PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Marques (ranked 4301 p4p, 380 weight class) and Razbinos Udric (ranked 3625 p4p, 344 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marques might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Raining Blood. Razbinos Udric has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marques
vs
Udric

191 cm
34
185 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

175 cm
32
180 lbs
12 - 15 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Razbinos Udric!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marques throws a body shot but no joy.
Marques throws a looping overhand right but Udric ducks down to avoid it.
Marques looks to land a right hand but Udric moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Marques.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Udric has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
The fighters circling - Marques throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Udric wants to counter the offense by Marques and move into the clinch position.
We've been hearing reports that Marques has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Marques will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marques throws a predictable looking body shot

and Udric counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Udric creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marques's defenses.

It looks like Billy Marques has been cut.
Udric lands a knee to the body.
Udric tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marques avoids it.
Marques avoiding damage as Udric throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Udric obliges.
Marques is trying to break the clinch but Udric has him pressed against the cage.
Udric throws an elbow that misses.
Marques dodges an elbow strike from Udric.
Marques managing to block the knees to the body from Udric.
Udric tries to land knees in the clinch but Marques avoids the damage to the body.
Marques is looking for a takedown.
Marques on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Udric misses with an elbow strike.
Udric utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Udric landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marques is breathing heavily.
Udric keeps control of Marques as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Udric working Marques over with knees to the body.
Udric landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marques takes a knee to the side of the body.
Udric tries to land knees in the clinch but Marques avoids the damage to the body.
Marques managing to block the knees to the body from Udric.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marques avoiding damage as Udric throws knees to the body.
Udric missing with knees to the body.
Udric lands an elbow inside that Marques shrugs off.
Udric landing knees to the body.
Marques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marques on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marques blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marques managing to block the knees to the body from Udric.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Udric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marques's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques can't break the clinch.
Udric tries to land knees in the clinch but Marques avoids the damage to the body.
Marques has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Udric unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marques lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marques has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Udric trying to land knees to the body.
Udric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Udric tries to land knees in the clinch but Marques avoids the damage to the body.
Udric working Marques over with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Udric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marques's brow.
Udric lands an elbow inside that Marques shrugs off.
Udric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Udric unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marques lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Udric using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Udric lands a good knee to the midsection. Marques won't want to take too many of those.
Udric tries to land knees in the clinch but Marques avoids the damage to the body.
Udric scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Udric is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marques is defending well for now.
Marques takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Udric obliges.
Udric utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Udric utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marques takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Udric.

Billy Marques's cut is getting worse.
Udric lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Razbinos Udric dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Marques's cut.
That's time! Marques's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Udric tries to clinch but Marques is having none of it.
Marques tried to score with a low kick but Udric checks it.
Udric leaves Marques with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Marques.
Marques sets himself, and Udric steps forward looking for the clinch! Marques avoids it this time.
Marques throws a right hand that Udric ducks under and follows up with a left that Udric also avoids with ease.
Udric is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Udric fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Udric dodges the punch combination from Marques.
Udric tries to clinch up
and Marques cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Billy Marques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marques misses with a body kick.
Despite the aggression on Udric's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Razbinos Udric is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marques throws a poor cross that misses
and Udric counters with a two punch combo.
Udric tries to clinch but Marques is having none of it.
Marques throws a hook but Udric blocks it.
Marques sets himself, and Udric steps forward looking for the clinch! Marques avoids it this time.
Udric moves forwards but Marques connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marques swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Udric counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Marques managing to block the knees to the body from Udric.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Udric tries to land knees in the clinch but Marques avoids the damage to the body.
Marques swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Marques's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Udric tries to clinch but Marques moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Marques tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marques fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Udric manages to avoid it.
Billy Marques is winning the standup battle so far.
Marques tries a head kick but it misses.
Udric is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Marques moves into range and connects with a jab.
Udric wants to clinch up but Marques keeps it at a distance.
Marques throws a low kick, looking for Udric's leg but Udric calmly moves out of range.
Marques scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Udric blocks a jab.
Marques throws a poor cross that misses

and Udric holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Udric has Marques pressed against the cage, preventing Marques from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Udric missing with knees to the body.
Udric lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Udric throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Udric throws an elbow that misses.
Marques blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marques is looking to break free of the clinch but Udric has double underhooks.

Marques breaks the clinch.
Udric takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A big left from Marques misses.
Udric wants to counter the offense by Marques and move into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques keeps the fight on the outside.
Marques is looking to counter punch.

Udric moves into the clinch successfully.

Marques's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Udric avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Udric avoids the body shot from Marques.
Marques throws out a loose jab but Udric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marques takes a swing at Udric's ribcage but misses.
Marques looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marques dives in for a single leg takedown but Udric sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Razbinos Udric is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Udric tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marques manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Marques dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Billy Marques's cut.
That's time! Marques's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Udric slips a straight right by Marques.
Marques lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marques throws a hook to the side of Udric's head but Udric sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Udric wants to counter with a clinch but Marques pushes him away.

Udric gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Udric lands an elbow inside.
Marques avoiding damage as Udric throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Udric.
Udric lands an elbow that stopped Marques in his tracks for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Udric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Udric prevents a body shot from Marques.

Marques manages to break the clinch.
Marques throws a hook to the side of Udric's head but Udric sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques misses the body punch

and Udric counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Udric tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Udric unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marques on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Marques escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marques ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Udric moves away.
Udric tries to clinch up
and Marques counters with a straight right hand.
Marques takes a swing at Udric's ribcage but misses.
Udric bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques swings widly with a right hand

and Udric counters by moving into the clinch.

Marques breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marques works Udric's body with a nice hook.
Marques misses with the combination.
Marques lands a right hook to the body.
Udric tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marques manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marques bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Udric counters with a slapping leg kick.
Marques keeps the fight on the outside.
Good shot there by Marques.
Marques takes a swing at Udric's ribcage but misses.
Udric is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marques.
Marques swats away the attempt to clinch by Udric.
Udric tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Marques counters with a left and a right that stings Udric.
Udric has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Udric is looking to clinch but Marques is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Marques throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marques. Udric does a little dance to reset his feet.
Udric steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Marques.
Marques misses the jab.
Udric tries to counter by closing the distance.
Udric tries to clinch
and Marques counters with a nice uppercut.
Udric ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Udric steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Marques.
Marques takes a swing at Udric's ribcage but misses.
Marques fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Udric manages to avoid it.
Marques lands with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Marques showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marques 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!