PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between First Fist (ranked 826 p4p, 1033 weight class) and Husein Magomaevaboff (ranked 117 p4p, 140 weight class). Fist comes to the cage accompanied by Havana. Magomaevaboff has chosen Shaolin of Dagestan as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fist
vs
Magomaevaboff

184 cm
29
178
13 - 5 - 0

183 cm
28
173
14 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, First Fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Husein Magomaevaboff!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Magomaevaboff closes the distance and pushes Fist back into the cage.
Fist definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fist swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff wants to stall.
Fist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magomaevaboff blocks an uppercut.
Fist lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Fist breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fist loads up on a big right hand but Magomaevaboff slips the punch.
Magomaevaboff slips a straight right by Fist.
Fist misses with an uppercut.
Magomaevaboff is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Magomaevaboff misses the shot to the body.
Magomaevaboff fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fist looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Magomaevaboff has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fist is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Magomaevaboff dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fist. That did some damage!
Magomaevaboff moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fist's jab looks to have found its range, popping Magomaevaboff under the eye.
Magomaevaboff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fist throws a jab when Magomaevaboff was well out of range.
Magomaevaboff misses with a left hand
and Fist counters with a stiff right hand.
Fist scores with a decent looking hook.
Magomaevaboff jabs at Fist's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fist with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Magomaevaboff to score with a decent uppercut.
Magomaevaboff scores with a kick to the midsection.
Magomaevaboff throws a hook but Fist blocks it.
Magomaevaboff looks to land a body kick but Fist moved away.
Fist seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Magomaevaboff looks for the body kick but Fist saw that one coming.
A punch lands to the side of Fist 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fist scores with a crisp jab that stopped Magomaevaboff in his tracks.
Fist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magomaevaboff jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fist throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Magomaevaboff counters with a stiff right hand.
Magomaevaboff throws the kick towards the body but Fist avoids it.
Magomaevaboff scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fist doesn't seem bothered though.

Magomaevaboff forces Fist back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fist is trying to break the clinch but Magomaevaboff is controlling him.
Fist blocks an uppercut.
Magomaevaboff misses with a punch to the body.
Magomaevaboff lands with a right to the head.
Fist throws a punch but it's blocked by Magomaevaboff.
Fist tries to work over Magomaevaboff's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magomaevaboff misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fist is trying to push Magomaevaboff away but Magomaevaboff has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Magomaevaboff lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fist.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Magomaevaboff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fist.
Magomaevaboff lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fist.
Magomaevaboff wants a takedown.

Fist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Magomaevaboff moves into range and clinches up with Fist.
Magomaevaboff prevents a body shot from Fist.
Fist wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Magomaevaboff has him pressed against the cage.
Magomaevaboff makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fist.
Fist lands a shot to the body.
Magomaevaboff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Magomaevaboff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Magomaevaboff fails to land.
Magomaevaboff is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fist pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Magomaevaboff.
Fist fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Magomaevaboff can't find room to land a body shot as Fist controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff blocks a body shot from Fist.
A head punch on the inside from Magomaevaboff fails to land.
Fist is leaning against Magomaevaboff and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fist swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magomaevaboff taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Magomaevaboff lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magomaevaboff lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Fist fails to land.
Magomaevaboff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fist makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Magomaevaboff lands a nice uppercut.
Fist is trying to break free.
Magomaevaboff keeps control of Fist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fist blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Magomaevaboff.
Fist tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magomaevaboff's elbow.

Fist breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fist avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magomaevaboff misses with a head kick.
Fist clobbers Magomaevaboff with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomaevaboff with a hook.
Magomaevaboff bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Magomaevaboff moves into the clinch.

