PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Magnus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romelu Lukaku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magnus comes to the cage accompanied by One More Night. Calvin Magnus had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Magnus
vs
Lukaku

179 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Calvin Magnus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romelu Lukaku !
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magnus takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Magnus moves into the clinch.

Magnus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lukaku lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Magnus circles away quickly and effectively.
Magnus tries to clinch but Lukaku is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Lukaku .
Nice sprawl there from Magnus as Lukaku shoots in.
Some wild striking there from Lukaku .
Lukaku misses with a series of wild punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Magnus.
Magnus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lukaku circles away.
A left and a right from Lukaku both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Calvin Magnus has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Lukaku , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Magnus shoots for a double leg takedown but Lukaku sprawls well. He's pushed Magnus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukaku is looking to clinch.
Magnus tries to clinch up.
Lukaku swats away the attempt to clinch by Magnus.
Magnus is looking to clinch but Lukaku is avoiding it.
Lukaku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magnus throws a push kick but Lukaku slaps the foot to one side.

Nice combo by Lukaku ! Oh, that's hurt him - Magnus falls to the canvas and Lukaku follows him into side control.

Magnus is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lukaku wants to stand but Magnus has his arm trapped.
Oh Magnus is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Magnus is looking to regain half guard here but Lukaku keeps moving and retains side control.
Lukaku working away.
Magnus is trying to get back to half guard.
Magnus seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnus is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lukaku off and has taken his back!
Magnus controlling from the back.
Lukaku is trying to get back to his feet but Magnus has full control of the position and if anything, Lukaku has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnus trying to control.
Magnus keeps control of the position easily here as Lukaku tries to buck him off.

Lukaku preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Magnus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Magnus is looking for the choke from the back position but Lukaku is controlling his hands well.

Magnus looking for the choke but no joy.
Lukaku is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romelu Lukaku dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Magnus's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lukaku shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Magnus eats them both and turns towards Lukaku to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lukaku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Magnus wants to clinch up but Lukaku keeps it at a distance.
Lukaku bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Magnus's head backwards.
Lukaku fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lukaku jabs Magnus right on the nose. Magnus blinks but takes it well.
Calvin Magnus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lukaku cracks Magnus's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Magnus slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Lukaku can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Romelu Lukaku !
Calvin Magnus was interviewed post fight and said 'Nice fight '.