PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Waleed Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Malik might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Can't Be Touched. Thompson has chosen All In The Family as his entrance music. Tony Thompson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Malik
vs
Thompson

182 cm
33
205 lbs
18 - 22 - 0

197 cm
33
220 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Knockout power

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

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 18 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Waleed Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Thompson!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Malik forces Thompson back against the cage and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Malik avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malik.
Malik avoiding damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Thompson misses with an elbow strike.

Malik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thompson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Malik circles away from the clinch attempt.

Malik has taken the fight to the clinch.
Malik misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Malik avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Malik blocks with his arms.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Malik shrugs off.

It looks like Waleed Malik has been cut.
Malik wants to break the clinch but can't.
Malik wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Malik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Malik is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Malik into the cage.
Thompson working Malik over with knees to the body.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Malik is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thompson obliges.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Malik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Malik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Malik takes an elbow to the forehead.
Malik avoids a wild elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malik's face.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Malik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Malik tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malik tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Malik is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Malik tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Malik throws a knee to the head but misses.
Malik is trying to stall.
Malik managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson scores with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Malik in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson landing knees to the body.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Malik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
Malik takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Malik takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Thompson working Malik over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malik's face.
Thompson scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Malik in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Malik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Malik in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Malik has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Malik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malik's face.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malik throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Malik takes an elbow to the temple.
Malik tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Malik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Malik tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thompson obliges.
Malik takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Waleed Malik's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Malik paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Malik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Malik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Malik swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
Thompson tries to clinch but Malik is having none of it.
Thompson tries to clinch but Malik is having none of it.
Waleed Malik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Malik darts in and clinches Thompson up against the cage.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.
Malik trying to land knees to the body.
Malik takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thompson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Malik 's eye.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malik's face.
Malik takes an elbow to the temple.
Malik takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Malik takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Malik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malik's defenses.
Malik takes an elbow to the forehead.

Malik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Malik paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Thompson pushes Malik up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Malik throws an elbow that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Malik's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Malik throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Malik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Malik is blocking nicely.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.

Thompson drops Malik with a big knee straight up the middle! Malik is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Malik is rocked!

Malik tries to keep at a distance but Thompson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oh Malik is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malik's defenses.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.
Thompson creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Malik! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Thompson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Thompson!
Tony Thompson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.