PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between António Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sevak Magakian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It's a kind of magic by Queen. Magakian has chosen Sevak Magakian Highlights as his entrance music. Sevak Magakian struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. António Maia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Maia
vs
Magakian

189 cm
27
181 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

182 cm
31
187 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, António Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sevak Magakian!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magakian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Maia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Magakian swinging wildly here.
Maia just misses with a punch to the body.
Magakian wants to clinch up but Maia keeps it at a distance.
Maia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Magakian misses with a double jab.
A jab from Maia misses.

Maia looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Magakian!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Magakian is in a horrible position here. Maia smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Maia 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.
Maia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Magakian is looking to escape.
Magakian working to try and regain half guard.
Maia has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Magakian's face.
Maia lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magakian is wriggling around trying to escape.
Magakian gets back to half guard.
Maia is taking a breather. Magakian 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.
Maia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Maia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Magakian's head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Magakian manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Maia is pushing down on Magakian's leg trying to pass to half guard. Magakian is fighting to maintain full guard but Maia has managed to sneak the leg through.
Maia is looking to take a break and control but Magakian is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Magakian tries to get to full guard but Maia has control of the leg.
Maia stops Magakian from getting back to his feet.

Maia seems to be looking for submissions.
Magakian pushes Maia off but Maia dives into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia is looking to take a break and control but Magakian is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The strikes coming from Maia are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Maia content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Maia prevents Magakian from escaping the position.
Magakian is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Magakian wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Maia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Magakian is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Maia wants to control but Magakian is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Maia controlling the pace for now.

Maia is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Magakian can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Maia trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Magakian is looking to improve his position but Maia isn't that keen on the idea.
Maia lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia looking to finish Magakian with some ground and pound. This is bad for Magakian!
Magakian is wriggling around trying to escape.
Magakian is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Maia looking to control but Magakian is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Maia has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Magakian's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magakian tries to reverse the position but Maia maintains control.
Maia trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Magakian tries to buck Maia off but Maia takes his back!
Maia is trying to stick to Magakian's back but Magakian is turning into Maia. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Maia's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Magakian.
Maia controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Maia is looking for a triangle but Magakian pushes his legs off easily.
Magakian wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
Maia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

António Maia 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.

Magakian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Maia finds it's way round the side to connect with Magakian's head.
Magakian misses with a straight left.
Maia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Magakian is looking to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Magakian checks a leg kick.
Magakian shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Maia takes a swing at Magakian's ribcage but misses.
Magakian tries to clinch but Maia moves out of range.
Magakian misses with a wild combination.
Maia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magakian moves away.
No joy there for Magakian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Magakian has his takedown stuffed
letting Maia counter with a right hand.

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

Maia working for a guillotine from mount but Magakian is in no mood to give up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magakian can't escape the position.
António Maia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Magakian wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

Maia is persistently looking for the submission but Magakian is defending it well.
Magakian trying to control the action but Maia just sinks the hooks in.
Magakian wants to get back to his feet.
Magakian trying to control the position but Maia manages to sink in the hooks.
Magakian is breathing heavily.
Magakian is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Maia gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magakian tries to roll but Maia sticks to his back.
Maia lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maia lands shots from the back.

Maia has got one arm under Magakian's chin. This could be trouble... Magakian trying to control the other hand but Maia gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Magakian has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). António Maia!
An out of breath António Maia thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.