PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Lewis (ranked 2124 p4p, 2255 weight class) and Ese Magoo (ranked 274 p4p, 289 weight class). Magoo has chosen BANKS - Warm Water (Snakehips Remix) as his entrance music. William Lewis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ese Magoo's chin.

Lewis
vs
Magoo

190 cm
26
182
5 - 5 - 0

180 cm
20
175
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ese Magoo!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magoo slips a jab from Lewis.
Magoo lands a nice shot to the body.
Lewis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Magoo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little jabbing left from Magoo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magoo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lewis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magoo moves away.
Magoo misses with a straight left.
Lewis lands an overhand right.
Nice cross by Magoo.
Magoo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like William Lewis has been cut.
Lewis is looking to clinch.
Magoo misses with a looping right.
An attempted straight right counter from Lewis misses the target.
Lewis slips under a jab.
Ese Magoo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magoo throws a good cross that connects.
Magoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Magoo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Magoo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lewis doesn't manage to clinch there - Magoo circles away.
Magoo throws out a counter right but Lewis avoids it with no problem.
Magoo looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A telegraphed right hand from Magoo misses the target.
Lewis scores with a hook.
Magoo misses with a body shot.

Magoo moves into the clinch.
Magoo blocks an uppercut.
Magoo throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magoo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Magoo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lewis blocks a body shot from Magoo.
Magoo digs a right hand underneath Lewis's ribcage. Lewis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Magoo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
Magoo works on Lewis's body with a couple of short punches.
Lewis blocks an uppercut.
Magoo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lewis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magoo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Magoo fails to land.
A short uppercut from Magoo.
Magoo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
Magoo is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Magoo.
Lewis scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Magoo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Magoo won't allow it.
A short right from Lewis.
Lewis blocks a body shot from Magoo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis tries to work over Magoo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magoo gets through Lewis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lewis takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Magoo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magoo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Magoo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lewis has been working on his balance at Elite Island Training, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Magoo.
Magoo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Lewis is rocked!
Magoo digs a right hand into Lewis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lewis's gas tank.
Oh Lewis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lewis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lewis seems to have got his legs back now.
Lewis blocks a body shot from Magoo.
Lewis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Magoo pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magoo throws a hook but Lewis avoids it easily.
Magoo scores with a shot to the body.

Magoo has closed the distance and engaged Lewis in a clinch.
Magoo throws a head punch that misses.
Magoo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magoo can't find room to land a body shot as Lewis controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Magoo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Magoo digs a right hand underneath Lewis's ribcage. Lewis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lewis is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Lewis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Magoo.
A body shot lands from Magoo.
Magoo lands with a light punch inside.
Magoo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lewis or not.
Magoo throws a punch but it's blocked by Lewis.
Magoo lands a shot to the body.
Magoo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Magoo scores with a hook to the body.
Magoo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
Magoo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lewis or not.
Magoo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magoo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Magoo lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magoo scores with a shoulder strike.
Magoo lands a left hand.
Lewis prevents a body shot from Magoo.
Magoo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lewiss head.
Magoo scores with a hook to the body.
Magoo creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Lewis's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Lewis drops to his knees and Magoo pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ese Magoo!
After the fight, Ese Magoo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.