PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simeon Malaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt has chosen Comfortably Numb as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Simeon Malaya has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Malaya
vs
Hunt

190 cm
34
180 lbs
37 - 14 - 0

175 cm
35
170 lbs
39 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Dissolution Fight Wear

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Simeon Malaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malaya looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Malaya lands a jab to the nose.
An inside leg kick lands from Malaya.
Malaya lands a nice hook to Hunt's body. Hunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Malaya jabs Hunt right on the nose. Hunt blinks but takes it well.
Malaya fakes the leg kick and cracks Hunt in the body.
Nice jab there from Malaya.
Malaya lands a nice hook to Hunt's body. Hunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Malaya connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Malaya slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malaya throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Malaya.
Malaya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Crunch! Malaya slams his shin into Hunt's torso.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Malaya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hunt lands a jab to Malaya's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malaya pushes Hunt away with a front kick.
Malaya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good leg kick by Malaya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Malaya lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hunt takes a step back to recover.
Malaya scoring well with a low kick there.
Hunt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hunt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Malaya leaves Hunt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Malaya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hunt drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Malaya defends it well.
Malaya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Malaya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Malaya is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Malaya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt blocks a head kick by Malaya.
Malaya tried to score with a low kick but Hunt checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Malaya is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malaya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hunt lands a right hook to the body.
Simeon Malaya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
Hunt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A cross from Malaya lands.
Hunt moves into range and connects with a jab.
Malaya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Malaya there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hunt takes a swing at Malaya's ribcage but misses.
Malaya swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Malaya throws a head kick that half lands.
Hunt lands the left hand.
Malaya bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hunt misses with a low kick as Malaya jumps back.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Malaya.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Malaya moves away and avoids it.
Simeon Malaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Malaya ducks down to avoid it.
Malaya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A punch lands to the side of Hunt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hunt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hunt feints the counter takedown.
A big right from Malaya misses.
Malaya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hunt. That did some damage!
Malaya lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hunt will feel that in the morning.
Malaya scores with a decent looking hook.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malaya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hunt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Malaya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A thudding body kick lands there by Malaya!
Hunt scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt avoids a kick to the body.
Malaya is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Malaya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hunt has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Malaya.
A swing and a miss from Malaya.
Nice body kick there by Hunt.
Hunt has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Malaya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Malaya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malaya. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Malaya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malaya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hunt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malaya lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malaya.
Hunt punishes Malaya's body with a nice straight punch.
Malaya misses with an uppercut.
Hunt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Malaya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simeon Malaya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A shot to the liver by Hunt. Beautiful body shot.
Hunt blocks a jab.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Malaya's head but Malaya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Simeon Malaya is winning the standup battle so far.
Malaya tests Hunt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hunt might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Malaya has got the better of the exchanges.
Malaya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
Malaya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hunt can do to turn this around?
Hunt lands with a good body shot.
Malaya cracks Hunt with an open hand slap.
Malaya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hunt walks forward, straight into a front kick from Malaya.
Hunt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Malaya.
Hunt slips a jab from Malaya.
Hunt with the counter takedown but Malaya avoids it easily.
Hunt throws a right hand that misses
and Malaya counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Malaya scores with a push kick.
Malaya lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hunt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt ducks right into an uppercut from Malaya.
Malaya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Malaya.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Malaya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunt throws out the jab.
Hunt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Hunt is rocked!
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt is still on wobbly legs! Can Malaya finish him?
Malaya lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Hunt head around and knocks him out cold! Malaya hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Simeon Malaya!
A victorious Simeon Malaya thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.