PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fergus Archer (ranked 4506 p4p, 1588 weight class) and Han Mariduena (ranked 518 p4p, 216 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Archer
vs
Mariduena

180 cm
26
209
2 - 5 - 0

190 cm
26
213
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fergus Archer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Han Mariduena!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mariduena looks to land a left hand but Archer moved out of range nicely.
Archer has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
Archer looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Mariduena keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Archer.
Mariduena lands a slapping body shot.
Mariduena misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Mariduena.

Archer tries to keep at a distance but Mariduena has taken the fight into the clinch.
Archer can't find room to land a body shot as Mariduena controls the action.
Archer misses with a body punch.
Mariduena lands an elbow that stopped Archer in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Fergus Archer has been cut.
Mariduena misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Archer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Archer tries to land a knee to the head but Mariduena blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mariduena just misses with a elbow thrown towards Archer's brow.
Mariduena misses with a hook from the clinch.
Archer being controlled against the cage.
Archer taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mariduena manages to break the clinch.
Mariduena wants to slow Archer down by chopping away at his legs.
Archer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mariduena.
Mariduena looks to throw the jab but Archer is out of range.
Archer slips under a jab.
Mariduena fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Archer is out of range.
Mariduena avoids the body shot from Archer.
Fergus Archer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Archer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Archer misses with a left hand
and Mariduena counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Mariduena misses its intended target.
Mariduena throws a low kick but it's checked well by Archer.
Mariduena scores with a sloppy right hand. Archer should have avoided that one.
Mariduena scores with a shot to the body.
Mariduena swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mariduena thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mariduena tries to close the distance and clinch but Archer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archer looks to throw the jab but Mariduena is out of range.
Mariduena looks to throw the jab but Archer is out of range.
Mariduena throws a looping overhand right but Archer ducks down to avoid it.
Mariduena stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mariduena lands a jab to Archer's midsection.
Archer blocks a low kick nicely.
Archer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mariduena has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mariduena lands a right hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Archer checks a leg kick.
Mariduena throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Archer misses with a looping left.
Mariduena throws a low kick but Archer avoids it.

Mariduena has Archer up against the cage in a clinch.
Archer taking a breather.
Mariduena throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Mariduena.
Mariduena misses with a short punch on the inside.
Archer misses with a punch to the body.
Archer missing with knees to the body.
Mariduena lands a hook that snaps the head of Archer backwards.
Mariduena has a couple of punches blocked by Archer.
Archer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mariduena blocks it with crossed arms.
Mariduena can't find room to land a body shot as Archer controls the action.
Archer blocks a body shot from Mariduena.
Mariduena throws a head punch that misses.
Mariduena fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mariduena just misses with a elbow thrown towards Archer's brow.
Mariduena misses with a punch on the inside.

Mariduena escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Archer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mariduena moves away.
Mariduena let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mariduena tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mariduena looks to throw the jab but Archer is out of range.
Archer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mariduena lands a jab to the head.
Archer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A slow jab from Mariduena misses its intended target.
It looked like Archer was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mariduena.
Nice defenses there by Archer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Archer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mariduena manages to avoid it.
Mariduena moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mariduena doesn't manage to clinch there - Archer circles away.
A clash of legs there as Archer blocks the low kick.
Mariduena uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Archer has time to react.
Mariduena throws a shot from downtown. Archer moves away and avoids it.
Mariduena throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mariduena swinging wildly here.
Archer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Han Mariduena dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fergus Archer's cut.
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.

Mariduena is looking to clinch but Archer is avoiding it.
Archer wants to clinch.
Mariduena feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Archers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mariduena missing with a left hand there. Archer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Archer.
Archer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Archer slips a straight right by Mariduena.
Archer throws a body punch but Mariduena moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Mariduena throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Mariduena has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Archer has a couple of punches blocked by Mariduena.
Mariduena tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mariduena blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer tries a knee to the head but Mariduena blocks it.
Han Mariduena seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Mariduena on the inside.

Mariduena breaks the clinch.
Mariduena has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mariduena throws a good cross that connects.
Archer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Archer.

Mariduena clinches up with Archer and pushes him back against the cage.
Mariduena pushes off an throws an elbow but Archer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Mariduena breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Mariduena there.
Archer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mariduena looks to throw the jab but Archer is out of range.
Mariduena misses with a low kick.
Mariduena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Han Mariduena seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Archer tries to clinch there but Mariduena circles away.
Mariduena is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Archer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Mariduena as he connects with a hook.

Archer is rocked!
Archer throws a looping overhand right but Mariduena ducks down to avoid it.
Mariduena appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Oh Archer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Archer moves away from the strike by Mariduena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Archer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Archer there as he acknowledges the shot.
A cross from Mariduena lands.
Nice defenses there by Archer.
Mariduena fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Archer to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Archer looks to clinch but Mariduena throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Archer taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Han Mariduena!
A very excited looking Han Mariduena made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.