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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yancy Malaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yancy Malaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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157 lbs
31 - 14 - 0 |
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150 lbs
28 - 15 - 3 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Renzo Alves !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yancy Malaki!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Malaki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alves throws a right hand that misses
and Malaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves jabs Malaki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Malaki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Alves connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alves fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Malaki to the ground. Alves is now in Malaki's guard.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Malaki blocks nicely.
Alves trying to control but Malaki is working from the bottom.
Alves not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Malaki blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alves has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves wants to control from the top but Malaki keeps moving.
Alves looking to pass the guard.
Alves passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Malaki is looking to regain half guard here but Alves keeps moving and retains side control.
Alves creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Malaki sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Malaki tries to buck Alves off but Alves is having none of it.
Malaki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alves is trying to ground and pound but Malaki uses the momentary lack of control by Alves to regain half guard.
Malaki is staying active underneath Alves , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Alves looks to land a strike but Malaki avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Alves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alves trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alves throws a strike but Malaki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Alves tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Malaki wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Alves is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alves throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malaki preventing the sweep.
Alves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Alves throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Alves is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Alves is looking for a triangle but Malaki pushes his legs off easily.
Alves is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alves has his hands on Malaki's head, controlling the position.
Alves trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Alves will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Alves trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Yancy Malaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves lands the left hand.
Malaki lands with a cross.
Malaki throws a right hand that Alves ducks under and follows up with a left that Alves also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Alves misses the target.
Malaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves .
It seemed like Malaki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Alves walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Malaki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Malaki steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Alves defending well as Malaki loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Malaki.
Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Malaki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alves s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Malaki lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renzo Alves dominated that round.
That's time! Alves 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Alves misses with a looping right.
Alves loads up on a big right hand but Malaki slips the punch.
Alves misses with a body shot
and Malaki counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves moves into the clinch successfully.
Alves is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Malaki has a couple of punches blocked by Alves .
Malaki pushes Alves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Malaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alves is trying to trip Malaki. He has hold of a leg but Malaki is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Alves persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Malaki has wrist control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves stands up over Malaki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves preventing the sweep.
Malaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alves trying to control but Malaki is working from the bottom.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
Malaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves lands a couple of elbows.
Alves postures up in Malaki's guard and throws a big left but Malaki blocks it.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Malaki has wrist control.
Alves content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alves scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alves 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.
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Malaki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves looking to sit in guard and control but Malaki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Malaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Malaki is one step ahead there.
Renzo Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alves striking from the bottom.
Malaki must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Malaki from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Malaki preventing the sweep.
Alves is controlling Malaki's posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Alves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malaki slips under a jab from Alves .
Malaki staying out of range there.
Alves feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Malakis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alves swings widly with a right hand
and Malaki counters with a stiff right hand.
Malaki moves out of range as Alves strikes.
Malaki thumps Alves with a low kick.
Alves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Malaki defends it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malaki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alves has time to react.
Malaki leaves Alves with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Alves . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alves throws a hook but Malaki avoids it easily.
Malaki was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Renzo Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Malaki.
Malaki throws a lazy right hand but Alves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alves misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Malaki slips a jab and a cross from Alves .
Alves throws an overhand right that lands on Malaki's shoulder, as Malaki tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Renzo Alves will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Malaki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Malaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Malaki throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Alves shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Malaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alves .
Malaki is staying active underneath Alves , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Alves misses with a head shot. Malaki uses the momentum to regain guard.
Malaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alves postures up in Malaki's guard and throws a big left but Malaki blocks it.
Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Malaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alves is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alves lands a couple of digs.
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Malaki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alves wants to control from the top but Malaki keeps moving.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Alves misses with a hook
and Malaki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yancy Malaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Malaki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alves at a distance.
Malaki throws a push kick but Alves slaps the foot to one side.
Malaki throws a body punch but Alves moves out of range.
Alves swings widly with a right hand
and Malaki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circle momentarily. Malaki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Malaki lands a jab.
A good leg kick by Malaki.
Alves moves out of range as Malaki throws a body kick.
Malaki misses with a leg kick
and Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alves is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Malaki, right into the meat.
Alves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Malaki's waist but Malaki gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alves off to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a hook but Malaki blocks it.
Alves loads up on a big right hand but Malaki slips the punch.
Alves slips under a jab.
Alves was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Malaki jabs at Alves 's body.
Alves throws a good cross that connects.
Good shot there by Malaki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves . Malaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yancy Malaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice jab there from Malaki.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malaki manages to avoid it.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Malaki moved out of range nicely.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves avoids a kick to the body.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Malaki is out of range.
A jab lands there for Malaki.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Malaki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Malaki can pounce on him.
Malaki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Alves 's head backwards.
Alves swings widly with a right hand
and Malaki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alves is rocked!
Malaki connects with a nice looking jab.
Oh Alves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alves misses with a right hand
and Malaki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Malaki is out of range.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alves closes the distance but Malaki moves to the side
and Malaki counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alves throws a right hand that misses
and Malaki counters with a nice body shot.
Alves throws a lazy head kick
and Malaki counters with a nice right hand that sends Alves toppling to the canvas! Alves scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Malaki finish him?!
It looks like Renzo Alves has been cut.
Malaki pounces like a tiger and cracks Alves with a vicious hook! Alves is down but not out! Malaki follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yancy Malaki!
After winning the bout, Yancy Malaki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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