PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conner Magavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Migeal Quintes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Migeal Quintes has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Conner Magavin's chin.

Magavin
vs
Quintes

182 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

190 cm
28
185 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Conner Magavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Migeal Quintes!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Quintes moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Quintes tries to score a body lock takedown but Magavin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Magavin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quintes prevents it.

Quintes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Magavin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Quintes.
Quintes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Magavin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Magavin looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Quintes is avoiding damage well.
Magavin working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magavin postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Magavin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sloppy strikes there by Magavin.
Magavin working away.
Quintes is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Magavin tries to score with some ground and pound. Quintes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Quintes keeping his opponent close.
Magavin is looking to take a break and control but Quintes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Quintes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magavin lands a few punches from side control.
Quintes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magavin working the ground and pound.
Quintes trying to remain calm as Magavin controls from the top position.
Magavin lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magavin throws a strike aimed at the side of Quintes's head but Quintes avoids it well.
Quintes holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Quintes wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Magavin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Quintes keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magavin working the ground and pound from side control.
Quintes taking punishment in the form of punches.
Quintes tries to escape but Magavin is in control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Magavin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Magavin is looking to take a break and control but Quintes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Magavin working away.
Magavin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Quintes sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Magavin throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magavin lands some shots froms side control.
Magavin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Quintes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Check out the look on Magavin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Magavin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Magavin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Quintes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Magavin.
Quintes is looking to regain half guard here but Magavin keeps moving and retains side control.
Quintes avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Magavin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magavin misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conner Magavin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Magavin throws a right and a left that Quintes avoids nicely.
Magavin throws a head kick that misses.
Quintes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Magavin's calf.
Quintes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Quintes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Quintes throws a hook but Magavin blocks it.
Quintes throws a leg kick which misses Magavin's front leg but catches the back leg as Magavin tries to avoid it.
Quintes shoots in but Magavin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Quintes wants to clinch.
Magavin fails to land with a series of punches.
Magavin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintes motions for Magavin to come forward. Quintes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Quintes thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Magavin. Quintes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Migeal Quintes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Quintes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Magavin has a hand on Quintes's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Quintes takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Quintes trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Quintes goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Magavin is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magavin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quintes looking for a sweep. Not yet Quintes, not yet.
Magavin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Magavin wants to control from the top but Quintes keeps moving.
Magavin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Magavin cracks Quintes with a solid left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Magavin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Magavin scoring with some ground and pound.
Quintes keeping moving, preventing Magavin from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Quintes is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Magavin defends well.
Quintes is breathing heavily.
Quintes controlling Magavin's posture.
Magavin looking to sit in guard and control but Quintes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Quintes trying to control the position from guard on top but Magavin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magavin is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Quintes trying to move into half guard but instead Magavin has managed to sweep!
Magavin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quintes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magavin postures up in Quintes's guard and throws a big left but Quintes blocks it.
Magavin trying to control the position from guard on top but Quintes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magavin connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Conner Magavin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Magavin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Magavin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Quintes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Quintes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magavin moves away.
Quintes throws a front kick aimed at Magavin's knee but Magavin avoids it well.
Quintes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magavin manages to avoid it.
Quintes moves in looking to clinch but Magavin pushes him off.
Magavin keeps the fight on the outside.
Quintes slips a jab and a cross from Magavin.
Danga de danga de dang - Magavin scores with a four punch combination!
Some wild striking there from Magavin.
Magavin throws a low kick but Quintes avoids it.
Quintes slaps away a takedown attempt from Magavin, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintes tries to clinch but Magavin moves out of range.
Quintes throws a low kick but Magavin moves out of range easily.
Quintes with a lazy takedown attempt
and Magavin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Quintes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Magavin shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Quintes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Magavin trying to control the action but Quintes is working from the bottom.
Magavin cracks Quintes with a big right hand but Quintes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Magavin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Quintes some visible discomfort.
Magavin is working Quintes over with some ground and pound from side control.
Quintes can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magavin working the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quintes wants to control but Magavin postures up.
Quintes takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Magavin.
Quintes avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Magavin.
You can see the frustration on Quintes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Magavin throws an elbow but Quintes slips to the side and avoids it well.
Magavin lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quintes taking a bit of punishment here - Magavin scoring with strikes.
Magavin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Quintes keeps working.
Quintes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Magavin connects with a decent elbow.
Magavin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Quintes to see if he's OK.
Quintes tries to escape but Magavin is in control.
Magavin lands a few punches from side control.
Quintes defending against the ground and pound.
Magavin fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Conner Magavin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Quintes wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magavin scoring with punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magavin working the ground and pound.
Migeal Quintes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Magavin working the body and head with strikes.
Magavin prevents Quintes from escaping the position.
Magavin working the head with strikes.
Quintes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Magavin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Magavin is chipping away with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quintes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Magavin lands a nice forearm strike.
Quintes taking a bit of punishment here - Magavin scoring with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Conner Magavin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Magavin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conner Magavin!
Our winner, Conner Magavin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.