PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Malham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Showboat Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malham comes to the cage accompanied by Poets of the Fall - War. This should be a great matchup!

Malham
vs
Fisher

195 cm
30
185 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

190 cm
30
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Malham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Showboat Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisher is looking to score with low kicks.
Malham's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fisher under the eye.
Malham lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Showboat Fisher has been cut.
Fisher motions for Malham to come forward. Fisher throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fisher.
Good leg kick by Fisher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Malham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fisher can pounce on him.
Malham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fisher throws a lazy head kick

and Malham counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malham wants to control but Fisher is keeping him busy.
Malham scores with a couple of short elbows.
Malham working the ground and pound but Fisher is defending the strikes.
Malham trying to control the action but Fisher is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malham scoring with punches and elbows.
Fisher sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Malham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fisher is in trouble now - Malham has advanced to mount!
Fisher holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Malham tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malham looking to finish Fisher with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fisher!
Malham really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Malham can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fisher is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malham working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Malham scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fisher?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Fisher that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Fisher is rocked!
Malham looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Fisher covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Malham!
John Malham decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.