PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Bautin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abekula Malelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bautin comes to the cage accompanied by Lobotomy. Malelei is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Broken, beat & scarred - Metallica. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bautin
vs
Malelei

220 cm
22
300 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

217 cm
22
295 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergei Bautin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Abekula Malelei!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malelei 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.
Malelei takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bautin tries to work over Malelei's front leg with a kick but Malelei checks it.
Bautin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malelei moves away.
Bautin moves in looking to clinch but Malelei pushes him off.

Malelei scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Malelei in particular looking to stall.
Malelei is thwarting Bautin's attempts to control the position.
Bautin is positioning himself well to prevent Malelei advancing to mount.
Malelei tries to stand and escape but Bautin is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautin tries to roll over but Malelei keeps him under control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bautin, right into the meat.
Malelei ducks under a wild hook from Bautin.
Bautin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Malelei's hands.
Bautin slips a jab from Malelei.
Malelei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A shot to the body from Malelei misses
and Bautin counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Malelei.
Bautin lands a head shot.
Bautin ducks under a wild hook from Malelei.
Malelei thuds a left hand into Bautin's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malelei throws a nice looking combination but Bautin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malelei throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malelei throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bautin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Malelei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malelei shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bautin defends it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bautin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bautin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bautin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bautin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malelei was well out of range. Poor timing from Bautin.
Bautin throws a leg kick which misses Malelei's front leg but catches the back leg as Malelei tries to avoid it.
Bautin scores with a body shot.

Malelei shoots in and bounces Bautin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Malelei trying to control the position from guard on top but Bautin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautin wants to sweep but no luck.
Bautin has a closed guard, preventing Malelei from standing up.
Bautin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Malelei gets to his feet. Bautin looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bautin is looking to wear down Malelei with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malelei is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bautin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Abekula Malelei will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Malelei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sergei Bautin is winning the standup battle so far.
Malelei looks for a takedown but Bautin sprawls well.
Bautin scores with a body shot.
Bautin dodges the punch combination from Malelei.
Bautin misses with a body punch
enabling Malelei to counter with a crisp jab.
Bautin scores with a body shot.
Malelei misses the jab.
Malelei fails with the takedown.
Malelei swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautin stuffs the takedown.
Sergei Bautin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abekula Malelei.
No luck for Malelei with that takedown attempt.
Bautin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Malelei is breathing heavily.
Malelei misses with a combination
and Bautin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Malelei is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bautin scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bautin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Malelei's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Malelei.
Malelei misses with a combination
and Bautin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Malelei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bautin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bautin misses with a looping left.
Bautin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Malelei throws a jab but it's blocked by Bautin.
Bautin scores with a sloppy right hand. Malelei should have avoided that one.
Bautin lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bautin looks to throw the jab but Malelei is out of range.
Malelei scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bautin in his tracks.
Malelei blocks a head kick by Bautin.
Malelei has his takedown stuffed
and Bautin counters with a stiff right hand.
Bautin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bautin wants it to stay on the feet.
Malelei throws a one two combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautin throws a series of punches but Malelei avoids them all with ease.
Malelei lands with an uppercut that bounces Bautin off the cage and back into rage.
Bautin connects with a body shot that sends Malelei's belly button to the back.
Bautin misses with a looping right.
Malelei misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by Bautin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bautin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bautin jabs Malelei right on the nose. Malelei blinks but takes it well.
Bautin throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Bautin dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Malelei blocks a jab.
Malelei misses with a body shot

and Bautin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bautin.
Malelei tries to break the clinch but Bautin is controlling the position.
Malelei wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bautin is working Malelei over against the cage.
Bautin lands a knee to the body.
Bautin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bautin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Malelei backwards.

Bautin manages to break the clinch.
Bautin swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Malelei counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bautin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bautin trying to keep a closed guard but Malelei is proving a slippery customer.
Malelei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bautin looking for a sweep. Not yet Bautin, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Malelei sitting in guard here, content to control.

Bautin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Malelei defends well.
Malelei won't allow Bautin to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Malelei postures up.
Bautin wants to control the position but Malelei says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Bautin wants to get back to full guard.

Malelei stands up out of the half guard.
Malelei with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bautin counters with a nice leg kick.
Malelei connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bautin. Bautin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Malelei lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Malelei's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malelei misses with a wild combination.
Nice uppercut there from Bautin.
Bautin is looking to land body kicks.
Bautin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Malelei.

Malelei shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Malelei showed some decent athleticism there.
Bautin is trying to stand up here but Malelei is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malelei is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Malelei stands up out of the half guard.
Malelei swinging wildly here.
Malelei takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malelei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bautin.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abekula Malelei.
I think Malelei has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Abekula Malelei!