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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dantes (ranked 3626 p4p, 397 weight class) and Numero Deux (ranked 7972 p4p, 694 weight class). Deux comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Post Party Depression kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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250 lbs
32 - 18 - 1 |
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199 cm
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279 lbs
25 - 30 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
32 - 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
25 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Numero Deux!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantes with a nice cross.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dantes.
Deux lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Deux.
It looks like Marcus Dantes has been cut.
Deux fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deux moves forwards but Dantes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Deux lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dantes circles away quickly and effectively.
Dantes misses with a few strikes there.
Deux has a takedown stuffed.
Dantes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deux rushes Dantes and presses him up against the cage.
Dantes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deux fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dantes, pushing him back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Deux.
Dantes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deux throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dantes.
Deux tries to clinch up.
Dantes changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Dantes has managed to clinch.
Nice elbow from Deux.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dantes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Deux's efforts to push away.
Dantes presses Deux against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dantes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dantes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Numero Deux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deux tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deux will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dantes wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Deux tries to clinch there but Dantes circles away.
Deux throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Deux looks to move away, Dantes throws a big counter combo but Deux just gets out of the way.
Dantes works over Deux's head and body with a nice combination.
Dantes pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Deux back to the cage. Dantes follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Deux throws a lazy right hand but Dantes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Deux misses with a wild body shot.
Dantes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Deux.
Dantes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deux throws a series of punches but Dantes moves out of range.
Deux throws a series of punches but Dantes avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dantes.
Deux misses with a looping left.
Dantes lands a nice hook to Deux's body. Deux takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dantes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dantes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dantes jabs Deux right on the nose. Deux blinks but takes it well.
Dantes lands a body shot.
No joy there for Deux, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dantes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Deux.
Marcus Dantes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dantes just misses with a punch to the body.
Deux tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dantes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Deux throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Deux throws a poor cross that misses
and Dantes counters with a takedown into side control.
Deux is looking to regain half guard here but Dantes keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dantes has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Dantes decides to stand back up. Dantes steps back and let's Deux get back to his feet.
Deux clinches up against the cage.
Deux can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dantes breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dantes can't get the takedown.
Dantes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Deux backwards.
Dantes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deux misses with a two punch combination.
Deux wants to clinch.
Dantes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Deux tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dantes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Deux shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dantes as he jumps to the side.
Marcus Dantes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Numero Deux.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The crowd cheers as Deux lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dantes doesn't seem phased though.
Deux jabs at Dantes's body.
Dantes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Deux, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Dantes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Dantes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice body punch from Dantes.
Deux gets a clinch.
Dantes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dantes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Deux's head.
Dantes feints a jab promting Deux to slip. Dantes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Deux slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dantes lands a nice hook to Deux's body. Deux takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Deux wants to clinch.
Deux throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Deux clinches with his opponent.
Deux's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dantes closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deux wants to break free but Dantes has control.
Dantes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deux misses with a shot to the body
and Dantes counters with a nice uppercut.
Deux fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes lands a jab-cross combination.
Dantes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Deux is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dantes with a body shot.
Deux has closed the distance and engaged Dantes in a clinch.
Dantes prevents Deux from breaking the clinch.
Deux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Deux tries to break the clinch but Dantes is controlling the position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dantes here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Dantes breaks from the clinch.
Dantes moves into range and clinches up with Deux.
Dantes lands a nice uppercut.
Dantes scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Deux.
Deux's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Deux takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dantes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Deux can do to turn this around?
Dantes gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dantes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dantes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deux is trying to break the clinch but Dantes is controlling him.
Deux can't break the clinch.
Dantes gets through Deux's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dantes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deux takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dantes cracks a nice hook into Deux's ribs.
Deux misses with the combination.
Deux lands a jab.
Deux tries to clinch but Dantes moves out of range.
Marcus Dantes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dantes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dantes connects with a leg kick. Deux looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Deux shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dantes as he jumps to the side.
Dantes wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Deux misses with a straight right.
Dantes throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes clinches up against the cage.
Dantes misses with a knee strike.
Dantes scores with a shoulder strike.
Deux gets through Dantes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Deux pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deux tries to bum rush Dantes with a series of wild strikes but Dantes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Deux tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dantes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Deux fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deux lands with a right hand.
Dantes pushes Deux up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dantes.
Deux is rocked!
Deux is breathing heavily.
Dantes manages to break the clinch.
Deux tries to close the distance and clinch but Dantes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deux tries to keep at a distance but Dantes has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deux looking to slow down the pace here.
Dantes breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Deux counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Deux misses with a two punch combination.
Dantes looks to land a combination but Deux avoids it well.
Dantes swats away the attempt to clinch by Deux.
Deux ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dantes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Deux in his tracks.
Deux has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dantes.
Dantes clinches with his opponent.
Dantes manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dantes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dantes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Deux is still on wobbly legs! Can Dantes finish him?
Deux tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dantes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Deux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Deux walks straight into a right hand from Dantes - that's dropped him! Dantes jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Deux from any more punishment! Deux complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marcus Dantes!
Marcus Dantes looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Fuck off.'.
Numero Deux was interviewed post fight and said 'Tell me when the fire dies down... What the F will you do?!?!'.
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hype
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