PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Magnier (ranked 3745 p4p, 460 weight class) and Henri Jospin (ranked 4580 p4p, 514 weight class). Jospin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Clash kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Magnier
vs
Jospin

176 cm
21
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
218 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 Montreal, Christian Magnier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Henri Jospin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jospin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Christian Magnier has been cut.
Magnier fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jospin on the side of the head.

It looks like Henri Jospin has been cut.
Jospin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jospin misses with a leg kick.
Magnier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christian Magnier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jospin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jospin feints and then cracks Magnier's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Magnier down.
Magnier throws a lazy uppercut
and Jospin counters with a body kick that stops Magnier in his tracks momentarily.
Magnier lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jospin scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnier throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jospin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jospin blocks the body kick.
Jospin flicks out a counter leg kick but Magnier steps away.
A slow jab from Magnier misses its intended target.
Jospin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magnier.
A little jabbing left from Jospin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magnier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jospin was well out of range. Poor timing from Magnier.
Jospin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jospin dodges the punch combination from Magnier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jospin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Magnier's head.
A head kick from Jospin lands but Magnier takes it in his stride.
Magnier tries to score with a low kick but Jospin moves his leg out of the way.
Jospin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jospin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jospin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jospin lands a nice hook to Magnier's body. Magnier takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jospin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Magnier looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Magnier misses with a left hand
and Jospin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Magnier tries to work over Jospin's front leg with a kick but Jospin checks it.
Magnier misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jospin counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jospin drops Magnier with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Magnier looks back up at him and smiles so Jospin waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Magnier is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnier throws a leg kick
and Jospin counters with a big right hand! Oh Magnier is in trouble here! Jospin follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henri Jospin!
A very excited looking Henri Jospin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.