PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ali Bagov (ranked 1502 p4p, 215 weight class) and James McGuire (ranked 1714 p4p, 240 weight class). McGuire has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bagov
vs
McGuire

189 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
22
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ali Bagov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bagov closes this distance looking for a takedown but McGuire circles away.
McGuire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bagov keeps the fight on the outside.
McGuire looks to land a combination but Bagov avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from McGuire. No joy for Bagov on that attempt.
McGuire looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bagov fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ali Bagov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGuire digs a good body shot into Bagov's ribs.
Bagov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bagov defending well as McGuire loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bagov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McGuire scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Ali Bagov has been cut.
Bagov gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! McGuire gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Bagov is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James McGuire!
James McGuire very nearly forgot to thank Aspire Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.