PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mario Curran (ranked 1909 p4p, 170 weight class) and Von Magnaron (ranked 1740 p4p, 85 weight class). Curran comes to the cage accompanied by Shoshone Flag Song. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Curran
vs
Magnaron

169 cm
32
146 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

175 cm
30
155 lbs
18 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mario Curran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Von Magnaron!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid body kick from Curran.
Curran on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Magnaron missing with a left hand there. Curran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Magnaron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curran moves away.
Magnaron throws a body shot but no joy.
Curran throws a looping overhand right but Magnaron ducks down to avoid it.
Magnaron fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Curran on the side of the head.
Magnaron's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Magnaron duly obliges.
Curran fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Magnaron checks it well.
Von Magnaron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curran throws a leg kick which misses Magnaron's front leg but catches the back leg as Magnaron tries to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curran. Magnaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curran takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Magnaron bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Curran's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Curran loads up on a big right hand but Magnaron slips the punch.
Curran misses with a hook. Magnaron ducked under it nicely.
Magnaron scores with a jab to the jaw.
Magnaron lands an overhand right.
Magnaron misses with a body shot.
Curran is looking to counter punch.
Magnaron fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curran manages to avoid it.
Magnaron throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magnaron throws an overhand right that lands on Curran's shoulder, as Curran tries to avoid the shot.
Curran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Curran.
Curran sets himself, and Magnaron steps forward looking for the clinch! Curran avoids it this time.
Curran cracks Magnaron with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnaron swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Curran to counter with a crisp jab.
Curran looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Magnaron takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Curran looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnaron is just out of range.
Magnaron swings widly with a right hand
and Curran counters with a nice uppercut.
Magnaron avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magnaron misses with a looping left.
Curran bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Magnaron walks forward, straight into a front kick from Curran.
A slow jab from Curran misses its intended target.
Magnaron comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Magnaron pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Curran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Magnaron throws out the jab.
Magnaron swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Magnaron.
Magnaron doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curran moves away from the strike by Magnaron.
Curran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magnaron.
Magnaron is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Curran throws a right and a left that both miss.
Curran slips a straight right by Magnaron.
Magnaron misses the shot to the body.
Magnaron tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curran was well out of range. Poor timing from Magnaron.
Curran moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran throws a lazy uppercut
and Magnaron counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Magnaron lands with a straight right. Curran didn't see that one coming.
Curran takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Magnaron looks to land a left hand but Curran moved out of range nicely.
Curran walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice shot lands for Curran.
Curran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magnaron scores with a nice right hand.
Magnaron scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Magnaron lands a glancing blow to the side of Curran's head.
Magnaron just misses with a punch to the body.
Curran on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Magnaron throws a jab when Curran was well out of range.
Magnaron avoids the body shot from Curran.
Curran scores with a sloppy right hand. Magnaron should have avoided that one.
Magnaron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Curran had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Magnaron ducks under a wild hook from Curran.
Magnaron avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magnaron unleashes a big counter combination but Curran bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Curran.
Magnaron cracks Curran with a right hand to the side of the head.
Magnaron throws out a loose jab but Curran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magnaron fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curran manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnaron tries to close the distance and clinch but Curran swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Magnaron.
Magnaron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curran.
Magnaron misses with a hook.
Curran chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good standup being displayed there by Curran as he connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Curran there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magnaron. Curran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curran looks to land a left hand but Magnaron moved out of range nicely.
Curran ducks right into an uppercut from Magnaron.
Magnaron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magnaron throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Curran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, jab by Magnaron - just one landing.
Magnaron avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Magnaron swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnaron throws out a loose jab but Curran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magnaron misses with a looping left.
Magnaron lands with an overhand left.
Curran takes a jab right on the kisser.
Curran scores with a jab to the jaw.
Curran throws out a loose jab but Magnaron uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curran throws a body kick that misses.
Magnaron throws a looping overhand right but Curran ducks down to avoid it.
Curran throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Magnaron misses.
Magnaron looks to land a right hand but Curran moved out of range.
