PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Marduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane McLain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marduk kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Three 6 Mafia - It's A Fight. Craig Marduk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marduk
vs
McLain

202 cm
26
280 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

205 cm
20
277 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane McLain!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLain misses with a double jab.

Marduk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marduk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McLain is trying to break free.
Marduk is stalling here.
Marduk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McLain wants to break free but Marduk has control.
Marduk lands a hook that snaps the head of McLain backwards.
McLain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marduk lands with a right to the head.
Marduk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McLain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marduk throws a head punch that misses.
McLain avoiding damage as Marduk throws knees to the body.
McLain throws a head punch that misses.
Marduk prevents McLain from breaking the clinch.
McLain tries to break free but Marduk pushes him back against the cage.
Marduk stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McLain's efforts to push away.
McLain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marduk leaning against his opponent.
Marduk lands with a left to the head.
Marduk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marduk is stalling here.
Marduk effectively controlling the action here.
Marduk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marduk blocking some punches.
McLain's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McLain is trying to break the clinch but Marduk has him pressed against the cage.
McLain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McLain is trying to force a seperation but Marduk has the dominant position.
McLain has had enough of the clinch but Marduk keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from McLain.
Marduk throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLain tries to break the clinch but Marduk is controlling the position.
McLain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marduk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marduk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marduk misses with an elbow over the top.
McLain wants to break free but Marduk has control.
Marduk leaning against his opponent.
McLain blocking some punches.
Marduk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marduk misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on McLain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marduk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Marduk has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
McLain is looking to break free of the clinch but Marduk has double underhooks.
Marduk has McLain pressed against the cage, preventing McLain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McLain tries to circle away but Marduk has him pinned against the cage.
McLain is trying to break the clinch but Marduk is controlling him.
McLain blocking some punches.

Marduk drops McLain onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! McLain is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

McLain is rocked!
McLain 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 McLain can turn it around.
McLain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McLain is still on wobbly legs! Can Marduk finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLain working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marduk.

McLain breaks the clinch.

McLain gets tackled into the cage by Marduk. Marduk maintains the clinch.
Marduk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marduk swings wildly with an uppercut but McLain uses good head movement to avoid it.
McLain blocking some punches.
Marduk misses with some punches.
McLain seems to have recovered his senses.
McLain can't break the clinch.
Marduk throws a punch but it's blocked by McLain.
McLain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McLain misses with some punches.
Marduk misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Marduk.
Marduk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Marduk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McLain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marduk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marduk lands a hook that snaps the head of McLain backwards.
Marduk will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McLain up against the cage.
McLain wants to break free but Marduk has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marduk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McLain tries to break free but Marduk pushes him back against the cage.
Marduk blocking some punches.
McLain is trying to break free.
McLain is trying to push Marduk away but Marduk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

McLain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch up but McLain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marduk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McLain looks to throw the jab but Marduk is out of range.

Marduk clinches with his opponent.
Marduk keeps control of McLain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McLain's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marduk pushes off an throws an elbow but McLain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marduk taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Marduk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McLains head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Marduk lands a hook that snaps the head of McLain backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Marduk dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Marduk tries to clinch up.
McLain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McLain uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Craig Marduk has been cut.
Marduk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McLain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McLain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marduk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McLain misses with a hook
and Marduk counters with a stiff right hand.

Marduk closes the distance and clinches.
McLain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marduk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marduk unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McLain! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Marduk is unloading with more strikes now! McLain drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig Marduk!
Craig Marduk retains his heavyweight title!
Craig Marduk made sure to mention his sponsor, Namunamu Clothing in his post fight interview.