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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peppu Reiska MacDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ballard Magnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacDonald comes to the cage accompanied by Iggy Pop - Wild One. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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158 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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158 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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World class boxer
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peppu Reiska MacDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ballard Magnar!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Magnar.
Magnar tests MacDonald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Magnar misses with a combination
and MacDonald counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
MacDonald misses with a few strikes there.
Magnar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Magnar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
MacDonald swings for the body but Magnar moves out of range.
Magnar looks to land a left hand but MacDonald moved out of range nicely.
Magnar misses with a double jab.
Magnar 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.
MacDonald is looking to score with low kicks.
MacDonald throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Magnar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Magnar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnar throws a shot from downtown. MacDonald moves away and avoids it.
MacDonald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Magnar.
Magnar misses with a body shot.
Magnar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ballard Magnar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Magnar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
MacDonald throws a body punch but Magnar moves out of range.
Magnar ducks under a wild hook from MacDonald.
MacDonald blocks the body kick.
A big left from Magnar misses.
Magnar throws a right and a left that both miss.
MacDonald will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Magnar misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnar works MacDonald's body with a nice hook.
MacDonald takes one on the button.
Magnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magnar throws a combination that misses
and MacDonald counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
MacDonald takes a swing at Magnar's ribcage but misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for MacDonald.
MacDonald throws a body punch but Magnar moves out of range.
Magnar throws a looping overhand right but MacDonald ducks down to avoid it.
Magnar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Magnar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Magnar blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnar misses with an uppercut
and MacDonald cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
MacDonald throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Magnar throws a hook but MacDonald blocks it.
MacDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Magnar.
MacDonald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magnar.
Magnar misses with a low kick.
MacDonald drops his hands momentarily and Magnar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magnar looks to land a right hand but MacDonald moved out of range.
Magnar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Magnar looks to throw the jab but MacDonald is out of range.
Magnar misses with a wild combination.
MacDonald throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Magnar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnar looks to land a combination but MacDonald avoids it well.
Magnar misses with a straight right.
A jab from Magnar misses.
MacDonald misses with a body shot.
MacDonald misses with a wild body shot.
Magnar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
MacDonald misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Magnar.
Magnar throws a left and a right that both miss
and MacDonald counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magnar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ballard Magnar dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
MacDonald misses the shot to the body.
MacDonald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacDonald feints a jab promting Magnar to slip. MacDonald then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Magnar slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Magnar missing with a left hand there. MacDonald was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Magnar looks to land a body kick but MacDonald moved away.
Magnar gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
MacDonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
MacDonald throws a big right hand that misses.
MacDonald looking to pass the guard.
Magnar controls MacDonald momentarily but MacDonald frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacDonald wants to control from the top but Magnar keeps moving.
MacDonald trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Magnar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Magnar passes to side control.
Magnar trying to control the position but MacDonald is working away.
Magnar has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Magnar.
Magnar throws an overhand right that lands on MacDonald's shoulder, as MacDonald tries to avoid the shot.
MacDonald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magnar throws a lazy uppercut
and MacDonald finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
MacDonald throws an overhand right that lands on Magnar's shoulder, as Magnar tries to avoid the shot.
Magnar throws a lazy uppercut
and MacDonald counters with an outside leg kick.
Ballard Magnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magnar misses the shot to the body.
MacDonald moves out of range as Magnar strikes.
An inside leg kick from MacDonald misses.
Magnar throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald ducks under a wild hook from Magnar.
Magnar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MacDonald circles away quickly and effectively.
Magnar misses with a kick to the body.
Magnar looks to score with a jab to the body but MacDonald is just out of range.
A big right from Magnar misses.
MacDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
MacDonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnar is just out of range.
MacDonald scoring well with a low kick there.
Magnar scores with a jab to the head.
MacDonald shoots in looking for a takedown. Magnar tries to sprawl out of it but MacDonald keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Magnar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
MacDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnar just misses with a punch to the body.
Magnar tries to land a leg kick but MacDonald saw it coming and moves away.
MacDonald is looking to wear down Magnar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Magnar tries to score with a low kick but MacDonald moves his leg out of the way.
MacDonald misses with a looping right.
A big left from Magnar misses.
MacDonald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Magnar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacDonald.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Magnar scores with a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Magnar. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ballard Magnar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
MacDonald digs a good body shot into Magnar's ribs.
MacDonald moves into range and clinches up with Magnar.
MacDonald has Magnar pressed against the cage, preventing Magnar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from MacDonald.
Magnar lands a right hand that snaps the head of MacDonald backwards.
Magnar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick from Magnar misses.
MacDonald moves into range and connects with a jab.
MacDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Magnar.
MacDonald moves out of range of the leg kick from Magnar.
MacDonald throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
MacDonald throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A shot to the liver by Magnar. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnar works the jab nicely.
MacDonald manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Magnar on his heels. He'll look to pass Magnar's guard now, I'm sure.
MacDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Magnar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
MacDonald stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Magnar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
MacDonald not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
MacDonald tries to free his leg and advance position but Magnar is retaining full guard.
Peppu Reiska MacDonald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Peppu Reiska MacDonald.
Magnar misses with an uppercut.
Ballard Magnar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
MacDonald staying out of range there.
Magnar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magnar's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Magnar duly obliges.
Magnar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Magnar takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacDonald ducks under a wild hook from Magnar.
MacDonald misses with a low kick.
Magnar looks to land a right hand but MacDonald moved out of range.
Magnar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from MacDonald.
Magnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Magnar misses with a right hand
and MacDonald counters with a nice leg kick.
MacDonald instigates a clinch.
Magnar working aggressively here.
Ballard Magnar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Magnar prevents a body shot from MacDonald.
Magnar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Magnar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
MacDonald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magnar's elbow.
MacDonald tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
MacDonald is trying to pull guard but Magnar turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Magnar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald tries to work over Magnar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magnar scores with a nice hook to the head.
MacDonald letting Magnar take a breather here.
Magnar breaks the clinch.
Magnar lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horrible takedown by MacDonald or perhaps it was just good defense by Magnar which made him look bad.
Magnar lands a jab to MacDonald's midsection.
Magnar checks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacDonald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magnar manages to avoid it.
Magnar tests MacDonald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Peppu Reiska MacDonald.
I think Magnar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ballard Magnar!
Our winner, Ballard Magnar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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