PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Marianos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marianos's entrance music is Victory. A fine choice. Lang is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cemetary Gates. Dave Lang is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Marianos
vs
Lang

190 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
25
210 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arturo Marianos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Lang!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang blocks a jab.
Marianos tries to clinch up.
Marianos tries to score with a low kick but Lang moves his leg out of the way.

Marianos forces Lang back against the cage and clinches.
Lang unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marianos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marianos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marianos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marianos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lang blocks it with crossed arms.
Marianos avoiding damage as Lang throws knees to the body.
Marianos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the head but Lang blocks with his arms.
Lang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marianos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lang crunches a lovely knee into Marianos's ribcage.
Marianos throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lang throws an elbow but misses.
Lang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marianos avoiding damage as Lang throws knees to the body.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lang misses with a knee to the head.
Lang misses with an elbow over the top.
Lang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marianos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lang looks gassed!
Marianos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marianos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marianos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lang.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marianos throws an elbow but misses.
Lang unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marianos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marianos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marianos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lang connects with a knee to the head.
Lang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lang keeps control of Marianos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marianos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marianos trying to land knees to the body.
Marianos lands an elbow just above Lang 's eye.
Marianos lands a knee to the head.
Marianos scores a nice knee to the body.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marianos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Lang.
Lang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marianos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marianos landing knees to the head.
Lang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marianos's defenses.
Marianos blocks an elbow strike from Lang.
Marianos takes an elbow to the temple.
Marianos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marianos obliges.
Nice elbow from Lang.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lang throws an elbow but misses.
A body shot lands from Marianos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marianos lands a knee to the head.
Lang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marianos tries to land knees in the clinch but Lang avoids the damage to the body.
Marianos effectively controlling the action here.
Marianos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lang tries to land a knee to the head but Marianos blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marianos obliges.
Lang tries to land knees in the clinch but Marianos avoids the damage to the body.
Marianos has Lang pushed against the cage.
Lang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marianos's defenses.
Marianos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marianos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lang's defenses.
Lang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lang lands a nice knee to the body.
Marianos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Lang.
Marianos connects with a knee to the head.
Marianos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lang.
Marianos looking to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lang obliges.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but Lang blocks it.
Marianos takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marianos is defending well for now.
Lang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marianos.
Marianos landing knees to the head.
Lang avoiding damage as Marianos throws knees to the body.
Lang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lang trying to land knees to the body.

Marianos manages to break the clinch.
Marianos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marianos misses with a two punch combination.

Lang gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lang is working Marianos over with some ground and pound from side control.

Lang is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Marianos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Marianos dodges the ground and pound from Lang.

Lang thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lang is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Marianos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Lang is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Marianos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Marianos defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Lang dominated that round.
That's time! Marianos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Marianos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from Marianos misses.
Marianos wants to clinch up but Lang keeps it at a distance.
Marianos tries to clinch but Lang moves out of range.
Marianos wants to clinch up but Lang keeps it at a distance.
Lang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marianos tries to clinch there but Lang circles away.

Lang clinches.
Lang throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marianos blocks it with crossed arms.
Lang throws an elbow that misses.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but Lang blocks it.
Marianos misses with a knee strike.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the head but Lang blocks with his arms.
Marianos takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marianos missing with knees to the body.
Lang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marianos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marianos lands an elbow just above Lang 's eye.
Lang is breathing heavily.
Marianos managing to block the knees to the body from Lang.
Marianos avoiding damage as Lang throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marianos's brow.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lang landing knees to the body.
Marianos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lang tries to land knees in the clinch but Marianos avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang misses with a knee to the head.
Marianos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marianos misses with a knee strike.
Lang misses with an elbow over the top.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but Lang blocks it.
Marianos landing knees to the body.
Lang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lang managing to block the knees to the body from Marianos.
Knees to the body from Lang.
Marianos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marianos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marianos connects with a knee to the head.
Lang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marianos looking to throw knees to the head but Lang is blocking nicely.
Marianos lands an elbow inside.
Lang tries a knee to the head but Marianos blocks it.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the head but Lang blocks with his arms.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but Lang blocks it.
Marianos misses with an elbow strike.
Lang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Marianos breaks from the clinch.
Marianos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lang shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marianos as he avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marianos wants to clinch but Lang slips to the side

