PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bariga Marihuanich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magonn Morguss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Marihuanich
vs
Morguss

175 cm
26
175 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

200 cm
20
172 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bariga Marihuanich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Magonn Morguss!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marihuanich is looking to clinch but Morguss is avoiding it.

Marihuanich clinches up with Morguss and pushes him back against the cage.
Marihuanich has a couple of punches blocked by Morguss.
Marihuanich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marihuanich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Magonn Morguss has been cut.
Marihuanich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marihuanich missing with knees to the body.
Marihuanich lands a knee to the head.
Marihuanich with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marihuanich dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Morguss avoids the elbow strike from Marihuanich, against the cage.
Morguss can't get the takedown.
Marihuanich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morguss blocks it with crossed arms.
Marihuanich misses with a knee to the head.
Morguss avoiding damage as Marihuanich throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marihuanich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morguss blocks it with crossed arms.
Marihuanich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morguss avoids it.
Marihuanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morguss is defending well for now.
Marihuanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Morguss avoids the damage to the body.
Morguss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marihuanich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morguss's defenses.
Marihuanich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morguss is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Marihuanich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morguss's defenses.
Morguss goes for a takedown attempt but Marihuanich pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Marihuanich. No joy for Morguss on that attempt.
Bariga Marihuanich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magonn Morguss.
Morguss looks gassed!
Marihuanich moves in looking to clinch but Morguss pushes him off.
Marihuanich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich wants to clinch.
Marihuanich cracks the inside of Morguss's front leg.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marihuanich moves in looking to clinch but Morguss pushes him off.
Marihuanich fails in his attempt to clinch.

Marihuanich moves into range and clinches up with Morguss.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marihuanich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marihuanich lands an elbow inside.
Marihuanich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morguss takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marihuanich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marihuanich pushes off an throws an elbow but Morguss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morguss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marihuanich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morguss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morguss dodges an elbow strike from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich lands a good knee to the midsection. Morguss won't want to take too many of those.
Marihuanich tries to land a knee to the head but Morguss blocks with his arms.
Marihuanich lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Magonn Morguss's cut even more.
Marihuanich misses with an elbow over the top.
Marihuanich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marihuanich stalls.
Marihuanich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marihuanich tries to land a knee to the head but Morguss blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morguss changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Marihuanich fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Marihuanich clinches with his opponent.
Marihuanich working Morguss over with knees to the body.
Morguss avoids the elbow strike from Marihuanich, against the cage.
Marihuanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morguss is defending well for now.
Morguss blocks the elbow strike.
Marihuanich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morguss avoids a wild elbow strike from Marihuanich.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marihuanich lands a damaging elbow.
Morguss managing to block the knees to the body from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Morguss avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marihuanich obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bariga Marihuanich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Magonn Morguss's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Morguss swats away the attempt to clinch by Marihuanich.
Marihuanich wants to clinch.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch but Morguss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but Morguss moves out of range.
Marihuanich fails with an attempt to clinch.

Marihuanich clinches up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morguss avoids it.
Marihuanich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morguss avoids the elbow strike from Marihuanich, against the cage.
Morguss is breathing heavily.
Marihuanich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marihuanich trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morguss is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Marihuanich pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Marihuanich misses with a knee strike.
Morguss blocks an elbow strike from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich slows down the pace here.
Marihuanich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Marihuanich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marihuanich misses with a knee strike.
Marihuanich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morguss avoids it.
Marihuanich throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich working Morguss over with knees to the body.
Marihuanich misses with a punch to the body.
Nice elbow from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morguss.
Marihuanich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morguss avoids it.
Marihuanich lands a knee to the body.
Marihuanich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morguss's defenses.
Marihuanich lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marihuanich lands a hook that snaps the head of Morguss backwards.
Marihuanich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morguss.
Marihuanich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marihuanich lands a knee to the body.
Morguss takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above Magonn Morguss's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich lands a knee to the head.
Marihuanich lands a knee to the body.
Marihuanich lands a nice elbow.
Marihuanich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morguss backwards.
Marihuanich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marihuanich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marihuanich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marihuanich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marihuanich landing knees to the head.
Marihuanich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morguss can do to turn this around?
Morguss managing to block the knees to the body from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich missing with knees to the body.
Bariga Marihuanich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marihuanich scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morguss managing to block the knees to the body from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich lands an elbow just above Morguss 's eye.
Marihuanich trying to land knees to the body.
Marihuanich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marihuanich lands a nice elbow.
Morguss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marihuanich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marihuanich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marihuanich throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marihuanich looking to throw knees to the head but Morguss is blocking nicely.
Morguss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marihuanich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bariga Marihuanich dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Magonn Morguss's cut.
That's time! Marihuanich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Marihuanich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Marihuanich lands a left and a right that send Morguss crashing to the mat, dazed. Marihuanich thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Morguss is rocked!
Marihuanich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morguss is still on wobbly legs! Can Marihuanich finish him?
Bariga Marihuanich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morguss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marihuanich connects with a stiff jab that staggers Morguss - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bariga Marihuanich!