PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Justin Magnum (ranked 2927 p4p, 142 weight class) and Trai Prugsanapan (ranked 4938 p4p, 222 weight class). Prugsanapan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sarama kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Magnum
vs
Prugsanapan

169 cm
22
136 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

170 cm
21
146 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Justin Magnum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trai Prugsanapan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prugsanapan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magnum avoids the body shot from Prugsanapan.
Prugsanapan tries to clinch up but Magnum circles away and keeps his distance.
Magnum lands a jab.
Magnum scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Magnum jabs Prugsanapan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Magnum misses with a wild body shot.
Prugsanapan is trying to counter with his kicks.
Magnum lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Magnum has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Magnum does it's job there.
Magnum throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Prugsanapan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Justin Magnum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prugsanapan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Magnum was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Magnum misses with a hook to the body
and Magnum takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prugsanapan tries to move into range but Magnum moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Magnum is looking to wear down Prugsanapan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Magnum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Prugsanapan counters with a nice uppercut.
Magnum connects with a body shot.
Magnum throws a hook to the side of Prugsanapan's head but Prugsanapan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magnum cracks a nice hook into Prugsanapan's ribs.
Magnum lands a jab to Prugsanapan's midsection.
Magnum throws a jab when Prugsanapan was well out of range.
A jab from Magnum does it's job there.
Nice jab there from Magnum.

Prugsanapan tries to keep at a distance but Magnum has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Prugsanapan throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Magnum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Magnum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Prugsanapan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Prugsanapan breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Magnum lands an impressive looking overhand right. Prugsanapan doesn't seem phased though.

Prugsanapan is rocked!
Magnum cracks Prugsanapan on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Prugsanapan falls backwards against the cage. Magnum follows up with more strikes that drop Prugsanapan to his knees. Magnum keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Prugsanapan! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Magnum!
Justin Magnum spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.