PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Marcy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlo Sanji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlo Sanji will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Marcy
vs
Sanji

184 cm
26
260 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

160 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Marcy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlo Sanji!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanji is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Marcy dives in and scores a takedown into Sanji's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Marcy works over Sanji with some ground and pound from guard.
Marcy landing with the ground and pound.
Marcy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Marcy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Marcy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanji utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marcy prevents Sanji from getting back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sanji can do anything to dispel that myth.
Marcy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marcy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sanji looks winded!
Marcy lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Sanji working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marcy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Marcy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Marcy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanji swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marcy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanji's head.
Marcy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanji's head.
Marcy scoring with some ground and pound.
Marcy with a nice head shot there.
Marcy could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanji lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Marcy!
Marcy really wants to buck Sanji off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marcy trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanji landing shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marcy wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanji cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanji throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marcy because Sanji loaded up on that one.
Sanji won't let Marcy get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanji working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sanji unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcy is trying to stand up.
Sanji is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Sanji is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Marcy has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sanji has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Poor strikes thrown by Sanji there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Marcy squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sanji lands a big elbow.
Marcy wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanji with good strikes from the mount here!
Marcy wants to try and get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanji working Marcy over with strikes here.
Sanji misses with a head shot.
Marcy wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Marcy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanji throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcy is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Marcy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Marcy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Joe Marcy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanji fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanji tries to clinch up but Marcy circles away and keeps his distance.
Marcy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sanji defends it nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Sanji as Marcy shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Marcy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Marcy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Marcy is nestled in close to Sanji, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sanji tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Marcy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sanji is looking to escape.
Marcy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Marcy winds up and cracks Sanji with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marcy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Marcy working over Sanji with some ground and pound. Sanji looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanji with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Marcy lands with a punch from half guard.
Marcy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Marcy lands with a punch from half guard.
Sanji is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcy lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcy lands a nice short elbow.
Sanji on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanji is trying to stand back up but Marcy is controlling him
Sanji wants to improve his position but Marcy is controlling well.
Marcy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Marcy is nestled in close to Sanji, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ground and pound from Marcy.
Marcy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Marcy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marcy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Marcy lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Marcy there.
Ground and pound from Marcy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcy lands a nice short elbow.

Sanji is rocked!
Marcy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sanji is still in real trouble! Can Marcy finish him?
Nice strikes from Marcy there.
Marcy working over Sanji with some ground and pound. Sanji looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcy lands a nice short elbow.
Marcy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Joe Marcy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanji is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marcy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sanji has hold of Marcy's hands but Marcy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Marcy stops Sanji from getting back to his feet.
Marcy slips a nice elbow through Sanji's hands, connecting with Sanji's forehead.
Nice strikes from Marcy there.
Marcy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Marcy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sanji works his way to full guard. Good work.
Marcy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Marcy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marcy postures up and lands a big shot to Sanji's brow.
Marcy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marcy scoring with some ground and pound.
Marcy connects with a couple of short punches.
Marcy scoring with some ground and pound.
Marcy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Marcy working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marcy is working Sanji over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sanji bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marcy's guard.
Marcy wants to stand and escape but Sanji is having none of it.
Marcy keeping moving, preventing Sanji from controlling successfully.

Marcy kicks Sanji off and gets to his feet.

Marcy drives through with a takedown into Sanji's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Marcy connects with a couple of short punches.
Marcy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Marcy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanji can do to turn this around?
Marcy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marcy working some strikes from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanji trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Marcy preventing the sweep.
Sanji wants to stand up but Marcy is controlling him.
Sanji has momentary wrist control but Marcy slips an elbow through the middle.
Marcy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sanji has momentary wrist control but Marcy slips an elbow through the middle.
Marcy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Marcy landing with the ground and pound.
Marcy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marcy lands a couple of digs.
Marcy is in close to Sanji's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Marcy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Marcy stops Sanji from standing up.
Marcy stands up over Sanji, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marcy lands a couple of elbows.
Marcy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Marcy chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanji wants to stand up but Marcy is controlling him.
Marcy lands a couple of digs.
Marcy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanji's head.
Marcy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marcy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marcy landing with the ground and pound.
Sanji wants to sweep but no luck.
Marcy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marcy connects with a couple of short punches.
Sanji tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanji is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sanji is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marcy is in close to Sanji's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Marcy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marcy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marcy landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Marcy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Marcy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sanji is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Marcy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Marcy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sanji looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marcy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marcy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marcy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanji's head.
Marcy postures up and lands a big shot to Sanji's brow.
Marcy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Sanji has his feet on Marcy's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Marcy scores with a takedown into Sanji's guard.
Marcy chips away with some ground and pound.
Marcy scoring with some ground and pound.
Marcy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Marcy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanji has momentary wrist control but Marcy slips an elbow through the middle.
Marcy chips away with some ground and pound.
Marcy working some strikes from top position.
Marcy lands a couple of digs.
Marcy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marcy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Sanji escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marcy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marcy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcy stops Sanji from standing up.
Marcy is in close to Sanji's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Sanji looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sanji is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanji wants to stand but Marcy is controlling the position.
Marcy lands a couple of digs.
Marcy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marcy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marcy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Marcy dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A jab from Sanji misses.
Sanji seems to have recovered his senses.
Marcy shoots in for a takedown but Sanji shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Sanji as Marcy shoots in.

Sanji darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Marcy is trying to stand back up but Sanji is controlling him
Marcy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanji.
Sanji throwing shots but Marcy is blocking nicely.
Marcy is looking to escape.
Sanji trying to control from half guard but Marcy is working away.
Marcy tries to kick Sanji off but Sanji keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanji wants to pass to mount but Marcy is defending the position.
Sanji not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcy pushes Sanji off looking to stand but Sanji dives back in and keeps control.
Sanji not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanji throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marcy is trying to stand up here but Sanji is controlling him well.
Marcy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sanji.
Sanji thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Marcy's head.
Sanji prevents Marcy from standing back up.
Marcy is trying to escape back to his feet but Sanji uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Marcy is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sanji connects with a decent elbow.
Sanji prevents Marcy from escaping the position.
Sanji landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Marcy is pushing Sanji's head away, looking to escape. Sanji manages to hold on to the position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanji working the ground and pound from side control.
Marcy tries to escape but Sanji is in control.
Sanji working the ground and pound.
Sanji sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Marcy is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Marcy is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sanji has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanji working the ground and pound.
Sanji cracks Marcy with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Marcy is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sanji has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Marcy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Marcy is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sanji asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sanji tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sanji working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Marcy is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sanji has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Sanji tries for a kimura but Marcy is defending well.
Marcy tries to escape but Sanji is in control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanji landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Marcy is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sanji asserts his dominance and retains side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marcy dodges the ground and pound from Sanji.
Marcy is pushing Sanji's head away, looking to escape. Sanji manages to hold on to the position though.
Carlo Sanji has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe Marcy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Carlo Sanji.
Well Marcy 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 Don Winkell scores the fight for Joe Marcy!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Joe Marcy!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Joe Marcy!

Joe Marcy wins by unanimous decision!
Joe Marcy was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.