PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Magas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominguez comes into the arena with California Love blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dominguez
vs
Magas

199 cm
20
258 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Convicted
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Dominguez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Magas!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dominguez shoots for a takedown but Magas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pablo Dominguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Magas wants to clinch up but Dominguez keeps it at a distance.
Magas staying out of range there.
Magas has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Magas there as he acknowledges the shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dominguez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dominguez slips a jab from Magas.
Magas misses with a wild body shot.
Magas shoots in but Dominguez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dominguez fails to land with a series of punches.
Magas tries to clinch but Dominguez is having none of it.
Magas tries to clinch but Dominguez is having none of it.
Dominguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dominguez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A decent looking cross lands there for Dominguez.
Magas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dominguez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dominguez is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dominguez lands with an overhand left.
Dominguez misses with a straight right.

Dominguez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dominguez lands in his opponent's guard.
Magas looking for a sweep. Not yet Magas, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Magas has his foot on Dominguez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dominguez works his way back into a safe position though.
Dominguez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Magas wants to get back to his feet but Dominguez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Magas is looking for a triangle but Dominguez pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magas looks gassed!

Dominguez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dominguez stops Magas from standing up.
Dominguez advances position into side control!
Magas wants to get back to his feet.
Dominguez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dominguez working the ground and pound from side control.
Dominguez 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Magas is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Magas taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dominguez scores with punches from side control.
Magas is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dominguez is controlling him well.
Magas is looking for a sweep.
Magas takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dominguez working away.
Dominguez scoring with punches from side control.
Magas is looking for a sweep.
Magas is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dominguez asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Dominguez cracks Magas with a big elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Magas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Magas is trying to control Dominguez's posture but Dominguez avoids it.
Dominguez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dominguez cracks Magas with a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dominguez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Magas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dominguez working the ground and pound but Magas is defending the strikes.

Dominguez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Magas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dominguez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dominguez looks up at the clock and then as Magas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dominguez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Magas avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dominguez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Magas struggling a bit here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Magas throws an overhand right that lands on Dominguez's shoulder, as Dominguez tries to avoid the shot.
A cross from Magas lands.
Magas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dominguez.

Dominguez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Magas wants to get back to his feet but Dominguez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dominguez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dominguez prevents Magas from getting back to his feet.
Dominguez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Magas controls Dominguez momentarily but Dominguez frees himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magas wants to stand and escape but Dominguez is having none of it.
Dominguez postures up and lands a big shot to Magas's brow.
Dominguez prevents Magas from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Dominguez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dominguez throws a right and a left that Magas avoids nicely.
Dominguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Dominguez instigates a clinch.

Magas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Magas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dominguez moves away.
Pablo Dominguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Magas lands a jab to Dominguez's midsection.
Magas waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Dominguez. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Dominguez to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Dominguez is rocked!

It looks like Pablo Dominguez has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Magas manages to get himself to full guard.
Oh Dominguez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Magas pushes Dominguez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Dominguez circles away from the clinch attempt.

Magas moves into range and clinches up with Dominguez.
Dominguez seems to have got his legs back now.

Magas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Magas blocks a head kick by Dominguez.
Dominguez throws a nice looking combination but Magas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dominguez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Magas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dominguez pinned against the cage. Dominguez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dominguez moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez looks to throw the jab but Magas is out of range.
Mike Magas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Magas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dominguez drops Magas with a right and a left! Dominguez comes rushing in but Magas regains his composure and manages to keep Dominguez in guard.

Magas is rocked!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dominguez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dominguez cracks Magas with a solid left hand.
Magas is looking to stand up but Dominguez isn't so interested in that idea.
Magas is breathing heavily.
Dominguez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dominguez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dominguez landing some decent shots from guard.
Magas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dominguez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Magas pushes Dominguez off and gets back to his feet.
Dominguez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dominguez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Magas drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dominguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominguez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Magas lands a knee to the body.
Dominguez digs a right hand into Magas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Magas's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dominguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Magas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dominguez.
Dominguez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominguez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Dominguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Magas manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Dominguez.

Dominguez feints and as Magas raises his hands in defense, Dominguez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dominguez postures up in Magas's guard and throws a big left but Magas blocks it.
Magas has momentary wrist control but Dominguez slips an elbow through the middle.
Dominguez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magas wants to stand and escape but Dominguez is having none of it.
Dominguez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dominguez is in close to Magas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dominguez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dominguez works over Magas with some ground and pound from guard.
Dominguez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Magas's head.
Pablo Dominguez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dominguez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dominguez looking to pass the guard.
Dominguez thows a big elbow that misses.
Dominguez working some strikes from top position.
Magas wants to stand and escape but Dominguez is having none of it.
Dominguez is in close to Magas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dominguez pushing down on Magas's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Dominguez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Magas defends it well.

Dominguez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez throwing shots but Magas is blocking nicely.
Magas is in trouble now - Dominguez has advanced to mount!
Dominguez lands a big shot there that rocks Magas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Magas is still in real trouble! Can Dominguez finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dominguez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dominguez drops a big elbow. That's hurt Magas! More shots from Dominguez and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Dominguez!
Pablo Dominguez is the new heavyweight champion!