PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between hazem el magic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taz Fodido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taz Fodido struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

el magic
vs
Fodido

170 cm
22
160 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

175 cm
19
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, hazem el magic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Taz Fodido!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
el magic lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fodido takes a step back to recover.
Fodido tests el magic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fodido shoots in but el magic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fodido tries to clinch but el magic is having none of it.
el magic misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut lands for el magic. That snapped Fodido's head back.
Fodido slips a jab and a cross from el magic.
Fodido walks straight into a right hand from el magic - that's dropped him! el magic jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Fodido from any more punishment! Fodido complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). hazem el magic!