PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Larry Lennox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio has chosen Speak Softly Love as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Tony Maggio is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lennox
vs
Maggio

175 cm
25
179 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
183 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry Lennox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Maggio!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lennox fails in his attempt to clinch.

Lennox gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maggio pushes off an throws an elbow but Lennox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lennox blocks an elbow strike.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lennox wants a takedown but no success here.
Maggio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Larry Lennox has been cut.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.

Lennox is rocked!
Maggio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maggio landing knees to the body.
Maggio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lennox's defenses.

Maggio breaks from the clinch.
Maggio tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lennox counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Maggio holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maggio swats away the attempt to clinch by Lennox.
Maggio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Lennox closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Maggio to the mat! Maggio manages to get full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lennox accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lennox controls from within his opponent's guard.
Maggio wants to get back to his feet but Lennox is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Maggio keeping moving, preventing Lennox from controlling successfully.
Maggio 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lennox controlling from the top position.
Lennox stopping the sweep attempt from Maggio.
Lennox sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lennox seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Maggio for as long as he can get away with.
Maggio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lennox. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lennox trying to control but Maggio is working from the bottom.
Maggio keeping full guard, as Lennox tries to pass.
Lennox slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lennox looking to control but instead Maggio has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Lennox controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lennox wants to take a breather but Maggio is having none of it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Larry Lennox just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Maggio tries to clinch up

and Lennox counters by moving into the clinch.
Maggio lands a nice elbow.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maggio landing knees to the body.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maggio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Larry Lennox's cut is getting worse.

Lennox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Maggio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Larry Lennox's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lennox rushes Maggio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maggio misses with a knee strike.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but Lennox blocks with his arms.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but Lennox blocks it.
Lennox drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Maggio gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but Lennox blocks with his arms.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.
Lennox takes an elbow to the forehead.

Maggio breaks from the clinch.

Lennox scores a takedown into full mount!
Lennox tries to control but Maggio wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lennox content just to control the position here.
Maggio tries to hold on but Lennox pushes him away.
Maggio wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lennox.
Lennox controlling from the full mount.
Lennox lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lennox controlling the position easily from mount.
Maggio wants to hold on but Lennox pushes him away.
Lennox with the ground and pound from mount.
Maggio can't escape the position.
Lennox trying to control but Maggio is having none of it.
Lennox controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lennox throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Maggio because Lennox loaded up on that one.
Lennox prevents Maggio from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lennox dominating with strikes here.
Lennox unloading with bombs!
Lennox wants to control the pace but Maggio is squirming around nicely.
Lennox thowing shots but they're missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lennox sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lennox punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lennox controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Lennox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Larry Lennox's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lennox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maggio.
Lennox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tony Maggio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maggio clinches but Lennox breaks the clinch

and Lennox counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lennox wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maggio keeps working.
Maggio wants to improve his position but Lennox is controlling well.
Lennox is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio keeping hold of Lennox's head, controlling as best he can.
Lennox is trying to control. Maggio wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Larry Lennox just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Maggio tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lennox counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Maggio trying to land knees to the body.
Maggio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lennox's face.

Maggio breaks from the clinch.
Maggio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Lennox closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Maggio to the mat! Maggio manages to get full guard.
Lennox tries to free his leg and advance position but Maggio is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lennox is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lennox seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Maggio is looking to stand up but Lennox isn't so interested in that idea.
Maggio controls Lennox momentarily but Lennox frees himself.
Lennox pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maggio is keeping the position for now.
Lennox content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio controls Lennox momentarily but Lennox frees himself.
Maggio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lennox.
Lennox content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maggio is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lennox looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lennox passes Maggio's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lennox stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Lennox showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lennox has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Larry Lennox!