PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Schibetta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Magic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Schibetta
vs
Magic

180 cm
22
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Schibetta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andreas Magic!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Magic looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Schibetta throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Magic trying to pass the guard but Schibetta defending well.
Magic drops an elbow to the side of Schibetta's head.
Magic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Magic wants to pass the guard but Schibetta is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Schibetta manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Schibetta wants to sweep here but Magic controlling him for the moment.
Magic throwing strikes from guard but Schibetta blocks nicely.
Magic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Magic wants to pass the guard but Schibetta is keeping the position.
Schibetta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Magic wants to control from the top but Schibetta keeps moving.
Magic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magic trying to control the position from guard on top but Schibetta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schibetta avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Magic throws a big right hand that misses.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Magic closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Schibetta is in trouble now - Magic has advanced to mount!
Magic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Magic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schibetta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Magic cracks Schibetta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Magic working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Schibetta bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Schibetta wants to stand but Magic is controlling his posture from full guard.
Magic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Schibetta is breathing heavily.
Magic looking to control but Schibetta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Magic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magic controlling the pace for now.
Schibetta is squirming around, avoiding Magic's attempts to control the action.
Schibetta taking shots to the head.
Magic unloading with bombs!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magic landing punches.
Schibetta is in a horrible position here. Magic smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magic breaks from Schibetta's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Magic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Schibetta keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Magic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Magic working Schibetta over with strikes here.
Schibetta is bucking up trying to escape but Magic cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magic with a couple of short strikes.
Magic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Schibetta is looking to get to half guard.
Magic landing shots from mount.
Magic is landing with some decent strikes but Schibetta is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Magic lands a nice shot to the head.
Magic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Magic looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Schibetta is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schibetta taking shots to the head.
Oh Schibetta is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Magic dominating with strikes here.
Magic cracks Schibetta with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andreas Magic!