PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Dairy (ranked 1756 p4p, 1866 weight class) and Aly Magomedov (ranked 249 p4p, 261 weight class). Dairy comes to the cage accompanied by The Box. Magomedov has chosen Aly Intro RUN! as his entrance music. Aly Magomedov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dairy
vs
Magomedov

180 cm
25
180
9 - 6 - 0

184 cm
27
176
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Dairy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aly Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magomedov throws an off balance right hand
and Dairy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dairy misses with a straight left.
Magomedov is looking to clinch but Dairy is avoiding it.
Dairy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Magomedov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Magomedov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Magomedov misses with a body shot.

Magomedov drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Magomedov works over Dairy with some ground and pound from guard.
Magomedov trying to control but Dairy is working from the bottom.
Magomedov throwing strikes from guard but Dairy blocks nicely.
Magomedov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Magomedov trying to control but Dairy is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dairy can't keep his opponent in guard - Magomedov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Magomedov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Magomedov is trying to control the action in half guard but Dairy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Magomedov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Magomedov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dairy keeps working.
Dairy wants to get back to his feet.
Magomedov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dairy keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Magomedov looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Magomedov trying to pass the guard but Dairy defending well.
Dairy is trying to get back to full guard.
Dairy is working hard here to advance position.
Magomedov stalling away here and it's allowed Dairy to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dairy keeping full guard, as Magomedov tries to pass.
Magomedov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dairy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dairy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Magomedov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dairy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Magomedov is controlling him.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Mike Dairy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Magomedov scores with a sloppy right hand. Dairy should have avoided that one.
Magomedov lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Magomedov has managed to clinch.
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
Magomedov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
I was talking to Dairy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Magomedov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dairy prevents it.
Magomedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov throws a punch but it's blocked by Dairy.

Dairy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dairy misses with a looping left.
Dairy wants to slow Magomedov down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Magomedov gets the takedown into side control.
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!
Magomedov trying to control the action but Dairy is working from the bottom.
Dairy wants to get back to his feet but Magomedov drags him back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aly Magomedov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Magomedov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magomedov moves to clinch but Dairy breaks away
and Dairy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Magomedov checks a low kick from Dairy.
Magomedov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Magomedov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Dairy is trying to defend but Magomedov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Magomedov throwing shots but Dairy is blocking nicely.
Magomedov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Magomedov wants to work for an arm triangle but Dairy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Magomedov seems to be working for a kimura but Dairy defends the submission attempt.
Magomedov scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov is just content to waste time from the top position. Dairy takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Magomedov throws a big elbow that misses.
Magomedov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Magomedov trying to control the position from guard on top but Dairy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magomedov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Magomedov advances to half guard.
Magomedov thows a huge punch but Dairy dodges it nicely.
Dairy trying to control from the bottom.
Magomedov is nestled in close to Dairy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Magomedov is stalling here. Dairy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Magomedov seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dairy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov manages to get back to half guard.
Magomedov is looking to improve his position.
Magomedov trying to control here.
Magomedov is looking for a sweep. Dairy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Magomedov trying to control but Dairy postures up.
Magomedov tries to get to full guard but Dairy has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dairy throwing shots but Magomedov is blocking nicely.
Magomedov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Magomedov moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dairy wants to control from the top but Magomedov keeps moving.
Magomedov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dairy is one step ahead there.
Magomedov has control of Dairy's left arm, preventing Dairy from doing any damage.

Magomedov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Magomedov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dairy wants to pass the guard but Magomedov is keeping the position.
Magomedov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Dairy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Magomedov forces Dairy back against the cage and clinches.
Dairy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dairy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dairy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov can't find room to land a body shot as Dairy controls the action.
Magomedov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magomedov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dairy backwards.
Magomedov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dairy has a couple of punches blocked by Magomedov.
Dairy gets underhooks to prevent Magomedov's takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dairy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aly Magomedov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dairy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Magomedov's hands.
Magomedov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dairy.
Magomedov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dairy moves out of range as Magomedov strikes.
Dairy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Magomedov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dairy throws a right hand that Magomedov ducks under and follows up with a left that Magomedov also avoids with ease.
Magomedov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov misses with a body shot.
Dairy throws a chopping leg kick but Magomedov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Magomedov cracks Dairy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Magomedov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dairy.
Magomedov has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Aly Magomedov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Magomedov misses with a body shot.
Dairy lands with a good body shot.
Dairy misses with a straight right.
Magomedov is looking to clinch.
Dairy throws a nice head kick!
Magomedov misses with a body shot
and Dairy counters with a nice uppercut.
Magomedov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dairy on the side of the head.
Dairy misses with a jab to the body
and Magomedov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Magomedov scores with a jab to the body.
Dairy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dairy duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Magomedov shoots in and gets a takedown into Dairy's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Magomedov is looking to take a break and control but Dairy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Magomedov lands a decent elbow from side control.

Magomedov thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aly Magomedov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dairy is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dairy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dairy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Magomedov looks up at the clock and then as Dairy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Magomedov smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Magomedov swings around for an armbar but Dairy sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Magomedov's guard.

Magomedov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dairy trying to control the position from guard on top but Magomedov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dairy wants to stand but Magomedov has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dairy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Magomedov looking for a sweep. Not yet Magomedov, not yet.
Mike Dairy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aly Magomedov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov keeps trying to improve his position.
Magomedov looking to control.
Magomedov has control of Dairy's left arm, preventing Dairy from doing any damage.
Magomedov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dairy has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Magomedov is proving hard to escape from.
Magomedov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dairy manages to get himself to full guard.

Magomedov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Magomedov trying to control the position from guard on top but Dairy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dairy being controlled here, momentarily.
Let's hope that Magomedov has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aly Magomedov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Magomedov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aly Magomedov!
Aly Magomedov thanked the fans post fight for their support.