PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Kills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lisandro Magalhaes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kills
vs
Magalhaes

182 cm
27
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Adrenaline
Adrenaline

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dave Kills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lisandro Magalhaes!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magalhaes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kills closes the distance and clinches up with Magalhaes, looking for a takedown. Kills pushes Magalhaes against the cage but Magalhaes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Magalhaes closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Kills decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Magalhaes trying to get back to full guard but Kills takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magalhaes is desperately trying to improve his position but Kills has a good base and remains in mount.
Magalhaes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kills looking to control and managing it successfully.
Magalhaes is trying to escape the mount.
Kills looking to finish Magalhaes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Magalhaes!
Magalhaes should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Magalhaes manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Magalhaes moves into full guard.

Magalhaes throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kills uses it to pass to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kills throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Magalhaes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Magalhaes dodges the ground and pound from Kills.

Kills stands up and we're back to a striking position.
A decent looking cross lands there for Magalhaes.
Magalhaes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Kills shoots in and bounces Magalhaes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Kills stands up and waves to Magalhaes to follow him.
Kills takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lisandro Magalhaes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magalhaes lands a jab to Kills's midsection.
Magalhaes connects with the punch.
Magalhaes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kills is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Magalhaes connects with a jab.
Kills with a lazy takedown attempt
and Magalhaes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kills is breathing heavily.
Kills tries to close the distance and clinch but Magalhaes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Magalhaes lands a really nice looking cross but Kills seems unphased.
Magalhaes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kills takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kills takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Magalhaes connects with a body shot that sends Kills's belly button to the back.
A jab from Magalhaes does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kills gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Magalhaes drops his shoulder and cracks Kills with a huge uppercut! Kills goes down! Can Magalhaes finish him?

Kills is rocked!

It looks like Dave Kills has been cut.
Magalhaes postures up and lands a big shot to Kills's brow.
Oh Kills is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Magalhaes drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Magalhaes jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kills striking off his back but it's not causing Magalhaes any problems.
Kills seems to have got his legs back now.
Magalhaes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Magalhaes trying to control but Kills is working from the bottom.
Magalhaes throwing strikes from guard but Kills blocks nicely.

Kills working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Magalhaes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Magalhaes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Magalhaes stands up over Kills, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magalhaes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kills works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Magalhaes scoring with punches to the head and body.
Magalhaes distracts Kills with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Magalhaes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Magalhaes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kills is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Magalhaes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kills's head.
Magalhaes working some strikes from top position.
Kills looking for a sweep. Not yet Kills, not yet.
Magalhaes thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magalhaes makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Magalhaes trying to control the position from guard on top but Kills is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kills will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Magalhaes thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lisandro Magalhaes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Kills's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Magalhaes digs a good hook to Kills's body.
Magalhaes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kills.
Magalhaes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kills on the side of the head.
Magalhaes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Magalhaes lands with a straight right. Kills didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kills shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Magalhaes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kills stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kills shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Magalhaes moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Kills goes down! Can Magalhaes finish him!?
Kills utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Magalhaes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Magalhaes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Magalhaes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magalhaes trying to control the position from guard on top but Kills is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magalhaes stands up over Kills, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Magalhaes with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magalhaes postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Kills covers up, he's hurt! Magalhaes keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Magalhaes and the ref steps in to end the fight! Magalhaes can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lisandro Magalhaes!