PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Stark (ranked 1295 p4p, 3056 weight class) and Malik Ali (ranked 40 p4p, 127 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stark
vs
Ali

195 cm
27
215
5 - 2 - 0

176 cm
36
163
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malik Ali !
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark throws a shot to the body.
Ali lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Tony Stark has been cut.
Stark jabs at Ali 's body.
Stark misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Stark clinches up with Ali and pushes him back against the cage.
Ali stalls.
Ali blocking some punches.
Stark throws a punch but it's blocked by Ali .
Stark throws a punch but it's blocked by Ali .
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stark misses with the head strike.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Ali .
Ali blocks an uppercut.
Stark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stark managing to block the knees to the body from Ali .
Ali blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ali .
Ali lands with a light punch inside.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Ali .
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali .
Stark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ali 's elbow.
Stark scores with a hook to the body.
Stark tries to work over Ali 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ali leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Stark swings wildly with an uppercut but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
Ali working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Ali .
Ali blocks an uppercut.
Stark swings wildly with an uppercut but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark misses with the head strike.
Ali lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ali blocking some punches.
Ali blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stark throws a punch but it's blocked by Ali .
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stark.
Stark working aggressively here.
Ali blocking some punches.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Stark tries to throw a body punch but Ali avoids it by throwing Stark back against the cage.
Stark throws a head punch that misses.
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark misses with some punches.
Stark misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali .
Ali blocks an uppercut.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Stark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali .
Stark is leaning against Ali and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Stark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Stark's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ali shoots and misses
and Stark counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stark blocks a head kick by Ali .
Malik Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ali .

Ali drives through and clinches with Stark against the cage.
Nice body punch from Stark.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stark.
Ali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ali lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ali can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ali throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Starks head.
Ali tries to pull guard but Stark won't allow it.
Stark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stark backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali .
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A frustrated look appears on Ali 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ali blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.

Ali pulls guard effortlessly.
Ali is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ali throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stark on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Stark tries to get out of the position.
Ali content to control rather than advance.
Stark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ali stands up from half guard.
Ali lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Stark.
Stark rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ali counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stark connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ali has closed the distance and engaged Stark in a clinch.
Stark scores with a shot to the side of Ali 's head.

Ali manages to break the clinch.
Stark is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Ali moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malik Ali !
A relieved looking Malik Ali thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.