PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John McClane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khulet Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McClane comes into the arena with Refuse/Resist blaring out of the sound system. John McClane had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

McClane
vs
Malapitan

182 cm
30
214 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

187 cm
28
210 lbs
12 - 16 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John McClane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Khulet Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McClane tries a head kick but it misses.
Malapitan looks to score with a jab to the body but McClane is just out of range.
McClane lands a jab to the nose.
Malapitan scores with the left hand. McClane knows he should have avoided that one.
McClane scoring well with a low kick there.
Malapitan connects with a jab.
Donk. Malapitan catches McClane right on the button with a cross.
McClane staying out of range there.
McClane gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Malapitan.
McClane works Malapitan's body with a nice hook.
Malapitan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malapitan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McClane's head.
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!
Malapitan works McClane's body with a nice hook.
McClane staying out of range there.
McClane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malapitan moves away.
Malapitan throws a right and a left that McClane avoids nicely.
Malapitan throws a hook but McClane blocks it.
McClane buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McClane lands a head kick. Malapitan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Malapitan moves away from the strike by McClane.
Malapitan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McClane throws out a loose jab but Malapitan uses good head movement to avoid it.
McClane misses with a double jab.
McClane lands a nice leg kick that just misses Malapitan's sensitive parts.
Malapitan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McClane throws a front kick that sends Malapitan stumbling back into the ropes.
Malapitan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McClane.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McClane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McClane throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Malapitan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Malapitan misses with a series of wild punches.
McClane misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McClane swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McClane on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McClane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sloppy strikes from Malapitan. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by McClane.
Malapitan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McClane stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McClane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McClane missing with a left hand there. Malapitan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Malapitan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McClane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malapitan was well out of range. Poor timing from McClane.
Sloppy strikes from Malapitan. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd cheers as McClane lands an impressive looking overhand right. Malapitan doesn't seem phased though.
McClane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malapitan.
Malapitan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McClane.
A punch lands to the side of Malapitan 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McClane misses with a hook
and Malapitan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McClane thinking.
McClane delivers a nice body kick.
McClane lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Malapitan at a distance.
Malapitan moves away from the strike by McClane.
McClane dodges the punch combination from Malapitan.
Malapitan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McClane.
McClane misses with a few strikes there.
McClane throws a hook to the side of Malapitan's head but Malapitan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malapitan throws a hook but McClane avoids it easily.
Malapitan slips under a jab from McClane.
McClane takes a swing at Malapitan's ribcage but misses.
McClane slips under a jab from Malapitan.
Khulet Malapitan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malapitan throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malapitan. McClane does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McClane throws a head kick that misses.
McClane swings for the body but Malapitan moves out of range.
McClane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malapitan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McClane was well out of range. Poor timing from Malapitan.
McClane misses with a straight right.
McClane uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McClane's corner calls for a 1-2. McClane obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McClane just misses with a punch to the body.
McClane ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Malapitan looks to land a left hand but McClane moved out of range nicely.
Malapitan misses with a wild combination.
Malapitan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malapitan misses with a looping right.
McClane scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Malapitan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McClane.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John McClane dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McClane throws a nice inside leg kick.
McClane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Malapitan takes one to the chin there.
McClane dodges the punch combination from Malapitan.
Malapitan defending well as McClane loads up on a big left hand.
Malapitan slips a straight right by McClane.
Malapitan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McClane.
Malapitan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McClane backs up against the ropes.
McClane moves away from the strike by Malapitan.
Malapitan loads up on a big right hand but McClane slips the punch.
McClane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Malapitan.
Malapitan looks to land a combination but McClane avoids it well.
McClane moves into range and connects with a jab.
McClane lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McClane jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McClane lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McClane lands a really nice looking cross but Malapitan seems unphased.
McClane swings for the body but Malapitan moves out of range.
A slow jab from Malapitan misses its intended target.
Malapitan blocks the body kick.
Malapitan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Malapitan moves out of range as McClane strikes.
McClane misses with a looping left.
Malapitan ducks under a wild hook from McClane.
McClane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Malapitan scores with a nice right hand.
McClane will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malapitan fails to land with a series of punches.
Malapitan takes a swing at McClane's ribcage but misses.
John McClane is winning the standup battle so far.
McClane catches Malapitan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McClane connects with the punch.

Malapitan is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McClane drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Malapitan right on the button. Malapitan goes down! McClane follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! McClane gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John McClane!
John McClane 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.