PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dantes (ranked 3042 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sisa Yiftos (ranked 3007 p4p, 0 weight class). Dantes is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Marcus Dantes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dantes
vs
Yiftos

200 cm
36
250 lbs
33 - 18 - 1

200 cm
35
275 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`)

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 33 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Dantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sisa Yiftos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dantes is breathing heavily.
Dantes fails to land with a series of punches.
Yiftos goes for a double leg but Dantes avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dantes continues to drive forward.

Yiftos closes the distance and clinches.
Yiftos leaning against his opponent.
A shot in the inside from Dantes.
Dantes throws an elbow that misses.
We've been informed that Yiftos has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Yiftos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yiftos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dantes misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yiftos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yiftos can't find room to land a body shot as Dantes controls the action.
Yiftos lands an elbow inside.
Dantes blocks the elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yiftos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yiftos moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Dantes goes down! Can Yiftos finish him!?

It looks like Marcus Dantes has been cut.
Yiftos passes Dantes's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Yiftos 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.

Yiftos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dantes has managed to free his arm - good work.

Yiftos is working for a submission of some sort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yiftos is taking a breather. Dantes says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yiftos trying to control the action but Dantes is working from the bottom.

Yiftos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dantes sees it coming and defends easily.
Yiftos is keen to just control but Dantes is a slippery customer.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Yiftos connects with a nice short shot to Dantes's temple.

Yiftos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Yiftos throwing shots but Dantes is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yiftos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yiftos is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Dantes defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yiftos.

Yiftos working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Yiftos controlling the pace for now.
Yiftos trying to control but Dantes is having none of it.

Yiftos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dantes has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yiftos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yiftos throws some wild stikes that Dantes manages to avoid easily.

Yiftos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Yiftos controlling from the full mount.
Yiftos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dantes is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Yiftos working for a guillotine from mount but Dantes is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sisa Yiftos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Dantes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Yiftos closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Dantes! Yiftos dives in looking to finish! Dantes is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sisa Yiftos!
Sisa Yiftos took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Marcus Dantes was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck off.'.