PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abdullah Maleh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dewayne Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jennings has chosen Step Out (by Benny Page) as his entrance music. Dewayne Jennings has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Abdullah Maleh's chin.

Maleh
vs
Jennings

177 cm
28
180 lbs
13 - 3 - 1

183 cm
25
183 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 13 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abdullah Maleh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dewayne Jennings!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maleh tries to clinch but Jennings is having none of it.
Maleh swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jennings is looking to clinch.
Maleh misses with a series of wild punches.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Maleh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jennings paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maleh loads up on a big right hand but Jennings slips the punch.
Jennings showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maleh.
Jennings lands a nice shot that snaps Maleh's head back.
Maleh lands with a slapping head kick.
Jennings throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jennings tries to clinch but Maleh moves out of range.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Maleh circles away and keeps his distance.
Jennings throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maleh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maleh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jennings was well out of range. Poor timing from Maleh.
Maleh is looking to clinch but Jennings is avoiding it.
Maleh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jennings is looking to clinch.
Maleh misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings ducks under a wild hook from Maleh.
Maleh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jennings.
Jennings swats away the attempt to clinch by Maleh.
Jennings connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dewayne Jennings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Jennings.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maleh.
Jennings avoids the head kick by Maleh.
Maleh lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jennings will feel that in the morning.
Jennings avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jennings throws a solid leg kick but Maleh takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jennings.
Jennings lands a jab to the head.
Jennings avoids a kick to the body.
Maleh fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jennings.
Nice shot lands for Jennings.
Jennings throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maleh trying to control the position but instead, Jennings has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maleh into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jennings.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maleh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Jennings.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jennings.
Maleh is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maleh working aggressively here.
Jennings tries to stall but Maleh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jennings takes a shot to the head.
Maleh has a couple of punches blocked by Jennings.
Jennings missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maleh.
Jennings avoiding damage as Maleh throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Maleh.
Maleh letting Jennings take a breather here.
Jennings lands a nice knee to the body.
Maleh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maleh managing to block the knees to the body from Jennings.
Jennings is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jennings leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jennings's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jennings tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Maleh.
A short body shot lands from Jennings as the two fighters clinch.
Jennings tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maleh avoids it.
Jennings lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jennings lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings tries to land knees in the clinch but Maleh avoids the damage to the body.
Jennings is looking to control Maleh's arms but Maleh gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jennings has his back to the cage.
Maleh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Jennings.
Jennings tries to land knees in the clinch but Maleh avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Maleh.
Maleh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jennings.
Jennings is working Maleh over against the cage.
Jennings scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jennings trying to control the position but instead, Maleh has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jennings into the cage.
Jennings lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maleh.
Maleh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jennings misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jennings fails to land.
Jennings managing to block the knees to the body from Maleh.
Jennings tries to throw a body punch but Maleh avoids it by throwing Jennings back against the cage.
Jennings misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maleh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maleh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jennings lands a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Jennings as the two fighters clinch.
Jennings leaning his opponent against the cage.
Maleh can't find room to land a body shot as Jennings controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maleh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jennings slowing the pace effectively.
Maleh dodges an elbow strike from Jennings.
Jennings stalling.
Jennings scores with a shoulder strike.
Maleh lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Maleh fails to land.
Maleh swings wildly with an uppercut but Jennings uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jennings looking to slow down the pace here.
Jennings digs a right hand into Maleh's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maleh's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Jennings.
Jennings is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maleh is keeping busy.
Jennings effectively controlling the action here.
Maleh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maleh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jennings blocks it with crossed arms.
Jennings stalling in the clinch.
Jennings throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maleh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jenningss head.
A hook to the body from Jennings.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dewayne Jennings dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jennings feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maleh's calf.
Jennings lands a nice hook to Maleh's body. Maleh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jennings connects with a solid leg kick.
Maleh wants to clinch up but Jennings keeps it at a distance.
Jennings is looking to clinch but Maleh is avoiding it.
Jennings on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jennings tries to clinch but Maleh moves out of range.
Maleh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jennings throws a nice looking combination but Maleh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maleh misses with a head kick.
Maleh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jennings scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maleh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jennings tries to clinch but Maleh moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maleh throws a sloppy head kick and Jennings moves out of range easily.
Maleh is looking to clinch but Jennings is avoiding it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jennings, right into the meat.
Maleh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jennings changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jennings rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maleh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jennings gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jennings is working Maleh over against the cage.
Maleh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Jennings.
Jennings pressing his opponent against the cage.
A body shot lands from Jennings.
Jennings missing with knees to the body.
Jennings tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maleh avoids it.
Maleh misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Jennings.
Jennings throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jennings is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maleh is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Jennings.
Maleh avoiding damage as Jennings throws knees to the body.
Jennings throws a head punch that misses.
Jennings lands a nice knee to the body.
Jennings stalling against the cage.
Jennings working Maleh over with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jennings works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jennings softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jennings is pushing Maleh up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jennings tries to land knees in the clinch but Maleh avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jennings's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maleh lands a left hand.
Dewayne Jennings seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maleh crunches a lovely knee into Jennings's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Jennings.
Maleh trying to land knees to the body.
