PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Von Magnaron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul The Refugee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abdul The Refugee will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Magnaron
vs
The Refugee

175 cm
24
170 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
180 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Von Magnaron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abdul The Refugee!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Refugee throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Magnaron was covering up waiting for the punch and The Refugee finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Refugee working some strikes from top position.

Magnaron is looking for a triangle but The Refugee pushes his legs off easily.
Magnaron might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Magnaron looking for a sweep. Not yet Magnaron, not yet.
Magnaron throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The Refugee works over Magnaron with some ground and pound from guard.
Magnaron wants to sweep here but The Refugee controlling him for the moment.
Magnaron managing to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Refugee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Magnaron is keeping the position for now.
Magnaron throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Refugee trying to control the position from guard on top but Magnaron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magnaron lands an upkick as The Refugee stands over him.

Magnaron had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. The Refugee defends it easily.
Magnaron is trying to keep The Refugee in close.
The Refugee tries to free his leg and advance position but Magnaron is retaining full guard.
Magnaron keeping moving, preventing The Refugee from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Magnaron wants to sweep here but The Refugee controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Magnaron looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Magnaron tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Refugee was well out of range. Poor timing from Magnaron.
The Refugee fails with the takedown
and Magnaron counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Refugee tries for a takedown but Magnaron sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Magnaron appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Magnaron gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Magnaron 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.
Magnaron working a defensive guard here.
Magnaron looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but The Refugee puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with The Refugee in particular looking to stall.
Magnaron slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Magnaron tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magnaron has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but The Refugee has passed into side control.
Magnaron is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked The Refugee off and has taken his back!
The Refugee controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
The Refugee turns into Magnaron and is now in his guard.
Magnaron striking from the bottom here.

Magnaron looking for a guillotine here but The Refugee defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Refugee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Refugee seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells The Refugee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The Refugee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Magnaron looking for a sweep. Not yet Magnaron, not yet.
The Refugee scoring with some ground and pound.
Magnaron keeping moving, preventing The Refugee from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Magnaron looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magnaron working a defensive guard here.
The Refugee working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul The Refugee dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Magnaron enables The Refugee to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Magnaron manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

The Refugee got a little sloppy there for a moment and Magnaron has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, The Refugee has managed to get both his arms back between Magnaron's legs - danger averted.
The Refugee with a flurry of punches that miss.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Magnaron is on top in guard.

Magnaron is looking to work some ground and pound but The Refugee has wrist control.
The Refugee tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The Refugee working for a triangle but Magnaron defends it easily.
Magnaron throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The Refugee has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Magnaron can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Magnaron wants to pass the guard but The Refugee is keeping the position.
We've been hearing that Magnaron has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Refugee has his foot on Magnaron's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Magnaron works his way back into a safe position though.

Magnaron avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Refugee controls Magnaron momentarily but Magnaron frees himself.
Magnaron cracks The Refugee with a solid left hand.
Magnaron is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Magnaron postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The Refugee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The Refugee had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Magnaron defends it easily.
The Refugee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magnaron avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

The Refugee isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Magnaron stacks The Refugee on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Magnaron!
Magnaron is working The Refugee over with some ground and pound from side control.
The Refugee is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The Refugee is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The Refugee won't allow Magnaron to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Refugee works his way to full guard. Good work.
Magnaron trying to control the position from guard on top but The Refugee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magnaron looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Magnaron trying to control the position from guard on top but The Refugee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magnaron advances to half guard.

The Refugee looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

The Refugee is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Magnaron pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The Refugee wants to improve his position but Magnaron is controlling well.
The Refugee is still trying to improve position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The Refugee is not content to let Magnaron control the position.
Magnaron perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
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 Von Magnaron will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The Refugee dives in and scores a takedown into Magnaron's guard.
The Refugee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Refugee wants to control from the top but Magnaron keeps moving.
Magnaron lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Magnaron with a nice head shot there.
Magnaron is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The Refugee is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Magnaron avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Magnaron trying to control the position from guard on top but The Refugee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnaron with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Magnaron controls from within his opponent's guard.

The Refugee is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Magnaron defends well.
Magnaron won't allow The Refugee to sweep him here.
The Refugee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Magnaron is stalling in the full guard.
Magnaron preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The Refugee is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Refugee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Magnaron wants to control from the top but The Refugee keeps moving.
Magnaron advances to half guard.

The Refugee looking for submissions off his back.
Magnaron drops an elbow to the side of The Refugee's head.
Magnaron works his way into full mount!
The Refugee is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnaron putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Magnaron working the ground and pound effectively.
The Refugee is squirming around, avoiding Magnaron's attempts to control the action.
The Refugee is working to get back to half guard.
Magnaron trying to control but The Refugee is having none of it.
Magnaron lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Magnaron trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Refugee tries to hold on but Magnaron pushes him away.
Magnaron can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Refugee is looking to escape.
The Refugee is wriggling around trying to escape.
The Refugee is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Abdul The Refugee has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Refugee tries to reverse the position but Magnaron maintains control.
The Refugee regains half guard.
Magnaron is stalling here. The Refugee is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Magnaron seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and The Refugee has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Magnaron is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Magnaron's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Von Magnaron showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Magnaron has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Von Magnaron!
A less than humble Von Magnaron misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.