PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Nicodemo (ranked 2300 p4p, 199 weight class) and Von Magnaron (ranked 798 p4p, 85 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nicodemo
vs
Magnaron

170 cm
34
155 lbs
14 - 10 - 1

175 cm
33
155 lbs
22 - 15 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
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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 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giovanni Nicodemo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 2, fighting out of London, Von Magnaron!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magnaron waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nicodemo.
Nicodemo looks to land a left hand but Magnaron moved out of range nicely.
Magnaron blocks a jab.
Nicodemo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Magnaron misses its intended target.
Magnaron lands a lovely overhand right.
Von Magnaron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magnaron tests Nicodemo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nicodemo throws a hook to the side of Magnaron's head but Magnaron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magnaron's corner calls for a 1-2. Magnaron obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nicodemo moves out of range of the strikes.
Magnaron chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicodemo can pounce on him.
Nicodemo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nicodemo misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Magnaron on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nicodemo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magnaron.
Nicodemo moves out of range of the strikes.
Nicodemo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nicodemo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Magnaron throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magnaron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Magnaron on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nicodemo. Nicodemo obviously looking to wear him down.
Nicodemo slips a jab from Magnaron.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicodemo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Magnaron takes one to the side of the head.
Magnaron jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Magnaron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nicodemo moves away.
Nicodemo takes a swing at Magnaron's ribcage but misses.
Magnaron changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Nicodemo cracks the inside of Magnaron's front leg.
Magnaron takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nicodemo just misses with a punch to the body.
Nicodemo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice body punch from Magnaron.
Nicodemo misses the jab.
Magnaron moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Magnaron throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nicodemo lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot by Magnaron.
Nicodemo misses with a straight left.
Nicodemo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nicodemo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Magnaron was well out of range. Poor timing from Nicodemo.
Magnaron pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Magnaron ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magnaron digs a good body shot into Nicodemo's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnaron missing with a left hand there. Nicodemo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nicodemo misses with a looping left.
Magnaron tries to counter with a clinch but Nicodemo shakes him off and moves away.

Magnaron has Nicodemo up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Nicodemo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nicodemo misses with the head strike.
Nicodemo digs a right hand into Magnaron's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Magnaron's gas tank.
Magnaron misses with a punch on the inside.
Nicodemo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Magnaron has a couple of punches blocked by Nicodemo.
Magnaron keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nicodemo's efforts to push away.

