PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mookie Magaba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skull Crash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Magaba might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become . Skull Crash has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Magaba
vs
Crash

171 cm
25
153 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

166 cm
25
145 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mookie Magaba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Skull Crash!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crash feints and then cracks Magaba's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Magaba down.
Nice sprawl there from Crash as Magaba shoots in.
Magaba doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crash counters with a nice kick to the body.
Crash thows a body shot but no joy.
Magaba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crash moves away.
Magaba closes the distance and clinches up with Crash, looking for a takedown. Magaba pushes Crash against the cage but Crash circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mookie Magaba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crash scores with a nice body kick.
Magaba misses with a double jab
and Crash counters with a solid body kick.
Crash drops his hands momentarily and Magaba takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Crash throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magaba checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magaba. Crash does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magaba looks to land a right hand but Crash moved out of range.
Magaba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crash.
Crash swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crash throws the kick towards the body but Magaba avoids it.
Magaba tries to bum rush Crash with a series of wild strikes but Crash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Magaba fails with a takedown attempt.
Magaba throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Magaba misses with a combination
and Crash counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crash misses with a body shot.
Mookie Magaba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crash throws a sloppy body shot
and Magaba counters with a three punch combo that has Crash backing up. Crash nods at Magaba to acknowledge the strikes.
Crash looks to score with a jab to the body but Magaba is just out of range.
Magaba tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crash turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crash with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Skull Crash is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crash. Magaba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crash throws a left and a right that both miss
and Magaba counters with a left and a right that stings Crash.
Magaba misses with a takedown
and Crash counters with a head kick. That will keep Magaba thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Magaba scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Magaba fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Crash to the ground. Magaba is now in Crash's guard.
Crash is trying to control the position but Magaba postures up.
Crash working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Magaba.
Magaba throws a strike but Crash rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Magaba trying to control the position here.
Magaba 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.

Crash avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Magaba trying to keep a closed guard but Crash is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Magaba is on top in guard.
Magaba passes into half guard.

Magaba is looking for a kimura but Crash is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Magaba to get the leverage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crash is trying to get back to full guard.
Magaba trying to pass the guard but Crash defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mookie Magaba will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Magaba looks for a takedown but Crash sprawls well.
Magaba on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crash throws a head kick but Magaba moves out of range.
Magaba avoids the head kick by Crash.
Magaba throws a lazy right hand but Crash sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crash stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Crash wants it to stay on the feet.
Magaba has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crash.
Magaba lands with an overhand left.
Magaba misses with a series of wild punches.
Crash throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magaba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crash throws a sloppy head kick

and Magaba counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Crash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Magaba avoids the body shot from Crash.
Crash throws the left hand but Magaba avoids the punch easily.
Magaba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crash goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Magaba takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Crash displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Magaba.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mookie Magaba. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Magaba closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Crash quickly recovers to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magaba is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magaba looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Magaba seems to be working for a kimura but Crash defends the submission attempt.

Magaba is working for a kimura here but Crash manages to reverse the position and he's now in Magaba's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crash stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Magaba swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magaba 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.
Magaba can't keep his opponent in guard - Crash advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Magaba wants to get back to full guard but Crash has passed into side control.
Magaba tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Crash wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Crash controlling the position.
Crash sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Magaba is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magaba tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Crash wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Magaba sneaks back into half guard.
Magaba works his way to full guard. Good work.
Magaba looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crash is one step ahead there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
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 Mookie Magaba will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Magaba avoids the body shot from Crash.
Magaba doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Magaba chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crash can pounce on him.
Crash attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mookie Magaba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Magaba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crash.
Crash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skull Crash seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crash jabs Magaba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Magaba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crash throws a sloppy head kick

and Magaba counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crash is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Magaba goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Crash has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Magaba but great work by Crash.
Magaba tries to bench press Crash off him but Crash keeps the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Magaba wants to control but Crash postures up.
Magaba is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mookie Magaba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A lull in the action here as Crash stalls from top position.
You can see the frustration on Magaba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magaba is trying to get back to half guard.
Crash slows the pace down.
Magaba looks to move to half guard but instead Crash has passed into mount! Damn!
Magaba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magaba is squirming around, avoiding Crash's attempts to control the action.
Crash prevents Magaba from getting the reversal.
Skull Crash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crash controlling from mount.
Magaba is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magaba is working hard here to advance position.
Crash throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Crash punching from mount but Magaba doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Crash thowing shots but they're missing.
Crash throwing strikes here but Magaba is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Magaba is wriggling around trying to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mookie Magaba.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Magaba, 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mookie Magaba!
Mookie Magaba thanked the fans post fight for their support.