PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stryder Maloney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Satriani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satriani has chosen Satch Boogie as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Maloney
vs
Satriani

180 cm
28
181 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

180 cm
25
180 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

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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 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Stryder Maloney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Satriani!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satriani feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Maloneys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Satriani ducks under a wild hook from Maloney.
Satriani throws a combination. Maloney tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Satriani throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Maloney scores with a one two! Satriani had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Maloney catches Satriani with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Satriani is looking to score with low kicks.
Maloney misses with a combination
and Satriani counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Satriani throws a sloppy head kick and Maloney moves out of range easily.
Satriani misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A lazy left from Satriani finds it's target.
Maloney throws an off balance right hand
and Satriani counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Satriani throws a head kick that misses.
Maloney scores with a nice head shot.
Satriani lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maloney's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maloney throws a series of punches but Satriani moves out of range.
Satriani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Satriani throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A jab from Maloney misses.
Maloney throws a jab when Satriani was well out of range.
Maloney throws a series of punches but Satriani avoids them all with ease.
Maloney misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Satriani makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Maloney tried to score with a low kick but Satriani checks it.
A clash of legs there as Maloney blocks the low kick.
A low kick from Maloney is predictable there
and Maloney takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Satriani moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Satriani throws a head kick that misses
and Maloney counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Satriani connects with an inside leg kick.
Maloney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Satriani counters with a leg kick.
Maloney throws the left hand but Satriani avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maloney on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Satriani. Satriani obviously looking to wear him down.
Maloney misses with a body shot.
Satriani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maloney.
Maloney misses with a looping left.
Satriani throws a low kick, looking for Maloney's leg but Maloney calmly moves out of range.
Maloney is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick by Satriani misses
and Maloney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Satriani thinking.
Satriani scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Maloney swings widly with a right hand
and Satriani counters with an outside leg kick.
Stryder Maloney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satriani scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maloney throws a low kick but Satriani avoids it.
Maloney misses with a hook
and Satriani counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maloney is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Maloney misses with a right hand
and Satriani counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maloney is lucky that one didn't land flush.
An inside leg kick lands from Satriani.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maloney looks to score with a jab to the body but Satriani is just out of range.
A jab from Satriani finds it's way through Maloney's defenses.
Maloney slips a jab and a cross from Satriani.
Maloney throws an overhand right that lands on Satriani's shoulder, as Satriani tries to avoid the shot.
Maloney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Satriani can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Satriani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Satriani looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maloney throws a head kick that misses
and Satriani counters with a low kick, right behind Maloney 's knee.
Maloney is breathing heavily.
Satriani scoring well with a low kick there.
Satriani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Satriani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maloney's calf.
Maloney with a nice cross.
Maloney avoids the head kick by Satriani.
Satriani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Maloney is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Satriani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maloney throws a low kick but Satriani moves out of range easily.
Satriani moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maloney fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Maloney misses with a head kick.
Satriani delivers a nice body kick.
Satriani showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maloney.
Satriani pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maloney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Satriani throws a quick inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satriani throws a nice head kick!
Maloney misses with a lunging right hand
and Satriani finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Maloney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maloney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Satriani.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Maloney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Satriani counters with a nice kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Satriani.
Maloney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Satriani throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Maloney is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Satriani lands a head shot.
Stryder Maloney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Satriani scores with a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Satriani.
Satriani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maloney's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maloney tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Satriani cracks Maloney with a right hand to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Satriani.
A solid leg kick lands there for Satriani.
Satriani scores with a head kick.

