🥊 KEVIN BEUHRING IS RUNNING THE BOARD — PGF WEEK 2 RECAP & WHAT’S COMING WEDNESDAY

By Cody Merrow | Fight Bananas

WHAT IS UP, Fight Bananas faithful! Cody Merrow here, and if you were not locked into PGF World on Wednesday night for Week 2 of the 2026 season,  first of all, what are you doing? Second of all, let me catch you up, because goddamn if this season isn’t already delivering everything we wanted and then some.

Week 1 told us the Kings were the team to beat. Week 2 told us the Alabama Twisters heard that loud and clear,  and they have ZERO interest in letting Las Vegas run away with this thing. The race is on, the individual leaderboard just flipped, and Wednesday, March 18th cannot get here fast enough. Let’s get into it. 🔥🔥🔥

The Las Vegas Kings lead the Team standings after 2 weeks of the regular season pic.twitter.com/VIec6arhHq

— Professional Grappling Federation (@PGFworld) March 13, 2026

🥊 KEVIN BEUHRING OWNS THE ROOM

I don’t say this lightly: Kevin Beuhring had the most commanding individual performance of Season 9 so far. The Alabama Twisters veteran came into Week 2 with something to prove and left Las Vegas sitting at No. 1 on the athlete leaderboard with 24 points,  one point clear of Kings star Jett Thompson at 23.

That kill over Joshua Squires was the moment the broadcast kept coming back to, and for good reason. It wasn’t just the points. It was the tone. Beuhring set it early and the Twisters rode his energy for the entire night. The desk was buzzing about him every time he was on the mat, and by the time the late blocks rolled around, the whole show had shifted. This is what a veteran presence does,  it elevates everyone around them and it changes the temperature in the room.

Here’s the thing though: one point separates Beuhring and Jett Thompson going into Week 3. One. Point. That individual race is going to be must-watch television every single Wednesday from here on out. Mark it down.

🥊 THE TWISTERS MADE THE SEASON REAL

BUCKLE UP, because this is where it gets good.

Going into Week 2, the Kings led by 15 points. Coming out of Week 2? That margin is down to seven. The Twisters posted the strongest single-night haul of any team on the evening and have cut Las Vegas down to a margin that feels manageable,  and pressure-inducing,  in equal measure.

The team standings through two weeks 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Alabama’s depth is the story within the story here. Beuhring at No. 1 gets the headline, but Elijah Carlton’s fast finish over Clayton Wimer opened the door for the night, and Travis Haven kept the pressure on throughout. By the end of the broadcast, the commentary was openly calling Carlton “leveled up”,  not just dangerous, but operating at a different gear than Week 1. That kind of improvement this early in a season is a massive deal.

The Twisters are not just in striking distance anymore. They are forcing the Kings to answer them every single week, and that dynamic is going to make for exceptional television.

🥊 THE KINGS DID NOT GIVE THE NIGHT AWAY

Let’s be honest,  this could have been an ugly night for Las Vegas if not for Chuy Magana. The Kings got their own Week 2 breakout moment in him, and the commentary kept circling back to it throughout the broadcast. The way Magana kept weathering bad positions, finding legs, and turning scrambles into points was exactly the kind of performance a team needs from a secondary contributor when the other team is making a run.

The Kings needed every bit of that surge to hold onto first place,  and they did. 60 points. Still on top. But seven points is not comfortable, and they know it.

Jett Thompson at 23 points is still an elite individual performer. Austin Oranday (19) and Chuy Magana (18) give Las Vegas depth behind him that most teams would kill for. But Week 2 proved the Kings cannot cruise. The Twisters are coming, and they are coming with numbers.

🥊 PHENOMS AND WOLVERINES — THE URGENCY IS REAL

Philadelphia and Colorado have their own problems to solve.

The Phenoms are still on the board and Shawn Melanson (14 points) and Andrew Kochel (12) give them legitimate individual contributors,  but 32 cumulative team points with the Twisters at 53 means they need a Week 3 response fast. Not eventually. Not soon. FAST.

The Wolverines at 9 points finally showed some life in Week 2 after that brutal 3-point Week 1 opening. But the hole is still deep enough that Wednesday cannot just be a recovery night. It has to be a spoiler night. They need to make problems for somebody, everybody, really,  and they need to do it early in the blocks before the Kings or Twisters can set tone.

Jonathan Wilson returns to the fold after being unavailable for the Week 1 finale against Jett Thompson, and you better believe that is a storyline going into Week 3.

The Pace at PGF is unmatched.
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— Professional Grappling Federation (@PGFworld) March 13, 2026

🥊 WEEK 3 PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 — THIS IS A BIG ONE

Week 3 is no longer just another Wednesday. The standings are tight, the individual race is a one-point photo finish, and the Block A matchups are genuinely stacked.

Here is what is on the board 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Block A Matchups:

• 🥊 Jared Fekete (Kings) vs. Andrew Kochel (Phenoms)
• 🥊 Chuy Magana (Kings) vs. Derek Rayfield (Phenoms)
• 🥊 Austin Oranday (Kings) vs. Noah McCully (Phenoms)
• 🥊 Jett Thompson (Kings) vs. Kyle Chambers (Phenoms)
• 🥊 Cam Hurd (Kings) vs. Shawn Melanson (Phenoms)
• 🥊 Jake Straus (Twisters) vs. Jonathan Wilson (Wolverines)

The Kings vs. Phenoms Block A slate is an absolute CLINIC waiting to happen, and Jett Thompson against Kyle Chambers is the marquee individual matchup of the night. If Thompson wins and Beuhring stumbles somewhere in his block, the individual race flips back. If Beuhring holds serve and Thompson drops one,  we might be looking at a new sole leader by Wednesday night.

That is appointment television. You and you would do right to tune in.

we live! @PGFworld @bostonanik @TJDeSantis pic.twitter.com/lRKyN2p2B0

— alexandra (@alexwendlingX) March 12, 2026

🥊 SHOUTOUT TO THE DESK

Jason Anik, TJ De Santis, and Brandon McCaghren are doing exactly what good commentary is supposed to do,  making the storylines feel bigger and the individual moments feel earned. The way the broadcast kept tracking Beuhring’s night in real time, kept coming back to Chuy Magana’s resilience, and kept framing the team race as the legitimate competition that it is,  that is quality production work and the show is better for it every single week.

PGF season 9 is damn good. The matchups are so competitive, and the commentating team is definitely the best in the business.
After 2 weeks, one thing we know for sure is that Chuy Magana is an ankle lock beast holy shit! #PGF

— Billy Trailblazer (@BillyTrailblazr) March 12, 2026

Week 3. Wednesday, March 18. PGF World on Kick and YouTube. 7 PM Eastern. Be there.

The Kings have a lead. The Twisters have momentum. Kevin Beuhring has the board. And Jett Thompson has something to say about all of it.

LET’S GO. 🥊🔥

Watch the full Week 2 broadcast here

— Cody Merrow is the Live Producer of The Anik & Florian Podcast and a lead writer for Fight Bananas. Formerly of MMA Underground and the Pound 4 Pound Podcast newsletter. Follow him on X: @cody_merrow