PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Marques (ranked 4177 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lomovtsev Lavr Kirillovich (ranked 3023 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirillovich has chosen Kalinka as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marques
vs
Lavr Kirillovich

172 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lomovtsev Lavr Kirillovich!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marques tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kirillovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kirillovich is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Marques keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Marques half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Kirillovich will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kirillovich fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Marques avoids it really well and circles away.
Juan Marques has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lomovtsev Lavr Kirillovich.
Kirillovich blocks a head kick by Marques.
Kirillovich shoots in but no luck this time.
A combination from Kirillovich does no damage.
Marques tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kirillovich avoids the head kick by Marques.
Marques throws a sloppy head kick

and Kirillovich decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marques's guard.
Kirillovich with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kirillovich throws a strike but Marques rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kirillovich keeping moving, preventing Marques from controlling successfully.
Kirillovich controls Marques momentarily but Marques frees himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marques advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Marques winds up and cracks Kirillovich with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kirillovich is looking to improve his position.
Marques is trying to control the action in half guard but Kirillovich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Marques slips a nice elbow through Kirillovich's hands, connecting with Kirillovich's forehead.
Kirillovich is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kirillovich is still trying to improve position.
Kirillovich trying to control from the bottom.
Kirillovich is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marques scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kirillovich flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Marques not doing much here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirillovich is trying to get back to full guard.
Marques is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kirillovich trying to hold on to Marques's head to control him but Marques postures up.
Marques landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kirillovich is pressing down on Marques's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kirillovich looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marques content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marques postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Marques stands up over Kirillovich, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marques won't allow Kirillovich to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirillovich controls Marques momentarily but Marques frees himself.
Kirillovich wants to sweep here but Marques controlling him for the moment.
Marques chips away with some ground and pound.
Marques is working Kirillovich over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Marques makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marques working some strikes from top position.
Kirillovich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marques with a nice head shot there.
Marques is in close to Kirillovich's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kirillovich seems keen to control Marques's posture.
Kirillovich tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kirillovich keeping moving, preventing Marques from controlling successfully.
Marques engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirillovich trying to control the position.
Kirillovich has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Marques connects with a couple of short punches.
Marques working some strikes from top position.
Marques won't allow Kirillovich to sweep him here.
Marques trying to control the position from guard on top but Kirillovich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marques is stalling in the full guard.
Marques trying to control the position from guard on top but Kirillovich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Marques dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kirillovich shoots in but Marques avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marques throws a head kick that misses

and Kirillovich counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kirillovich.
Juan Marques overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marques avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marques pulls Kirillovich in close to prevent any damage.
Kirillovich postures up.
Marques wants to sweep but no luck.
Kirillovich postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marques is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kirillovich can do to turn this around?
Kirillovich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marques 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.
Marques is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirillovich taking some punishment here, with Marques in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Marques.
Marques working Kirillovich over with strikes.
Marques is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirillovich is looking to escape.
Kirillovich really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marques. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kirillovich tries to roll over but Marques keeps him under control.
Marques is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Marques working over Kirillovich with some ground and pound. Kirillovich looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kirillovich is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marques scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kirillovich has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marques is working away from the top position though.
Marques working the head and body with strikes.
Marques lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kirillovich is trying to maintain the position but Marques is very close to passing his half guard.
Marques working over Kirillovich with some ground and pound. Kirillovich looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Kirillovich is rocked!
Marques lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Kirillovich quite badly. Kirillovich pulls Marques in close trying to recover. Marques postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Kirillovich on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Kirillovich doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Marques!