PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Justin Magnum (ranked 3094 p4p, 126 weight class) and Emilio Disi (ranked 4117 p4p, 166 weight class). Emilio Disi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Magnum
vs
Disi

169 cm
21
136 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

160 cm
21
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Magnum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emilio Disi!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Bruno Hogan and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Disi closes the distance and clinches.
Disi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Magnum misses with some punches.
Magnum lands a nice uppercut.
Magnum lands a shoulder strike.
Magnum tries a body shot but Disi blocks it.

Disi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Magnum misses with a wild body shot.

Disi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Disi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Magnum or not.
Disi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magnum prevents a body shot from Disi.
We've been informed that Disi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Magnum misses with a punch on the inside.

Disi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Disi lands with a nice body punch.
Disi looks to land a combination but Magnum avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Disi closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Disi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnum keeps control of Disi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Magnum misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magnum.
Magnum lands a right hand.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Magnum misses with the head strike.
Magnum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Disi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Disi misses.
Magnum seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Magnum on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Magnum throws a lazy right hand but Disi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Disi misses with a takedown attempt
and Magnum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Magnum misses the target.
Disi throws a right and a left that Magnum avoids nicely.
Disi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Magnum swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnum lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Disi misses with a series of wild punches.
Disi throws a series of punches but Magnum avoids them all with ease.
Magnum throws a shot from downtown. Disi moves away and avoids it.
Disi missing with a left hand there. Magnum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Disi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magnum.
Magnum wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Disi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Disi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Magnum throws out the jab.
Magnum swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Disi.
Magnum dips to his left and cracks Disi with an uppercut!

Disi drives through and clinches with Magnum against the cage.
Disi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Disi blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magnum.
Disi trying to control the position but instead, Magnum has worked for underhooks and has pushed Disi into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magnum lands with a short shot to the head.
Disi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Disi blocks an uppercut.
Magnum swings wildly with an uppercut but Disi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magnum is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magnum.
Magnum misses with some punches.
Magnum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Disi's efforts to push away.
Disi tries to break free but Magnum pushes him back against the cage.
Magnum lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Disi is trying to break the clinch but Magnum has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magnum.
Magnum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magnum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Disi backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Magnum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Disi's brow.
Magnum prevents Disi from breaking the clinch.
Magnum throws a head punch that misses.
Magnum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Disi up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Magnum fails to land.
Disi blocks an uppercut.
Disi tries to break free but Magnum pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Magnum fails to land.
Disi scores with a hook to the body.

Disi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Disi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Magnum dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Disi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Disi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Magnum is looking to counter the offense by Disi and move into the clinch.
Disi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Magnum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Disi lands a jab.
Disi misses with a combination

and Magnum counters by moving into the clinch.
Magnum has a couple of punches blocked by Disi.
Disi blocks a body shot from Magnum.
Magnum misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Magnum fails to land.
Magnum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Disi fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magnum misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magnum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Magnum lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magnum misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magnum throws a punch but it's blocked by Disi.
Justin Magnum has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Disi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Disi is looking to break free of the clinch but Magnum has double underhooks.
Magnum working aggressively here.
Magnum has a couple of punches blocked by Disi.
Magnum misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magnum has a couple of punches blocked by Disi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magnum.
Magnum trying to land knees to the body.
Magnum lands with a light punch inside.
Disi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magnum misses with an elbow over the top.
Magnum swings wildly with an uppercut but Disi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magnum lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Magnum fails to land.
Magnum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Disi can do to turn this around?
Magnum misses with a punch on the inside.
Magnum misses with a punch on the inside.
Magnum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magnum keeps control of Disi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Disi blocks an uppercut.
Magnum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magnum struggles to land a body shot inside as Disi controls his hands.
Disi throws a head punch that misses.
Magnum working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magnum.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magnum misses with a body punch.
Disi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magnum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Disi avoids it.
Magnum lands an uppercut.
Magnum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Disi is looking to control Magnum's arms but Magnum gets an underhook and turns him. Now Disi has his back to the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Magnum.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Magnum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Disi's brow.
Disi is trying to break the clinch but Magnum has him pressed against the cage.
Disi is pushing Magnum up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Disi.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Magnum as Disi tries to tie him up.
Disi tries to break free but Magnum pushes him back against the cage.
Magnum misses with a punch on the inside.
Disi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Disi works on Magnum's body with a couple of short punches.
Disi is trying to break the clinch but Magnum is controlling him.
Magnum throws a head punch that misses.
Disi is trying to break the clinch but Magnum has him pressed against the cage.
Disi has had enough of the clinch but Magnum keeps him there for the moment.
Magnum taking a breather.
Magnum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magnum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magnum throws a punch but it's blocked by Disi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Disi is trying to break the clinch but Magnum is controlling him.
Magnum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Disi's efforts to push away.
Magnum throws a head punch that misses.
Disi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magnum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Disi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Disi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Magnum is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Disi can't break the clinch.
Magnum swings wildly with an uppercut but Disi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magnum content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Magnum is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Disi blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Magnum dominated that second round.
That's time! Magnum's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Magnum throws an overhand right that lands on Disi's shoulder, as Disi tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Disi. Those never looked like landing.
Magnum misses with a hook. Disi ducked under it nicely.
Disi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Magnum moves into the clinch.
Disi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magnum is looking to control Disi's arms but Disi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Magnum has his back to the cage.
Disi avoiding damage as Magnum throws knees to the body.
Magnum misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magnum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Disi misses with a body punch.
Magnum lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magnum working aggressively here.
Disi blocks a body shot from Magnum.
Magnum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Disi tries to break the clinch but Magnum is controlling the position.
Disi wants to break free but Magnum has control.
Disi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Disi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Emilio Disi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Disi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Magnum sprawls well. Magnum wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Disi gets slowly back to his feet.
Disi tests Magnum's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Disi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A telegraphed right hand from Disi misses the target.
A big left from Magnum misses.
Magnum lands with a shot to the body.

Disi closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Magnum's guard.

Magnum has his feet on Disi's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Disi has managed to clinch.
Magnum lands an uppercut.
Magnum throws a punch but it's blocked by Disi.
Disi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Disi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A shot in the inside from Magnum.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magnum.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magnum.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Disi.
Magnum throws a head punch that misses.
Disi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magnum tries to stall but Disi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Magnum pushes off an throws an elbow but Disi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magnum.
Disi is looking to break free of the clinch but Magnum has double underhooks.
Disi struggles to land a body shot inside as Magnum controls his hands.
Magnum stalling.
Magnum swings wildly with an uppercut but Disi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Disi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Disi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Disi scores with a body shot.
Magnum with a nice cross.
Disi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Disi walks into a left hand.
Disi takes one on the button.
It looks like Magnum has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Disi slips under a jab from Magnum.
Disi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Emilio Disi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnum lands the left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magnum. Disi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Disi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Disi finds it's way through Magnum's defenses.
Magnum fails with an attempt to clinch.

Magnum closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Magnum fails to land.
Justin Magnum is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Magnum lands with a light punch inside.
Magnum scores with a shoulder strike.

Disi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Disi throws a right hand that Magnum ducks under and follows up with a left that Magnum also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Disi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Disi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Magnum moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Magnum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Magnum, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Magnum!
Justin Magnum decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.