PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Sevak Magakian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magakian's entrance music is Sevak Magakian Highlights. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Magakian
vs
Martinez

182 cm
38
169 lbs
9 - 24 - 0

162 cm
23
153 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

Solid boxing
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 9 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sevak Magakian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roger Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Magakian closes the distance and pushes Martinez back into the ropes.

Magakian breaks from the clinch.
Magakian works Martinez's body with a nice hook.
Magakian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martinez counters with a left to the body.
Martinez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Magakian darts in and clinches Martinez up against the ropes.
Martinez working hard to break the clinch.

Magakian breaks from the clinch.
Martinez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sevak Magakian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magakian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Magakian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Magakian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Magakian breaks from the clinch.
Magakian throws a sloppy head kick and Martinez moves out of range easily.
Martinez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Magakian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Magakian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Magakian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Magakian instigates a clinch.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magakian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Martinez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Magakian manages to break the clinch.
Magakian misses with a wild combination.
Martinez misses the jab.
Martinez throws a body punch but Magakian moves out of range.
Martinez tries to bum rush Magakian with a series of wild strikes but Magakian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Martinez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Magakian. That one must have hurt.
Magakian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Magakian lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martinez circles away quickly and effectively.
Magakian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Magakian clinches up against the ropes.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as Magakian controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magakian manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magakian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magakian feints and then cracks Martinez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martinez down.
Some wild striking there from Magakian.
Martinez jabs Magakian to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Magakian moves into range and clinches up with Martinez.
Martinez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Magakian breaks the clinch.

Magakian drives through and clinches with Martinez against the ropes.

Magakian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Magakian.
Martinez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martinez misses with a double jab.
Magakian throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magakian misses with a series of wild punches.
Magakian falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martinez counters with a two punch combo.
Magakian misses with the combination.

Magakian closes the distance and clinches.
Martinez wants to get back to striking at distance but Magakian won't allow it.

Magakian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martinez blocks a jab.
Martinez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Martinez throws a body punch but Magakian moves out of range.
Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Magakian closes the distance and clinches.

Magakian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez looks to land a combination but Magakian avoids it well.
Magakian throws a right hand that Martinez ducks under and follows up with a left that Martinez also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Magakian has Martinez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Martinez trying to control the position but instead, Magakian has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martinez into the ropes.

Magakian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Magakian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Magakian looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Magakian thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Martinez if he has to take too many more of those.
Martinez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Magakian instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Magakian breaks the clinch.
Magakian motions for Martinez to come forward. Magakian throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Magakian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Martinez backs up against the ropes.
Magakian misses with a combination
and Martinez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sevak Magakian dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Martinez throws a body punch but Magakian moves out of range.
Magakian swinging wildly here.
Martinez thows a body shot but no joy.

Magakian drives through and clinches with Martinez against the ropes.

Magakian breaks the clinch.
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Martinez throws a looping overhand right but Magakian ducks down to avoid it.
Magakian looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Magakian displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Magakian throws a nice head kick!
Jab from Martinez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Martinez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Magakian lands with a nice combination. Martinez backs away looking to recover.

Martinez is rocked!
Magakian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martinez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magakian throws a series of punches but Martinez moves out of range.
Donk. Martinez catches Magakian right on the button with a cross.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left and a right from Magakian both land. Nice combination.
Sevak Magakian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Magakian falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martinez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinez lands with a straight right. Magakian didn't see that one coming.
Martinez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Magakian.
Martinez closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Magakian is rocked!
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Magakian is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jab, jab by Martinez - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magakian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martinez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Magakian.
Martinez connects with a quick right hand that sends Magakian tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Roger Martinez!
Roger Martinez took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) for their support in the buildup to the fight.