PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dupree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry Balls has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marcus Dupree's chin.

Dupree
vs
Balls

188 cm
29
225 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

203 cm
24
275 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple 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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Dupree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Balls!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dupree.
Dupree pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dupree slips a jab from Balls.
Dupree just misses with a punch to the body.
Dupree misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balls throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dupree walks into a stiff left hand from Balls.
Dupree misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balls is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dupree sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Balls swings for the body but Dupree moves out of range.
Balls throws a hook but Dupree blocks it.
Balls misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls stuffs the takedown attempt from Dupree. Dupree gets slowly back to his feet.

Dupree closes the distance and clinches.
Balls misses with the head strike.
Dupree lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Barry Balls has been cut.

Dupree pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dupree falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dupree takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Dupree has closed the distance and engaged Balls in a clinch.
Balls swings wildly with an uppercut but Dupree uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dupree blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dupree is pressed up against the cage. Balls has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dupree down to the mat. Dupree avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Balls throws a right hand that misses

and Dupree counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupree throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Balls is trying to stall.
Dupree lands a nice elbow.
Dupree lands an elbow that stopped Balls in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dupree tries to land a knee to the head but Balls blocks with his arms.
Good body shot from Balls.
Dupree pushes off an throws an elbow but Balls leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Dupree breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Dupree. No joy for Balls on that attempt.
Marcus Dupree has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Barry Balls.

Dupree scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dupree throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dupree throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Balls trying to control here.
Dupree missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupree wants to control but Balls is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dupree throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dupree missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dupree thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are battling for position here. Balls manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dupree throws an elbow that misses. Balls uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dupree's guard. Nice move by Balls!
Balls is fighting to break Dupree's control of his arms but Dupree is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Dupree might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Balls drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dupree dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dupree working some strikes from top position.
Dupree wants to control from the top but Balls keeps moving.
Dupree working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dupree missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dupree is in close to Balls's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dupree is in close to Balls's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dupree throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balls working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dupree.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dupree accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dupree lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Dupree dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barry Balls's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Donk. Dupree catches Balls right on the button with a cross.
Dupree throws a sloppy head kick and Balls moves out of range easily.
Balls connects with a single shot there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dupree here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Both fighters circling a little - Dupree finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dupree scores with a push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Dupree looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dupree lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Balls is breathing heavily.

Dupree lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Balls sprawling to the canvas. Dupree follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Balls hang on?

Balls is rocked!
Dupree lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Balls! More strikes land and this one is all over! Dupree jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Dupree!
Our winner, Marcus Dupree, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.