PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikola Kechman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Maggio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Speak Softly Love. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maggio
vs
Kechman

175 cm
28
183 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

180 cm
19
174 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 13 - 8 - 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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikola Kechman!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maggio drives through and clinches with Kechman against the cage.

Maggio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maggio misses with a head kick.
Maggio moves out of range of the strikes.
Maggio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Maggio throws a half hearted mid kick.

Kechman tries to keep at a distance but Maggio has taken the fight into the clinch.

Maggio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kechman looks to clinch
and Maggio counters with a body kick.
Kechman misses with a looping left.
Kechman throws a lazy head kick
and Maggio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maggio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Maggio has Kechman up against the cage in a clinch.
Kechman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maggio just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maggio lands a nice elbow.
Maggio leaning his opponent against the cage.
Maggio managing to block the knees to the body from Kechman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kechman missing with knees to the body.
Kechman wants to get back to striking at distance but Maggio won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maggio.
Maggio dodges an elbow strike from Kechman.
Maggio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kechman's face.
Kechman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kechman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Maggio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kechman misses with some punches.

Maggio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kechman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tony Maggio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maggio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Maggio has managed to clinch.
Maggio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kechman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maggio is defending well for now.
Kechman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maggio with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Maggio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maggio tries to land a front kick but Kechman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A big right from Maggio misses.
Maggio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maggio throws a wild body kick that Kechman sees coming a mile off.
Kechman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maggio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maggio tries a head kick but it misses.
Kechman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maggio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tony Maggio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kechman takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kechman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maggio counters with a good, hard body kick but Kechman shrugs it off.
Maggio moves away from the strike by Kechman.
Maggio cracks Kechman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maggio is looking to land body kicks.
Maggio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maggio throws a wild body kick that Kechman sees coming a mile off.
Kechman takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kechman tries to close the distance and clinch but Maggio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Maggio - that will leave a mark!
Maggio misses with a straight left.
Maggio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kechman on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kechman tries to land a front kick but Maggio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Maggio rushes Kechman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maggio blocks an elbow strike from Kechman.
Maggio stalling in the clinch.

Maggio manages to break the clinch.
Maggio tries to score with a low kick but Kechman moves his leg out of the way.
Maggio ducks under a wild hook from Kechman.
Kechman moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maggio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Maggio connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Maggio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick by Kechman misses
letting Maggio counter with a right hand.

Maggio drives through and clinches with Kechman against the cage.
Maggio has Kechman pushed against the cage.
Kechman misses with a knee to the head.
Maggio misses with a knee strike.

Maggio breaks the clinch.
Kechman checks a low kick from Maggio.
Maggio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kechman's head backwards.
Maggio throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kechman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maggio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maggio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kechman throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Maggio dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kechman misses with a body punch
and Maggio counters with a body kick that stops Kechman in his tracks momentarily.
Kechman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Maggio makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Maggio throws a quick inside leg kick.
Maggio lands with a straight right. Kechman didn't see that one coming.
Maggio throws a head kick that half lands.
Kechman lands a nice hook to Maggio's body. Maggio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kechman has his takedown stuffed
and Maggio counters with a nice body kick.
Maggio feints and then cracks Kechman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kechman down.
Nice shot lands for Maggio.

Maggio rushes Kechman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Maggio breaks the clinch.
Maggio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio misses with a looping right.
Maggio looks to throw a body kick
and Kechman counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maggio's knee momentarily.

Maggio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kechman tries to stall but Maggio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kechman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Maggio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Maggio breaks from the clinch.
Kechman tries to clinch but Maggio moves away