Magnaron manages to break the clinch.
Magnaron throws a hook but Nicodemo avoids it easily.
Magnaron throws a body shot but no joy.
Magnaron throws a hook but Nicodemo avoids it easily.
Magnaron misses with an uppercut.
Magnaron drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Magnaron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nicodemo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Magnaron chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicodemo can pounce on him.
Nicodemo throws a jab when Magnaron was well out of range.
Magnaron lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnaron uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nicodemo.
Magnaron lands a jab to the head.
Magnaron avoids the body shot from Nicodemo.
Magnaron misses with an uppercut.
Magnaron lands a jab to the nose.
Good work by Magnaron as he checks the leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Magnaron.
Nicodemo drops his hands momentarily and Magnaron takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magnaron thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Nicodemo misses.
Magnaron looks to land a right hand but Nicodemo moved out of range.
Nicodemo ducks under a wild hook from Magnaron.
Magnaron bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nicodemo's head.
Nicodemo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Magnaron was well out of range. Poor timing from Nicodemo.
Magnaron misses the shot to the body.
Nicodemo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A cross from Magnaron lands.
Nicodemo missing with a left hand there. Magnaron was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nicodemo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicodemo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nicodemo lands with an overhand left.
Magnaron throws a lazy right hand but Nicodemo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magnaron looks to throw the jab but Nicodemo is out of range.
Nicodemo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Magnaron.
Nicodemo scores with a push kick.
Magnaron moves in looking to clinch but Nicodemo pushes him off.
Nicodemo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nicodemo ducks under a wild hook from Magnaron.
It looked like Nicodemo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Magnaron lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Magnaron slips under a jab.
Nicodemo ducks under a wild hook from Magnaron.
Magnaron connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
An inside leg kick from Nicodemo misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nicodemo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magnaron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Magnaron keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nicodemo.
Nicodemo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Magnaron throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nicodemo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Von Magnaron dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nicodemo is looking to score with low kicks.
Magnaron cracks Nicodemo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Magnaron tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nicodemo was well out of range. Poor timing from Magnaron.
Magnaron cracks a nice hook into Nicodemo's ribs.
Nicodemo throws a hook but Magnaron avoids it easily.
Magnaron drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Nicodemo defends it well.
Magnaron digs a good body shot into Nicodemo's ribs.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Magnaron in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nicodemo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magnaron manages to avoid it.
Nicodemo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Magnaron throws an overhand right that lands on Nicodemo's shoulder, as Nicodemo tries to avoid the shot.
Von Magnaron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nicodemo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Magnaron misses with a straight left.
Nicodemo throws a chopping leg kick but Magnaron manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nicodemo throws a big shot that misses.
Magnaron avoids the body shot from Nicodemo.
Nicodemo stuns Magnaron with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
Magnaron pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A shot to the liver by Magnaron. Beautiful body shot.
Nice defenses there by Nicodemo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nicodemo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Nicodemo misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Magnaron as he checks the leg kick.
Magnaron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nicodemo swings for the body but Magnaron moves out of range.
Magnaron slips under a jab.
Nicodemo looks to throw the jab but Magnaron is out of range.
Magnaron throws a shot from downtown. Nicodemo moves away and avoids it.
As Magnaron tries to get set, Nicodemo tries to push him back and clinch up but Magnaron manages to avoid the attempt.
Nicodemo tries to work over Magnaron's front leg with a kick but Magnaron checks it.
Magnaron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nicodemo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nicodemo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Magnaron loads up on a big right hand but Nicodemo slips the punch.
Magnaron misses the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Nicodemo. That snapped Magnaron's head back.
Magnaron misses with a left hand
and Nicodemo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A slow jab from Magnaron misses its intended target.
Magnaron swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Nicodemo misses.
Nicodemo misses with a body shot.
Nicodemo misses with a hook. Magnaron ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicodemo misses with a hook. Magnaron ducked under it nicely.
Nicodemo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nicodemo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Magnaron finds it's way round the side to connect with Nicodemo's head.
Magnaron might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nicodemo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magnaron moves away.
Magnaron scores with a body shot.
Nicodemo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Magnaron on the side of the head.
Nicodemo throws a head kick that misses.
Nicodemo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Magnaron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nicodemo fires out a quick counter leg kick but Magnaron just manages to avoid it.
A jab from Magnaron finds it's way through Nicodemo's defenses.
Nicodemo lands a nice shot to the body.
Magnaron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Magnaron misses.
Magnaron scores with a hook.
The fighters circling - Nicodemo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Magnaron missing with a left hand there. Nicodemo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Magnaron lands a nice shot that snaps Nicodemo's head back.
Nicodemo blocks a jab.
Nicodemo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nicodemo with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicodemo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nicodemo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Magnaron circles away quickly and effectively.
Nicodemo cracks Magnaron with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Magnaron throws a hook to the side of Nicodemo's head but Nicodemo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nicodemo lunges at Magnaron with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Magnaron's hand.
Nicodemo looks to land a combination but Magnaron avoids it well.
Magnaron looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Magnaron throws the left hand but Nicodemo avoids the punch easily.
Magnaron with a hook.
Nicodemo defending well as Magnaron loads up on a big left hand.
Nicodemo throws a big counter combination but Magnaron scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Magnaron takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Magnaron works the jab nicely.
Nicodemo swings for the body but Magnaron moves out of range.
Nicodemo looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnaron is just out of range.
Nicodemo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magnaron.
Magnaron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicodemo.
Nicodemo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magnaron throws a hook to the side of Nicodemo's head but Nicodemo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Magnaron misses.
Magnaron works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnaron throws a hook to the side of Nicodemo's head but Nicodemo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nicodemo 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.
Nicodemo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Magnaron tests Nicodemo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Magnaron checks a low kick from Nicodemo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nicodemo. That's going to slow Magnaron down.
Magnaron connects with a crisp jab.
Magnaron's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nicodemo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Magnaron.
Good leg kick by Nicodemo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Magnaron scores with the left hand. Nicodemo knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheers as Nicodemo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Magnaron doesn't seem phased though.
Magnaron throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nicodemo counters with a nice body kick.
Magnaron takes a swing at Nicodemo's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Nicodemo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nicodemo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Magnaron.
Nicodemo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magnaron just misses with a punch to the body.
Nicodemo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Magnaron misses with a body shot.
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 Giovanni Nicodemo will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A slow jab from Magnaron misses its intended target.
Magnaron looks to land a right hand but Nicodemo moved out of range.
Nicodemo throws a solid leg kick but Magnaron takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nicodemo.
Magnaron misses with a looping left.
Magnaron swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Nicodemo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Magnaron darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Magnaron throws a lazy right hand but Nicodemo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nicodemo slips a jab from Magnaron.
Magnaron misses with a body shot.
Magnaron misses the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Magnaron checks a leg kick.
Magnaron lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Magnaron misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicodemo scores with a leg kick.
Magnaron throws a combination. Nicodemo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A big left from Magnaron misses.
Magnaron waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nicodemo.
Magnaron steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nicodemo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicodemo tried to score with a low kick but Magnaron checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicodemo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nicodemo throws a jab but it's blocked by Magnaron.
Nicodemo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Magnaron throws the left hand but Nicodemo avoids the punch easily.
Magnaron avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magnaron cracks Nicodemo with a good jab.
Magnaron looks to land a left hand but Nicodemo moved out of range nicely.
Nicodemo looks to land a left hand but Magnaron moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Nicodemo.
Nicodemo looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A jab from Nicodemo misses.
Nicodemo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Magnaron is out of range.
Nicodemo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nicodemo moves out of range as Magnaron strikes.
Magnaron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicodemo.
Nicodemo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nicodemo throws a head kick that Magnaron semi-blocks.
Nicodemo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nicodemo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magnaron throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nicodemo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Magnaron looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicodemo looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnaron is just out of range.
Magnaron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A quick step to the side and Nicodemo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magnaron throws a shot from downtown. Nicodemo moves away and avoids it.
Nicodemo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Magnaron looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nicodemo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nicodemo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magnaron.
Magnaron takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Magnaron lands with a shot to the body.
Magnaron connects with a right hand. Nicodemo shakes it off.
Magnaron comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nicodemo looks for the body kick but Magnaron saw that one coming.
Nicodemo ducks under a wild hook from Magnaron.

