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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bariga Marihuanich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Shine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marihuanich kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Idiot bez irokeza. Sun Shine will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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175 lbs
11 - 8 - 1 |
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177 lbs
23 - 25 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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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
11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Bariga Marihuanich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 25 - 1, fighting out of London, Sun Shine!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shine stuffs the takedown.
Marihuanich throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Shine was covering up waiting for the punch and Marihuanich finishes the takedown easily into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Shine keeping moving, preventing Marihuanich from controlling successfully.
Marihuanich throwing strikes but missing.
Marihuanich with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marihuanich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shine is keeping the position for now.
Marihuanich wants to control from the top but Shine keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marihuanich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shine swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marihuanich trying to move into half guard but instead Shine has managed to sweep!
Shine is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Shine must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Marihuanich has a closed guard, preventing Shine from standing up.
Marihuanich is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Shine!
Marihuanich is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Shine is surviving well by controlling Marihuanich's body position as best he can.
Marihuanich jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Shine manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Shine wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
A lull in the action here as Marihuanich stalls from top position.
Marihuanich sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Shine is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Marihuanich wants to control but Shine is keeping him busy.
Shine parries the strikes from Marihuanich easily there. Marihuanich is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shine to escape.
Marihuanich 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.
Shine prevents Marihuanich from moving into mount.
Marihuanich looks up at the clock and then as Shine takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Marihuanich smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Shine knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Marihuanich looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shine regains half guard, as Marihuanich was trying to land strikes.
Marihuanich is keen to just control but Shine is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shine tries to roll over but Marihuanich keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bariga Marihuanich dominated that round.
That's time! Marihuanich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Marihuanich fails with a takedown attempt.
Shine throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Marihuanich's head.
Sun Shine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shine. That's going to slow Marihuanich down.
Shine jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marihuanich takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marihuanich drives through and clinches with Shine against the cage.
Marihuanich takes a shot to the head.
Shine misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Marihuanich to work.
Marihuanich is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marihuanich's elbow.
Shine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marihuanich prevents a body shot from Shine.
Marihuanich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marihuanich stalling.
Marihuanich blocks an uppercut.
Marihuanich dodges an elbow strike from Shine.
Marihuanich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shine pushes off an throws an elbow but Marihuanich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marihuanich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marihuanich taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Marihuanich for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marihuanich's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich taking a breather.
Marihuanich lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shine or not.
Marihuanich is trying to maintain a safe position but Shine gets an underhook and turns Marihuanich into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bariga Marihuanich.
Marihuanich shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shine lands with a kick to the temple. Marihuanich shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Marihuanich shoots in for a double leg but Shine sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bariga Marihuanich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shine stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Shine wants it to stay on the feet.
Shine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shine connects with the punch.
Marihuanich shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bariga Marihuanich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shine missing with a left hand there. Marihuanich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch but Shine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shine just misses with a punch to the body.
Marihuanich shoots in and bounces Shine off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Shine keeping moving, preventing Marihuanich from controlling successfully.
Shine controls Marihuanich momentarily but Marihuanich frees himself.
Shine looking for a sweep. Not yet Shine, not yet.
Shine keeping full guard, as Marihuanich tries to pass.
Marihuanich throwing strikes from guard but Shine blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shine is trying to keep Marihuanich in close.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Marihuanich looking to sit in guard and control but Shine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Marihuanich looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Marihuanich is trying to control the position but Shine postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marihuanich wants to sweep here but Shine controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bariga Marihuanich will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Marihuanich fails with a takedown attempt.
Marihuanich shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Shine tries to get to full guard but Marihuanich has control of the leg.
Marihuanich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marihuanich tries to pass the half guard into mount. Shine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Marihuanich is nestled in close to Shine, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marihuanich with the ground and pound but Shine uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Shine wants to sweep but no luck.
Marihuanich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Marihuanich passes into half guard.
Marihuanich is looking to stall here but Shine recovers full guard.
Marihuanich pushes down on Shine's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marihuanich thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shine's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich stands up out of the half guard.
Marihuanich shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Shine pinned against the cage. Shine gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shine. Marihuanich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sun Shine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marihuanich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marihuanich scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shine trying to hold on to Marihuanich's head to control him but Marihuanich postures up.
Marihuanich thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shine's head.
Marihuanich is keen to just control but Shine is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shine blocking the ground and pound attempt from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shine does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Marihuanich uses his free foot to push down on Shine's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Shine.
Shine slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Marihuanich not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marihuanich not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marihuanich wants to stand up but Shine has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Marihuanich lands with a punch from half guard.
Marihuanich stops Shine from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shine defending well though.
Marihuanich lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Marihuanich is trying to control the action in half guard but Shine is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Marihuanich is looking for a kimura but Shine is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Marihuanich to get the leverage.
Marihuanich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marihuanich trying to pass the guard but Shine defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shine has hold of Marihuanich's hands but Marihuanich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bariga Marihuanich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Marihuanich, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Bariga Marihuanich!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Bariga Marihuanich!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Bariga Marihuanich!
Bariga Marihuanich wins by unanimous decision!
Bariga Marihuanich bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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