PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jadimbu Muliva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alister The Demon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muliva comes to the cage accompanied by In Flames - The Quiet Place. The Demon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Demon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alister The Demon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jadimbu Muliva's chin.

Muliva
vs
The Demon

178 cm
24
217 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
25
218 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jadimbu Muliva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alister The Demon!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muliva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Demon.
The Demon slips a jab and a cross from Muliva.

Muliva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The Demon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Muliva.
The Demon punching from the bottom.
The Demon is pressing down on Muliva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The Demon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The Demon working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Muliva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Muliva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

The Demon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Muliva works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The Demon is not content to let Muliva control the position.
Muliva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Demon defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Muliva.
Muliva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The Demon trying to control from the bottom.
Muliva wants to control but The Demon is keeping him busy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The Demon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muliva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muliva loads up on a big right hand but The Demon slips the punch.
The Demon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The Demon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Muliva throws a looping overhand right but The Demon ducks down to avoid it.
The Demon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Muliva lands with a shot to the body.
The Demon throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Demon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Muliva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. The Demon is trying to defend but Muliva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The Demon manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Demon keeping full guard, as Muliva tries to pass.

The Demon looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

The Demon had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Muliva defends it easily.

The Demon looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Muliva trying to control but The Demon is working from the bottom.
Muliva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muliva trying to control but The Demon is working from the bottom.
Muliva is really struggling to control The Demon but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The Demon is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Muliva is aware though and is defending well.
Muliva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Demon keeping moving, preventing Muliva from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jadimbu Muliva.
Muliva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Demon throws a hook but Muliva blocks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Demon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Muliva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Muliva throws a looping overhand right but The Demon ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Muliva misses.
Muliva misses with a takedown attempt - The Demon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Muliva slips under a jab from The Demon.
The Demon is looking to slow Muliva down with leg kicks.
Muliva shoots in and drives through. The Demon sprawls well.

The Demon pushes Muliva up against the cage in a clinch.
The Demon lands a nice shot to the body.
Muliva is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, The Demon scores with a nice short uppercut.

Muliva pulls guard successfully.
Muliva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Muliva keeping moving, preventing The Demon from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alister The Demon dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Muliva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Demon circles away quickly and effectively.
Muliva takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Muliva misses.
Jadimbu Muliva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muliva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Demon circles away quickly and effectively.
Muliva misses with an uppercut. The Demon saw that one coming.
Muliva throws a lazy right hand but The Demon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Demon tries a head kick but it misses.
Muliva throws a hook but The Demon blocks it.
Muliva looks for a takedown but The Demon sprawls well.
Muliva scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muliva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Demon pinned against the cage. The Demon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Muliva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps The Demon's head backwards.

The Demon scores a takedown into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon controlling from the full mount.

The Demon wants to finish this one by submission but Muliva is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from The Demon.
The Demon looking to control and managing it successfully.
The Demon with a couple of short strikes.
Muliva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The Demon looking to control but Muliva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muliva is trying desperately to improve position.
The Demon lands a big elbow.
The Demon is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Muliva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The Demon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The Demon breaks from Muliva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Muliva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Muliva is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Demon unloading with bombs!
The Demon lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Muliva hang on?
The Demon raining down shots from the mount!
The Demon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Alister The Demon has got the better of the ground game so far.
Muliva is looking to get to half guard.
The Demon looking to control but Muliva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The Demon landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Demon scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Muliva?
Muliva wants to hold on but The Demon pushes him away.
Muliva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
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!
The Demon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Demon has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Muliva's face.
Muliva is in a horrible position here. The Demon smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The Demon looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muliva can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alister The Demon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Muliva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Demon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Muliva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice takedown defense from The Demon. No joy for Muliva on that attempt.
The Demon slips a jab and a cross from Muliva.

The Demon rushes Muliva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Demon scores with a shot to the side of Muliva's head.
Muliva goes for a takedown attempt but The Demon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jadimbu Muliva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muliva misses with a takedown
letting The Demon counter with a right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Demon.
Jadimbu Muliva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The Demon gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Muliva to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Muliva got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Demon has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Muliva has managed to get both his arms back between The Demon's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Muliva drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and The Demon dives on top into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with The Demon in particular looking to stall.
Muliva tries to regain full guard. Instead though, The Demon has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Muliva is wriggling around trying to escape.
The Demon working the ground and pound effectively.

Muliva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from The Demon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muliva wants to control but The Demon is having none of it.
The Demon is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The Demon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Demon scoring with strikes but Muliva is staying in there.
The Demon trying to control but Muliva is having none of it.
The referee warns Muliva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
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!
The Demon with good strikes from the mount here!
Jadimbu Muliva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Demon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Muliva is looking to escape.
The Demon postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Muliva bigstyle! Two more strikes land for The Demon and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alister The Demon!