PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adlan Amagov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Psycho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amagov comes to the cage accompanied by The Doors - Riders On the Storm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Amagov
vs
Psycho

188 cm
25
162 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

173 cm
23
160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu
Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adlan Amagov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Psycho!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Psycho cracks Amagov with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Adlan Amagov has been cut.
Psycho swats away the attempt to clinch by Amagov.
Psycho takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Amagov throws a body shot but no joy.
Psycho dodges the punch combination from Amagov.
Psycho misses with a takedown attempt
and Amagov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Psycho connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Amagov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Amagov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Psycho throws a lazy right hand but Amagov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Amagov is looking to clinch but Psycho is avoiding it.
Psycho catches Amagov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Psycho looks to land a right hand but Amagov moved out of range.
Amagov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Psycho.
Psycho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Psycho keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Amagov takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amagov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Psycho.

Amagov closes the distance and clinches.
Psycho is looking to break free of the clinch but Amagov has double underhooks.
Amagov avoiding damage.
Amagov is pressed up against the cage. Psycho has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Amagov down to the mat. Amagov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Adlan Amagov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Psycho.
Amagov slaps away a takedown attempt from Psycho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Amagov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Amagov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Amagov rushes Psycho and presses him up against the cage.
Amagov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Amagov lands a knee to the body.
Psycho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Amagov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Amagov landing knees to the head.
Psycho wants to break free but Amagov has control.
Amagov misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amagov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Psycho backwards.
Psycho blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amagov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Psycho's face.
Amagov tries to land a knee to the head but Psycho blocks with his arms.
Amagov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Amagov missing with knees to the body.
Psycho fails to pull guard.
Amagov lands with a short shot to the head.

Psycho has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Amagov uses from the top position.
Amagov stopping the sweep attempt from Psycho.
Amagov wants to stand but Psycho has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Our spies down at at Montreal Fighter's Gym (5* Sparring) inform us that Psycho has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Amagov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Psycho on the ground.

Psycho is looking for a triangle here but Amagov uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Psycho is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psycho manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Psycho is working for a submission of some sort.

Psycho seems to be working for a kimura but Amagov defends the submission attempt.

Psycho looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Amagov is defending against the submission attempts here by Psycho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amagov is trying to control but can't.
Psycho throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Psycho seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Psycho is working for a submission of some sort.
Amagov moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Amagov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Psycho drops back, looking for a kneebar! Amagov looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Amagov looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Amagov!

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adlan Amagov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adlan Amagov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice sprawl there from Amagov as Psycho shoots in.
Luke Psycho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Psycho moves into range and connects with a jab.
Psycho swings widly with a right hand
enabling Amagov to counter with a crisp jab.
Psycho looks for a takedown but Amagov sprawls well.
Psycho takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Amagov drives through and clinches with Psycho against the cage.
Psycho misses with a punch on the inside.
Amagov scores a nice knee to the body.
Psycho is trying to push Amagov away but Amagov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Amagov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Psycho tries to score a body lock takedown but Amagov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Adlan Amagov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Psycho.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amagov taking a breather.
Amagov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Psycho can do to turn this around?
Amagov has Psycho pushed against the cage.
Amagov tries to land a knee to the head but Psycho blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amagov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Come on Amagov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Amagov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Psycho avoids a wild elbow strike from Amagov.
Amagov gets underhooks to prevent Psycho's takedown attempt.
Amagov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Psychos head.
Amagov tries to land a knee to the head but Psycho blocks with his arms.
Psycho trying to land knees to the body.
Amagov lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Psycho.
Amagov has Psycho pushed against the cage.
Amagov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
I was talking to Amagov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Amagov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Amagov scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amagov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adlan Amagov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Amagov lands with a short shot to the head.
Amagov letting Psycho take a breather here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amagov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Psycho stalling the fight.
Amagov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amagov lands a knee to the head.

Psycho is rocked!

It looks like Luke Psycho has been cut.
Amagov keeps control of Psycho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Psycho is still on wobbly legs! Can Amagov finish him?
Amagov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Psycho backwards.
Amagov has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Psycho - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Amagov, and another! Psycho is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Adlan Amagov!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Adlan Amagov waved his t-shirt featuring Mohito Fightwear's logo in front of the cameras.