PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kato Hanzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio has chosen Speak Softly Love as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hanzo
vs
Maggio

173 cm
21
182 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

175 cm
24
183 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Canadian Fighter Clothing

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kato Hanzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Maggio!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanzo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A punch combination from Maggio misses.
Hanzo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Maggio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanzo.
Horrible takedown by Hanzo or perhaps it was just good defense by Maggio which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kato Hanzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maggio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hanzo.
Maggio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hanzo is breathing heavily.

Maggio pushes Hanzo up against the cage in a clinch.
Hanzo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maggio stops a takedown attempt from Hanzo.
Maggio lands an elbow inside that Hanzo shrugs off.
Hanzo swings wildly with an uppercut but Maggio uses good head movement to avoid it.

Maggio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maggio explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Maggio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Maggio manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Maggio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Maggio rushes Hanzo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maggio has Hanzo pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Maggio.

Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maggio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maggio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Maggio to work.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Maggio.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Hanzo's ribcage.

Maggio manages to break the clinch.

Maggio closes the distance and clinches.
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maggio lands a knee to the body.
Maggio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maggio lands a damaging elbow.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maggio.

Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hanzo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Maggio bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maggio closes the distance and clinches.
Hanzo letting Maggio take a breather here.
Maggio lands a knee to the body.
Hanzo being controlled against the cage.
Maggio blocking some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Maggio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hanzo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Maggio counters with a nice body kick.
Hanzo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Maggio but Maggio pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Maggio closes the distance and clinches.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.
Maggio taking a breather.
Hanzo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Hanzo's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Maggio.
Maggio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Hanzo.
Come on Maggio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Maggio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanzo.
Maggio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Maggio prevents Hanzo from breaking the clinch.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.

Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tony Maggio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maggio fakes the leg kick and cracks Hanzo in the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maggio.
Maggio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hanzo tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Maggio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maggio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Hanzo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hanzo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hanzo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Maggio pulls his leg out and moves away.
Maggio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hanzo takes a step back to recover.
Maggio lands a high kick!
Maggio throws a nice head kick!
Hanzo clinches but Maggio breaks the clinch
and Maggio counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maggio fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanzo dodges the punch combination from Maggio.

Maggio drives through and clinches with Hanzo against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Maggio dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hanzo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maggio.
Hanzo throws a lazy right hand but Maggio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maggio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maggio misses with a head kick.
Hanzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maggio throws out the jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hanzo is defended easily by Maggio.
Maggio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hanzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hanzo lands with a shot to the body.
Tony Maggio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maggio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hanzo takes a step back to recover.
Hanzo shoots in and drives through. Maggio sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good leg kick by Maggio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hanzo avoids the head kick by Maggio.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hanzo. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

Maggio has closed the distance and engaged Hanzo in a clinch.
Maggio lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maggio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanzo.
Maggio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanzo darts in trying to clinch
and Maggio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hanzo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Maggio lands a head kick!

Maggio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hanzo tries to clinch but fails miserably
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Maggio makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hanzo really felt that one!
A head kick from Maggio lands but Hanzo takes it in his stride.
Hanzo dodges the punch combination from Maggio.

Maggio rushes Hanzo and presses him up against the cage.
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A knee to the head by Maggio.
Maggio stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maggio breaks from the clinch.

Maggio rushes Hanzo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maggio will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hanzo up against the cage.
Maggio lands a good knee to the midsection. Hanzo won't want to take too many of those.
Maggio lands an elbow just above Hanzo 's eye.
Maggio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Tony Maggio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maggio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maggio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Maggio.
Hanzo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Come on Maggio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.

Hanzo turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hanzo manages to end up in side control.
Maggio is trying to get back to his feet.
Hanzo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Maggio is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hanzo is controlling him well.
Hanzo in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Maggio manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Maggio is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, Hanzo seems content to control.
Hanzo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Maggio is trying to stand up here but Hanzo is controlling him well.
Hanzo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hanzo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Maggio's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanzo trying to control from half guard but Maggio is working away.
Hanzo controlling the pace.
Maggio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maggio is staying active underneath Hanzo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Maggio gets back to full guard.
Maggio controls Hanzo momentarily but Hanzo frees himself.
Hanzo stopping the sweep attempt from Maggio.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maggio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hanzo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Maggio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hanzo takes a swing at Maggio's ribcage but misses.
Hanzo looks to clinch

and Maggio counters by clinching up.
Knees to the body from Maggio.

Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hanzo wants to clinch

and Maggio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maggio.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Maggio to work.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maggio.
Maggio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maggio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hanzo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Hanzo's ribcage.
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maggio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maggio landing knees to the body.
Hanzo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Maggio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maggio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hanzo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hanzo trying to control the position but instead, Maggio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hanzo into the cage.
Hanzo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maggio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hanzo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maggio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hanzo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maggio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hanzo blocks it with crossed arms.
Maggio blocks the elbow strike.

Hanzo lands a takedown into guard.
Maggio trying to control the position.
Hanzo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maggio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hanzo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Maggio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hanzo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maggio keeping moving, preventing Hanzo from controlling successfully.
Maggio wants to stand but Hanzo is controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hanzo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Maggio lands a glancing blow to the side of Hanzo's head.
Maggio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Hanzo misses.
Maggio tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hanzo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maggio bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maggio moves away.

Hanzo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Maggio, pushing him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Come on Maggio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hanzo is working for takedown but Maggio is calmly controlling the position for now.
Maggio working Hanzo over with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maggio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hanzo's defenses.
Maggio stalling the fight.
Hanzo lands with a left to the head.
Maggio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanzo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Hanzo's ribcage.

Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maggio lands with a kick to the temple. Hanzo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Maggio doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanzo circles away.
Tony Maggio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maggio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hanzo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maggio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maggio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hanzo fails to land the takedown.
Kato Hanzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kato Hanzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maggio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hanzo shoots in for a double leg but Maggio sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hanzo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Maggio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hanzo.
Tony Maggio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hanzo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maggio can pounce on him.
Maggio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hanzo takes a step back to recover.
Maggio throws a front kick that sends Hanzo stumbling back into the cage.
Maggio lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hanzo will feel that in the morning.
Maggio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Maggio feints and then cracks Hanzo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanzo down.
Hanzo looks to land a right hand but Maggio moved out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Maggio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Maggio winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Maggio!