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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darsin Bleak (ranked 225 p4p, 420 weight class) and Marshal Mayhem (ranked 33 p4p, 62 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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19 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darsin Bleak!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marshal Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Chris Dean and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem takes the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Bleak as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Mayhem.
Mayhem misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Mayhem fails to land.
Bleak is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mayhem gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mayhem tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bleak gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Bleak works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mayhem is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bleak scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bleak 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.
Bleak landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mayhem is refusing to be controlled, as Bleak sits in half guard.
Mayhem told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Mayhem moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bleak working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mayhem's head.
Mayhem throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bleak postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mayhem throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bleak sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mayhem's guard.
Mayhem is looking to improve his position.
Mayhem missing with punches from the bottom.
Mayhem really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bleak. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem punching from the bottom.
Mayhem throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bleak is trying to control. Mayhem wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bleak blocks the strikes from Mayhem.
Bleak landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bleak trying to control from half guard but Mayhem is working away.
Mayhem flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bleak is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mayhem flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bleak is trying to control the action in half guard but Mayhem is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mayhem has hold of Bleak's hands but Bleak slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bleak blocks the strikes from Mayhem.
Bleak lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bleak is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mayhem defends it well.
Mayhem punching from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleak looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mayhem with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bleak works his way into full mount!
Bleak breaks from Mayhem's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bleak blocks Mayhem's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bleak wants to finish this one by submission but Mayhem is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bleak.
Bleak has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bleak with good strikes from the mount here!
Bleak lands a couple of good shots and Mayhem has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Mayhem is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
The referee is taking a good look at Mayhem as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Bleak!
I really don't envy Mayhem right now.
Mayhem is taking damage to the body and head.
Mayhem tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bleak looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Bleak has the hooks in. Mayhem is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Bleak is landing with strikes from the back.
Mayhem breaks Bleak's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Bleak preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bleak has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mayhem can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bleak preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mayhem must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mayhem looking to pass the guard.
Mayhem in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mayhem lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bleak looking for a sweep. Not yet Bleak, not yet.
Mayhem is looking to work some ground and pound but Bleak has wrist control.
Bleak is looking for a triangle but Mayhem pushes his legs off easily.
Bleak has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mayhem can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mayhem won't allow Bleak to sweep him here.
Bleak utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bleak is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bleak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mayhem.
Bleak has his foot on Mayhem's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mayhem works his way back into a safe position though.
Mayhem trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bleak utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bleak utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mayhem throws a big elbow that misses.
Mayhem throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mayhem working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bleak is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bleak looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darsin Bleak dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bleak swats away the attempt to clinch by Mayhem.
Mayhem pushes Bleak up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bleak.
Bleak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bleak jumps guard but Mayhem turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mayhem blocks a body shot from Bleak.
A head punch on the inside from Mayhem fails to land.
Mayhem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mayhem takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mayhem.
Bleak blocks an uppercut.
Mayhem is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bleak lands a nice uppercut.
Bleak trying to control the position but instead, Mayhem has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bleak into the cage.
Bleak stalling against the cage.
Bleak blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mayhem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bleak stalling in the clinch but Mayhem improves position.
Bleak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayhem is defending well for now.
Mayhem lands with a short shot to the head.
Mayhem tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bleak can't find room to land a body shot as Mayhem controls the action.
Mayhem lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bleak tries to pull guard but Mayhem forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darsin Bleak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mayhem lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bleak.
Still in the clinch, Bleak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marshal Mayhem seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bleak lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mayhem.
Bleak tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
Bleak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mayhem throws a head punch that misses.
Mayhem lands with a right to the head.
Mayhem misses with a punch on the inside.
Bleak is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mayhem misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mayhem.
Bleak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bleak breaks from the clinch.
Mayhem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bleak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleak throws a hook but Mayhem blocks it.
Bleak fails with a takedown attempt.
Bleak shoots in and gets a takedown into Mayhem's guard.
Bleak tries to free his leg and advance position but Mayhem is retaining full guard.
Mayhem wants to sweep but no luck.
Mayhem trying to strike off his back.
Mayhem striking off his back but it's not causing Bleak any problems.
Mayhem throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Mayhem wants to hit a sweep here but Bleak passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Mayhem there!
Bleak lands a heavy elbow.
Mayhem throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bleak. What's that going to do exactly?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mayhem swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bleak lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bleak landing strikes from the mount.
Bleak scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mayhem?
Mayhem working to try and regain half guard.
Darsin Bleak overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bleak blocks Mayhem's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bleak in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bleak working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mayhem is wriggling around trying to escape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bleak lands a nice shot to the head.
Mayhem is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Bleak pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bleak lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mayhem hang on?
Mayhem is rocked!
Bleak working Mayhem over with strikes here.
Mayhem is still in real trouble! Can Bleak finish him?
Mayhem throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bleak. What's that going to do exactly?
Bleak lands a big shot to the head and Mayhem winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Darsin Bleak!
Darsin Bleak retains his lightweight title!
Darsin Bleak thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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