Nicodemo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Magnaron swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nicodemo tries to throw a body punch but Magnaron avoids it by throwing Nicodemo back against the cage.
Magnaron misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nicodemo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magnaron's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Magnaron fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nicodemo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nicodemo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big right from Magnaron misses.
Magnaron stuns Nicodemo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Magnaron misses with a looping right.
Nicodemo throws a hook but Magnaron avoids it easily.
Nicodemo tries to bum rush Magnaron with a series of wild strikes but Magnaron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Magnaron misses with a right hand
and Nicodemo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nicodemo throws a leg kick but Magnaron sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nicodemo wants to land a leg kick but Magnaron is out of range.
Magnaron connects with a body shot that sends Nicodemo's belly button to the back.
Nicodemo ducks under a wild hook from Magnaron.
Magnaron gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nicodemo.
Magnaron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicodemo.
A quick step to the side and Nicodemo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magnaron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nicodemo moves away.
Magnaron blocks a leg kick.
Magnaron tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nicodemo defending well as Magnaron loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicodemo throws a jab but it's blocked by Magnaron.
Nicodemo misses with a straight right.
Magnaron misses with a hook. Nicodemo ducked under it nicely.
Magnaron scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nicodemo feints and then cracks Magnaron's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Magnaron down.
Nicodemo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nicodemo avoids the body shot from Magnaron.
Magnaron slips a jab from Nicodemo.
Magnaron fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nicodemo on the side of the head.
Nicodemo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Magnaron lands with an overhand left.
Magnaron throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nicodemo.
Nicodemo clobbers Magnaron with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nicodemo throws a shot from downtown. Magnaron moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magnaron loads up on a big right hand but Nicodemo slips the punch.
Nicodemo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nicodemo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nicodemo misses the shot to the body.

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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Von Magnaron!
Von Magnaron bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.