PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nikolai Magomedov (ranked 22212 p4p, 5357 weight class) and Dez Havok (ranked 550 p4p, 500 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Magomedov
vs
Havok

205 cm
29
235
14 - 6 - 0

183 cm
32
234
12 - 11 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

AVALON
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikolai Magomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dez Havok!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Havok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magomedov ducks under a wild hook from Havok.
Magomedov is looking for a counter combo.
Havok has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Magomedov clinches.
Havok throws a punch but it's blocked by Magomedov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Havok.
Good body shot from Havok.
Havok tries to land knees in the clinch but Magomedov avoids the damage to the body.
Magomedov lands a good knee to the midsection. Havok won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magomedov.
Magomedov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Havok tries a body shot but Magomedov blocks it.
Magomedov swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Magomedov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Havok stuns Magomedov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Havok lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Havok lands a right hand.
Magomedov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Havok.
Havok tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Magomedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Havok uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Havok creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Havok misses with a body punch.
Havok takes a shot to the head.
Magomedov blocks a body shot from Havok.
Magomedov tries to work over Havok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magomedov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Havok backwards.
Havok can't find room to land a body shot as Magomedov controls the action.
Havok misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Havok just misses with a elbow thrown towards Magomedov's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magomedov.
Magomedov scores a nice knee to the body.
Havok misses with a punch on the inside.
Havok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Magomedov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Magomedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magomedov.
Nice body punch from Magomedov - that landed with a thud.
Havok throws a punch but it's blocked by Magomedov.
Magomedov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Havok looks winded!
Magomedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Havok backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Havok throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Havok tries to land knees in the clinch but Magomedov avoids the damage to the body.
Havok tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Magomedov lands a knee to the head.
Magomedov tries to throw a body punch but Havok avoids it by throwing Magomedov back against the ropes.
Havok misses with a hook from the clinch.
Havok throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Magomedovs head.
Magomedov lands a left hand.
Havok managing to block the knees to the body from Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magomedov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Havok blocks a body shot from Magomedov.
Havok misses with an elbow over the top.
Come on Magomedov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Havok throws an elbow but it misses.
Havok misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Havok working aggressively here.
Havok lands an elbow just above Magomedov 's eye.
Nice body punch from Magomedov - that landed with a thud.
Magomedov managing to block the knees to the body from Havok.
Magomedov lands a right hand.
I was talking to Magomedov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nikolai Magomedov will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Havok throws a body shot but no joy.
Magomedov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magomedov moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromHavok.
Havok fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magomedov manages to avoid it.
It looked like Magomedov was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Havok.
Magomedov scores with a three punch combo!
Magomedov cracks Havok with an open hand slap.
Havok misses with a head kick.
Havok throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Magomedov.
Havok looks to score with a jab to the body but Magomedov is just out of range.
Magomedov throws out a loose jab but Havok uses good head movement to avoid it.

Magomedov rushes Havok and presses him up against the ropes.
Havok misses with a short punch on the inside.
Havok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Havok looking to throw knees to the head but Magomedov is blocking nicely.
Magomedov is leaning against Havok and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Havok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magomedov blocks an uppercut.
Magomedov lands a left hand.
Havok trying to land knees to the body.
Magomedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Havok.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov landing knees to the body.
Havok is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Magomedov.
Havok pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Magomedov lands with a right to the head.
Magomedov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Havok's face.
Still in the clinch, Magomedov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Havok doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Havok swings wildly with an uppercut but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magomedov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Havok tries to work over Magomedov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Magomedov.
Magomedov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Havok or not.
A left hand lands to the body for Magomedov.
Magomedov digs a right hand into Havok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Havok's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Magomedov.
Nice body punch from Magomedov.
Havok takes a shot to the head.
Magomedov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Magomedov lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Magomedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Magomedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Magomedov.
Havok managing to block the knees to the body from Magomedov.
Havok trying to land knees to the body.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Havok blocks it.
Nikolai Magomedov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Magomedov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Havok misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Magomedov.
Havok lands a nice uppercut.
Havok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magomedov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Havok tries a body shot but Magomedov blocks it.
Magomedov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magomedov is leaning against Havok and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Magomedov.
Magomedov lands a shot to the body.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Magomedov.
Magomedov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Havok backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolai Magomedov dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Magomedov closes the distance and clinches.

Magomedov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Magomedov cracks Havok with a right hand to the side of the head.
Magomedov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Havok can do to turn this around?
Magomedov avoids the head kick by Havok.
Havok swings widly with a right hand
and Magomedov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Havok walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nikolai Magomedov!