PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Duarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Toretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duarte's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Go 2 Sleep by Ludacris. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Duarte
vs
Toretto

181 cm
34
194 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

184 cm
42
190 lbs
26 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcos Duarte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominic Toretto!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duarte stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Duarte wants it to stay on the feet.
Duarte with a jab.
Duarte tries for a takedown but Toretto circles away easily

and Toretto counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Toretto trying to control from half guard but Duarte is working away.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Toretto in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are battling for position here. Duarte manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte looking for a sweep. Not yet Duarte, not yet.
Toretto trying to control but Duarte is working from the bottom.
Duarte keeping full guard, as Toretto tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toretto keeps trying to improve his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Toretto closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Toretto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Toretto is looking to stall here but Duarte recovers full guard.

Duarte has his foot on Toretto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Toretto works his way back into a safe position though.

Duarte looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toretto trying to control but Duarte is working from the bottom.
Toretto trying to stand up but can't free himself from Duarte's guard.
Toretto advances to half guard.
Toretto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duarte keeps working.
Duarte wants to improve his position but Toretto is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Toretto is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Toretto prevents Duarte from improving his position.
Toretto tries to pass to full mount but Duarte defends it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Toretto throwing shots but Duarte is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Toretto is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Duarte misses with a looping right.
Duarte shoots in for a double leg but Toretto sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Toretto has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Duarte lands with an uppercut that bounces Toretto off the ropes and back into range.
Toretto closes the distance and clinches up with Duarte, looking for a takedown. Toretto pushes Duarte against the ropes but Duarte circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Toretto gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Duarte to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Duarte stands and throws Toretto's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Toretto struggling a bit here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toretto parries the strikes from Duarte easily there. Duarte is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Toretto to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Duarte dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Duarte moves out of range as Toretto throws a body kick.
Toretto tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Duarte defends well and Toretto ends up having to push Duarte into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Duarte jumps guard but Toretto stands there with Duarte around his waist. Duarte gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Duarte throws a head punch that misses.
Duarte is looking to take this one to the mat.
Duarte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Duarte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toretto stalling against the ropes.

Toretto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duarte looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toretto misses with a kick to the body.
Duarte fails with an attempt to clinch.

Duarte shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Duarte showed some decent athleticism there.
Duarte stops Toretto from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Duarte lands a nice short elbow.
Duarte not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marcos Duarte overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Duarte tries to pass to full mount but Toretto defends it.
Duarte not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Duarte is looking to take a break and control but Toretto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duarte looks to land a strike but Toretto avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Duarte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toretto can do to turn this around?
Duarte slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Duarte tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Duarte wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Toretto, who protects the arm well.
Toretto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Toretto is still trying to improve position.
Toretto struggling a bit here.
Duarte is working Toretto over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toretto tries to buck Duarte off but Duarte is having none of it.
Toretto takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Toretto is looking for a sweep.
Toretto takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Duarte in side control, throwing shots but Toretto defends.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Duarte looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Duarte lands a nice forearm strike.
Duarte lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Duarte avoids the strikes from the bottom by Toretto.
Duarte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Toretto keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toretto misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Toretto is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Toretto's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Duarte tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Duarte has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Duarte postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duarte wants to control but Toretto is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Toretto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Toretto throwing strikes from guard but Duarte blocks nicely.
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.
Toretto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duarte has a closed guard, preventing Toretto from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toretto wants to control from the top but Duarte keeps moving.
Toretto throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toretto wants to stand and escape but instead Duarte has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Duarte landing with the ground and pound.
Duarte is pushing down on Toretto's leg trying to pass to half guard. Toretto is fighting to maintain full guard but Duarte has managed to sneak the leg through.
Toretto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Toretto wants to get back to full guard.

Duarte is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Toretto doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Duarte.
Toretto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duarte prevents Toretto from improving his position.
Duarte is trying to control. Toretto wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Toretto is pressing down on Duarte's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Duarte trying to control the position from guard on top but Toretto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duarte trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Duarte forces his way into half guard.
Toretto trying to hold on to Duarte's head to control him but Duarte postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duarte is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Toretto doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Duarte.
Duarte tries to pass to full mount but Toretto defends it.
Toretto has hold of Duarte's hands but Duarte slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Duarte tries to pass the half guard into mount. Toretto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Duarte blocks the strikes from Toretto.

That's four 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.

Toretto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Toretto gets back to full guard.
Duarte in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Duarte drops back, looking for a kneebar! Toretto looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Toretto looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Toretto!

Duarte is trying to control Toretto's posture but Toretto avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marcos Duarte.
Well Duarte has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcos Duarte!
An out of breath Marcos Duarte thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.