PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cohen Maloney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barca has chosen AC/DC: Hell's Bells as his entrance music. Cohen Maloney has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Maloney
vs
Barca

200 cm
22
255 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

187 cm
24
265 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cohen Maloney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Hannibal Barca!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maloney on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Cohen Maloney has been cut.
Barca misses with the combination.
Barca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maloney moves away.
Barca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maloney circles away quickly and effectively.
Barca misses with a two punch combination.
Barca throws a right hand that Maloney ducks under and follows up with a left that Maloney also avoids with ease.
Barca misses the shot to the body.
Maloney lands with a nice body kick.
Barca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maloney.
Barca looks gassed!
Maloney avoids the body shot from Barca.
Barca misses with an uppercut.
Maloney throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Maloney fails with a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maloney was well out of range. Poor timing from Barca.
Barca throws a nice looking combination but Maloney bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maloney.

Maloney darts in and clinches Barca up against the cage.
Maloney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maloney looking to throw knees to the head but Barca is blocking nicely.

Maloney manages to break the clinch.
Barca connects with a single shot there.
Maloney thuds his shin into the meat of Barca's side.
Maloney bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barca's head.
Maloney looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barca is fending him off so far but Maloney persists. Nope, Barca circles away and we're back to standing.
Barca misses with a series of wild punches.
Barca swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Maloney moves into the clinch successfully.
Maloney scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Hannibal Barca has been cut.
Maloney tries a knee to the head but Barca blocks it.
Maloney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maloney connects with a knee to the head.

Barca is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maloney looking to throw knees to the head but Barca is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maloney scores a nice knee to the body.
Maloney tries to land knees in the clinch but Barca avoids the damage to the body.

Maloney manages to break the clinch.
Hannibal Barca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maloney lands an overhand right.
Barca slaps away a takedown attempt from Maloney, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cohen Maloney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maloney wants to clinch.
Barca will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maloney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maloney moves away from the strike by Barca.
Barca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barca thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maloney moves into the clinch.
Maloney pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barca wants to stall.
Maloney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maloney has Barca pressed against the cage, preventing Barca from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maloney putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barca in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but Barca blocks with his arms.
Maloney lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maloney lands a good knee to the midsection. Barca won't want to take too many of those.
Maloney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maloney using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but Barca blocks with his arms.
Maloney throws a knee to the head but misses.

Barca breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Barca does no damage.
Barca misses with a straight right.

Maloney closes the distance and clinches.
Maloney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barca's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maloney landing knees to the body.
Maloney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maloney connects with a knee to the head.
Barca is trying to break the clinch but Maloney is controlling him.
Maloney trying to land knees to the body.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but Barca blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Maloney.

Barca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hannibal Barca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maloney has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barca is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Maloney rather than just go for the knockout.
Barca walks into a left hand.
Some wild striking there from Barca.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Maloney shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Barca is trying to defend but Maloney finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Maloney not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cohen Maloney dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Maloney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barca throws a series of punches but Maloney moves out of range.
Barca scores with a hook.
Barca throws a right hand that Maloney ducks under and follows up with a left that Maloney also avoids with ease.
Barca takes a kick to the side of the head.

Maloney has managed to clinch.
Barca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maloney prevents Barca from breaking the clinch.
Maloney with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barca is breathing heavily.
Maloney landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maloney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barca blocks it with crossed arms.
Maloney landing knees to the head.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but Barca blocks with his arms.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barca has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maloney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barca.
Barca tries to circle away but Maloney has him pinned against the cage.
Maloney unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maloney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Barca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barca throws a hook but Maloney blocks it.
Maloney lands a jab to the nose.
Barca just misses with a punch to the body.
Barca misses with a looping right.
Maloney avoids a punch combination nicely.

Maloney scores a takedown into full mount!
Maloney controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Maloney controlling the position easily from mount.
Maloney's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Maloney seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Barca for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maloney throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Barca is trying to escape the mount.
Barca holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Maloney tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Maloney landing strikes from the mount and Barca is in trouble!
Maloney fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maloney is landing with some decent strikes but Barca is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maloney punching from mount but Barca doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Maloney pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Barca in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Maloney controlling his opponent.
Maloney will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Barca is squirming around, avoiding Maloney's attempts to control the action.
Maloney putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Maloney scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barca?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maloney tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Barca is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cohen Maloney dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Barca thows a body shot but no joy.

Maloney shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Barca's guard.
Maloney wants to control from the top but Barca keeps moving.
Maloney has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barca wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Maloney manages to pass to side control.
Maloney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Maloney takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Barca takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maloney tries to pass to full mount but Barca defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maloney works his way into full mount!
Maloney controlling his opponent.
Maloney pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maloney scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barca?
Maloney has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barca's face.
Maloney controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barca somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Barca throws a big shot that misses.
Maloney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barca keeps the fight on the outside.
Barca swinging wilding here.

Maloney gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maloney scores with a knee to the head.
Maloney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barca wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maloney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maloney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barca.
Maloney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barca's face.
Barca blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barca has had enough of the clinch but Maloney keeps him there for the moment.
Maloney looking to throw knees to the head but Barca is blocking nicely.
Maloney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maloney looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barca wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maloney has him pressed against the cage.
Barca wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maloney has him pressed against the cage.
Barca looking to stall.
Barca managing to block the knees to the body from Maloney.
Maloney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Barca breaks from the clinch.
Barca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maloney circles away quickly and effectively.
Hannibal Barca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maloney shoots for a takedown but Barca saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cohen Maloney is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barca lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Barca looks to land a left hand but Maloney moved out of range nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barca avoids it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Maloney scores with a knee to the head.
Maloney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barca is defending well for now.
Maloney is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Maloney breaks the clinch.

Maloney closes the distance and pushes Barca back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cohen Maloney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maloney 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cohen Maloney!