PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marat Magomedov (ranked 329 p4p, 43 weight class) and Bed Intruder (ranked 210 p4p, 29 weight class). Magomedov comes into the arena with Evangelion OST - The Beast II blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Intruder's choice of entrance music: Bed Intruder. 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.

Magomedov
vs
Intruder

178 cm
31
160 lbs
19 - 7 - 2

178 cm
30
160 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction

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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 19 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Marat Magomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bed Intruder!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magomedov connects with the punch.
Intruder looks to land a right hand but Magomedov moved out of range.
Intruder slips under a jab from Magomedov.
Intruder misses with an uppercut. Magomedov saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Magomedov.
A telegraphed right hand from Magomedov misses the target.
Intruder feints and then cracks Magomedov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Magomedov down.

Magomedov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Intruder has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Intruder wants to control but Magomedov is keeping busy.
Magomedov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Intruder moves into full guard.
Magomedov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Magomedov postures up.
Intruder tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov wants to control from the top but Intruder keeps moving.
Magomedov is looking to work some ground and pound but Intruder has wrist control.
Magomedov throws an elbow that misses. Intruder uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Magomedov's guard. Nice move by Intruder!

Magomedov wants to sweep but no luck.
Intruder loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Magomedov is trying to control the position but Intruder postures up.
Intruder is in close to Magomedov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Intruder trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Intruder works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Intruder with the ground and pound but Magomedov uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Intruder tries to free his leg and advance position but Magomedov is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Intruder cracks Magomedov with a solid left hand.
Intruder with a nice head shot there.
Intruder postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Intruder wants to control from the top but Magomedov keeps moving.
Intruder stands up over Magomedov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Intruder is in close to Magomedov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Intruder in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Intruder controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Intruder landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Intruder throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Intruder chips away with some ground and pound.
Intruder throwing strikes from guard but Magomedov blocks nicely.
Intruder is looking to work some ground and pound but Magomedov has wrist control.
Intruder throws an elbow that misses. Magomedov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Intruder's guard. Nice move by Magomedov!

Magomedov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Magomedov trying to control but Intruder is working from the bottom.
Intruder has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Magomedov passes into half guard.
Intruder manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov tries to free his leg and advance position but Intruder is retaining full guard.
Magomedov pushes down on Intruder's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Intruder wants to control but Magomedov is keeping busy.
Magomedov trying to control from Intruder's half guard. Intruder has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Magomedov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Intruder is keeping the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Intruder controls Magomedov momentarily but Magomedov frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bed Intruder will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Magomedov scores with a leg kick.
Magomedov throws a right hand that misses
and Intruder counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Magomedov defending well as Intruder loads up on a big left hand.
Magomedov jabs Intruder right on the nose. Intruder blinks but takes it well.
Intruder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magomedov moves away.
Intruder throws a jab when Magomedov was well out of range.
Magomedov throws the left hand but Intruder avoids the punch easily.
Magomedov defending well as Intruder loads up on a big left hand.
Intruder keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Magomedov.
Intruder looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Magomedov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magomedov shoots for a double leg takedown but Intruder sprawls well. He's pushed Magomedov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Intruder steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Magomedov.
Intruder swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov swings for the body but Intruder moves out of range.
Intruder fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Magomedov is out of range.
Magomedov connects with a leg kick. Intruder looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Intruder misses with a body kick.
Magomedov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Magomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Intruder throws a jab when Magomedov was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov moves out of range of the strikes.
Intruder misses with a hook. Magomedov ducked under it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Magomedov.
Intruder throws a body punch but Magomedov moves out of range.
Magomedov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Intruder's hands.
Intruder throws a leg kick that misses.
Magomedov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Intruder swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Magomedov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Intruder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magomedov.
Magomedov is looking to take this one to the mat.
Magomedov misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magomedov.
Magomedov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magomedov.
Intruder lands a nice shot to the body.
Magomedov blocking some punches.
Magomedov fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marat Magomedov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Intruder misses with a hook from the clinch.
Magomedov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Intruder or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Magomedov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magomedov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Intruder can't find room to land a body shot as Magomedov controls the action.
Intruder misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Intruder.
Intruder lands a hook to the side of the head.
Intruder is pressed up against the cage. Magomedov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Intruder down to the mat. Intruder avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Intruder cracks Magomedov with an open hand slap.
Magomedov throws a shot to the body.

