PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Theiroff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Theiroff might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Knuck If You Buck - Crime Mob. Mallon has chosen im not afraid 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.

Theiroff
vs
Mallon

195 cm
26
299 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

200 cm
30
300 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Theiroff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Mallon!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Theiroff misses with a body kick.
Mallon takes a swing at Theiroff's ribcage but misses.
Theiroff lands with a shot to the body.

Theiroff has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mallon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mallon swings wildly with an uppercut but Theiroff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Theiroff throws a punch but it's blocked by Mallon.
A head punch on the inside from Mallon fails to land.
Mallon throws a punch but it's blocked by Theiroff.
Mallon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mallon.
A short uppercut from Mallon.
Mallon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mallon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Theiroff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Theiroff.
Theiroff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Mallon.
Theiroff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Theiroff lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like John Mallon has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Theiroff wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallon misses with the head strike.

Theiroff breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Theiroff misses the target.
Mallon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Aaron Theiroff has been cut.
Theiroff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mallon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Theiroff.
Mallon ducks under a wild hook from Theiroff.
Theiroff throws the left hand but Mallon avoids the punch easily.
Theiroff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mallon was well out of range. Poor timing from Theiroff.
Mallon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Theiroff momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mallon dodges the punch combination from Theiroff.
Theiroff ducks right into an uppercut from Mallon.

Theiroff gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mallon working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mallon.
Mallon working aggressively here.
Mallon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Theiroff looking to slow down the pace here.
Theiroff is looking to break free of the clinch but Mallon has double underhooks.

Mallon breaks the clinch.
Mallon throws the left hand but Theiroff avoids the punch easily.
Mallon checks the leg kick.
Theiroff displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mallon throws out the jab.
Theiroff keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mallon.
Mallon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Theiroff throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mallon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Theiroff lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mallon misses with a left hand
and Theiroff counters with a leg kick.
Theiroff slips a straight right by Mallon.
Theiroff moves out of range as Mallon strikes.

Theiroff instigates a clinch.
Mallon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Theiroff trying to control the position but instead, Mallon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Theiroff into the cage.
Mallon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mallon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Theiroff backwards.
Theiroff lands an elbow inside that Mallon shrugs off.
Theiroff lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mallon.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Theiroff pushes off an throws an elbow but Mallon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Theiroff presses Mallon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mallon looks gassed!
Theiroff looking to slow down the pace here.

Theiroff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mallon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Theiroff - the referee stops the clock and Mallon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Theiroff. Mallon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Aaron Theiroff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Theiroff buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mallon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Theiroff gets a clinch.

Theiroff jumps guard and drags Mallon to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Theiroff manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Theiroff content just to control the position here.
Theiroff dominating with strikes here.

That has opened up John Mallon's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Theiroff looking to control but Mallon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mallon is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Aaron Theiroff will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Theiroff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mallon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mallon missing with a left hand there. Theiroff was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aaron Theiroff is winning the standup battle so far.
Mallon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Theiroff has time to react.
Theiroff tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mallon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Theiroff defending well as Mallon loads up on a big left hand.
Mallon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mallon with a hook.
Theiroff is looking to clinch but Mallon is avoiding it.
Mallon swats away the attempt to clinch by Theiroff.
Theiroff attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Theiroff throws a low kick but Mallon moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theiroff tries to clinch there but Mallon circles away.
Theiroff misses the shot to the body.
Theiroff tries to clinch up but Mallon circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mallon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mallon throws a right hand that Theiroff ducks under and follows up with a left that Theiroff also avoids with ease.
Theiroff dips to his left and cracks Mallon with an uppercut!
Theiroff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Theiroff will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Theiroff ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Theiroff scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Theiroff shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
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!
A swing and a miss from Mallon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theiroff misses with a straight left.
Theiroff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Theiroff getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

The cut above John Mallon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Theiroff works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Theiroff moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mallon.
Theiroff can't find room to land a body shot as Mallon controls the action.
Mallon misses with some punches.
Theiroff takes a shot to the head.
Theiroff blocking some punches.
Mallon avoids the elbow strike from Theiroff, against the cage.
Mallon throws a head punch that misses.
Theiroff tries to throw a body punch but Mallon avoids it by throwing Theiroff back against the cage.

Theiroff jumps guard and drags Mallon to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mallon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mallon passes Theiroff's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mallon frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mallon prevents Theiroff from getting the reversal.
Mallon throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mallon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Theiroff is trying desperately to improve position.
Mallon throwing strikes here but Theiroff is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mallon is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Theiroff can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Theiroff is rocked!

Aaron Theiroff's cut is getting worse.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aaron Theiroff's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Mallon!
John Mallon spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.