PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malone comes to the cage accompanied by Amazing by Kanye West. Daniels has chosen King Without A Crown by Matisyahu as his entrance music. 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.

Malone
vs
Daniels

196 cm
23
308 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

195 cm
27
300 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Samuel Daniels!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone throws a poor cross that misses
and Daniels cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Antonio Malone has been cut.
Malone throws an off balance right hand
and Daniels counters with a stiff right hand.
Malone checks a leg kick nicely.
Malone lands with a cross.
Daniels avoids the body shot from Malone.
Malone listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Malone's corner calls for a 1-2. Malone obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Daniels moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Malone avoids it.
Daniels landing knees to the head.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Malone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Malone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Malone tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Malone is trying to force a seperation but Daniels has the dominant position.
Malone is looking to control Daniels's arms but Daniels gets an underhook and turns him. Now Malone has his back to the cage.
Daniels is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Malone tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Daniels just stands there and leans against the cage.
Daniels with a knee to the head.
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Antonio Malone's cut is getting worse.
A right handed body shot lands from Malone.
Daniels looking to throw knees to the head but Malone is blocking nicely.
Daniels landing knees to the body.
Malone is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Daniels obliges.
Daniels landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Malone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Malone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Daniels has Malone pressed against the cage, preventing Malone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daniels landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daniels keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malone's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Daniels obliges.
Daniels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Malone tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Daniels just stands there and leans against the cage.
Daniels scores with a knee to the head.

Antonio Malone's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daniels avoiding damage.
Daniels landing knees to the body.
Daniels landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daniels lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone letting Daniels take a breather here.
Daniels landing knees to the head.
Daniels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Daniels landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daniels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Daniels.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Malone working hard to break the clinch.
Daniels using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Malone tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Daniels has Malone pressed against the cage, preventing Malone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Malone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daniels connects with a knee to the head.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Malone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Malone can't break the clinch.
Malone can't break the clinch.
Malone can't break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Daniels.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Malone tries a body shot but Daniels blocks it.
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Malone is trying to push Daniels away but Daniels has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daniels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Malone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Malone fails to land.
Malone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Malone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daniels lands an elbow inside.
Daniels using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Malone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone is trying to break free.
Malone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Daniels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malone's defenses.
Malone is trying to break the clinch but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Malone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Malone is looking to break free of the clinch but Daniels has double underhooks.
Daniels's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Daniels as Malone tries to tie him up.
Malone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daniels lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Daniels scores with a knee to the head.
Daniels working Malone over with knees to the body.
Daniels connects with a knee to the head.
Daniels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Daniels crunches a lovely knee into Malone's ribcage.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Malone in his tracks for a moment.
Malone tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Malone tries to break free but Daniels pushes him back against the cage.
Daniels misses with a knee to the head.
Daniels digs a right hand into Malone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Malone's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malone's efforts to push away.
Daniels crunches a lovely knee into Malone's ribcage.
Daniels lands an elbow inside that Malone shrugs off.
Malone has had enough of the clinch but Daniels keeps him there for the moment.
Malone wants to get back to striking at distance but Daniels won't allow it.
Daniels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Daniels scores a nice knee to the body.
Daniels keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malone's efforts to push away.
Malone taking a breather.
Daniels connects with a knee to the head.
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daniels landing knees to the body.
Malone misses with a body punch.
Daniels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Malone tries to pull guard but Daniels holds him up against the cage and eventually Malone drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daniels has Malone pressed against the cage, preventing Malone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Malone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daniels using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Malone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malone misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Daniels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Malone's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Malone throws a lazy head kick
and Daniels counters with a slapping leg kick.
Antonio Malone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malone looks to land a right hand but Daniels moved out of range.
Samuel Daniels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daniels was well out of range. Poor timing from Malone.
A good leg kick by Malone.
Malone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Daniels defends it nicely.
Malone punishes Daniels's body with a nice straight punch.
Malone moves out of range of the body kick from Daniels.
Daniels moves out of range of the body kick.
Daniels moves out of range as Malone strikes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Daniels connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Daniels.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daniels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Daniels landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daniels lands an elbow inside.
Daniels lands a nice knee to the body.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daniels connects with a knee to the head.
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels tries a knee to the head but Malone blocks it.
Daniels prevents Malone from breaking the clinch.
Daniels misses with a knee strike.
Malone wants to break free but Daniels has control.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but Malone blocks with his arms.
Malone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daniels smiles and moves away.
Malone fails with the takedown

and Daniels counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daniels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Daniels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Malone blocks it with crossed arms.
Daniels prevents a body shot from Malone.
Daniels tries a knee to the head but Malone blocks it.
Malone tries to pull guard but Daniels won't allow it.

Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malone scores with a shot to the body.
Malone misses with a straight left.

