PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio comes to the cage accompanied by Speak Softly Love. Davis has chosen House of Pain - Jump Around as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maggio
vs
Davis

175 cm
24
183 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
173 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Maggio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Davis!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis throws out a powerful jab.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis misses with a body kick.
Davis lands with a nice combination. Maggio backs away looking to recover.
A head kick misses from Maggio.

Maggio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Maggio slows down the pace here.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Marcus Davis has been cut.
Maggio misses with an elbow over the top.
Maggio has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maggio tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Maggio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio misses with a knee strike.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.
Maggio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maggio controlling the action here for a moment.

Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maggio swinging wildly here.
Davis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Maggio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davis counters with a left and a right that stings Maggio.
Maggio lands with a kick to the ribs.
Davis misses with a double jab
and Maggio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Davis is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maggio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Maggio moves into the clinch successfully.
Maggio prevents Davis from breaking the clinch.
Maggio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davis is defending well for now.
Maggio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Davis avoiding damage as Maggio throws knees to the body.

Maggio breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maggio slaps away a takedown attempt from Davis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Maggio tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maggio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Maggio forces Davis back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maggio tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Maggio trying to land knees to the body.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Davis being controlled against the cage.
Maggio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Maggio breaks from the clinch.
Davis takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Maggio as he avoids it easily.
Davis looks gassed!
Maggio doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maggio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt.
Tony Maggio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Davis.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maggio tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Davis counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Maggio!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis tries to control but Maggio wriggling away.
You get the feeling that Maggio really doesn't like being in this position too much.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maggio is in all sorts of trouble here.

Davis is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Maggio can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Davis tries to control but Maggio wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Maggio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Davis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Maggio rushes Davis and presses him up against the cage.
Maggio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Maggio avoiding damage.
Maggio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davis's efforts to push away.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.

Maggio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Maggio rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maggio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Maggio.
Maggio misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio prevents Davis from breaking the clinch.
Maggio tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Maggio with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Maggio wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Maggio throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maggio.
Maggio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maggio slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maggio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A nice combination there by Maggio.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maggio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws out a powerful jab.
Horrible takedown by Davis or perhaps it was just good defense by Maggio which made him look bad.
Maggio scores with a leg kick.
Maggio swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Maggio lands a head kick!
Maggio throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Tony Maggio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maggio throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
Maggio is looking to clinch.
Tony Maggio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Maggio sprawls well. Maggio wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Davis takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio throws a head kick that misses.
Maggio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maggio circles away quickly and effectively.
Maggio misses with a head kick.
Tony Maggio is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Maggio counters with a low kick, right behind Davis 's knee.
Tony Maggio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Davis.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Maggio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maggio tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maggio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maggio tries to clinch up
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Maggio lands with a kick to the temple. Davis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maggio.
Good leg kick by Maggio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Maggio tries a head kick but it misses.

Maggio clinches with his opponent.
Maggio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Maggio lands a good knee to the midsection. Davis won't want to take too many of those.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maggio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maggio has him pressed against the cage.
Maggio'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.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Maggio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Davis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Davis lands a right hook to the body.

Maggio has managed to clinch.
Maggio looking to stall.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
Maggio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maggio tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maggio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maggio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maggio tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maggio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis blocks a head kick by Maggio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands an overhand right.

Davis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Maggio!
Maggio wants to control but Davis is having none of it.
Maggio takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maggio is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maggio is working to get back to half guard.
Davis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Maggio because Davis loaded up on that one.
Davis throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Maggio blocking the ground and pound.
Maggio is working to get back to half guard.
Davis tries to control but Maggio wriggling away.
Maggio taking shots to the head.
Davis working the ground and pound effectively.
Davis prevents Maggio from getting the reversal.
Davis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maggio is squirming around, avoiding Davis's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davis with a couple of short strikes.
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Davis working for a submission but Maggio is keeping him at bay.
Maggio wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Maggio is desperately trying to improve his position but Davis has a good base and remains in mount.
Davis wants to control the action but instead Maggio gets a body lock and reverses into Davis's guard! Nice work!
Marcus Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis wants to stand but Maggio is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Davis kicks Maggio off and gets to his feet.
Tony Maggio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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

Maggio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.
Maggio displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Maggio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maggio has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

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