PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Meodread Magas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magas comes into the arena with Europe - The Final Countdown blaring out of the sound system. Reid comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Don't Save Us From The Flames kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mad Reid has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Magas
vs
Reid

182 cm
29
195 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

188 cm
25
200 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Meodread Magas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mad Reid!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid keeps the fight on the outside.
Magas throws a hook but Reid blocks it.
Magas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Reid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reid slips under a jab.
Magas misses with a hook. Reid ducked under it nicely.
Reid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Magas wants to clinch.
Magas tries to clinch but Reid moves out of range.
Magas connects with a crisp jab.
Reid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reid takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Magas does no damage.
Magas avoids the body shot from Reid.
Magas tries to clinch but Reid moves out of range.
Magas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Reid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Magas connects with a jab.
Reid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magas throws a hook but Reid blocks it.
Magas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Magas looks to score with a jab to the body but Reid is just out of range.
Magas tries to close the distance and clinch but Reid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Magas fails with the takedown.
Magas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reid looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magas lands a jab-cross combination.
Reid on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Meodread Magas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reid scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Magas doesn't seem bothered though.
Magas connects with a single shot there.
Magas wants to clinch.
Magas is looking to clinch.
Reid takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Reid cracks Magas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magas dives in and grabs Reid's left leg, looking for a takedown. Reid pushes down on Magas's head and hops out.
Magas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reid counters with a stiff right hand.
Magas dives in and grabs Reid's left leg, looking for a takedown. Reid pushes down on Magas's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Meodread Magas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left lands for Magas.
Reid throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Magas.
Magas lands a body shot.
Magas moves in looking to clinch but Reid pushes him off.
Magas looks for a takedown but Reid sprawls well.
A punch combination from Reid misses.
Reid slips a straight right by Magas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Magas clinches.
Magas tries to work over Reid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magas.
Reid misses with a body punch.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but Magas has him pressed against the cage.
Reid misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Magas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reid scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magas.
Magas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reid's elbow.
Magas misses with a punch to the body.

Magas gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Magas wants to control from the top but Reid keeps moving.
Magas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reid keeping full guard, as Magas tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meodread Magas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Magas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reid has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Magas finds it's way round the side to connect with Reid's head.
Magas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reid's waist but Reid gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Magas off to one side.
Magas scores with a jab. Reid acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Magas is looking to clinch.
Magas misses with a wild body shot.
Magas missing with a left hand there. Reid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Magas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Magas closes the distance and pushes Reid back into the cage.
Reid's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Magas goes for a takedown attempt but Reid pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reid walks into a left hand.
Meodread Magas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Meodread Magas has been cut.
Danga de danga de dang - Magas scores with a four punch combination!

Reid is rocked!

It looks like Mad Reid has been cut.
Magas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reid pinned against the cage. Reid gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Meodread Magas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reid circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Magas stuns Reid with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mad Reid is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Magas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reid paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magas thows a body shot but no joy.

Magas clinches up against the cage.
Magas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Magas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Magas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
Reid is looking to break free of the clinch but Magas has double underhooks.
Magas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
Reid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Magas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reid is trying to break free.
Magas lands a shot to the body.
Magas lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Magas is trying to trip Reid. He has hold of a leg but Reid is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Magas persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Reid not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Magas stopping the sweep attempt from Reid.
Magas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Magas postures up in Reid's guard and throws a big left but Reid blocks it.
Reid is trying to control the position but Magas postures up.
Magas lands a couple of elbows.
Magas stands up over Reid, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Magas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reid can do to turn this around?
Magas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Magas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Magas controlling from the top position.
Reid working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Magas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magas lands a couple of digs.
Magas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Magas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reid works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Magas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Magas trying to control the position from guard on top but Reid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magas pushes down on Reid's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magas trying to control from half guard but Reid is working away.
Magas prevents Reid from improving his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reid wants to get back to full guard but Magas has passed into side control.
Reid taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meodread Magas dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Magas stuns Reid with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Magas lands a head shot.

Magas clinches with his opponent.
Magas pushes Reid back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reid wants to break free but Magas has control.
Magas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reid's elbow.
Magas digs a right hand underneath Reid's ribcage. Reid let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magas is leaning against Reid and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Magas on the inside.
A hook to the body from Magas.
Good body shot from Magas.
Magas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Reid pulls his leg out and moves away.
Magas throws a nice looking combination but Reid bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Magas with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Reid avoids it really well and circles away.
No joy there for Magas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Magas forces Reid back against the cage and clinches.
Magas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reid struggles to land a body shot inside as Magas controls his hands.
Magas keeps control of Reid as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Magas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Magas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Magas cracks Reid with a nice body shot.

Magas has hold of one of Reid's legs. Reid is fighting the takedown attempt but Magas gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Reid working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Magas.
Magas postures up and lands a big shot to Reid's brow.
Mad Reid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid keeping moving, preventing Magas from controlling successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reid preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reid keeping moving, preventing Magas from controlling successfully.
Magas lands a couple of elbows.
Magas trying to control but Reid is working from the bottom.
Meodread Magas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Magas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Magas trying to control the position from guard on top but Reid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reid working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Magas.
Reid is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reid avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Magas controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Magas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reid works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Magas stands up over Reid, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magas cracks Reid with a solid left hand.
Reid really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Magas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Magas passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Reid can do anything to dispel that myth.
Magas is looking to take a break and control but Reid is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reid takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Magas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magas landing strikes.
Reid is still in real trouble! Can Magas finish him?
Magas working the body and head with strikes.
Magas advances to mount.
Reid takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Magas's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Meodread Magas!