PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aneka Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santos Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aneka Malone looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Malone
vs
Chavez

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aneka Malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Santos Chavez!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Chavez takes the fight into the clinch.
Chavez is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Chavez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chavez tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Malone defends well and Chavez ends up having to push Malone into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Malone is looking for a counter combo.

Chavez clinches with his opponent.
Chavez blocks a body shot from Malone.
Malone throws a punch but it's blocked by Chavez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Chavez jumps guard and drags Malone to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Chavez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Chavez holds on and takes a little breather.
Malone wants to control from the top but Chavez keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Chavez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Malone has managed to free his arm - good work.
Chavez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Chavez is trying to control the action in half guard but Malone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Chavez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Malone doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Chavez.
Malone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chavez on the ground.
Malone is looking for a sweep. Chavez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Malone avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chavez.
Chavez is trying to control the action in half guard but Malone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chavez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Malone is trying to get back to full guard.
Chavez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez is looking to take a break and control but Malone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Malone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chavez counters with a one-two to the body.
Malone is breathing heavily.
Malone throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Malone slaps away a takedown attempt from Chavez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Malone shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aneka Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malone leaves Chavez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Malone wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Chavez throws a head kick but Malone moves out of range.
Malone tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Malone tries to sprawl but Chavez drives through with a takedown into half guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chavez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Malone is just riding it out for now. Chavez eventually gives up the hold.
Malone looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Chavez trying to control the action but Malone is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Well, if Chavez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santos Chavez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chavez has Malone up against the cage in a clinch.
Malone is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Chavez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Malone up against the cage.

Chavez decides to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez trying to control the position here.

Chavez is looking for a triangle but Malone pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone trying to control the position from guard on top but Chavez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Malone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chavez is keeping the position for now.

Malone drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Chavez manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Malone has Chavez in his guard.

Chavez forces his way into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chavez works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Malone!
Chavez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Malone is bucking up trying to escape but Chavez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Chavez unloads with some shots from mount but Malone bucks and avoids them well.
Malone blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chavez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Malone is looking to escape.
Malone avoids a series of strikes thrown by Chavez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chavez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Malone is surviving well by controlling Chavez's body position as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chavez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Chavez is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Chavez takes the fight into the clinch.
Chavez is trying to push Malone away but Malone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Chavez breaks the clinch.
Malone misses with a takedown

and Chavez counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez stalling in the clinch.
Malone drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aneka Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malone drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chavez stalling the fight.

Chavez breaks from the clinch.

Chavez lands a left and a right that send Malone crashing to the mat, dazed. Chavez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Aneka Malone has been cut.
Aneka Malone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chavez scores with the left hand. Malone knows he should have avoided that one.

Malone is rocked!

Chavez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oh Malone is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stalling in the clinch from Chavez.

Chavez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Chavez drives through and clinches with Malone against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santos Chavez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aneka Malone's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Chavez shoots for a double leg takedown but Malone sprawls well. He's pushed Chavez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Malone tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Chavez manages to circle out of the way.

Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Malone seems to have got his legs back now.

Chavez jumps guard and drags Malone to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Chavez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Chavez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Malone's guard.

Chavez wants to control from the top but Malone keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez throwing strikes from guard but Malone blocks nicely.
Malone wants to control but Chavez passes easily into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chavez controlling the position easily from mount.
Chavez wants to control the pace but Malone is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Malone wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Chavez.
Malone has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Chavez throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Chavez struggling to keep hold of the position.
Chavez is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Chavez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chavez is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Malone defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Chavez trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Chavez just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Chavez missing with strikes.

Malone fending off the submission attempt from Chavez.
Malone looking very determined here, making life difficult for Chavez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santos Chavez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chavez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santos Chavez!