PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Sabotka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Maguire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cormac Maguire has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sabotka
vs
Maguire

179 cm
25
153 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

169 cm
21
151 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Punishment Nutrition

[MMABR]: TechNutri - Ensuring the quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Sabotka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Cormac Maguire!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabotka wants to clinch.
Maguire looks to land a combination but Sabotka avoids it well.
Maguire with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maguire lands a front kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sabotka. Maguire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sabotka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maguire throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maguire throws a lazy right hand but Sabotka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sabotka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maguire can pounce on him.
Sabotka connects with a solid leg kick.
Maguire throws a body punch but Sabotka moves out of range.
Sabotka walks into a stiff left hand from Maguire.
Jab by Maguire.
Sabotka with a hook.
Maguire takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabotka moves in looking to clinch but Maguire pushes him off.
Maguire tries to move into range but Sabotka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maguire avoids the body shot from Sabotka.
Sabotka looks to land a body kick but Maguire moved away.
Sabotka throws a body kick that misses.
Maguire takes a swing at Sabotka's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire dips to his left and cracks Sabotka with an uppercut!
Maguire throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sabotka on the side of the head.
Maguire with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maguire lands a with a good body shot.
Maguire misses with a low kick as Sabotka jumps back.
Sabotka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maguire takes a kick to the side of the head.
A shot to de liver by Maguire. Beautiful body shot.
Sabotka slips a jab and a cross from Maguire.
Sabotka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A bone on bone clash there as Sabotka blocks the leg kick.
Sabotka misses the jab.
Sabotka cracks the inside of Maguire's front leg.
A swing and a miss from Sabotka.
Sabotka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maguire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maguire misses with a few strikes there.
Maguire throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabotka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maguire catches Sabotka with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Maguire connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maguire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sabotka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maguire.
A lazy left from Maguire finds it's target.
A shot to de liver by Maguire. Beautiful body shot.
Sabotka is breathing heavily.
Maguire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A right-left combo lands from Sabotka.
Sabotka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maguire's calf.
Maguire rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sabotka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabotka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sabotka misses with a hook to the body
and Maguire counters with a series of strikes. Sabotka will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sabotka walks into a straight right hand from Maguire.
Maguire takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sabotka throws a leg kick which misses Maguire's front leg but catches the back leg as Maguire tries to avoid it.
Sabotka throws a looping overhand right but Maguire ducks down to avoid it.
Maguire walks into a jab.
Sabotka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maguire scores with a punch to the head.
Sabotka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maguire moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabotka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maguire lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Sergei Sabotka has been cut.
Sabotka misses with a shot to the body
and Maguire counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maguire is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sabotka had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Maguire connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maguire lands a nice looking body shot.
Sabotka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maguire.
Maguire looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maguire throws a right hand that Sabotka ducks under and follows up with a left that Sabotka also avoids with ease.
Maguire looks to land a combination. Sabotka sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sabotka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maguire.
Sabotka is looking to wear down Maguire with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sabotka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sabotka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maguire counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Maguire catches Sabotka with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Maguire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maguire fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maguire scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to de liver by Maguire. Beautiful body shot.
Sabotka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire works the jab nicely.
Maguire circles away from the clinch attempt
and Maguire counters with a thumping low kick.
Sabotka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maguire is working the combinations to good effect here.
Maguire throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maguire lands a really nice looking cross but Sabotka seems unphased.
Sabotka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabotka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maguire thuds his right hand into Sabotka's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sabotka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maguire scores with a jab to the head.
Sabotka misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maguire misses with a hook. Sabotka ducked under it nicely.
Maguire thumps Sabotka with a low kick.
Maguire fails to land with a series of punches.
Sabotka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maguire ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac Maguire dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergei Sabotka's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Maguire feints and then cracks Sabotka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sabotka down.
Maguire thows a body shot but no joy.
Sabotka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Maguire counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maguire with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maguire lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A shot to the body from Sabotka misses
and Maguire makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Maguire misses with a wild combination.
Sabotka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maguire misses with a jab, cross combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sabotka.
Sabotka tries to clinch up
and Maguire counters with a leg kick.
Maguire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maguire shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maguire. Sabotka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sabotka misses with a head kick.
Maguire goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Maguire lands a two punch combo.
Maguire avoids the head kick by Sabotka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Maguire connects with a body shot.
Maguire blocks the body kick.
Maguire throws a nice looking combination but Sabotka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maguire scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Maguire jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sabotka might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Sabotka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sabotka throws a body punch but Maguire moves out of range.
Sabotka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maguire stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maguire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sabotka throws out the jab.
Maguire throws a series of punches but Sabotka avoids them all with ease.
Maguire will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maguire lands a with a good body shot.
Maguire needs to keep his hands up - Sabotka had a free shot at his head there.
Maguire scores with a punch to the head.
Maguire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sabotka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Maguire scores with a four punch combination!
Maguire throws a one two combo.
Sabotka tries to clinch but Maguire moves away
and Maguire counters with a good low kick that Sabotka was not able to check.
Danga de danga de dang - Maguire scores with a four punch combination!

Sabotka is rocked!
A head kick misses from Sabotka.
Oh Sabotka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cormac Maguire is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maguire lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sabotka's sensitive parts.
Sabotka seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maguire misses with a low kick as Sabotka jumps back.
Sabotka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maguire. Maguire obviously looking to wear him down.
Maguire looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sabotka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sabotka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sabotka tries to close the distance and clinch but Maguire swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sabotka looks to throw the jab but Maguire is out of range.
Maguire lands with an overhand left.
Maguire comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Maguire punishes Sabotka's body with a nice straight punch.
Sabotka has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Maguire drops Sabotka with a big left hand! Sabotka is injured, injured bad! Maguire jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cormac Maguire!
Cormac Maguire is the new featherweight champion!