Fist manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fist has time to react.
Magomaevaboff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fist.
Fist misses with a left hand
and Magomaevaboff counters with a nice body shot.
Magomaevaboff bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fist listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Magomaevaboff lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fist checks a leg kick.
It looked like Fist wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice body punch from Magomaevaboff.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magomaevaboff scores with a jab. Fist acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Magomaevaboff attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fist misses with a looping right.
Fist misses with a combination
and Magomaevaboff counters with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Husein Magomaevaboff dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Magomaevaboff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fist was well out of range. Poor timing from Magomaevaboff.
Fist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fist throws a looping overhand right but Magomaevaboff ducks down to avoid it.
Fist looks to land a left hand but Magomaevaboff moved out of range nicely.
Magomaevaboff throws a low kick, looking for Fist's leg but Fist calmly moves out of range.
Magomaevaboff looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Magomaevaboff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fist.
Magomaevaboff throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
Fist's jab looks to have found its range, popping Magomaevaboff under the eye.
Magomaevaboff has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fist scores with a nice head shot.
Magomaevaboff is looking to clinch.
Fist tries to counter by clinching up but Magomaevaboff breaks away and moves out of range.
Fist needs to keep his hands up - Magomaevaboff had a free shot at his head there.
Fist takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Husein Magomaevaboff seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Magomaevaboff tries a low kick but Fist avoids it.
Magomaevaboff pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Magomaevaboff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Fist, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Magomaevaboff scores with a sloppy right hand. Fist should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Fist.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff dodges the punch combination from Fist.
Magomaevaboff lands with a kick to the temple. Fist shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Magomaevaboff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fist misses with a body shot.
Fist misses with an uppercut
and Magomaevaboff counters with a right hand to the body.
Fist is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Magomaevaboff lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Magomaevaboff lands with a nice body punch.
Fist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Magomaevaboff moves out of range as Fist strikes.
A little jabbing left from Magomaevaboff on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magomaevaboff throws a front kick aimed at Fist's knee but Fist avoids it well.
Magomaevaboff throws a body kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Fist.
A nice combination there by Fist.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fist uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Magomaevaboff has time to react.
Fist on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Magomaevaboff throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fist.
Fist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff throws a low kick but Fist moves out of range easily.
Fist looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick lands for Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff throws a nice inside leg kick.
Magomaevaboff tries to clinch there but Fist circles away.
Magomaevaboff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magomaevaboff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Magomaevaboff ducks under a wild hook from Fist.
Magomaevaboff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magomaevaboff ducks under a wild hook from Fist.
Magomaevaboff flicks out a counter leg kick but Fist steps away.
Jab, jab by Magomaevaboff - just one landing.
Fist works Magomaevaboff's body with a nice hook.
Fist lands a nice hook to Magomaevaboff's body. Magomaevaboff takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Magomaevaboff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fist.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff scores with a head kick. Fist tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Magomaevaboff misses with a looping left.
Fist throws a body punch but Magomaevaboff moves out of range.
Fist just misses with a punch to the body.
Magomaevaboff looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fist takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Magomaevaboff lands a nice hook to Fist's body. Fist takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fist looks to land a right hand but Magomaevaboff moved out of range.
Fist looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fist throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A countering left hand to the body from Magomaevaboff misses.
Magomaevaboff slips a straight right by Fist.
Magomaevaboff throws a leg kick but Fist moved away.
Fist moves out of range as Magomaevaboff strikes.
Magomaevaboff lands a right hook to the body.
Magomaevaboff throws an overhand right that lands on Fist's shoulder, as Fist tries to avoid the shot.
Magomaevaboff throws a big shot that misses.
Fist wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Fist ducks under a wild hook from Magomaevaboff.
Fist looks to throw the jab but Magomaevaboff is out of range.
Magomaevaboff looks to score with a jab to the body but Fist is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Magomaevaboff looks to throw a body kick

and Fist moves into the clinch.
Fist tries to circle away but Magomaevaboff has him pinned against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fist.

