarsh trying to keep a closed guard but Stanly is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stanly trying to control but Demarsh is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Demarsh doesn't manage to clinch there - Stanly circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charm Demarsh dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Stanly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Demarsh scores with a nice head shot.

Demarsh pushes Stanly up against the cage in a clinch.
Demarsh working Stanly over with knees to the body.
Demarsh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Stanly has hold of one of Demarsh's legs. Demarsh is fighting the takedown attempt but Stanly gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Stanly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stanly is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demarsh keeping moving, preventing Stanly from controlling successfully.
Demarsh has control of Stanly's left arm, preventing Stanly from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demarsh wants to sweep here but Stanly controlling him for the moment.
Stanly wants to pass the guard but Demarsh is keeping the position.
Stanly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Demarsh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Demarsh keeping moving, preventing Stanly from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Demarsh tries to clinch but Stanly is having none of it.
Demarsh cracks Stanly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Demarsh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demarsh jabs at Stanly's body.
Demarsh stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Demarsh wants it to stay on the feet.
Stanly tries to bum rush Demarsh with a series of wild strikes but Demarsh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stanly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Demarsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Demarsh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Demarsh swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarsh lands with a left to the head.
Demarsh prevents a takedown attempt there.
Demarsh digs a right hand into Stanly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stanly's gas tank.
Demarsh lands with a short shot to the head.
Stanly dodges an elbow strike from Demarsh.
A short right from Demarsh.
Stanly fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Charm Demarsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo Stanly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Demarsh.
Demarsh lands a hook to the side of the head.
Demarsh gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stanly.
Good body shot from Demarsh.
Charm Demarsh has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demarsh utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Demarsh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Demarsh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stanly backwards.
Demarsh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demarsh works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Demarsh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Demarsh.
A body shot lands from Demarsh.
Demarsh is pressed up against the cage. Stanly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Demarsh down to the mat. Demarsh avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Demarsh tries to clinch but Stanly is having none of it.

Demarsh closes the distance and clinches.
Marcelo Stanly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demarsh is working Stanly over against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charm Demarsh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Demarsh, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charm Demarsh!