Curran connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Magnaron momentarily.
Curran throws a leg kick but Magnaron sees it coming and moves out of range.
Magnaron steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Curran.

Magnaron moves into the clinch successfully.
Curran can't get the takedown.
Curran blocks a body shot from Magnaron.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magnaron.
Curran has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Magnaron is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Curran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Magnaron.
A short left from Magnaron.
Curran is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Curran. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot in the inside from Magnaron.
Curran drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Magnaron tries to throw a body punch but Curran avoids it by throwing Magnaron back against the cage.
Magnaron misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Von Magnaron dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Curran on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Curran lands a head shot.
Magnaron throws a hook to the side of Curran's head but Curran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magnaron thows a left - swing and a miss!
Curran scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Magnaron fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Curran looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice shot by Magnaron.
Curran throws a hook but Magnaron blocks it.
Curran drops his hands momentarily and Magnaron takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magnaron swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magnaron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Curran throws out a loose jab but Magnaron uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magnaron uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curran.
Curran throws a right and a left that both miss.
Curran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Magnaron.
Curran misses with a hook. Magnaron ducked under it nicely.
Curran misses the jab.
Curran looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Curran lands a nice hook to Magnaron's body. Magnaron takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Magnaron misses with an uppercut
and Curran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Curran throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnaron bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Curran's head backwards.
Curran connects with a nice looking jab.
Curran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curran throws an overhand right that lands on Magnaron's shoulder, as Magnaron tries to avoid the shot.
Magnaron misses with an uppercut
and Curran counters with a nice body shot.
Magnaron uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curran.
Magnaron scores with a body shot.
Curran throws the left hand but Magnaron avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Magnaron.
Magnaron fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Curran looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Magnaron misses with a looping right.
Magnaron cracks Curran with an open hand slap.
Magnaron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Magnaron throws a jab when Curran was well out of range.
Curran throws a solid leg kick but Magnaron takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Curran.
Curran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magnaron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curran.
Curran just misses with a punch to the body.
Magnaron looks to land a right hand but Curran moved out of range.
Curran missing with a left hand there. Magnaron was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran throws a jab when Magnaron was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curran. Magnaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magnaron looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Magnaron with a jab.
Magnaron throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curran misses with an uppercut.
Magnaron lands a jab to the nose.
Curran moves out of range as Magnaron strikes.
Magnaron throws a shot to the body.
Curran throws a hook to the side of Magnaron's head but Magnaron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magnaron with the counter takedown but Curran avoids it easily.
Curran throws a sloppy head kick and Magnaron moves out of range easily.
Curran with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Magnaron to score with a decent uppercut.
Magnaron lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Curran dips to his left and cracks Magnaron with an uppercut!
A jab from Curran does it's job there.
Curran misses the jab.
Magnaron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Magnaron avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magnaron tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Curran misses with a looping left.
Curran defending well as Magnaron loads up on a big left hand.
Curran moves out of range as Magnaron strikes.
Curran thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curran fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Magnaron on the side of the head.
Magnaron throws a lazy right hand but Curran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curran throws a chopping leg kick but Magnaron manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Curran needs to keep his hands up - Magnaron had a free shot at his head there.
Nice cross by Magnaron.
Magnaron tests Curran's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Magnaron throws a lazy right hand but Curran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Curran takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice uppercut lands for Magnaron. That snapped Curran's head back.
Curran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Magnaron sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Magnaron wants to counter the offense by Curran and move into the clinch position.
Curran throws a lazy head kick
and Magnaron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Curran throws a hook to the side of Magnaron's head but Magnaron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curran throws a front kick aimed at Magnaron's knee but Magnaron avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curran misses the shot to the body.
Magnaron misses with a hook.
Curran slips a straight right by Magnaron.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Curran misses with an uppercut. Magnaron saw that one coming.
Curran throws a hook to the side of Magnaron's head but Magnaron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curran loads up on a big right hand but Magnaron slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curran moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Magnaron darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Magnaron loads up on a big right hand but Curran slips the punch.
