PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dantes (ranked 2464 p4p, 287 weight class) and Marcus Fenix (ranked 2811 p4p, 328 weight class). Marcus Dantes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Dantes
vs
Fenix

200 cm
37
250 lbs
36 - 19 - 1

197 cm
41
248 lbs
39 - 28 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Urban Fighter

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 36 - 19 - 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 39 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Fenix!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantes throws a good cross that connects.
Dantes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fenix avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fenix keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fenix is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dantes with a body shot.
Fenix throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dantes feinted with a counter takedown.
Dantes misses with a two punch combination.

Dantes rushes Fenix and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dantes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fenix backwards.
Dantes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fenix up against the cage.
Fenix lands a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for Fenix to work.
Dantes stalling in the clinch.
Dantes 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.
Fenix prevents Dantes from breaking the clinch.
Dantes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fenix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fenix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dantes tries to work over Fenix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dantes breaks the clinch.
Fenix on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fenix ducks right into an uppercut from Dantes.
Fenix takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dantes just misses with a punch to the body.
Fenix misses with a body shot.
Dantes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dantes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dantes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dantes misses with a looping left.
Dantes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dantes misses with a series of wild punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dantes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fenix's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fenix counters with a nice uppercut.
Dantes looks to score with a jab to the body but Fenix is just out of range.
Fenix throws a counter combo.
Dantes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dantes moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromFenix.
Dantes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good standup being displayed there by Fenix as he connects with a hook.
Dantes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fenix has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fenix. Dantes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fenix moves out of range of the strikes.

Dantes forces Fenix back against the cage and clinches.
Dantes stalling against the cage.
Fenix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dantes blocks a body shot from Fenix.
Fenix tries a body shot but Dantes blocks it.
Dantes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fenix tries to work over Dantes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Fenix fails to land.

Dantes manages to break the clinch.
Fenix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dantes.
Dantes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fenix.
Dantes missing with a left hand there. Fenix was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Fenix was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dantes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fenix counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fenix avoids the head kick by Dantes.
Fenix raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dantes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fenix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fenix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fenix checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dantes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fenix.
Fenix avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Dantes pushes Fenix up against the cage in a clinch.
Fenix presses Dantes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fenix misses with a body punch.
Fenix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dantes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fenix backwards.
Dantes blocking some punches.
Fenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dantes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fenix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fenix has a couple of punches blocked by Dantes.
Fenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fenix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Fenix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dantes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dantes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fenix let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fenix scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dantes's corner calls for a 1-2. Dantes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Dantes dominated that 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.

Dantes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fenix lands with an overhand left.
Dantes misses with a series of wild punches.
Fenix is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dantes rather than just go for the knockout.
Dantes takes a swing at Fenix's ribcage but misses.
Dantes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dantes tried to score with a low kick but Fenix checks it.
Dantes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fenix can do to turn this around?
Fenix misses the shot to the body.
Marcus Dantes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dantes is looking to clinch but Fenix is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Dantes.
Marcus Dantes is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dantes digs a good hook to Fenix's body.
Dantes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fenix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dantes throws a right hand that Fenix ducks under and follows up with a left that Fenix also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fenix moves away.
Dantes lands a jab to Fenix's midsection.
Dantes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fenix.
Dantes is looking to score with low kicks.
Fenix throws out a counter right but Dantes avoids it with no problem.
Dantes misses with a looping left.
Fenix keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dantes.
A punch combination from Dantes misses.
Dantes misses with a left hand
and Fenix counters with a nice body kick.
Dantes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dantes is looking to clinch.
Dantes ducks right into an uppercut from Fenix.
Dantes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dantes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenix cracks a nice hook into Dantes's ribs.
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!
Some wild striking there from Dantes.
Fenix throws an overhand right that lands on Dantes's shoulder, as Dantes tries to avoid the shot.
Dantes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fenixs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dantes throws a lazy uppercut
and Dantes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fenix on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fenix avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dantes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dantes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fenix's sensitive parts.
Dantes throws a lazy uppercut
and Fenix counters with a right hand to the body.
Dantes loads up on a big right hand but Fenix slips the punch.
Dantes throws a body punch but Fenix moves out of range.
Fenix closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes looks to score with a jab to the body but Fenix is just out of range.
Dantes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fenix misses with a body kick.
Dantes throws a sloppy head kick and Fenix moves out of range easily.
Dantes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fenix doesn't seem bothered though.
Dantes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fenix circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fenix appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fenix takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dantes misses with an uppercut. Fenix saw that one coming.
Fenix goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dantes scores with a three punch combo!
Dantes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fenix was well out of range. Poor timing from Dantes.
Fenix scores with the left hand. Dantes knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenix takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab from Dantes.
Dantes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fenix throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dantes.
Fenix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dantes lands a head kick!
A combination from Dantes does no damage.
Dantes throws a hook to the side of Fenix's head but Fenix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dantes tries to clinch up.
Fenix takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dantes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dantes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Dantes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fenix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Dantes dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dantes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fenix.
A punch combination from Dantes misses.
Marcus Dantes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dantes wants to clinch
and Fenix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fenix cracks Dantes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fenix misses with a low kick.
Dantes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dantes works Fenix's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dantes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dantes looks to throw a body kick
and Fenix counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the liver by Dantes. Beautiful body shot.
Dantes misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dantes throws a leg kick
and Fenix counters with a good low kick that Dantes was not able to check.

Dantes rushes Fenix and presses him up against the cage.
Dantes letting Fenix take a breather here.
Dantes swings wildly with an uppercut but Fenix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dantes is looking to control Fenix's arms but Fenix gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dantes has his back to the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fenix.
Dantes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Dantes breaks the clinch.
Dantes misses with a wild combination.
It seemed like Fenix was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dantes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fenix.
Marcus Fenix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenix drops his hands momentarily and Dantes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fenix slips under a jab.
Dantes moves out of range as Fenix strikes.
The fighters circling - Dantes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Dantes instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dantes is looking to break free of the clinch but Fenix has double underhooks.
Dantes stalling.
Dantes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dantes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fenix backwards.

Dantes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dantes moves out of range as Fenix throws a body kick.
Dantes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fenix throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcus Dantes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dantes tests Fenix's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes looks to land a combination. Fenix sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fenix tries a head kick but it misses.
Dantes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fenix.
Fenix was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dantes pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fenix back to the cage. Dantes follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fenix avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fenix has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fenix lands a nice looking body kick.
Fenix lands a two punch combo.
Fenix avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dantes connects with a body shot that sends Fenix's belly button to the back.
A lazy body kick from Dantes
and Dantes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fenix defending well as Dantes loads up on a big left hand.
Fenix moves away from the strike by Dantes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenix checks a leg kick nicely.
A little jabbing left from Fenix on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dantes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dantes throws a hook to the side of Fenix's head but Fenix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dantes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fenix on the side of the head.

Dantes has Fenix up against the cage in a clinch.
Fenix leaning against his opponent.
Fenix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fenix tries a body shot but Dantes blocks it.
Fenix has a couple of punches blocked by Dantes.
Fenix is trying to stall.
A right hook to the body lands for Fenix.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Dantes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dantes 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Dantes!
As Marcus Dantes got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Fuck off.'.