PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nasir Malikai (ranked 2385 p4p, 3341 weight class) and Papi Chichilla (ranked 306 p4p, 401 weight class). Malikai comes to the cage accompanied by Huka Blues. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Malikai
vs
Chichilla

186 cm
18
170
2 - 1 - 0

169 cm
20
163
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nasir Malikai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Papi Chichilla!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chichilla tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Malikai throws a hook to the side of Chichilla's head but Chichilla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chichilla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Malikai thumps Chichilla with a low kick.
Chichilla dips to his left and cracks Malikai with an uppercut!
A combination from Malikai does no damage.
Malikai throws an off balance right hand
and Chichilla counters with a straight right hand.
Malikai throws a series of punches but Chichilla moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Malikai misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Chichilla on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chichilla scores with a head kick.
Malikai looks to land a left hand but Chichilla moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chichilla! But no joy.
Malikai fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chichilla checks it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chichilla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malikai.
Chichilla misses with an uppercut.
Malikai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chichilla backs up against the cage.
Malikai moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Malikai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Malikai seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Chichilla throws a nice looking combination but Malikai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malikai lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malikai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chichilla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malikai misses with a looping left.
Nasir Malikai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chichilla. That's going to slow Malikai down.
Malikai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Malikai attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Malikai connects with a body shot that sends Chichilla's belly button to the back.
Chichilla misses with a lunging right hand
and Malikai counters with an inside leg kick.
Chichilla throws a hook but Malikai avoids it easily.
Malikai lands an overhand right.
Malikai tries a low kick but Chichilla avoids it.
Donk. Malikai catches Chichilla right on the button with a cross.
Chichilla tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Malikai throws a low kick but Chichilla avoids it.
Malikai takes a swing at Chichilla's ribcage but misses.
Malikai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malikai lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Chichilla tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Malikai as he connects with a hook.
Malikai tests Chichilla's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sloppy strikes from Malikai. Those never looked like landing.
Malikai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chichilla.
Malikai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chichilla is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Malikai with a body shot.
Malikai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chichilla misses with a body shot.
Chichilla blocks a jab.
Malikai throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chichilla counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Malikai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chichilla takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Chichilla misses with a looping right.
Malikai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malikai scores with a one two! Chichilla had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Papi Chichilla has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malikai swings widly with a right hand
and Chichilla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chichilla on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chichilla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chichilla steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Malikai.
Chichilla misses with a body shot.
Malikai shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chichilla eats them both and turns towards Malikai to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Chichilla smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Chichilla throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Malikai throwing a counter right hand but Chichilla manages to avoid it.
Malikai lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chichilla takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malikai throws a lazy right hand but Chichilla sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Malikai displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Chichilla gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Malikai is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Malikai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chichilla manages to avoid it.
Malikai avoids a kick to the body.
Chichilla misses with a hook.
Malikai misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Chichilla checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Malikai lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Chichilla drops his hands momentarily and Malikai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Malikai connects with a body shot.
Malikai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chichilla counters with a nice body shot.
A nice combination there by Malikai.
Malikai lands with a straight right. Chichilla didn't see that one coming.
Chichilla ducks under a wild hook from Malikai.
Malikai is working the combinations to good effect here.
Chichilla lands a lovely overhand right.
Chichilla swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chichilla jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malikai went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Malikai is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chichilla throws a hook but Malikai avoids it easily.
Chichilla throws a jab but it's blocked by Malikai.
Malikai throws a shot from downtown. Chichilla moves away and avoids it.
Chichilla swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chichilla misses with a looping right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nasir Malikai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Papi Chichilla's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Chichilla. Malikai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chichilla takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nasir Malikai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malikai misses with a two punch combination.
Malikai lands a leg kick that knocks Chichilla off balance momentarily.
Malikai throws a chopping leg kick but Chichilla manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Malikai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chichilla circles away quickly and effectively.
Chichilla throws a looping overhand right but Malikai ducks down to avoid it.
Nasir Malikai is winning the standup battle so far.
Chichilla gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Malikai slips under a jab.
Chichilla tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malikai was well out of range. Poor timing from Chichilla.
Chichilla on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chichilla slips a jab from Malikai.
Chichilla throws a counter combo.
Malikai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chichilla can do to turn this around?
Chichilla is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Malikai paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chichilla connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malikai swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chichilla.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chichilla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malikai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malikai slips a straight right by Chichilla.
Malikai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Malikai connects with an inside leg kick.
Chichilla misses with a body shot.
Malikai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chichilla.
Chichilla lands a nice looking body shot.
Malikai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chichilla circles away quickly and effectively.
Chichilla doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chichilla looks to score with a jab to the body but Malikai is just out of range.
Malikai paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chichilla throws a hook to the side of Malikai's head but Malikai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malikai went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Malikai throws an overhand right that lands on Chichilla's shoulder, as Chichilla tries to avoid the shot.
Chichilla feints a counter leg kick.
Malikai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chichilla was well out of range. Poor timing from Malikai.
Malikai throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Malikai lands a really nice looking cross but Chichilla seems unphased.
Malikai fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chichilla is out of range.
Chichilla has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malikai slips under a jab.
Malikai is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chichilla moves out of range of the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malikai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chichilla.
Chichilla blocks a jab.
Chichilla swings away with a body shot that misses
and Chichilla takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chichilla loads up on a big right hand but Malikai slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Malikai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Malikai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Malikai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chichilla.
Chichilla swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chichilla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Malikai. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Malikai.
Chichilla scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Malikai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malikai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malikai misses with a two punch combination.
Malikai throws a hook to the side of Chichilla's head but Chichilla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malikai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chichilla circles away quickly and effectively.
Chichilla scores with a nice head shot.
A big right from Malikai misses.
Malikai defending well as Chichilla loads up on a big left hand.
Chichilla throws a shot to the body.
Malikai misses with a looping left.
Chichilla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Malikai tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Malikai fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chichilla checks it well.
Chichilla takes a swing at Malikai's ribcage but misses.
Chichilla throws a right and a left that Malikai avoids nicely.
Malikai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chichilla.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malikai throws a hook but Chichilla avoids it easily.
Chichilla misses with a shot to the body
enabling Malikai to counter with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Malikai. Those never looked like landing.
Chichilla misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malikai looks to score with a jab to the body but Chichilla is just out of range.
Chichilla throws a right hand that misses
and Malikai counters with a slapping leg kick.
Malikai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Malikai slips under a jab.
Chichilla gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Malikai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chichilla misses the shot to the body.
Malikai throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Chichilla misses.
Chichilla throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Malikai counters with a series of strikes. Chichilla will be more careful next time no doubt.
Malikai slips under a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nasir Malikai dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Papi Chichilla's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Chichilla takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Malikai misses with a few strikes there.
Chichilla lands a lovely overhand right.
Chichilla throws the left hand but Malikai avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Malikai misses the target.
Malikai connects with a single shot there.
Malikai's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chichilla under the eye.
Chichilla cracks Malikai with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Malikai slips under a jab.
Malikai keeps the fight on the outside.
Chichilla takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Malikai misses with a hook. Chichilla ducked under it nicely.
Chichilla closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chichilla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malikai.
Malikai tests Chichilla's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Chichilla does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malikai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malikai throws a right hand that misses
and Malikai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chichilla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malikai moves away.
Danga de danga de dang - Malikai scores with a four punch combination!
Malikai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chichilla takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circling - Chichilla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chichilla staying out of range there.
Malikai misses with a hook.
Chichilla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Malikai has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chichilla finds it's way round the side to connect with Malikai's head.
Malikai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chichilla scores with a jab to the head.

