PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Derick Trotter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bariga Marihuanich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marihuanich has chosen Idiot bez irokeza as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Derick Trotter has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Derick Trotter seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Trotter
vs
Marihuanich

170 cm
27
185 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

175 cm
38
175 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Derick Trotter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Bariga Marihuanich!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marihuanich swats away the attempt to clinch by Trotter.
Marihuanich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Marihuanich has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Trotter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Trotter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trotter swings for the body but Marihuanich moves out of range.
Marihuanich dodges the punch combination from Trotter.
Nice takedown defense from Trotter. No joy for Marihuanich on that attempt.
Marihuanich is looking to clinch but Trotter is avoiding it.
Marihuanich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trotter.

Marihuanich shoots in and gets a takedown into Trotter's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Marihuanich stops Trotter from standing up.
Marihuanich connects with a couple of short punches.
Marihuanich wants to control from the top but Trotter keeps moving.
Trotter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marihuanich is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marihuanich stands and throws Trotter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Marihuanich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marihuanich misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Marihuanich advances nicely into full mount.
Trotter really wants to buck Marihuanich off and get back to his feet.
The referee warns Trotter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee warns Trotter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Marihuanich raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Marihuanich raining down shots from the mount!

Marihuanich is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Trotter is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bariga Marihuanich!
Bariga Marihuanich decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.