PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Malone will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Andrews
vs
Malone

153 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ron Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Malone!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Malone.
Andrews takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Ron Andrews has been cut.

Malone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Malone slowing the pace effectively.

Malone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Malone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Andrews in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Malone breaks from the clinch.

Malone takes the fight into the clinch.

Malone breaks the clinch.

Malone drives through and clinches with Andrews against the cage.
Malone prevents a takedown attempt there.

Andrews jumps into guard, dragging Malone to the mat.
Malone tries to stand but Andrews is controlling from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Malone is looking to stand up but Andrews won't let him.
Andrews might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Malone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Andrews works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Malone has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Andrews is proving hard to escape from.
Andrews looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Andrews keeping moving, preventing Malone from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Frank Malone was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Malone has Andrews up against the cage in a clinch.

Malone breaks the clinch.
Malone throws a nice outside leg kick.
Andrews throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Malone counters with a body kick that stops Andrews in his tracks momentarily.
Andrews could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Malone pushes Andrews up against the cage in a clinch.
Malone lands a body shot in the clinch.
Andrews is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andrews wants a takedown but no success here.
A knee to the head by Malone.
Malone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Malone gets through Andrews's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Malone lands a right hand.

Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Malone closes the distance and clinches.
Malone lands a shoulder strike.
Malone pushes Andrews back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Andrews is rocked!
Malone lands an uppercut.
Oh Andrews is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Malone jerks Andrews's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Andrews drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Malone goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Malone because Andrews was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Frank Malone!