PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nemesio Magellan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck Holdren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buck Holdren acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Magellan
vs
Holdren

199 cm
26
250 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
273 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemesio Magellan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buck Holdren!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magellan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Holdren.
Holdren throws a jab but it's blocked by Magellan.
Left hook, right uppercut from Magellan.
Magellan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Magellan takes a swing at Holdren's ribcage but misses.
Magellan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Buck Holdren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holdren misses with a few strikes there.
Holdren misses with a straight right.
Magellan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Holdren lets loose with a powerful body kick. Magellan will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holdren cracks Magellan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Magellan closes the distance and clinches.
Magellan scores with a shot to the side of Holdren's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magellan.
Holdren is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Holdren working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Holdren misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Magellan.
Holdren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Magellan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magellan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Magellan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holdren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magellan's elbow.
Holdren swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holdren stalling the fight.
Magellan misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magellan.
Magellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holdren.
Holdren content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Magellan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Magellan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Magellan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Magellan misses with the head strike.
Magellan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magellan misses with the head strike.
Magellan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Magellan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Holdren or not.
Holdren tries to circle away but Magellan has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magellan misses with a body punch.
Magellan lands with a left to the head.
Magellan digs a right hand underneath Holdren's ribcage. Holdren let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Holdren fails to land.
Magellan lands a nice uppercut.
Holdren blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Magellan.
Holdren looks gassed!
Magellan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Magellan as the two fighters clinch.
Magellan works on Holdren's body with a couple of short punches.
Holdren's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Magellan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magellan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magellan.
Magellan works on Holdren's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magellan.
A head punch on the inside from Magellan fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magellan tries a body shot but Holdren blocks it.
Magellan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Magellan as the two fighters clinch.
Magellan scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Magellan.
Holdren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magellan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magellan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Magellan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magellan.
Magellan works on Holdren's body with a couple of short punches.
Magellan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Magellan misses with some punches.
Magellan throws a head punch that misses.
Magellan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magellan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holdren misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magellan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holdren tries a body shot but Magellan blocks it.
Magellan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Magellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holdren.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Magellan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Magellan takes a shot to the head.
Holdren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magellan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Magellan lands a right hand.
Holdren tries to stall but Magellan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magellan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Magellan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holdren stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Holdren blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemesio Magellan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Holdren will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Magellan throws a hook to the side of Holdren's head but Holdren sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magellan tries to close the distance and clinch but Holdren swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holdren throws a hook but Magellan avoids it easily.
Magellan throws a series of punches but Holdren avoids them all with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Holdren lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Magellan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Magellan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Magellan throws a low kick but Holdren moves out of range easily.
Holdren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magellan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magellan misses with a low kick.
Nemesio Magellan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holdren tries to land a body kick
and Magellan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Magellan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holdren can do to turn this around?
Magellan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Magellan just misses with a punch to the body.
Magellan lands a head kick!
A swing and a miss from Magellan.
Magellan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holdren misses with a low kick.
Holdren throws a leg kick but Magellan moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holdren takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Magellan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holdren.
A slapping leg kick lands for Holdren.
Holdren takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Magellan fails to land with a series of punches.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Magellan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Some bone on bone action there as Magellan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Magellan throws a series of punches but Holdren avoids them all with ease.
Magellan throws a push kick but Holdren slaps the foot to one side.
Holdren throws a solid leg kick but Magellan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Holdren.
Holdren looks to throw the jab but Magellan is out of range.
Holdren finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Some bone on bone action there as Magellan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A telegraphed right hand from Holdren misses the target.
Holdren is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Holdren throws a big shot that misses.
Holdren catches Magellan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheers as Holdren lands an impressive looking overhand right. Magellan doesn't seem phased though.
Magellan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holdren moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holdren throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magellan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holdren paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A low kick from Holdren is predictable there
and Magellan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Holdren is breathing heavily.
Holdren chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Magellan can pounce on him.
A thudding body kick lands there by Magellan!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magellan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Magellan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Magellan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Magellan cracks the inside of Holdren's front leg.
Magellan sizes up Holdren with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Magellan throws a head kick but Holdren moves out of range.
Magellan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Magellan scoring well with a low kick there.
Magellan thumps Holdren with a low kick.
Magellan throws a series of strikes that have Holdren backpedaling.
A good leg kick by Magellan.
Magellan jabs Holdren right on the nose. Holdren blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magellan feints and then cracks Holdren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holdren down.
Nice cross by Magellan.
Magellan avoids a kick to the body.
Holdren missing with a left hand there. Magellan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Magellan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Magellan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Magellan.
Magellan scores with a hook to the body. Holdren takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Magellan feints and then cracks Holdren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holdren down.
Magellan throws a leg kick which misses Holdren's front leg but catches the back leg as Holdren tries to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Magellan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Holdren has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holdren and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Holdren throws a leg kick

