PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ellis Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Malinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reed
vs
Malinski

163 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ellis Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Malinski!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reed moves into the clinch successfully.
Reed can't break the clinch.
Reed is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Malinski gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Reed is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Malinski gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Reed gets control of Malinski's arms and successfully pulls guard. Reed will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Malinski keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reed's head.
Reed keeping full guard, as Malinski tries to pass.
Malinski has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Reed is proving hard to escape from.

Malinski drops back, looking for a kneebar! Reed looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Reed looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Reed!

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malinski tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Reed presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Malinski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reed. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malinski blocking the ground and pound.
Reed thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Reed thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Reed really is a fat lump.
Malinski is trying desperately to improve position.
Reed throwing strikes here but Malinski is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Malinski tries to reverse the position but Reed maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinski keeps trying to improve his position.
The referee warns Malinski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Malinski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Reed fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like David Malinski has been cut.
Malinski regains half guard.
Malinski keeping control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malinski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Reed is working away from the top position though.

Reed decides to stand up.
Malinski tries a head kick but it misses.
Malinski swats away the attempt to clinch by Reed.

Malinski gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Reed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malinski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Malinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Reed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
David Malinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malinski tries to clinch but Reed moves away
and Reed counters with a one-two to the body.

Malinski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Reed desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Reed has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Malinski is looking to stall here but Reed recovers full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ellis Reed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Malinski's cut.
That's time! Reed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Malinski misses with a shot to the body
and Reed counters with a left and a right that stings Malinski.
Malinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Reed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Malinski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Reed to the mat! Reed manages to get full guard.

Reed has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Malinski has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Malinski's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Reed breaks from the clinch.

Malinski darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Reed manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malinski tries to clinch but Reed moves out of range.

Malinski closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Reed bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Malinski is breathing heavily.
Malinski throws a head kick that Reed semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malinski wants to clinch up but Reed keeps it at a distance.

Malinski looking to score a takedown here. Reed is defending well but Malinski drives through and ends up in Reed's guard.

Reed has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Malinski has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

Malinski pulls guard successfully.
Reed works over Malinski with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed is in close to Malinski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reed throwing strikes from guard but Malinski blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reed with a flurry of punches that miss.
Malinski is looking to sweep but instead, Reed has passed into half guard.
Malinski tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Reed has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Reed lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Malinski is looking to get to half guard.
Malinski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Malinski is looking to get to half guard.
Malinski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malinski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Malinski in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Reed landing strikes from the mount and Malinski is in trouble!
Reed lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Malinski is rocked!
Reed with a couple of short strikes.
Malinski is still in real trouble! Can Reed finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malinski is wriggling around trying to escape.
BOOM! Reed connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Reed prevents Malinski from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ellis Reed dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Malinski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Reed fails to land the takedown.
Malinski seems to have recovered his senses.
Malinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Malinski shoots in and bounces Reed off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Reed has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Malinski has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malinski gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reed.
Malinski is looking to break free of the clinch but Reed has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Malinski scores with a takedown into Reed's guard.

Reed manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Malinski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Reed gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Malinski to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Reed uses the cage to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malinski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Malinski is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Reed's half guard.

Reed has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Malinski is on him like a limpet, forcing Reed back against the cage.

Reed is trying to trip Malinski. He has hold of a leg but Malinski is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Reed persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Malinski is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Reed dives into side control.

Reed is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Malinski has escaped the position, nice work there.

Reed thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malinski managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Reed.
Malinski throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Malinski is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Malinski looking for a sweep but Reed has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Malinski is looking to improve his position but Reed isn't that keen on the idea.
Reed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Malinski can do to turn this around?
Malinski tries to hold on but Reed postures up.
Malinski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Reed landing strikes, looking to finish!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ellis Reed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reed, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ellis Reed!
David Malinski was interviewed post fight and said 'I Will come back stronger then ever!'.