PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Boxaaja (ranked 761 p4p, 586 weight class) and Fidel Legions (ranked 112 p4p, 87 weight class). Boxaaja comes to the cage accompanied by Dark Side - Blind Channel. Legions is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Boxaaja
vs
Legions

185 cm
26
190
7 - 5 - 0

186 cm
26
191
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

Heavy Metal Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Boxaaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fidel Legions!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legions avoids a punch combination nicely.
Legions bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boxaaja's head backwards.
Boxaaja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Legions swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boxaaja takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boxaaja throws a leg kick that is checked
and Legions counters with a good low kick that Boxaaja was not able to check.
Legions stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boxaaja.
Boxaaja misses with a low kick as Legions jumps back.
Boxaaja connects with a body shot.
Legions thows a left - swing and a miss!
Legions wants to slow Boxaaja down by chopping away at his legs.
Boxaaja misses with a hook. Legions ducked under it nicely.
Boxaaja throws a leg kick that is checked

and Legions counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Boxaaja!

Boxaaja sneaks out the side door and pushes Legions away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boxaaja shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Legions misses with a wild body shot.
Boxaaja misses with a straight left.
And Legions responds with a good body kick, but Boxaaja manages to step out the way in time.
Legions takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxaaja does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Legions slips a jab from Boxaaja.
Boxaaja takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boxaaja throws a low kick but it's checked well by Legions.
We've been told by Boxaaja's head coaches at Xtreme Black House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Legions throws a sloppy head kick and Boxaaja moves out of range easily.
Legions fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Boxaaja avoids it really well and circles away.
Legions misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boxaaja.
Boxaaja thumps Legions with a low kick.
Boxaaja avoids the head kick by Legions.
A swing and a miss from Boxaaja.
Legions takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Boxaaja looks to throw the jab but Legions is out of range.
Legions tries a quick counter leg kick but Boxaaja is wise to it.
Boxaaja feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Legionss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Boxaaja slips under a jab.
Legions connects with a crisp jab.
Legions 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Legions tries to move into range but Boxaaja moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Legions lands with a straight right. Boxaaja didn't see that one coming.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Boxaaja. Legions shrugs it off though.
Legions throws a hook to the side of Boxaaja's head but Boxaaja sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Legions connects with a body shot that sends Boxaaja's belly button to the back.
Boxaaja is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boxaaja ducks under a wild hook from Legions.
Boxaaja tries to counter by clinching up but Legions breaks away and moves out of range.
Legions drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Legions uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boxaaja.
Legions shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Boxaaja but Boxaaja pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Legions avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boxaaja throws out a loose jab but Legions uses good head movement to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Boxaaja.
Boxaaja throws an overhand right that lands on Legions's shoulder, as Legions tries to avoid the shot.
Legions with the counter takedown but Boxaaja avoids it easily.

Boxaaja gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Legions escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legions checks a leg kick.
Legions is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boxaaja slips under a jab.
Boxaaja throws a right hand that misses
and Legions counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Legions tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Boxaaja is able to avoid easily.
Legions ducks under a wild hook from Boxaaja.
Danga de danga de dang - Boxaaja scores with a four punch combination!
Boxaaja catches Legions with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Legions tries to keep at a distance but Boxaaja has taken the fight into the clinch.
Legions misses with a punch on the inside.
Legions goes for a takedown attempt but Boxaaja pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Paul Boxaaja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fidel Legions.
Legions takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Legions looks to land a combination but Boxaaja avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legions wants to slow Boxaaja down by chopping away at his legs.
Legions slips a straight right by Boxaaja.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legions moves away from the strike by Boxaaja.
Boxaaja just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Legions there.
Boxaaja tries to clinch but Legions moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Legions.
Boxaaja tries to clinch but Legions moves out of range.
Boxaaja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Legions moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Legions misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Legions jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Legions bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boxaaja lands a nice looking body kick.
Fidel Legions seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boxaaja throws a jab when Legions was well out of range.
Boxaaja misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horrible takedown attempt by Legions or perhaps it was just good defense by Boxaaja, which made it look bad.
Legions walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Boxaaja dominated that round.
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.

Boxaaja moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Legions bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boxaaja's head backwards.
Legions fails with the takedown.
Boxaaja bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Legions's head.
Legions misses with a kick to the body
and Boxaaja counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boxaaja blocks a low kick nicely.
Boxaaja doesn't manage to clinch there - Legions circles away.
Boxaaja is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legions can do to turn this around?
Boxaaja throws a body shot but no joy.
Legions throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Legions looks to land a left hand but Boxaaja moved out of range nicely.
Boxaaja scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Legions tries to work over Boxaaja's front leg with a kick but Boxaaja checks it.
Legions connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Boxaaja momentarily.

Boxaaja has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!
Boxaaja lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Boxaaja.
Legions works on Boxaaja's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legions lands an uppercut.
Boxaaja lands with a left to the head.
Legions tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Legions.

Boxaaja is rocked!
Legions blocks an uppercut.
Oh Boxaaja is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boxaaja doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boxaaja seems to have got his legs back now.

Legions pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boxaaja scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Legions walks forward, straight into a front kick from Boxaaja.
Boxaaja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Legions swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boxaaja gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Legions gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fidel Legions!
A very excited looking Fidel Legions made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.