PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Glen Danzig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spazzy Magee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danzig's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Misfits-Where Eagles Dare. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Danzig
vs
Magee

170 cm
28
145 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

170 cm
23
140 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Glen Danzig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Spazzy Magee!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Danzig has closed the distance and engaged Magee in a clinch.
Danzig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Danzig blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Danzig blocks an elbow strike.
Danzig tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Magee prevents a takedown attempt there.
Danzig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Danzig turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Magee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Danzig misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Danzig creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Magee sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Danzig sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Magee is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Danzig tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Danzig has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Danzig is looking to take a break and control but Magee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danzig looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Magee is looking to regain half guard here but Danzig keeps moving and retains side control.

Danzig thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Danzig throws a strike aimed at the side of Magee's head but Magee avoids it well.
Danzig looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Magee is avoiding damage well.
Danzig with the ground and pound but Magee regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Danzig thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Magee's head.
Magee taking some punishment here, with Danzig in his half guard.
Danzig passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Magee!

Danzig has control of Magee's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Magee regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Danzig has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magee blocking the ground and pound.
Danzig with good strikes from the mount here!

Danzig is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Magee can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Magee is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Danzig misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magee tries to buck Danzig off but he can't manage it.
Danzig thowing shots but they're missing.
Poor strikes thrown by Danzig there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Danzig postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Magee looks a forlorn figure.

Danzig jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Magee is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Magee and Danzig has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Magee is not content to let Danzig control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magee is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glen Danzig 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.

Magee checks a low kick from Danzig.
Magee keeps the fight on the outside.
Magee sizes up Danzig with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Magee connects with the punch.
Danzig takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Glen Danzig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magee swats away the attempt to clinch by Danzig.

Magee looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Danzig trying to control from the bottom.
Danzig works his way to full guard. Good work.
Magee preventing the sweep.
Danzig trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Danzig is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magee wants to control from the top but Danzig keeps moving.
Magee won't allow Danzig to sweep him here.
Danzig is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Magee is trying to stand back up but Danzig is controlling him
Danzig missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Magee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Danzig.
Danzig is keen to just control but Magee is a slippery customer.
Magee trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Danzig prevents Magee from standing back up.
Danzig looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Magee wants to get back to his feet.

Glen Danzig has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Magee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Magee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danzig tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Magee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Danzig misses with a double jab.

Magee drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Magee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Danzig 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Danzig looking to control.
Magee would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Magee stops Danzig from standing up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Magee sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Spazzy Magee hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Magee scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Danzig tries to close the distance and clinch but Magee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Danzig tries to close the distance and clinch but Magee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Magee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Danzig on the side of the head.

Magee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig tries to hold on but Magee pushes him away.
Danzig is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Danzig really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spazzy Magee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Magee looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Danzig is looking for a sweep. Magee is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Magee is taking a breather. Danzig says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Danzig is trying to get back to full guard.
Danzig gets full guard.
Magee looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Magee wants to control from the top but Danzig keeps moving.

Spazzy Magee has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Danzig connects with an inside leg kick.
Danzig defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Magee.
Magee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Danzig on the side of the head.
Magee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Danzig counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Magee's guard now.
Magee has his hands on Danzig's head, controlling the position.
Danzig trying to control the position from guard on top but Magee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danzig throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Magee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Danzig loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Danzig pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Magee is keeping the position for now.
Danzig trying to control but Magee is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Danzig scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danzig engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Danzig wants to control from the top but Magee keeps moving.

Glen Danzig has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Magee lands a nice shot that snaps Danzig's head back.
Danzig closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Danzig misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick from Danzig misses.
Magee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Magee lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Danzig backs up against the cage.

Magee shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Magee postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Danzig to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Magee swivels and escapes.
Magee moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Danzig doesn't manage to clinch there - Magee circles away.
Magee scores with the left hand. Danzig knows he should have avoided that one.
Glen Danzig is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Magee!
Magee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Magee gets the takedown into side control.
Danzig is trying to get back to half guard.
Magee is staying tight to Danzig's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Magee decides to stand back up. Magee steps back and let's Danzig get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spazzy Magee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Magee has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spazzy Magee!