PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Duarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mayhem's choice of entrance music: Bullet With A Name by Nonpoint. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duarte
vs
Mayhem

181 cm
26
194 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

186 cm
26
195 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marcos Duarte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duarte.
Duarte slips a jab from Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a leg kick but Duarte moved away.
Horrible takedown by Duarte or perhaps it was just good defense by Mayhem which made him look bad.
Mayhem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mayhem throws a hook but Duarte avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Mayhem throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mayhem swings for the body but Duarte moves out of range.
Mayhem blocks a head kick by Duarte.
Mayhem will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Duarte swats away the attempt to clinch by Mayhem.
Duarte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Duarte looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayhem is just out of range.
Mayhem misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte tries to clinch there but Mayhem circles away.
Duarte throws a lazy right hand but Mayhem sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duarte. Mayhem does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duarte works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mayhem gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mayhem misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Mayhem.
Mayhem attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Mayhem misses.
Duarte slips a straight right by Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a leg kick but Duarte moved away.
Mayhem moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duarte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mayhem misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mayhem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem throws a leg kick that is checked
and Duarte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Mayhem misses
and Mayhem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duarte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duarte avoids the body shot from Mayhem.
Mayhem has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Duarte.
Mayhem throws out a loose jab but Duarte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mayhem throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Duarte throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Mayhem tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Duarte is in Mayhem's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mayhem keeping moving, preventing Duarte from controlling successfully.
Duarte throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duarte lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte is pushing down on Mayhem's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mayhem is fighting to maintain full guard but Duarte has managed to sneak the leg through.
Duarte prevents Mayhem from improving his position.
Mayhem has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Duarte is working away from the top position though.
Duarte trying to control from Mayhem's half guard. Mayhem has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Duarte trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem keeping moving, preventing Duarte from controlling successfully.
Duarte connects with a couple of short punches.
Duarte working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Duarte drops back, looking for a kneebar! Mayhem looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Mayhem looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Mayhem!
Duarte is trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duarte wants to control but Mayhem postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Duarte dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Duarte shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Duarte looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Duarte seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem blocking the ground and pound attempt from Duarte.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Duarte is working for a submission of some sort.
Duarte is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duarte controlling the action here.
Duarte not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem is not content to let Duarte control the position.
Mayhem manages to get to full guard.
Duarte trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayhem is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duarte has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duarte accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Duarte trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayhem is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Marcos Duarte just wasn't active enough.
Mayhem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duarte moves in looking to clinch but Mayhem pushes him off.
Mayhem with a nice cross.
Mayhem fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mayhem attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
John Mayhem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duarte fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mayhem avoids it really well and circles away.
John Mayhem seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some bone on bone action there as Duarte checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Duarte finds it's way through Mayhem's defenses.
Mayhem wants to clinch up but Duarte keeps it at a distance.
Mayhem thuds a left hand into Duarte's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duarte ducks under a wild hook from Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a front kick aimed at Duarte's knee but Duarte avoids it well.
Duarte scores with a jab.
Duarte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a solid leg kick but Duarte takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mayhem.
Duarte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mayhem tries a low kick but Duarte avoids it.

Duarte decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Duarte is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mayhem is just riding it out for now. Duarte eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Duarte dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mayhem steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duarte.
Mayhem doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Duarte scores with a decent looking hook.
Duarte throws a shot to the body.
Mayhem swings widly with a right hand
and Duarte counters with a left to the body.
A low kick from Mayhem is predictable there