Malikai is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malikai throws an overhand right that lands on Chichilla's shoulder, as Chichilla tries to avoid the shot.
Nasir Malikai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oh Malikai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chichilla looks to throw the jab but Malikai is out of range.
Malikai lands with a right hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Chichilla might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Malikai has got the better of the exchanges.
The fighters circling - Malikai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malikai seems to have got his legs back now.
Malikai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Chichilla. Those never looked like landing.
Malikai misses with a wild body shot.
Malikai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chichilla blocks a low kick nicely.
Malikai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Malikai misses with a double jab
and Chichilla counters with an outside leg kick.
Malikai defending well as Chichilla loads up on a big left hand.
Malikai thuds his right hand into Chichilla's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A solid leg kick lands there for Malikai.
Chichilla throws a hook but Malikai avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malikai defending well as Chichilla loads up on a big left hand.
Chichilla takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Chichilla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chichilla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malikai throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Chichilla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malikai.
Papi Chichilla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chichilla loads up on a big right hand but Malikai slips the punch.
Sloppy strikes from Chichilla. Those never looked like landing.
Malikai tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chichilla is able to avoid easily.
Chichilla connects with a solid leg kick.
Chichilla listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chichilla swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Malikai counters with a straight right hand.
Chichilla on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Malikai. Malikai obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chichilla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Malikai clobbers Chichilla with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Malikai throws a series of punches but Chichilla moves out of range.
Malikai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malikai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chichillas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Malikai connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Malikai lands a right hook to the body.
Chichilla dodges the punch combination from Malikai.
Chichilla gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab from Chichilla misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nasir Malikai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Malikai 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nasir Malikai!
During a confident post fight interview, Nasir Malikai thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.