Maleh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maleh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jennings pushes Maleh back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jennings scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jennings creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jennings scores a nice knee to the body.
Jennings throws an elbow that misses.
Maleh throws a head punch that misses.
Maleh trying to stall but Jennings improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Jennings.
Maleh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Jennings.
The referee calls for Jennings to work.
Jennings throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maleh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jennings avoids it.
Jennings stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jennings obliges.
A right handed body shot lands from Jennings.
Jennings lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jennings working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jennings works on Maleh's body with a couple of short punches.
Jennings presses Maleh against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jennings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jennings taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jennings lands an elbow inside that Maleh shrugs off.
Maleh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maleh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maleh managing to block the knees to the body from Jennings.
Jennings pushes off an throws an elbow but Maleh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jennings is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maleh is defending well for now.
Jennings avoids the elbow strike from Maleh, against the cage.
Jennings lands a hook that snaps the head of Maleh backwards.
Maleh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Maleh.
Come on Jennings - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice left hand lands by Maleh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jennings.
Maleh pushes Jennings back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Maleh avoiding damage as Jennings throws knees to the body.
Maleh presses Jennings against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Maleh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maleh lands an elbow inside.
Maleh blocks an elbow strike.
Jennings tries a body shot but Maleh blocks it.
Maleh misses with a knee to the head.
Jennings avoids a wild elbow strike from Maleh.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maleh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maleh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A bit of stalling here from Maleh.
Maleh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jennings in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jennings misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jennings lands a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Maleh takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jennings misses with the head strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maleh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Maleh.
Maleh scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jennings tries to land knees in the clinch but Maleh avoids the damage to the body.
Jennings lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maleh.
Jennings lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maleh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maleh.
Jennings lands a hook that snaps the head of Maleh backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dewayne Jennings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jennings stalks Maleh and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maleh's face. Maleh staggers backwards, shaken.
Maleh throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Maleh with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jennings to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick misses from Maleh.
Jennings scores with a head kick.
Jennings lands a nice shot to the body.
Maleh throws an overhand right that lands on Jennings's shoulder, as Jennings tries to avoid the shot.
Jennings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maleh manages to avoid it.
Abdullah Maleh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jennings moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice shot by Jennings.
Jennings scores with a hook.
Jennings lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Jennings has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maleh blocks the elbow strike.
Jennings lands a nice uppercut.
Maleh looking to slow down the pace here.
Jennings misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maleh.
Jennings tries to stall but Maleh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jennings tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jennings tries to land knees in the clinch but Maleh avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Maleh.
Maleh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maleh lands with a light punch inside.
Maleh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jennings.
Maleh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jennings.
Maleh throws a head punch that misses.
Jennings's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jennings trying to control the position but instead, Maleh has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jennings into the cage.
Maleh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jennings's defenses.
Maleh blocks an elbow strike from Jennings.
Maleh works on Jennings's body with a couple of short punches.
Maleh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maleh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jennings blocks an elbow strike.
Maleh lands an elbow inside that Jennings shrugs off.
Maleh pushes off an throws an elbow but Jennings leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Maleh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maleh pushes Jennings back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jennings.
A right hook to the body lands for Maleh.
Maleh managing to block the knees to the body from Jennings.
Jennings doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maleh throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maleh is trying to maintain a safe position but Jennings gets an underhook and turns Maleh into the cage.
Maleh stalls.
Jennings is trying to maintain a safe position but Maleh gets an underhook and turns Jennings into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Maleh as the two fighters clinch.
Maleh stalling.
Maleh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jennings backwards.
Maleh lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Maleh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jennings.
Abdullah Maleh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maleh scores a nice knee to the body.
Maleh managing to block the knees to the body from Jennings.
Maleh tries to land a knee to the head but Jennings blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maleh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jennings tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maleh's elbow.
Maleh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Maleh is looking to control Jennings's arms but Jennings gets an underhook and turns him. Now Maleh has his back to the cage.
Jennings works on Maleh's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Jennings.
Jennings lands a hook that snaps the head of Maleh backwards.
Jennings will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Maleh up against the cage.
Maleh presses Jennings against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dewayne Jennings is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Maleh.
Maleh lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maleh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maleh.
Maleh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maleh lands an elbow that stopped Jennings in his tracks for a moment.
Maleh trying to stall but Jennings improves his position.
Jennings tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maleh misses with an elbow strike.
Maleh manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jennings lands a body shot.
Jennings avoiding damage as Maleh throws knees to the body.
Jennings avoids the elbow strike from Maleh, against the cage.
Jennings is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jennings landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings effectively controlling the action here.
Jennings is trying to maintain a safe position but Maleh gets an underhook and turns Jennings into the cage.
Jennings is working Maleh over against the cage.
Maleh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jennings's face.
Jennings stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jennings throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maleh misses with an elbow over the top.
Jennings lands with a right to the head.
Jennings wants to stall.
Jennings blocks an elbow strike from Maleh.
Jennings tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maleh avoids it.
Jennings tries to throw a body punch but Maleh avoids it by throwing Jennings back against the cage.
Jennings is looking to control Maleh's arms but Maleh gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jennings has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Maleh fails to land.
Jennings tries a body shot but Maleh blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maleh lands an elbow just above Jennings 's eye.
Maleh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jennings is working Maleh over against the cage.
Jennings tries to land knees in the clinch but Maleh avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Jennings.
Maleh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dewayne Jennings.
Well Jennings has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dewayne Jennings!