and Lang counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Marianos looking to throw knees to the head but Lang is blocking nicely.
Lang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lang lands a knee to the body.
Marianos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marianos misses with an elbow over the top.
Lang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lang blocks the elbow strike.
Lang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marianos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marianos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Marianos breaks the clinch.
Marianos tries to clinch but Lang moves out of range.
Lang shoots for a double leg takedown but Marianos sprawls well. He's pushed Lang's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Arturo Marianos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Lang.
Marianos looks to clinch

and Lang counters with a takedown into side control.

Lang tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Lang postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Lang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang throws an elbow but Marianos slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lang wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Marianos, who protects the arm well.
Marianos defending against the ground and pound.
Lang throws a strike aimed at the side of Marianos's head but Marianos avoids it well.
Lang in side control, throwing shots but Marianos defends.
Lang misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marianos tries to clinch but Lang moves away
and Lang counters with a good low kick that Marianos was not able to check.
Lang circles away from the clinch attempt

and Lang decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marianos's guard.

Marianos pushes Lang off and gets back to his feet.
Arturo Marianos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marianos tries to clinch but Lang is having none of it.
Marianos is looking to clinch but Lang is avoiding it.
Marianos moves in looking to clinch but Lang pushes him off.
Lang with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Marianos moves into range and clinches up with Lang.
Lang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marianos looking to throw knees to the head but Lang is blocking nicely.
Lang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Lang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Marianos tries to clinch there but Lang circles away.
Marianos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lang tries to close the distance and clinch but Marianos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marianos tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Lang counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lang missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Lang drops back, looking for a kneebar! Marianos looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Marianos looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Marianos!
Marianos tries to stand but Lang is controlling his head.
Lang throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang is looking to regain half guard here but Marianos keeps moving and retains side control.
Lang sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
It looks like Marianos is going to stand back up.

Lang manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Arturo Marianos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marianos wants to clinch

and Lang counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Marianos misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marianos.
Dave Lang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lang avoids it.
Lang tries to land a knee to the head but Marianos blocks with his arms.
Marianos misses with a knee to the head.
Lang throws an elbow but it misses.
Lang lands an elbow that stopped Marianos in his tracks for a moment.
Lang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marianos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marianos crunches a lovely knee into Lang's ribcage.
Marianos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marianos trying to land knees to the body.
Marianos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marianos missing with knees to the body.
Marianos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lang is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lang.
Nice body punch from Marianos.
Lang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marianos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lang avoids it.
Marianos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marianos misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marianos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marianos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marianos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lang blocks it with crossed arms.
Lang throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marianos blocks it with crossed arms.
Marianos managing to block the knees to the body from Lang.
Marianos looking to throw knees to the head but Lang is blocking nicely.
Marianos tries to land knees in the clinch but Lang avoids the damage to the body.
Marianos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lang with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marianos pushes off an throws an elbow but Lang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marianos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lang is defending well for now.
Marianos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marianos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marianos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lang's brow.
Marianos trying to land knees to the body.
Lang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marianos misses with a knee to the head.
Lang throws an elbow that misses.
Marianos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lang blocks it with crossed arms.
Marianos misses with an elbow over the top.
Lang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marianos misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lang lands an elbow inside that Marianos shrugs off.
Lang lands a damaging elbow.
Marianos tries to break the clinch but Lang is controlling the position.
Marianos dodges an elbow strike from Lang.
Marianos looking to throw knees to the head but Lang is blocking nicely.
Lang avoiding damage as Marianos throws knees to the body.
Marianos looking to throw knees to the head but Lang is blocking nicely.
Lang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marianos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marianos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Arturo Marianos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lang managing to block the knees to the body from Marianos.
Marianos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lang landing knees to the body.
Marianos trying to land knees to the body.
Lang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marianos's face.
Dave Lang seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but Lang blocks it.
Marianos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marianos tries a knee to the head but Lang blocks it.
Lang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marianos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lang.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Lang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lang winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Lang!