and Maggio counters by clinching up.
Kechman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maggio blocks it with crossed arms.
Maggio is pushing Kechman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Maggio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maggio misses with a knee strike.
Kechman takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Maggio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kechman's brow.
Kechman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kechman is working for takedown but Maggio is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tony Maggio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikola Kechman.
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maggio obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maggio has Kechman pressed against the cage.
Kechman tries to pull guard but Maggio holds him up against the cage and eventually Kechman drops back down to his feet.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maggio obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maggio obliges.
Kechman misses with a knee strike.
Kechman takes a shot to the head.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.
Kechman wants to stall.
Kechman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maggio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.
Kechman is trying to force a seperation but Maggio has the dominant position.
Maggio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kechman blocks it with crossed arms.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but Kechman blocks it.
Kechman trying to land knees to the body.
Maggio looking to throw knees to the head but Kechman is blocking nicely.
Kechman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maggio looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kechman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Maggio misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kechman tries to land a knee to the head but Maggio blocks with his arms.
Maggio misses with a knee to the head.
Maggio prevents a body shot from Kechman.
Kechman looking for a takedown.
Kechman lands an elbow just above Maggio 's eye.
Kechman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kechman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kechman tries to land knees in the clinch but Maggio avoids the damage to the body.
Maggio lands a nice uppercut.
Kechman throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Maggio.
Stalling in the clinch from Maggio.
Kechman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maggio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kechman has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Maggio.
Kechman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maggio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maggio stalling.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maggio.
Kechman lands a nice elbow.
Kechman is trying to maintain a safe position but Maggio gets an underhook and turns Kechman into the cage.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kechman avoids it.
Kechman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maggio lands a left hand.
Kechman changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Maggio fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kechman throws a left and a right that both miss

and Maggio counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kechman has had enough of the clinch but Maggio keeps him there for the moment.
Kechman trying to land knees to the body.

Maggio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maggio connects with an inside leg kick.

Maggio drives through and clinches with Kechman against the cage.
Kechman lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kechman throws an elbow but misses.
Maggio avoiding damage.

Kechman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maggio looks to land a left hand but Kechman moved out of range nicely.
Maggio throws a head kick but Kechman moves out of range.
Maggio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kechman.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kechman scores with a head kick. Maggio tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice uppercut lands for Kechman. That snapped Maggio's head back.
Tony Maggio is winning the standup battle so far.
Kechman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Maggio dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Kechman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kechman misses with a takedown attempt
and Maggio counters with a leg kick.
Maggio moves out of range of the body kick.
Maggio scores with a kick to the body.
Kechman avoids the head kick by Maggio.
A head kick by Kechman misses

and Maggio counters by clinching up.
Maggio managing to block the knees to the body from Kechman.
Maggio lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Maggio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nikola Kechman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kechman misses with a takedown
and Maggio counters with a leg kick.
Maggio tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maggio throws the kick towards the body but Kechman avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Maggio.
Maggio scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Maggio throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kechman's head.
Maggio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kechman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maggio misses with a body kick.

Maggio darts in and clinches Kechman up against the cage.
Kechman trying to stall but Maggio improves his position.
Maggio lands an elbow inside.

Maggio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kechman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A head kick by Kechman misses
and Maggio counters with an outside leg kick.
Maggio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kechman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maggio misses with a low kick.
Maggio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maggio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Maggio avoids the body shot from Kechman.
Maggio gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kechman counters with a big head kick but Maggio shrugs it off.
Kechman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maggio manages to avoid it.
Maggio misses with an attempted mid kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kechman taking a breather.
Maggio lands an elbow that stopped Kechman in his tracks for a moment.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kechman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maggio.
Maggio lands a body punch.
Maggio blocks an elbow strike.
Maggio scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kechman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maggio connects with the punch.
Kechman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kechman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maggio can pounce on him.

Maggio clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kechman struggles to land a body shot inside as Maggio controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maggio.

Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maggio misses with a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Maggio.
Kechman blocks a head kick by Maggio.
Kechman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kechman misses with a combination
and Maggio counters with a low kick, right behind Kechman 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maggio moves into the clinch.
Kechman misses with a knee strike.
Maggio misses with a knee to the head.
Maggio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kechman's face.
Kechman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maggio lands with a light punch inside.
Kechman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tony Maggio has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Maggio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maggio lands with a kick to the temple. Kechman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tony Maggio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kechman missing with a left hand there. Maggio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nikola Kechman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maggio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kechman lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kechman.

It looks like Tony Maggio has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maggio pushes Kechman away with a front kick.
Maggio throws a sloppy head kick and Kechman moves out of range easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Maggio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maggio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

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