PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marky Mark (ranked 820 p4p, 119 weight class) and David Brent (ranked 1161 p4p, 165 weight class). Brent is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Freelove Freeway. Marky Mark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mark
vs
Brent

217 cm
19
211 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

194 cm
19
210 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marky Mark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Brent!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Mark.
Mark throws a shot to the body.
Mark cracks Brent with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mark ducks under a wild hook from Brent.
Nice defenses there by Brent.
Brent throws a jab but it's blocked by Mark.
Brent on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like David Brent has been cut.
Mark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brent.
Marky Mark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mark misses with a hook.
Brent misses with a hook. Mark ducked under it nicely.
Mark scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jab by Brent.

It looks like Marky Mark has been cut.
Mark is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Brent misses.
Brent throws a hook but Mark blocks it.
Mark lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mark misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Brent on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brent moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mark scores with a hook to the body. Brent takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brent throws a poor cross that misses
and Mark counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brent scores with a hook to the body. Mark takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brent uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mark.
Brent looks to score with a jab to the body but Mark is just out of range.
Brent misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brent. Mark does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brent misses with an uppercut.
Mark connects with a nice looking jab.
Brent staying out of range there.
Brent is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Brent throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mark swings for the body but Brent moves out of range.
Brent drops his hands momentarily and Mark takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mark swinging wildly here.
Mark throws a jab but it's blocked by Brent.
Mark throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brent on the side of the head.
Mark throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mark lands an overhand right.
Brent uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mark.
Mark is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mark. Brent does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brent with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mark to score with a decent uppercut.

Brent is rocked!
Mark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brent moves away.
It seemed like Brent was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Brent doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brent takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brent is still on wobbly legs! Can Mark finish him?
Mark ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brent seems to have recovered his senses.
Brent swings for the body but Mark moves out of range.
Mark really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mark misses with a hook.
Donk. Mark catches Brent right on the button with a cross.

That has opened up David Brent's cut even more.
Brent looks to throw the jab but Mark is out of range.
Brent throws the left hand but Mark avoids the punch easily.
Mark throws a nice looking combination but Brent bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mark is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Mark is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brent misses with an uppercut
and Mark counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mark scores with the left hand. Brent knows he should have avoided that one.
Mark throws an overhand right that lands on Brent's shoulder, as Brent tries to avoid the shot.
Brent ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mark moves away.
Mark lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mark misses with a hook
and Brent counters with a nice body shot.
Mark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brent moves away.
Mark lands a jab to the head.

Mark lands a big uppercut and Brent crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Brent looks OK. Mark waves Brent back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Mark misses.
Mark throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brent counters with a straight right hand.
Brent throws a hook but Mark avoids it easily.
Brent defending well as Mark loads up on a big left hand.
Mark swings widly with a right hand
and Mark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mark misses with a body shot.
Mark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Brent on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mark takes a swing at Brent's ribcage but misses.
Brent scores with a jab to the head.
Mark misses with a lunging right hand
and Brent counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Mark is rocked!
Mark throws an off balance right hand
and Brent counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Mark badly! He tries to strike back but Brent puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Mark out cold! Oh man, Mark will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). David Brent!
A victorious David Brent thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.