PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Micah Dennis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicholas Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dennis
vs
Maggio

179 cm
18
177 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
173 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Micah Dennis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nicholas Maggio!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dennis scores with a jab.
Maggio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Dennis rushes Maggio and presses him up against the cage.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
Maggio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Micah Dennis has been cut.
Maggio lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Maggio.
Maggio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Maggio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dennis's efforts to push away.
Maggio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Micah Dennis's cut is getting worse.
Maggio throws 2 knees - Dennis can't escape Maggio's clinch. As Dennis tries to escape again Maggio whips his head left to meet with another knee! That's knocked out Dennis's gum shield and as Dennis falls to the floor, the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Nicholas Maggio!
Nicholas Maggio seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.