PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Bartings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jade Malikai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malikai is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Big in Japan - Guano Apes. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bartings
vs
Malikai

182 cm
21
183 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

184 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sebastien Bartings !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jade Malikai!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Malikai.
Jade Malikai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bartings looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Bartings gets caught flat footed, as Malikai shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Malikai not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bartings keeping full guard, as Malikai tries to pass.
Malikai is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Malikai is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jade Malikai.
A head kick misses from Malikai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malikai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Malikai pushes Bartings up against the cage in a clinch.
Malikai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bartings lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Malikai landing knees to the body.
Malikai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bartings avoiding damage as Malikai throws knees to the body.
Bartings dodges an elbow strike from Malikai.
Malikai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malikai landing knees to the head.
Malikai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bartings blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Malikai obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartings avoiding damage as Malikai throws knees to the body.
Malikai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bartings blocks it with crossed arms.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malikai is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Malikai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Malikai lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Malikai.
Malikai connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sebastien Bartings has been cut.
Malikai looking to throw knees to the head but Bartings is blocking nicely.
Malikai working Bartings over with knees to the body.
Malikai slows down the pace here.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but Bartings blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malikai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bartings takes a knee to the side of the body.
Malikai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Malikai to work.
Malikai tries to land knees in the clinch but Bartings avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Malikai takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Malikai.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malikai with a knee to the head.
Malikai missing with knees to the body.
Malikai landing knees to the head.
Bartings takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!

Malikai gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Malikai passes the guard and advances to mount!
Malikai tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Malikai pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jade Malikai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sebastien Bartings 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Malikai thows a body kick. Bartings tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Bartings is rocked!
Malikai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Malikai lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bartings will feel that in the morning.
Oh Bartings is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Look low, kick high! Malikai uses the oldest trick in the book to send Bartings tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Malikai is absolutely delighted - when Bartings wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jade Malikai!
In his post fight interview, Jade Malikai started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.