PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Marabou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Ripgut has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marabou
vs
Ripgut

195 cm
34
266 lbs
23 - 26 - 0

191 cm
25
260 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gary Marabou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Ripgut!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marabou feints and as Ripgut raises his hands in defense, Marabou changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Marabou landing with the ground and pound.
Ripgut preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ripgut holds on and takes a little breather.
Marabou scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ripgut not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ripgut pulls Marabou in close to his closed guard and prevents Marabou from doing any damage or advancing position.

Marabou thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marabou postures up in Ripgut's guard and throws a big left but Ripgut blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripgut pulls Marabou in close to prevent any damage.

Marabou thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marabou is in close to Ripgut's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut seems keen to control Marabou's posture.
Ripgut not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Marabou throwing strikes from guard but Ripgut blocks nicely.
Marabou with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ripgut is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Marabou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Marabou thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marabou throwing strikes but missing.
Marabou pushes down on Ripgut's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marabou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marabou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ripgut defending well though.
Ripgut avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marabou.
Marabou not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marabou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marabou working Ripgut over with strikes.
Marabou 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.

Marabou is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Marabou thows a huge punch but Ripgut dodges it nicely.
Ripgut has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marabou is working away from the top position though.
Marabou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ripgut defending well though.
Ripgut wants to control but Marabou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ripgut preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Ripgut is looking to improve his position.

Marabou is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ripgut has managed to free his arm - good work.
Marabou thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marabou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marabou prevents Ripgut from standing back up.
Ripgut on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ripgut is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ripgut really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marabou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ground and pound from Marabou.
Ripgut tries to get to full guard but Marabou has control of the leg.

Marabou is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ripgut blocking the ground and pound attempt from Marabou.
Ripgut tries to kick Marabou off but Marabou keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marabou looks to land a strike but Ripgut avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Marabou makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marabou is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marabou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marabou missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut controlling Marabou's posture.
Marabou with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Marabou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ripgut is pulling down on Marabou's head to control his posture.
Marabou with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ripgut is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marabou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Marabou throwing strikes but missing.
Ripgut trying to control the position here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marabou scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Marabou throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Marabou dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Marabou looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Marabou lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marabou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ripgut.
Ripgut keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ripgut is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Marabou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ripgut stuffs the takedown attempt from Marabou. Marabou gets slowly back to his feet.
Ripgut steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Marabou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marabou throws a series of punches but Ripgut avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Ripgut on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marabou shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ripgut but Ripgut pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gary Marabou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marabou tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ripgut swivels and escapes.
Nice takedown defense from Ripgut. No joy for Marabou on that attempt.
Ripgut is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marabou misses with a takedown

and Ripgut holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Marabou has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ripgut is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Marabou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ripgut can do to turn this around?
Ripgut tries to stall but Marabou uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Marabou blocks it.
Ripgut landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ripgut lands an elbow just above Marabou 's eye.

It looks like Gary Marabou has been cut.
A knee to the head by Ripgut.
Ripgut misses with a punch to the body.
Ripgut misses with a knee to the head.
Ripgut misses with a knee to the head.
Ripgut fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marabou is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marabou is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a head punch that misses.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marabou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marabou blocks an elbow strike from Ripgut.
Marabou blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut lands an elbow that stopped Marabou in his tracks for a moment.
Ripgut working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ripgut is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Marabou goes for a takedown attempt but Ripgut pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Marabou takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marabou lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marabou misses with a series of wild punches.
Ripgut wants to counter the offense by Marabou and move into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut stuffs the takedown attempt from Marabou. Marabou gets slowly back to his feet.
Marabou swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ripgut wants to counter the offense by Marabou and move into the clinch position.
Marabou swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marabou shoots in for a takedown but Ripgut shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ripgut wants to counter the offense by Marabou and move into the clinch position.
Marabou throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marabou connects with a jab.
Ripgut throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ripgut scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marabou doesn't seem bothered though.
Gary Marabou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ripgut drops Marabou with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Marabou looks back up at him and smiles so Ripgut waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marabou is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Ripgut Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Marabou is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Shane Ripgut!
A relieved looking Shane Ripgut thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.