Daniels clinches.
Malone misses with a punch to the body.
Daniels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malone's defenses.
Daniels scores a nice knee to the body.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daniels lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Daniels scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but Malone blocks with his arms.
Malone tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Daniels.
Samuel Daniels seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A knee to the head by Daniels.
Malone trying to control the position but instead, Daniels has worked for underhooks and has pushed Malone into the cage.
Daniels with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Malone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Daniels obliges.
Malone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Malone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daniels scores a nice knee to the body.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Malone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daniels's elbow.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Malone in his tracks for a moment.
Malone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malone misses with a wild combination.
Malone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Daniels misses.
Daniels throws a leg kick which misses Malone's front leg but catches the back leg as Malone tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Malone.

Daniels pushes Malone up against the cage in a clinch.
Daniels lands a good knee to the midsection. Malone won't want to take too many of those.
Daniels working Malone over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Daniels.
Daniels has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Malone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Malone is trying to push Daniels away but Daniels has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daniels blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daniels misses with a knee to the head.
Malone is trying to force a seperation but Daniels has the dominant position.
Daniels is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Malone working hard to break the clinch.
Malone tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Daniels lands an elbow that stopped Malone in his tracks for a moment.
Daniels with a knee to the head.
Daniels lands an elbow inside that Malone shrugs off.
Malone tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Daniels lands an elbow inside.
Malone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Daniels walks away with a smile on his face. Malone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels works Malone's body with a nice hook.
Malone fails with the takedown
and Daniels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Malone moves to clinch but Daniels breaks away

and Daniels counters by clinching up.
Malone misses with a body punch.
Daniels has Malone pushed against the cage.
Malone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daniels landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Daniels obliges.
Malone tries to pull guard but Daniels won't allow it.
Malone fails to pull guard.
Malone fails to pull guard.
Malone is trying to break free.
Daniels landing knees to the head.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels landing knees to the head.
Malone tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Daniels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Malone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Daniels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Antonio Malone's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Malone lands with an uppercut that bounces Daniels off the cage and back into rage.
Malone tests Daniels's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Malone fails to land the takedown.

Daniels moves into the clinch successfully.
Daniels prevents Malone from breaking the clinch.
Malone tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Malone tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Malone working hard to break the clinch.
Daniels prevents Malone from breaking the clinch.
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daniels dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Daniels scores with a knee to the head.
Malone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daniels stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Daniels scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daniels manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Malone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daniels lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels looking to throw knees to the head but Malone is blocking nicely.
Malone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Malone misses with a punch to the body.
Daniels lands a good knee to the midsection. Malone won't want to take too many of those.
Daniels stalls.
Daniels has Malone pressed against the cage, preventing Malone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daniels prevents Malone from breaking the clinch.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Malone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Malone can't break the clinch.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daniels with a knee to the head.
Daniels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malone's defenses.
Malone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Malone is trying to break the clinch but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Daniels landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daniels lands a nice knee to the body.
Daniels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Daniels throws a knee to the head but misses.
Malone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Daniels scores with a hook to the body.
Malone tries a body shot but Daniels blocks it.
Daniels working Malone over with knees to the body.
Malone tries to pull guard but Daniels won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels landing knees to the head.
Daniels lands an elbow inside that Malone shrugs off.
Malone is looking to control Daniels's arms but Daniels gets an underhook and turns him. Now Malone has his back to the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.
Malone tries to pull guard but Daniels holds him up against the cage and eventually Malone drops back down to his feet.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Malone tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Malone stalling in the clinch but Daniels improves position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Daniels lands a nice knee to the body.
Malone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Malone pulls guard effortlessly.
Malone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Malone wants to sweep but no luck.

Daniels stands up from Malone's guard - Daniels perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Daniels moves into range and clinches up with Malone.
Daniels landing knees to the body.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daniels landing knees to the head.
Daniels lands an elbow just above Malone 's eye.
Daniels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Malone wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Daniels obliges.
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daniels looking to throw knees to the head but Malone is blocking nicely.
Daniels keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malone's efforts to push away.
Daniels misses with a knee strike.
Malone wants to get back to striking at distance but Daniels won't allow it.
Malone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daniels avoids it.
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daniels trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Malone - that landed with a thud.
Daniels connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Malone wants to break free but Daniels has control.
Malone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Malone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Antonio Malone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone is trying to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling him.
Malone tries to work over Daniels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daniels misses with a knee to the head.
Daniels prevents a body shot from Malone.
A knee to the head by Daniels.

Malone decides to pull guard.
Daniels preventing the sweep.
Daniels wants to stand but Malone has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Daniels postures up.

Daniels stands up from guard. Let's bang!

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Daniels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Daniels winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Daniels!