PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Spazzy Magee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitsi Fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spazzy Magee had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 137.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. 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.

Magee
vs
Fili

170 cm
25
150 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

180 cm
27
140 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Spazzy Magee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitsi Fili!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fili ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fili lands a jab to Magee's midsection.
Magee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fili shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Magee eats them both and turns towards Fili to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Magee shoots in but Fili avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Magee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fili lands with a good body shot.
Fili keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spazzy Magee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fili walks into a stiff left hand from Magee.
Fili scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Magee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fili is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fili scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Magee fails with a takedown attempt.
Fili throws a combination. Magee tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fili's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fili duly obliges.

Fili clinches up against the cage.
Fili lands a shoulder strike.
Fili lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Magee backwards.

Magee is rocked!
Fili misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oh Magee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fili misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Fili.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fili.

Fili escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fili gets in close and tags Magee with a short punch that almost sends Magee to the mat! Oh Magee is in big trouble! He turns his back on Fili, trying to create some distance but Fili rushes him, striking wildly and Magee goes down! The referee tackles Fili into the cage to end the fight! Fili is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitsi Fili!