PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jai Malek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy McLure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McLure has chosen The Simpsons Theme Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Malek
vs
McLure

196 cm
34
260 lbs
32 - 17 - 0

225 cm
30
303 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jai Malek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Troy McLure!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malek connects with a leg kick. McLure looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Malek.
Malek slips a jab from McLure.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McLure slips under a jab.
McLure gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Troy McLure has been cut.
McLure steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Malek.
McLure avoids the body shot from Malek.
McLure fails in his attempt to clinch.
Troy McLure seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malek looks to land a left hand but McLure moved out of range nicely.
Malek scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malek connects with a jab.
Malek missing with a left hand there. McLure was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Malek lands with an uppercut that bounces McLure off the cage and back into range.
The fighters circling - Malek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Malek moves into the clinch.
Malek lands a good knee to the midsection. McLure won't want to take too many of those.
Malek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McLure's efforts to push away.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLure has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McLure with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLure is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McLure managing to block the knees to the body from Malek.
Malek tries a knee to the head but McLure blocks it.
McLure displaying some good clinch control by pressing Malek up against the cage.
McLure misses with a hook to the ribs.
McLure looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Malek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLure has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but McLure blocks with his arms.
Malek throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLure told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Malek lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McLure lands an elbow inside that Malek shrugs off.
Malek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McLure lands a left hand that snaps the head of Malek backwards.
Malek misses with a knee to the head.
McLure tries to land knees in the clinch but Malek avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malek landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Malek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McLure avoids it.
McLure blocks a body shot from Malek.
Malek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malek misses with a body punch.
Malek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McLure looks winded!
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but McLure blocks with his arms.
Malek throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLure crunches a lovely knee into Malek's ribcage.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but McLure blocks with his arms.
McLure is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malek is defending well for now.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but McLure blocks with his arms.
McLure lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malek.
Malek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McLure tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Malek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malek connects with a knee to the head.
Malek pushes McLure back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Troy McLure's cut even more.
McLure looking to throw knees to the head but Malek is blocking nicely.
Malek tries a knee to the head but McLure blocks it.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLure has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malek trying to land knees to the body.
Malek lands a good knee to the midsection. McLure won't want to take too many of those.
Malek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Malek misses with a knee strike.
McLure with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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 blocks a body shot from McLure.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but McLure blocks with his arms.
Malek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Malek looking to throw knees to the head but McLure is blocking nicely.
Malek tries a knee to the head but McLure blocks it.
Malek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Malek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McLure has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malek tries to work over McLure's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Malek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McLure using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Malek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McLure tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McLure doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Malek lands a good knee to the midsection. McLure won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Malek.
Malek looking to throw knees to the head but McLure is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Malek takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Malek tries a knee to the head but McLure blocks it.
McLure is trying to break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McLure.
Malek with a knee to the head.
McLure has a couple of punches blocked by Malek.
Malek lands a good knee to the midsection. McLure won't want to take too many of those.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLure has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jai Malek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Troy McLure's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Malek lands a nice shot that snaps McLure's head back.
Malek throws a hook but McLure blocks it.
McLure tries to clinch up.
McLure ducks under a wild hook from Malek.
McLure tries to close the distance and clinch but Malek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McLure misses with a head kick.
Malek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Malek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McLure.
Good exchange - McLure coming out on top.
Malek takes a swing at McLure's ribcage but misses.
McLure is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malek throws a shot from downtown. McLure moves away and avoids it.
Troy McLure is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McLure keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malek.
Donk. McLure catches Malek right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

McLure closes the distance and pushes Malek back into the cage.
Malek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McLure is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McLure.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLure has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McLure lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McLure misses with an elbow over the top.
Malek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McLure blocks it with crossed arms.
McLure missing with knees to the body.
McLure on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Malek obliges.
Malek looking to throw knees to the head but McLure is blocking nicely.
Malek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McLure doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Malek trying to land knees to the body.
Malek tries a knee to the head but McLure blocks it.
Malek avoids a wild elbow strike from McLure.
Malek misses with a knee strike.
Malek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McLure can do to turn this around?
Malek effectively controlling the action here.
McLure makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malek tries a knee to the head but McLure blocks it.
Jai Malek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Malek lands with a left to the head.
Malek avoiding damage as McLure throws knees to the body.
Malek misses with a knee strike.
Malek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Malek scores with a knee to the head.
McLure takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Malek.
McLure's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Malek missing with knees to the body.
McLure misses with a knee to the head.
Malek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Malek here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malek with a knee to the head.
Malek slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McLure wants to get back to striking at distance but Malek won't allow it.
Malek tries to land knees in the clinch but McLure avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from McLure fails to land.
Malek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McLure.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLure has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Malek.
Malek is working McLure over against the cage.
Malek missing with knees to the body.
Malek lands a knee to the head.

The cut above Troy McLure's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malek landing knees to the head.
Malek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McLure blocks it with crossed arms.
Malek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McLure is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malek looking to throw knees to the head but McLure is blocking nicely.
McLure misses with an elbow over the top.
McLure avoiding damage as Malek throws knees to the body.
Malek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McLure using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Malek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McLure is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malek is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Malek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Malek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Malek managing to block the knees to the body from McLure.
Malek looking to throw knees to the head but McLure is blocking nicely.
McLure tries to work over Malek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malek controlling the action here for a moment.
Malek scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jai Malek dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Troy McLure's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

McLure takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McLure tries to clinch there but Malek circles away.
McLure tries to clinch but Malek is having none of it.
Malek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McLure sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Malek circles away from the clinch attempt.
McLure walks into a straight right hand from Malek.
McLure tries to close the distance and clinch up but Malek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Malek just misses with a punch to the body.
McLure displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Malek throws a hook to the side of McLure's head but McLure sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malek throws a shot to the body.
Malek cracks a nice hook into McLure's ribs.
Malek moves out of range as McLure throws a body kick.
Jai Malek is winning the standup battle so far.
McLure tries to close the distance and clinch but Malek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McLure takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big right from Malek misses.
McLure throws a body kick that misses.
Malek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McLure was well out of range. Poor timing from Malek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLure tries to close the distance and clinch up but Malek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McLure pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Malek throws a nice inside leg kick.
Malek jabs McLure right on the nose. McLure blinks but takes it well.
Malek swings widly with a right hand
and McLure counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Malek throws a good cross that connects.

Malek lands a big head kick that sends McLure tumbling to the mat! Malek takes a step backwards and waves McLure back to his feet - he wants the finish!

McLure is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McLure.
McLure is still on wobbly legs! Can Malek finish him?
Malek connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks McLure out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jai Malek!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jai Malek waved his t-shirt featuring North's logo in front of the cameras.
The defeated Troy McLure had this to say: '"Duff Man... says a lot of things! Oh, yeah!"'.