PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Marduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pitbull Lovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marduk's entrance music is Three 6 Mafia - It's A Fight. A fine choice. Pitbull Lovski will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Marduk
vs
Lovski

202 cm
25
280 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

193 cm
26
250 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Marduk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pitbull Lovski!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marduk moves out of range as Lovski strikes.
It looked like Marduk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marduk slips a jab and a cross from Lovski.
Marduk was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lovski throws a right and a left that Marduk avoids nicely.

Marduk moves into the clinch.
Lovski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Marduk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marduk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lovski backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Lovski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marduk swings wildly with an uppercut but Lovski uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lovski wants to break free but Marduk has control.

Lovski manages to break the clinch.
A shot to the body from Lovski misses

and Marduk counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lovski is trying to force a seperation but Marduk has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lovski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lovski throws a combination that misses
and Marduk counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marduk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marduk doesn't manage to clinch there - Lovski circles away.
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lovski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Lovski misses the target.
Some wild striking there from Lovski.
Marduk swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lovski misses with a two punch combination.
Marduk doesn't manage to clinch there - Lovski circles away.
Lovski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marduk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lovski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marduk walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Marduk rushes Lovski and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marduk is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lovski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lovski blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marduk working aggressively here.
Lovski wants to break free but Marduk has control.
Marduk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marduk working aggressively here.
Marduk misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Marduk's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Marduk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marduk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lovski's efforts to push away.
Lovski tries to break the clinch but Marduk is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marduk has a couple of punches blocked by Lovski.
Lovski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marduk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lovski's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Lovski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marduk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lovski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marduk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marduk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marduk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lovski backwards.
Lovski has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Marduk seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lovski can turn it around.
A head punch on the inside from Marduk fails to land.
Lovski is trying to break the clinch but Marduk has him pressed against the cage.
Lovski has had enough of the clinch but Marduk keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marduk misses with a short punch on the inside.

Lovski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A bone on bone clash there as Lovski blocks the leg kick.
Marduk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lovski misses the shot to the body.
Lovski throws a shot from downtown. Marduk moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Lovski.
Marduk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lovski throws out the jab.
Marduk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lovski misses with a wild combination.
Marduk looks to clinch
and Lovski counters with a nice uppercut.
Marduk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lovski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marduk tries to clinch up but Lovski circles away and keeps his distance.
Lovski walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pitbull Lovski will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Marduk has Lovski up against the cage in a clinch.

It looks like Pitbull Lovski has been cut.
Marduk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lovski is trying to force a seperation but Marduk has the dominant position.
Lovski blocking some punches.
Marduk misses with some punches.
Lovski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lovski wants to break free but Marduk has control.
Lovski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lovski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marduk scores with a shot to the side of Lovski's head.
Marduk is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A bit of stalling here from Marduk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lovski up against the cage.
Marduk can't find room to land a body shot as Lovski controls the action.
Marduk has Lovski pressed against the cage, preventing Lovski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marduk misses with a punch on the inside.
Marduk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marduk misses with a punch to the body.
Craig Marduk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marduk misses with some punches.
Lovski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marduk struggles to land a body shot inside as Lovski controls his hands.
Marduk working aggressively here.
Lovski is trying to break the clinch but Marduk has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Marduk fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marduk throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovski.
Marduk leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lovski is trying to break free.
Lovski tries to circle away but Marduk has him pinned against the cage.
Lovski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marduk trying to stall but Lovski improves his position.
Lovski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lovski is trying to push Marduk away but Marduk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lovski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lovski.
Lovski wants to break free but Marduk has control.
Marduk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lovski can do to turn this around?
Lovski blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marduk swings wildly with an uppercut but Lovski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marduk stalling.
Lovski is trying to break the clinch but Marduk is controlling him.
Marduk keeps control of Lovski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marduk has Lovski pressed against the cage, preventing Lovski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lovski is trying to break free.
Lovski wants to get back to striking at distance but Marduk won't allow it.
Marduk trying to control the position but instead, Lovski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marduk into the cage.
Marduk has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Lovski manages to break the clinch.
Lovski misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lovski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lovski throws a shot to the body.
Lovski misses with a straight right.
Marduk swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Marduk moves into the clinch successfully.
Lovski is trying to break the clinch but Marduk has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marduk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lovski's efforts to push away.
Marduk lands with a left to the head.
Lovski tries to break free but Marduk pushes him back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lovski is trying to break the clinch but Marduk is controlling him.
Marduk misses with the head strike.
Lovski blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Marduk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pitbull Lovski's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lovski lands a nice shot to the body.
Jab from Lovski.

It looks like Craig Marduk has been cut.
Lovski misses with a series of wild punches.
Marduk slips under a jab.
Lovski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lovski lands a two punch combo.
Lovski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Marduk has Lovski up against the cage in a clinch.
Marduk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lovski is trying to break free.
Marduk throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovski.
Lovski blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk leaning his opponent against the cage.
Marduk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marduk has Lovski pressed against the cage, preventing Lovski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lovski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marduk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lovski.
A head punch on the inside from Marduk fails to land.
Lovski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Lovski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lovski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lovski throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Marduk to counter with a crisp jab.
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lovski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lovski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marduk fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marduk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marduk tries to counter by clinching up but Lovski breaks away and moves out of range.
Lovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lovski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lovski misses with the combination.
Marduk tries to clinch up.
Marduk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lovski slips a straight right by Marduk.
Lovski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Marduk has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch but Lovski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pitbull Lovski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lovski slips a jab from Marduk.
Lovski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Marduk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lovski.
Marduk doesn't manage to clinch there - Lovski circles away.
Lovski throws a jab when Marduk was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Marduk to counter with a crisp jab.
Marduk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marduk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lovski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lovski moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pitbull Lovski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lovski throws a body punch but Marduk moves out of range.
Lovski misses with the combination.
Lovski throws a lazy right hand but Marduk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Marduk misses the target.
Marduk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Marduk sends Lovski crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Marduk is motioning to the referee to let Lovski up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Lovski is rocked!
Lovski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Marduk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lovski, pushing him back against the cage.
Lovski is still on wobbly legs! Can Marduk finish him?
Marduk working aggressively here.
Marduk misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marduk throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovski.
Marduk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marduk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marduk misses with some punches.
Lovski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marduk misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marduk.
Marduk throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovski.
Marduk working aggressively here.
Marduk has a couple of punches blocked by Lovski.
Marduk throws a head punch that misses.
Marduk misses with a punch on the inside.
Marduk has a couple of punches blocked by Lovski.
Marduk misses with a punch on the inside.
Marduk has Lovski pressed against the cage, preventing Lovski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lovski blocks an uppercut.
Marduk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marduk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marduk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lovski tries to break the clinch but Marduk is controlling the position.
Lovski blocking some punches.
Lovski seems to have recovered his senses.
Lovski is trying to break free.
Marduk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marduk has Lovski pressed against the cage, preventing Lovski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marduk creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Lovski with a big uppercut! Lovski tries to clinch up but Marduk pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Lovski to the mat! Lovski covers up and Marduk unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Craig Marduk!
Craig Marduk retains his heavyweight title!
Craig Marduk made sure to mention his sponsor, GREEN!160 in his post fight interview.