and Duarte counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Duarte postures up.
Duarte stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mayhem swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mayhem preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mayhem is on top in guard.
Mayhem trying to control but Duarte is working from the bottom.
Duarte wants to sweep here but Mayhem controlling him for the moment.
Mayhem trying to control the position from guard on top but Duarte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Duarte trying to keep a closed guard but Mayhem is proving a slippery customer.
Mayhem pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Duarte is keeping the position for now.
Duarte looking for a sweep. Not yet Duarte, not yet.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by John Mayhem.
Duarte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mayhem misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duarte.
Mayhem throws a jab when Duarte was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duarte closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mayhem to the mat! Mayhem manages to get full guard.
Mayhem has Duarte pulled in close to control his posture.
Duarte wants to pass the guard but Mayhem is keeping the position.
Mayhem has control of Duarte's left arm, preventing Duarte from doing any damage.
Duarte throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mayhem works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mayhem keeping full guard, as Duarte tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Duarte wants to control from the top but Mayhem keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mayhem drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mayhem lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed right hand from Duarte misses the target.
Mayhem gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duarte.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayhem connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duarte. Duarte circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slow jab from Mayhem misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayhem displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mayhem is looking to slow Duarte down with leg kicks.
Mayhem throws a leg kick
and Duarte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Marcos Duarte did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Duarte's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Duarte checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mayhem scores with a punch to the head.
Mayhem throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mayhem walks into a jab.
Duarte bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mayhem turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Duarte jabs at Mayhem's body.
Mayhem leaves Duarte with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mayhem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duarte keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Duarte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mayhem fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Duarte on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte slips under a jab from Mayhem.
A punch lands to the side of Duarte 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Duarte shoots in for a takedown but Mayhem shows good takedown defense.
Mayhem bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duarte's head.
A good leg kick by Mayhem.
Mayhem misses with a hook
and Duarte counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mayhem walks into a stiff left hand from Duarte.
Duarte misses the shot to the body.
Mayhem lands a leg kick that knocks Duarte off balance momentarily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mayhem lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Duarte has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duarte and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Duarte misses with a hook. Mayhem ducked under it nicely.
Duarte lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Mayhem lands an impressive looking overhand right. Duarte doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duarte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mayhem.
Mayhem thuds a left hand into Duarte's body.
Mayhem tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Duarte is able to avoid easily.
A slow jab from Mayhem misses its intended target.
Duarte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mayhem is looking to clinch.
Duarte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
Mayhem misses the shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Duarte.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Duarte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duarte fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Duarte takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mayhem rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duarte counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mayhem throws a jab but it's blocked by Duarte.
Duarte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mayhem does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mayhem missing with a left hand there. Duarte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duarte takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mayhem takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duarte misses with a hook.
Mayhem turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mayhem throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mayhem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with a looping left.
Duarte misses with an uppercut.
Duarte gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mayhem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duarte cracks the inside of Mayhem's front leg.
Mayhem swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duarte.
Mayhem throws a looping overhand right but Duarte ducks down to avoid it.
Mayhem scores with a punch to the head.
Duarte scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mayhem scores with a nice strike.
Duarte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mayhem slips a jab from Duarte.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mayhem misses with a hook.
Duarte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mayhem ducks under a wild hook from Duarte.
Mayhem walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Duarte checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mayhem staying out of range there.
Mayhem smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Duarte walks into a straight right hand from Mayhem.
An inside leg kick lands from Mayhem.
Mayhem misses with a leg kick.
Duarte scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Duarte takes a swing at Mayhem's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Mayhem throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mayhem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duarte.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem throws an off balance right hand
enabling Duarte to counter with a crisp jab.
Duarte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mayhem was well out of range. Poor timing from Duarte.
Duarte throws a jab when Mayhem was well out of range.
Mayhem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duarte shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Duarte listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Mayhem forces Duarte back against the cage and clinches.
Duarte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duarte wants to take the fight to the mat but Mayhem manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A short right from Mayhem.
Duarte scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duarte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mayhem's efforts to push away.
A left hand lands to the body for Mayhem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mayhem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duarte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayhem is trying to force a seperation but Duarte has the dominant position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mayhem.
Mayhem is looking to break free of the clinch but Duarte has double underhooks.
Duarte pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mayhem landing knees to the head.

Duarte is rocked!

It looks like Marcos Duarte has been cut.
Duarte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duarte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mayhem misses with a punch to the body.
Duarte avoiding damage.
Mayhem swings wildly with an uppercut but Duarte uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem lands a nice elbow.
Duarte throws a head punch that misses.
Mayhem can't find room to land a body shot as Duarte controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mayhem wants to break free but Duarte has control.
Duarte blocks an elbow strike from Mayhem.
Mayhem misses with the head strike.
Duarte looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mayhem wants to break free but Duarte has control.
Mayhem has a couple of punches blocked by Duarte.
Duarte wants a takedown but no success here.
Duarte lands a left hand.
Mayhem can't find room to land a body shot as Duarte controls the action.
Duarte trying to control the position but instead, Mayhem has worked for underhooks and has pushed Duarte into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mayhem.
John Mayhem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duarte is stalling here.
Mayhem swings wildly with an uppercut but Duarte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duarte is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mayhem is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Duarte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duarte trying to control the position but instead, Mayhem has worked for underhooks and has pushed Duarte into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Duarte.
Mayhem is looking to break free of the clinch but Duarte has double underhooks.

Mayhem breaks from the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mayhem, right into the meat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayhem fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duarte manages to avoid it.
John Mayhem is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Duarte closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mayhem's guard.
Marcos Duarte overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mayhem not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Mayhem comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Duarte 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 48:47
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 48:47
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcos Duarte!
Marcos Duarte retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcos Duarte thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.