A jab from Magnaron does it's job there.
Magnaron slips under a jab from Curran.
Nice shot lands for Magnaron.
Magnaron has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Curran just misses with a punch to the body.
Magnaron uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curran.
Curran takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Magnaron drops his hands momentarily and Curran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magnaron lands a jab.
Magnaron takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Magnaron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magnaron changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Magnaron throws a right and a left that Curran avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Curran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Magnaron misses with a body shot.
Magnaron checks a leg kick nicely.
Magnaron connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Curran momentarily.
Magnaron walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Von Magnaron will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Magnaron missing with a left hand there. Curran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Curran misses with a looping left.
Magnaron lands with a cross.
Curran misses the shot to the body.
Curran on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Magnaron fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Curran on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curran. Magnaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magnaron tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Magnaron takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Curran fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Magnaron has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Magnaron misses with a wild body shot.
Magnaron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Curran wants to land a leg kick but Magnaron is out of range.
Magnaron misses with a wild body shot.
Magnaron swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Curran.
Magnaron connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Magnaron throws a jab when Curran was well out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curran connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good exchange - Magnaron coming out on top.
Magnaron misses with a straight left.
Curran throws a shot from downtown. Magnaron moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Magnaron there.
A big right from Magnaron misses.
Magnaron lands the left hand.
Magnaron jabs Curran right on the nose. Curran blinks but takes it well.
Curran takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Curran throws a head kick that misses.
Magnaron looks to score with a jab to the body but Curran is just out of range.
Magnaron bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Curran's head.
Magnaron keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curran.
Magnaron bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Curran's head.
Magnaron avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magnaron connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Curran momentarily.
Magnaron scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnaron takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Magnaron.
Magnaron throws a big shot that misses.
Curran throws an overhand right that lands on Magnaron's shoulder, as Magnaron tries to avoid the shot.
Good exchange - Magnaron coming out on top.
Magnaron blocks a head kick by Curran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran misses with a wild combination.
Curran connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Curran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Magnaron lands with a cross.
Magnaron scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Magnaron misses the target.
The fighters circling - Magnaron throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Curran lands with an overhand left.
Von Magnaron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Magnaron uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Curran has time to react.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Curran.
Magnaron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curran misses with a head kick.
Magnaron lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Curran throws a jab when Magnaron was well out of range.
A big left from Curran misses.
Curran does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Curran throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Magnaron stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Magnaron throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curran lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Curran fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Magnaron checks it well.
Magnaron misses with a wild body shot.
Magnaron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curran.
Magnaron fails with an attempt to clinch.
Magnaron misses with a wild body shot.
Curran uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Magnaron.
Magnaron throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Curran misses the jab.
Curran scores with a push kick.
Curran scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Curran uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Magnaron scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Magnaron misses.
Magnaron lands a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curran dips to his left and cracks Magnaron with an uppercut!
Curran misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Magnaron clobbers Curran with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Curran ducks under a wild hook from Magnaron.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curran slips under a jab.
Curran rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Magnaron moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Curran takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Magnaron misses with a hook. Curran ducked under it nicely.
Magnaron feints a jab promting Curran to slip. Magnaron then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Curran slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Magnaron throws a looping overhand right but Curran ducks down to avoid it.
Magnaron misses with an uppercut. Curran saw that one coming.
Curran appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Curran looks to land a left hand but Magnaron moved out of range nicely.
Magnaron is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Curran has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Magnaron finds it's way round the side to connect with Curran's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curran. Magnaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curran scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Magnaron tries to clinch but Curran moves out of range.
Mario Curran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Magnaron steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curran.
Magnaron thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curran walks into a stiff left hand from Magnaron.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Curran.
A nice side step and Magnaron releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Curran misses with a left hand
and Curran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Magnaron looks to land a right hand but Curran moved out of range.
Curran looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

And that's the end of the fight!
Von Magnaron comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Magnaron has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Von Magnaron!
A very excited looking Von Magnaron rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.