Fist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fist moves out of range as Magomaevaboff strikes.
Magomaevaboff avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magomaevaboff looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Magomaevaboff feints and then cracks Fist's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fist down.
Magomaevaboff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fist manages to avoid it.
Fist throws a lazy right hand but Magomaevaboff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Magomaevaboff. Beautiful body shot.
Fist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Magomaevaboff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Magomaevaboff swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fist misses the body punch
and Magomaevaboff counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Magomaevaboff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fist moves away.
First Fist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fist throws a body punch but Magomaevaboff moves out of range.
Fist moves out of range of the strikes.
Fist throws a body punch but Magomaevaboff moves out of range.
Magomaevaboff scores with a nice right hand.
Magomaevaboff moves out of range of the strikes.
Magomaevaboff swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Husein Magomaevaboff will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fist throws a hook but Magomaevaboff avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Magomaevaboff moves out of range of the strikes.
Fist jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fist.
Magomaevaboff throws a hook but Fist blocks it.
Fist on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fist lands an overhand right.
Magomaevaboff lands a body shot.
Fist steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Magomaevaboff.
Fist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fist misses the shot to the body.
Fist takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fist lands a really nice looking cross but Magomaevaboff seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fist throws a shot from downtown. Magomaevaboff moves away and avoids it.
Magomaevaboff smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Magomaevaboff misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fist misses with an uppercut. Magomaevaboff saw that one coming.
Magomaevaboff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fist was well out of range. Poor timing from Magomaevaboff.
A nice leg kick from Magomaevaboff, right into the meat of the thigh.
Magomaevaboff throws a leg kick but Fist moved away.
Fist tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Magomaevaboff manages to circle out of the way.
Fist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Magomaevaboff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fist misses with a hook. Magomaevaboff ducked under it nicely.
Magomaevaboff throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
Fist throws a right hand that Magomaevaboff ducks under and follows up with a left that Magomaevaboff also avoids with ease.
That kick from Magomaevaboff tenderised Fist's leg. Fist is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fist misses with a two punch combination.
Fist takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Magomaevaboff throws a low kick, looking for Fist's leg but Fist calmly moves out of range.
Magomaevaboff throws out a loose jab but Fist uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magomaevaboff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fist lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Magomaevaboff moves out of range as Fist strikes.
Magomaevaboff scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fist doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Fist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Magomaevaboff appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fist throws an overhand right that lands on Magomaevaboff's shoulder, as Magomaevaboff tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff throws a sloppy head kick and Fist moves out of range easily.
Magomaevaboff throws a low kick, looking for Fist's leg but Fist calmly moves out of range.
Fist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magomaevaboff ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magomaevaboff scores with a nice right hand.
Magomaevaboff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Fist misses its intended target.
Magomaevaboff throws a lazy right hand but Fist sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magomaevaboff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fist.
A jab from Fist misses.
Fist misses with a hook.
Fist is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magomaevaboff. Fist does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magomaevaboff ducks under a wild hook from Fist.
Fist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magomaevaboff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magomaevaboff misses with an attempted mid kick.
Magomaevaboff moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fist scores with a sloppy right hand. Magomaevaboff should have avoided that one.
Fist misses with a hook
and Magomaevaboff counters with a straight right hand.
Magomaevaboff ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magomaevaboff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magomaevaboff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fist moves away.
Fist throwing a counter right hand but Magomaevaboff manages to avoid it.
Fist uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff misses with a wild body shot.
A low kick lands for Magomaevaboff.
First Fist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Magomaevaboff fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fist keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Magomaevaboff misses.
Magomaevaboff fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Fist checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fist tries to counter by clinching up but Magomaevaboff breaks away and moves out of range.
Magomaevaboff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fist.
Magomaevaboff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fist avoids the body shot from Magomaevaboff.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Magomaevaboff misses.
Fist wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Fist waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Magomaevaboff.
Fist throws a right hand that misses
and Magomaevaboff counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomaevaboff jabs Fist to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Magomaevaboff lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fist doesn't seem phased though.
Magomaevaboff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Magomaevaboff scores with a body shot.
Fist's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Magomaevaboff connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fist scrambles back to his feet.
Magomaevaboff throws a shot from downtown. Fist moves away and avoids it.
Fist doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fist scores with a shot to the body.
Magomaevaboff connects with a body shot that sends Fist's belly button to the back.
Fist looks to throw the jab but Magomaevaboff is out of range.
A jab from Fist finds it's way through Magomaevaboff's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fist fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magomaevaboff manages to avoid it.
A combination from Fist does no damage.
Fist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Magomaevaboff circles away quickly and effectively.
Magomaevaboff throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Husein Magomaevaboff.
Well Magomaevaboff has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Husein Magomaevaboff!
During a confident post fight interview, Husein Magomaevaboff thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.