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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reg Magno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonas Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 cm
24
170 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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172 cm
25
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reg Magno! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonas Jensen! The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Magno fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Nice takedown defense from Jensen. No joy for Magno on that attempt. Jensen swinging wildly here.
Jensen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Magno shoots in and drives through. Jensen sprawls well. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reg Magno. That's going to take a lot out of him. Horrible takedown by Magno or perhaps it was just good defense by Jensen which made him look bad. Jensen misses with a body shot.
Jensen leaves Magno with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Jensen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jensen wants it to stay on the feet. Magno shoots in but no luck this time. Jensen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jensen wants it to stay on the feet. Jensen dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Reg Magno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Magno is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Magno shoots in for a takedown and gets it. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Magno not landing any meaningful shots this time. Jensen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Magno wants to control but Jensen is keeping him busy. Jensen wants to improve his position but Magno is controlling well.
Jensen pushes Magno off looking to stand but Magno dives back in and keeps control.
Jensen is looking to control Magno's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jensen avoid being mounted? Jensen tries to get to full guard but Magno has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Magno tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jensen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Magno thows a huge punch but Jensen dodges it nicely.
Jensen is not content to let Magno control the position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Jensen leaves Magno with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Jensen lands with a shot to the body. Jensen stuns Magno with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Magno closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jensen circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Magno drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Magno stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jensen swivels though and keeps the full guard. Magno with a flurry of punches that miss. Jensen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jensen prevents Magno from getting the reversal. Magno gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jensen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Magno is trying to control but can't.
Magno slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Jensen looking to pass the guard. Magno wants to sweep but no luck. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonas Jensen dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Magno shoots in looking for a takedown. Jensen tries to sprawl out of it but Magno keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jensen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Magno shoots for a double leg takedown but Jensen sprawls well. He's pushed Magno's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Jensen misses with a wild body shot. A slow jab from Magno misses its intended target. Jensen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Magno under the eye. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Magno. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reg Magno. That's going to take a lot out of him. Excellent takedown into side control there by Magno. Magno working the ground and pound but Jensen is defending the strikes. Magno misses with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Magno misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Magno wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jensen keeps working. Magno is working Jensen over with some ground and pound from side control. Jensen tries to get back to half guard but can't. Magno fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Magno working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jensen can do anything to dispel that myth. Magno throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Magno looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jensen is avoiding damage well.
Magno in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Magno in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Magno misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Magno sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jensen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Magno scoring with punches from side control. Jensen is breathing heavily. Jensen is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Magno in side control, throwing shots but Jensen defends. Jensen is looking to get back to his feet here but Magno is keeping cool and he's managed to take Jensen's back. Magno missing with strikes. Magno has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Magno misses with a punch to the head. Jensen takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Magno is landing with strikes. Jensen can't take much more of this. Magno is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Jensen up.
Magno scores with punches and elbows. Jensen covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Magno connects with a big shot to the side of Jensen's head.
Reg Magno overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Magno gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes. Magno throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jensen!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Magno keeps control of the position easily here as Jensen tries to buck him off.
Magno lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Jensen.
Magno is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Magno gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Magno gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Magno apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Magno shoots for a takedown but Jensen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Magno connects with a body shot. Jensen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Magno rather than just go for the knockout. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Magno shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jensen defends it nicely. Magno shoots in and drives through. Jensen sprawls well. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reg Magno dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Magno shoots in for a takedown but Jensen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Nice sprawl there from Jensen as Magno shoots in. Jensen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magno manages to avoid it. Jensen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Magno fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jensen avoids it really well and circles away. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reg Magno. That's going to take a lot out of him. A slow jab from Jensen misses its intended target. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Magno fails with a takedown attempt. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Magno shoots in and drives through. Jensen sprawls well. Magno drops his hands momentarily and Jensen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Magno tries to clinch and Jensen counters with a nice uppercut. Magno is looking to clinch. Magno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jensen misses with a straight left. Jensen works Magno's body with a nice hook. A looping hook to the body misses from Magno. Jensen does a little dance to reset his feet. Magno moves out of range as Jensen strikes. Magno shoots in but Jensen avoids the takedown attempt easily. Jensen fails in his attempt to clinch. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Magno is defended easily by Jensen. Jensen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Magno. Jonas Jensen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jensen circles away from the clinch attempt and Jensen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Jensen throws a jab when Magno was well out of range. Jensen circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Jensen. Jensen misses with a body shot.
Jensen scores with a sloppy right hand. Magno should have avoided that one. The fighters circling - Jensen throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Magno shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. No luck for Magno with that takedown attempt. Magno scores a takedown into full mount! Jensen working to try and regain half guard.
Magno landing shots from mount. Jensen is bucking up trying to escape but Magno cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Poor strikes thrown by Magno there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Magno thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jensen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Magno. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Jensen is in a horrible position here. Magno smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Magno thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Magno dominating with strikes here. The referee warns Jensen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Magno raining down hammerfists from mount. Magno dominating with strikes here. Jensen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Magno postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Jensen bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Magno and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reg Magno!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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