PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bariga Marihuanich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devon King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marihuanich comes to the cage accompanied by Idiot bez irokeza. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Marihuanich
vs
King

175 cm
37
175 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

185 cm
23
182 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

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 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Bariga Marihuanich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Devon King!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King throws a body punch but Marihuanich moves out of range.
King throws a shot to the body.

Marihuanich takes the fight into the clinch.
Marihuanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Marihuanich lands a knee to the head.
Marihuanich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
King drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Marihuanich trying to stall but King improves his position.
King has Marihuanich pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Marihuanich manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Marihuanich presses King against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The referee calls for Marihuanich to work.
King is trying to drag Marihuanich to the mat but Marihuanich just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bariga Marihuanich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devon King.
Marihuanich tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Marihuanich after a bit of a struggle.
Marihuanich tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Marihuanich back against the cage.
Marihuanich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marihuanich working King over with knees to the body.
King being controlled against the cage.

Marihuanich lands a takedown into guard.
King is trying to keep Marihuanich in close.
Marihuanich looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

King is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Marihuanich is aware though and is defending well.
King keeping moving, preventing Marihuanich from controlling successfully.
Marihuanich scoring with some ground and pound.

King had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Marihuanich defends it easily.
King has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Marihuanich has passed into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marihuanich wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich working the ground and pound from side control.
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.
King gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Marihuanich is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Marihuanich is looking for a kimura but King is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Marihuanich to get the leverage.
We've been hearing that Marihuanich has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
King gets full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now King is on top in guard.
King with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marihuanich is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
King throws a big elbow that misses.
Marihuanich keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marihuanich is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and King defends well.
Marihuanich controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
Marihuanich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marihuanich is looking to stand back up but King counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Marihuanich.
King working the head and body with strikes.
King seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Marihuanich is trying to defend against the ground and pound but King scores with a couple of nice shots.
King not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. King connects with a nice short shot to Marihuanich's temple.
Marihuanich is not content to let King control the position.
King tries to pass to full mount but Marihuanich defends it.
Marihuanich is looking for a sweep. King is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

King seems to be working for a kimura but Marihuanich defends the submission attempt.
King lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

King seems to be working for a kimura but Marihuanich defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Devon King will probably get the nod.
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.

King feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
King stopping the sweep attempt from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich is trying to control the position but King postures 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.
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marihuanich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marihuanich trying to control the position.
Marihuanich is really struggling to control King but he's trying to hold on to the position.
King landing with the ground and pound.
King working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marihuanich looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
King passes Marihuanich's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Marihuanich is trying to stand up here but King is controlling him well.
King trying to control the action but Marihuanich is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
King frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Devon King has got the better of the ground game so far.
King working away from the top, dropping strikes.
King punishing his opponent with strikes.
Marihuanich is trying desperately to improve position.
King fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marihuanich tries to get back to half guard but can't.
King with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marihuanich can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Bariga Marihuanich has been cut.
King raining down shots from the mount!

Marihuanich is rocked!
King lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oh Marihuanich is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marihuanich tries to reverse the position but King maintains control.
Marihuanich seems to have got his legs back now.
King tries to control but Marihuanich wriggling away.
King landing punches.
Marihuanich tries to hold on but King postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King with good strikes from the mount here!
King pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
King lands a nice shot to the head.
Marihuanich is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by King.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marihuanich is trying desperately to improve position.
King unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Marihuanich wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! King celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Devon King!
Devon King thanked the fans post fight for their support.