PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jai Malek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Hunt
vs
Malek

200 cm
43
245 lbs
30 - 34 - 1

196 cm
39
260 lbs
39 - 21 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Machiavelli Boutique

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 30 - 34 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jai Malek!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Tony Hunt has been cut.

Malek moves into the clinch.
Malek misses with a knee to the head.
Malek misses with a knee to the head.
Malek lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunt is looking to break free of the clinch but Malek has double underhooks.
Malek slows down the pace here.
Hunt is trying to break the clinch but Malek is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Malek.
Malek prevents Hunt from breaking the clinch.
Malek misses with a knee to the head.
Malek tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Malek back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malek lands a body shot.
Malek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malek has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Malek landing knees to the head.
Malek swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malek tries to land a knee to the head but Hunt blocks with his arms.
Malek misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hunt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Malek misses with a punch to the body.
Malek with a knee to the head.
Malek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malek lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malek.
Hunt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Malek has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
A short right from Malek on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malek lands with a left to the head.
Hunt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Malek throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hunt tries to circle away but Malek has him pinned against the cage.
Malek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Malek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hunt blocks it with crossed arms.
Malek tries a knee to the head but Hunt blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malek misses with the head strike.
Hunt wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Malek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hunt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Malek scores with a shoulder strike.
Malek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Malek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Hunt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malek lands a really nice looking cross but Hunt seems unphased.
Malek misses with a straight right.
Hunt misses with a left hand
and Malek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Malek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Malek.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Malek saw that one coming.
Malek throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hunt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Malek lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Malek. Those never looked like landing.
Nice uppercut there from Hunt.
Malek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Malek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hunt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Malek connects with a looping right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Malek slips under a jab from Hunt.
Malek cracks Hunt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hunt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hunt defending well as Malek loads up on a big left hand.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Malek! But no joy.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Malek moves away and avoids it.
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 Tony Hunt's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malek throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Malek lands a big head kick that sends Hunt to the canvas! Malek follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jai Malek!
After the fight, Jai Malek was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Tony Hunt stepped up to the mic, saying 'ok mate....you got that one, one more go around?'.