PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between TJ Dilashaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Magamedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dilashaw
vs
Magamedov

225 cm
24
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

171 cm
24
173 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, TJ Dilashaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Douglas Magamedov!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dilashaw tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Magamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dilashaw tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Magamedov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dilashaw is looking to clinch but Magamedov is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dilashaw looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dilashaw moves to clinch but Magamedov breaks away

and Magamedov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Magamedov.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Magamedov avoiding damage as Dilashaw throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dilashaw obliges.
Dilashaw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magamedov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dilashaw using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Magamedov looks winded!
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw connects with a knee to the head.
Dilashaw lands a damaging elbow.
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Magamedov takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dilashaw lands an elbow just above Magamedov 's eye.
Dilashaw lands a nice knee to the body.
Dilashaw lands a damaging elbow.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow.
Dilashaw working Magamedov over with knees to the body.
Dilashaw gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dilashaw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands a damaging elbow.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dilashaw using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilashaw.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dilashaw throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dilashaw with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dilashaw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dilashaw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Dilashaw.
Magamedov wants a takedown but no success here.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Dilashaw lands a left hand.
Dilashaw lands an elbow just above Magamedov 's eye.
Dilashaw crunches a lovely knee into Magamedov's ribcage.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the head.
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dilashaw lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilashaw lands a nice knee to the body.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dilashaw working Magamedov over with knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside that Magamedov shrugs off.
Magamedov blocking some punches.
Dilashaw utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow.
Dilashaw lands a good knee to the midsection. Magamedov won't want to take too many of those.
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside.
Dilashaw utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the body.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dilashaw with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magamedov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dilashaw lands a good knee to the midsection. Magamedov won't want to take too many of those.
Dilashaw lands an elbow that stopped Magamedov in his tracks for a moment.
Dilashaw using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands an elbow that stopped Magamedov in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dilashaw obliges.
A knee to the head by Dilashaw.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Dilashaw lands an elbow that stopped Magamedov in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dilashaw lands an elbow just above Magamedov 's eye.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Magamedov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dilashaw gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Dilashaw dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dilashaw clinches with his opponent.
Knees to the body from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow.
Dilashaw lands a damaging elbow.
Dilashaw crunches a lovely knee into Magamedov's ribcage.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dilashaw landing knees to the body.
Dilashaw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dilashaw is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Magamedov can do to turn this around?
Magamedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Dilashaw lands an elbow that stopped Magamedov in his tracks for a moment.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dilashaw working Magamedov over with knees to the body.
Magamedov is breathing heavily.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilashaw.
Magamedov looking to slow down the pace here.
Dilashaw creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magamedov's defenses.
Dilashaw lands an elbow that stopped Magamedov in his tracks for a moment.
Magamedov wants to take the fight to the mat but Dilashaw manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dilashaw.
Dilashaw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dilashaw misses with the head strike.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Dilashaw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside.
Dilashaw creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magamedov's defenses.
Dilashaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dilashaw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magamedov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Magamedov wants to break free but Dilashaw has control.
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dilashaw lands a damaging elbow.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magamedov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands an elbow just above Magamedov 's eye.
Nice elbow from Dilashaw.
Magamedov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dilashaw lands a hook that snaps the head of Magamedov backwards.
Dilashaw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magamedov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dilashaw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magamedov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dilashaw gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the body.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilashaw.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dilashaw obliges.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dilashaw lands a damaging elbow.
Dilashaw utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dilashaw connects with a knee to the head.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Dilashaw lands a good knee to the midsection. Magamedov won't want to take too many of those.
Dilashaw utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dilashaw crunches a lovely knee into Magamedov's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dilashaw utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dilashaw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dilashaw scores with a knee to the head.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the body.
Magamedov misses with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Dilashaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dilashaw lands a nice knee to the body.
TJ Dilashaw has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw working Magamedov over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Dilashaw 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!

Magamedov circles away from the clinch attempt.
TJ Dilashaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dilashaw tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Magamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dilashaw tries to close the distance and clinch but Magamedov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dilashaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Magamedov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Magamedov throws a series of punches but Dilashaw moves out of range.

Magamedov gets tackled into the cage by Dilashaw. Dilashaw maintains the clinch.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands an elbow just above Magamedov 's eye.
Dilashaw landing knees to the head.
Dilashaw working Magamedov over with knees to the body.
Dilashaw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dilashaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside that Magamedov shrugs off.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Dilashaw using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dilashaw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside that Magamedov shrugs off.
Dilashaw lands a knee to the body.
Magamedov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dilashaw creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magamedov's defenses.
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside.
Magamedov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dilashaw blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magamedov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dilashaw misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dilashaw working Magamedov over with knees to the body.
Dilashaw connects with a nasty looking knee right to Magamedov's face.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Dilashaw lands an elbow that stopped Magamedov in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Dilashaw.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Dilashaw.
Dilashaw lands a nice knee to the body.
Dilashaw working Magamedov over with knees to the body.
Dilashaw creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magamedov's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dilashaw using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dilashaw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dilashaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Magamedov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dilashaw lands a good knee to the midsection. Magamedov won't want to take too many of those.
Dilashaw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dilashaw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dilashaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Magamedov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilashaw.
Magamedov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dilashaw pulls his leg out and moves away.
Magamedov circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dilashaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Dilashaw moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dilashaw creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magamedov's defenses.
Magamedov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dilashaw gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Dilashaw.
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside that Magamedov shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dilashaw.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dilashaw.
Magamedov blocking some punches.
Dilashaw lands a nice elbow.
Magamedov takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dilashaw lands an elbow inside that Magamedov shrugs off.
Dilashaw lands a good knee to the midsection. Magamedov won't want to take too many of those.
Douglas Magamedov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dilashaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dilashaw crunches a lovely knee into Magamedov's ribcage.

And that's the end of the fight!
TJ Dilashaw showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dilashaw 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight for TJ Dilashaw!
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for TJ Dilashaw!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for TJ Dilashaw!

TJ Dilashaw wins by unanimous decision!