It looks like Stryder Maloney has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Satriani lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Satriani lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satriani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Satriani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maloney on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Satriani. Satriani obviously looking to wear him down.
Satriani throws a quick inside leg kick.
Satriani lands with a hook. Maloney tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Satriani ducks under a wild hook from Maloney.
Satriani works Maloney's body with a nice hook.
Satriani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Satriani lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Satriani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Satriani delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Satriani.
Maloney throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Maloney will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satriani lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Maloney misses with a lunging right hand
and Satriani counters with a body kick.
Satriani lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maloney at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Satriani.
Satriani shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Maloney eats them both and turns towards Satriani to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Satriani feints and then cracks Maloney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maloney down.
Joe Satriani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maloney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Satriani scores with a hook to the body. Maloney takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Satriani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Satriani.
Satriani connects with a high kick.
Satriani connects with an inside leg kick.
That kick from Satriani tenderised Maloney's leg. Maloney is trying to keep his angry face on.
Satriani feints and then cracks Maloney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maloney down.
Satriani scores with a head kick. Maloney tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satriani throws a leg kick which misses Maloney's front leg but catches the back leg as Maloney tries to avoid it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Maloney might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Satriani!
Satriani fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Maloney has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Satriani with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Satriani has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maloney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Satriani.
Satriani fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maloney.
A nice leg kick lands there from Satriani.
Satriani throws a nice head kick!
Maloney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Satriani.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satriani feints and then cracks Maloney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maloney down.
Satriani throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Satriani feints and then cracks Maloney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maloney down.
Satriani lands an overhand right.
Nice shot by Satriani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satriani connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Satriani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Satriani connects with an inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Satriani.
Maloney on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Satriani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Satriani throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Satriani darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Satriani cracks Maloney with a good jab.
Maloney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Satriani counters with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Satriani. That's going to slow Maloney down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Satriani connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Satriani.
Maloney has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Satriani.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Satriani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stryder Maloney's cut.
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. This is the final round!

A slapping body kick lands there for Satriani.
Maloney blocks a head kick by Satriani.
Maloney misses with a wild body shot.
Satriani scores with a leg kick.
Maloney throws a lazy uppercut
and Satriani counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Satriani throws a nice inside leg kick.
Satriani with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maloney misses the body punch
and Satriani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Satriani moves out of range as Maloney strikes.
Maloney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Satriani can pounce on him.
Satriani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maloney takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Satriani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maloney's calf.
Good leg kick by Satriani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Satriani dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maloney. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Satriani.
Satriani thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maloney if he has to take too many more of those.
Maloney looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maloney needs to keep his hands up - Satriani had a free shot at his head there.
Satriani lands with a kick to the temple. Maloney shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Maloney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Satriani lunges at Maloney with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Maloney's hand.
Maloney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Satriani counters with a low kick, right behind Maloney 's knee.
Maloney looks to throw the jab but Satriani is out of range.
Satriani feints and then cracks Maloney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maloney down.
Satriani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A jab from Satriani finds it's way through Maloney's defenses.
Maloney has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Satriani.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maloney gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maloney throws a right hand that Satriani ducks under and follows up with a left that Satriani also avoids with ease.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maloney takes one to the chin there.
Maloney drops his hands momentarily and Satriani takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Satriani - that will leave a mark!
Maloney throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Maloney takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Satriani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maloney's calf.
Maloney on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Satriani. Satriani obviously looking to wear him down.
Maloney on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Satriani lands a body shot.
Maloney takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Satriani.
Satriani scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Satriani throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satriani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Satriani connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Satriani.
An inside leg kick lands from Satriani.
Satriani scores with a body shot.
Satriani catches Maloney with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Satriani fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Maloney on the side of the head.
Satriani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Satriani scores with a head kick. Maloney tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Maloney is rocked!
A jab lands there for Satriani.
Oh Maloney is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body kick there by Satriani.
Maloney seems to have got his legs back now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maloney walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Satriani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maloney's calf.
Satriani throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satriani avoids the body shot from Maloney.
That kick from Satriani tenderised Maloney's leg. Maloney is trying to keep his angry face on.
Satriani works the jab nicely.
Satriani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Satriani.
Satriani connects with a leg kick. Maloney looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Satriani scoring well with a low kick there.
Stryder Maloney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Satriani misses.
Satriani lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Maloney has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Stryder Maloney's cut is getting worse.
Maloney misses with a right hand
and Satriani counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Satriani lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Maloney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Joe Satriani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Satriani moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Satriani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Satriani 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Satriani!