PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barristan Selmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khulet Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khulet Malapitan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Barristan Selmy's chin.

Selmy
vs
Malapitan

187 cm
20
222 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barristan Selmy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khulet Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malapitan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Selmy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Malapitan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Selmy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Selmy throws a body punch but Malapitan moves out of range.
Selmy thuds a left hand into Malapitan's body.
Selmy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malapitan.
Selmy misses with a straight left.
Selmy slips under a jab from Malapitan.
Malapitan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Selmy.
Malapitan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Selmy just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Malapitan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Selmy scores with a jab to the head.
Selmy lands the left hand.
Selmy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malapitan.
Selmy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Selmy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Selmy throws a looping overhand right but Malapitan ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Selmy looks to land a right hand but Malapitan moved out of range.
Selmy swings for the body but Malapitan moves out of range.
Malapitan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Barristan Selmy has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malapitan misses with a straight right.

Selmy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Malapitan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Selmy throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Selmy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Selmy working some strikes from top position.
Selmy works over Malapitan with some ground and pound from guard.
Selmy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Selmy is in close to Malapitan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Selmy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selmy stands up over Malapitan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Selmy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Malapitan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Selmy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Selmy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Selmy trying to control but Malapitan is working from the bottom.
Selmy throws a big elbow that misses.
Selmy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Malapitan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Selmy controls the pace.
Malapitan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selmy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Malapitan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Selmy lands a couple of digs.
Selmy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Malapitan's head.
Selmy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Selmy postures up and lands a big shot to Malapitan's brow.
Selmy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Malapitan keeping full guard, as Selmy tries to pass.
Selmy wants to control from the top but Malapitan keeps moving.
Selmy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Selmy throws an elbow that misses. Malapitan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Selmy's guard. Nice move by Malapitan!
Selmy trying to control the position here.
Selmy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Selmy tries to get out of the position.
Malapitan wants to stand but Selmy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Selmy is on top in guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Selmy is looking to work some ground and pound but Malapitan has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barristan Selmy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barristan Selmy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Malapitan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Selmy connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Selmy. Malapitan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barristan Selmy is winning the standup battle so far.
Selmy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malapitan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Selmy.
Selmy lands with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Malapitan. Those never looked like landing.

Selmy drives through with a takedown into Malapitan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Malapitan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Selmy.
Selmy pushing down on Malapitan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Selmy connects with a nice short shot to Malapitan's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Selmy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Malapitan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Malapitan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Selmy.
Selmy is nestled in close to Malapitan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selmy trying to control the action but Malapitan is working from the bottom.
Selmy moves nicely into side control.
Selmy landing strikes.

Selmy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Selmy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
An elbow from Selmy crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selmy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Malapitan is rocked!
Malapitan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Selmy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Selmy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Malapitan is still in real trouble! Can Selmy finish him?
Barristan Selmy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Selmy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Malapitan, who protects the arm well.
Selmy lands an elbow.
Selmy cracks Malapitan with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Selmy immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Malapitan is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Selmy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barristan Selmy!