PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyndon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jai Malek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Lyndon Jones has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lyndon Jones seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jones
vs
Malek

225 cm
32
279 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

196 cm
28
260 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Lyndon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jai Malek!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Malek's head back.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Malek.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Malek is out of range.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Donk. Jones catches Malek right on the button with a cross.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Malek tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones lands a jab to Malek's midsection.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malek lands with a thumping leg kick.

Malek clinches up against the cage.
Malek looking to slow down the pace here.
Malek pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jones tries a body shot but Malek blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Malek controls his hands.
Malek stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Malek avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Malek effectively controlling the action here.
Malek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jai Malek.

Jones drops Malek with a beautiful combination! Malek stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jones is looking for the KO!

That's two 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!
Malek tries a head kick but it misses.
Malek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Malek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Malek throws a push kick but Jones slaps the foot to one side.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Malek ducks down to avoid it.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Malek saw that one coming.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Malek.
Malek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Malek persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Malek slips under a jab.
Jones takes a swing at Malek's ribcage but misses.
Jones takes a swing at Malek's ribcage but misses.
Jones takes a swing at Malek's ribcage but misses.
Malek ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Malek tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malek misses with a head kick.
Malek cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones swings for the body but Malek moves out of range.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Malek should have avoided that one.

Malek rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Malek.
Malek fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Malek controls the action.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Malek stalling against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malek.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Malek's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malek misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Malek avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malek's elbow.
Malek has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Malek is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Malek pulls guard effortlessly.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jones tries to stand but Malek is controlling from the bottom.
Jones will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Malek kicks Jones off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyndon Jones dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jones checks a leg kick nicely.
Malek has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Malek there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Malek counters with a body kick.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malek takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Malek ducks down to avoid it.
Jones misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malek lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Malek moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Malek lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Malek.
Jones throws the left hand but Malek avoids the punch easily.
Lyndon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Malek throws a head kick that misses.
Jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Malek.

Jones is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Malek lands a left and a right that send Jones crashing to the mat, dazed. Malek thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Malek.
A slapping body kick lands there for Malek.
Malek tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BAM! Malek delivers a spinning backfist that drops Jones like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Jai Malek!
A less than humble Jai Malek misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.