and Magellan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magellan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Magellan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holdren's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Magellan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magellan.
Holdren tries to break free but Magellan pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Magellan as the two fighters clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Magellan pushes Holdren back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Magellan lands a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Magellan.
Magellan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Magellan lands a body punch.
Magellan digs a right hand underneath Holdren's ribcage. Holdren let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Magellan working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holdren.
Magellan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Holdren.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Magellan - that landed with a thud.
Magellan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Magellan - that landed with a thud.
Magellan lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemesio Magellan dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Holdren misses with a head kick.
Magellan blocks a jab.
Magellan misses with a body kick.
Holdren feints and then cracks Magellan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Magellan down.
Magellan misses with a hook.
Holdren sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Holdren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Magellan.
Magellan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Magellan scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Magellan does it's job there.
Magellan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Holdren's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Magellan closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magellan.
Magellan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Magellan keeps control of Holdren as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holdren takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Magellan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Holdren or not.
Magellan throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magellan lands a body punch.
Magellan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Magellan.
Nemesio Magellan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Magellan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Holdren.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magellan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Magellan.
Holdren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magellan's elbow.
Magellan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Magellan - that landed with a thud.
Magellan lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Magellan.
Nice body punch from Magellan.
Magellan lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from Magellan.
Magellan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magellan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Magellan.
Magellan lands with a short shot to the head.
Magellan lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holdren.
Magellan lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magellan.
Magellan works on Holdren's body with a couple of short punches.
Magellan lands a body shot.
Magellan scores with a shot to the side of Holdren's head.
Magellan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Magellan presses Holdren against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Holdren working aggressively here.
Magellan lands a nice uppercut.
Magellan prevents Holdren from breaking the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Magellan.
Magellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holdren.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magellan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Magellan lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Magellan.
A left hand lands to the body for Magellan.
Magellan scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Magellan.
Magellan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magellan.
A right hook to the body lands for Magellan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Magellan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Magellan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Holdren.
Magellan lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Magellan.
Magellan digs a right hand underneath Holdren's ribcage. Holdren let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Magellan lands a nice shot to the body.
Magellan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magellan lands a body shot.
Magellan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magellan lands with a right to the head.
Magellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holdren.
Nice body punch from Magellan.
Magellan cracks Holdren with a nice body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magellan.
Magellan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magellan pushes Holdren back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magellan digs a right hand underneath Holdren's ribcage. Holdren let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Magellan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magellan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Magellan.
A right hook to the body lands for Magellan.
Holdren blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemesio Magellan clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Holdren with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Magellan to score with a decent uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Magellan checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magellan. Holdren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holdren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magellan throws a head kick that misses
and Holdren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Magellan slips a straight right by Holdren.
Nemesio Magellan is winning the standup battle so far.
Magellan moves out of range of the strikes.
Magellan moves out of range of the body kick from Holdren.
Magellan works Holdren's body with a nice hook.
Magellan looks to score with a jab to the body but Holdren is just out of range.

Magellan clinches with his opponent.
Holdren is trying to maintain a safe position but Magellan gets an underhook and turns Holdren into the cage.
Magellan lands with a right to the head.
Holdren looking to slow down the pace here.
Magellan lands a right hand.
Holdren is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Holdren stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Magellan.
Magellan lands a shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Magellan as the two fighters clinch.
Magellan misses with the head strike.
Magellan lands a body shot.
Holdren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magellan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Holdren backwards.
Holdren is trying to force a seperation but Magellan has the dominant position.
Magellan swings wildly with an uppercut but Holdren uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magellan.
Nice body punch from Magellan.
Magellan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holdrens head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magellan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Magellan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magellan lands with a right to the head.
Magellan lands a hook that snaps the head of Holdren backwards.
Holdren lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Magellan.
A short body shot lands from Magellan as the two fighters clinch.
Holdren takes a shot to the head.
Magellan scores with a shot to the side of Holdren's head.
Magellan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Magellan lands a left hand.
Magellan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Magellan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Magellan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holdren takes a shot to the head.
Magellan cracks Holdren with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Magellan.
Magellan is working Holdren over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magellan working aggressively here.
Magellan works on Holdren's body with a couple of short punches.
Magellan lands a body punch.
Magellan lands with a left to the head.
Magellan lands a left hand.
Magellan throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Magellan - that landed with a thud.
Magellan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magellan.
Nice body punch from Magellan.
Magellan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Magellan.
Magellan digs a right hand underneath Holdren's ribcage. Holdren let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Magellan cracks Holdren with a nice body shot.
Magellan is working Holdren over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magellan lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Magellan is working Holdren over against the cage.
Holdren throws a head punch that misses.
Magellan lands with a right to the head.
Magellan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Magellan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Holdren is rocked!
Magellan misses with a punch on the inside.
Holdren is still on wobbly legs! Can Magellan finish him?
Holdren throws a punch but it's blocked by Magellan.
Holdren blocking some punches.
Holdren seems to have recovered his senses.
A head punch on the inside from Magellan fails to land.
Magellan lands a nice shot to the body.
Magellan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magellan gets through Holdren's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Magellan.
Magellan lands with a right to the head.
Magellan misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemesio Magellan had his way with Buck Holdren in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Magellan clobbers Holdren with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Holdren misses with an attempted mid kick.
Magellan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Magellan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Magellan. Holdren shrugs it off though.
Magellan tests Holdren's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Holdren takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Magellan drops Holdren with a naaaaasty hook - Holdren is in real trouble here! Magellan dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nemesio Magellan!
Nemesio Magellan retains his heavyweight title!