PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abekula Malelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malelei has chosen Broken, beat & scarred - Metallica as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Simpson
vs
Malelei

189 cm
23
235 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

217 cm
26
309 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

ANABOLIC **160**

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Edward Simpson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Abekula Malelei!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson is looking to score with low kicks.
Simpson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Malelei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malelei moves out of range of the body kick.
Simpson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Malelei pushes Simpson up against the cage in a clinch.
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
Malelei scores a nice knee to the body.
Malelei has Simpson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Simpson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Simpson obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simpson misses with an elbow strike.

Malelei manages to break the clinch.
Malelei shoots for a double leg takedown but Simpson sprawls well. He's pushed Malelei's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Simpson scores with a push kick.
Simpson lands a jab.
Simpson cracks Malelei with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Simpson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Malelei shoots in looking for a takedown but Simpson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Malelei's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Edward Simpson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abekula Malelei.
Simpson throws a looping overhand right but Malelei ducks down to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Malelei defending well as Simpson loads up on a big left hand.
Malelei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Simpson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malelei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Simpson.
Simpson slaps away a takedown attempt from Malelei, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Simpson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Malelei's head.
Edward Simpson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malelei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malelei looks to land a combination but Simpson avoids it well.
Simpson takes a swing at Malelei's ribcage but misses.
Malelei misses with a wild combination.
Simpson tries to clinch there but Malelei circles away.
Malelei connects with a single shot there.
Simpson is looking to land body kicks.
Good shot there by Malelei.
Malelei misses with a series of wild punches.
Malelei misses with a few strikes there.
Simpson swinging wildly here.
Malelei swats away the attempt to clinch by Simpson.
Malelei scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simpson lands a leg kick that knocks Malelei off balance momentarily.
Malelei chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Simpson can pounce on him.
Malelei slips a straight right by Simpson.
Malelei swinging wildly here.
Simpson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Malelei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Malelei moves out of range of the strikes.
Malelei misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Edward Simpson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Malelei fails to land with a series of punches.
Malelei tries a head kick but it misses.
Malelei looks gassed!

Simpson moves into the clinch successfully.
Malelei blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Abekula Malelei has been cut.
Simpson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malelei tries to score a body lock takedown but Simpson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Simpson lands an uppercut.
Simpson tries to work over Malelei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simpson lands a shot to the body.
Simpson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simpson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Simpson lands an elbow inside.
Still in the clinch, Simpson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malelei.
Simpson working Malelei over with knees to the body.
Simpson crunches a lovely knee into Malelei's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malelei takes a knee to the side of the body.
Simpson lands an elbow just above Malelei 's eye.
Simpson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Simpson scores a nice knee to the body.
Simpson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simpson landing knees to the body.
Malelei avoids the elbow strike from Simpson, against the cage.
Simpson lands with a short shot to the head.
Simpson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Simpson lands an elbow just above Malelei 's eye.
Simpson working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simpson working Malelei over with knees to the body.
Simpson is working Malelei over against the cage.
Malelei blocks an elbow strike.
Malelei blocks an elbow strike from Simpson.
Malelei avoids a wild elbow strike from Simpson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simpson.
Simpson presses Malelei against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A knee to the head by Simpson.
Malelei managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson gets underhooks to prevent Malelei's takedown attempt.
Simpson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Malelei in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Simpson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Simpson.
Simpson is working Malelei over against the cage.
Simpson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Simpson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malelei's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Simpson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abekula Malelei's cut.
That's time! Simpson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Simpson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malelei takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Simpson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab from Malelei does it's job there.
Nice body punch from Simpson.
Simpson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malelei.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Simpson. Malelei shrugs it off though.
Simpson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Malelei takes a step back to recover.
Simpson stalks Malelei and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Malelei's face. Malelei staggers backwards, shaken.
Simpson tries to clinch but Malelei moves out of range.
Simpson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Simpson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malelei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Simpson.
Simpson throws a body kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Simpson.
Edward Simpson is winning the standup battle so far.
Malelei is breathing heavily.
Simpson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Malelei.
A jab from Simpson misses.
Simpson doesn't manage to clinch there - Malelei circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malelei misses with an uppercut. Simpson saw that one coming.
Simpson throws a hook but Malelei avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Simpson.
Simpson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Malelei can do to turn this around?
Malelei swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Malelei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Simpson rushes Malelei and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Malelei drops down looking for an ankle pick but Simpson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Simpson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Simpson scores with a nice strike.
Simpson looks to land a right hand but Malelei moved out of range.
Simpson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Simpson wants it to stay on the feet.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Simpson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Malelei shoots in for a takedown but Simpson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Edward Simpson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abekula Malelei.
Simpson 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 has closed the distance and engaged Simpson in a clinch.
Simpson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Simpson throws an elbow but it misses.
Malelei dodges an elbow strike from Simpson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simpson lands an elbow just above Malelei 's eye.
Simpson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Simpson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simpson.
Simpson lands with a light punch inside.

Malelei is rocked!
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
Malelei is still on wobbly legs! Can Simpson finish him?
Simpson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Malelei backwards.
Simpson working the clinch nicely. Malelei is working for position but Simpson cracks him with a big knee to the head! Malelei crumples up against the cage and Simpson lands two more shots before the ref can save Malelei! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Edward Simpson!
Edward Simpson is the new super heavyweight champion!