Intruder instigates a clinch.
Magomedov prevents a body shot from Intruder.
Magomedov throws a head punch that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Intruder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Intruder working aggressively here.
I was talking to Magomedov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Magomedov misses with the head strike.
Magomedov blocks an uppercut.
Magomedov tries to pull guard but Intruder holds him up against the cage and eventually Magomedov drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Intruder blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Magomedov fails to land.
Magomedov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Intruder.
Intruder misses with a short punch on the inside.
Intruder misses with a body punch.
Magomedov tries to work over Intruder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hand to the body from Intruder.
Magomedov scores with a shoulder strike.
Magomedov lands with a right to the head.
Intruder blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Magomedov is fighting off a takedown attempt but Intruder is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Magomedov to the mat. Magomedov regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Intruder works over Magomedov with some ground and pound from guard.
Magomedov has momentary wrist control but Intruder slips an elbow through the middle.
Intruder is working Magomedov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Intruder trying to control the position from guard on top but Magomedov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Intruder working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Intruder throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Magomedov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Intruder wants to control from the top but Magomedov keeps moving.
Intruder throws an elbow that misses. Magomedov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Intruder's guard. Nice move by Magomedov!

Bed Intruder has got the better of the ground game so far.
Intruder tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Magomedov is working Intruder over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Magomedov advances to half guard.
Intruder is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Magomedov wants to free his trapped foot but Intruder is holding on for dear life with his legs.
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 Marat Magomedov will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Intruder circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circling - Magomedov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Intruder takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Intruder crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Magomedov - the referee stops the clock and Intruder gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Magomedov. Intruder manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Magomedov blocks a jab.
A shot to the body from Magomedov misses
enabling Intruder to counter with a crisp jab.
Intruder looks to land a body kick but Magomedov moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Intruder. Magomedov does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Magomedov misses.
Magomedov walks into a left hand.
Intruder misses the jab.
Intruder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Intruder ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Intruder with a nice cross.
Nice shot lands for Magomedov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magomedov looks to score with a jab to the body but Intruder is just out of range.
Intruder misses with a straight left.
Marat Magomedov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Intruder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Intruder throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Magomedov feinted there with a counter leg kick.

Intruder has closed the distance and engaged Magomedov in a clinch.
Magomedov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Intruder lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magomedov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marat Magomedov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Magomedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Intruder misses with a body punch.
Intruder blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Intruder looking to stall.
Intruder working aggressively here.
Intruder lands with a short shot to the head.
Magomedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Intruder uses good head movement to avoid it.
Intruder working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Intruder tries to throw a body punch but Magomedov avoids it by throwing Intruder back against the cage.
Intruder misses with the head strike.
Intruder lands a shoulder strike.
Magomedov misses with some punches.
Intruder has a couple of punches blocked by Magomedov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Intruder working aggressively here.
Magomedov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Intruder lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov misses with a punch on the inside.
Intruder misses with a punch to the body.
Intruder pushes Magomedov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Intruder goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magomedov.
Intruder lands with a light punch inside.
Magomedov lands with a short shot to the head.
Magomedov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Intruder is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Magomedov blocks a body shot from Intruder.
Intruder swings wildly with an uppercut but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Intruder working aggressively here.
Intruder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magomedov blocking some punches.
Intruder cracks Magomedov with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Intruder.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Intruder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magomedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Intruder backwards.
Intruder lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Intruder blocks an uppercut.
Magomedov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Magomedov wants a takedown.
Intruder lands a right hand that snaps the head of Magomedov backwards.
Intruder throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Intruder.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Intruder blocks it.
Intruder working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Intruder swings wildly with an uppercut but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magomedov throws a head punch that misses.
Intruder lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Magomedov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Intruder walks away with a smile on his face. Magomedov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marat Magomedov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Intruder gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Intruder has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magomedov.
Intruder throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Magomedovs head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Intruder throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Intruder fails to land.
Intruder swings wildly with an uppercut but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magomedov working aggressively here.

Magomedov gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Intruder wants to get back to full guard.

Magomedov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Magomedov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Intruder is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Intruder gets full guard.
Magomedov wants to control from the top but Intruder keeps moving.
Intruder bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Magomedov's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bed Intruder comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Intruder 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 Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bed Intruder!
In his post fight interview, Bed Intruder started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.