PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scott Mallox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anomander Rake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mallox comes into the arena with Mobb Deep - Quiet Storm blaring out of the sound system. Anomander Rake has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Scott Mallox's chin.

Mallox
vs
Rake

184 cm
21
182 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

182 cm
26
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Mallox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anomander Rake!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mallox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mallox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rake unleashes a big counter combination but Mallox bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mallox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mallox cracks Rake with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Anomander Rake has been cut.
Mallox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rake lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Rake misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rake keeps the fight on the outside.
Mallox backing away here, and Rake unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Rake moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rake. That's going to slow Mallox down.
Rake throws a head kick but Mallox moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Rake.
Rake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rake lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Rake misses
and Mallox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mallox tries to clinch there but Rake circles away.

Mallox cracks Rake with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rake looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Mallox finish him?

Rake is rocked!
Rake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rake is still on wobbly legs! Can Mallox finish him?
Rake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rake seems to have recovered his senses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mallox is looking to clinch but Rake is avoiding it.
Rake appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rake throws a nice head kick!
Rake connects with a high kick.
Mallox tries to clinch but Rake is having none of it.
Anomander Rake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rake scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rake throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mallox seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mallox throws an elbow but it misses.
Mallox throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mallox is defending well for now.
Rake avoids a wild elbow strike from Mallox.
Rake tries a knee to the head but Mallox blocks it.
Rake blocks the elbow strike.
Rake stalls.
Rake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mallox working aggressively here.
Rake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rake avoids a wild elbow strike from Mallox.
Mallox throws an elbow that misses.
Rake blocks an elbow strike from Mallox.
Mallox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mallox managing to block the knees to the body from Rake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rake stalling the fight.
Rake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mallox is defending well for now.
Mallox managing to block the knees to the body from Rake.
Rake is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mallox is keeping busy.
Mallox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mallox blocks it with crossed arms.
Mallox creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rake landing knees to the body.
Mallox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mallox avoids it.
Rake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rake scores a nice knee to the body.
Rake stalling.
Mallox avoiding damage as Rake throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mallox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rake blocks an elbow strike.
Mallox lands an uppercut.
Mallox pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mallox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from Mallox.
Mallox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mallox throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mallox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mallox misses with an elbow over the top.
Mallox misses with an elbow over the top.
Mallox throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mallox managing to block the knees to the body from Rake.
Rake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rake missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Anomander Rake will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anomander Rake's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mallox tries to clinch up but Rake circles away and keeps his distance.
Mallox fails in his attempt to clinch.

Rake clinches up with Mallox and pushes him back against the cage.
Rake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mallox avoids it.
Rake blocks an elbow strike from Mallox.
Mallox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rake lands a good knee to the midsection. Mallox won't want to take too many of those.
Rake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mallox avoids it.
Mallox avoiding damage as Rake throws knees to the body.
Rake leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mallox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mallox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rake scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Scott Mallox has been cut.
Rake lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallox throws an elbow but it misses.
Mallox lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mallox throws an elbow but misses.
Rake trying to land knees to the body.
Mallox managing to block the knees to the body from Rake.
Mallox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mallox misses with an elbow over the top.
Rake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mallox is defending well for now.
Mallox misses with an elbow strike.
Mallox throws an elbow that misses.
Mallox tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rake avoids it.
Mallox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rakes head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rake - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mallox throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mallox throws an elbow but misses.
Mallox misses with some punches.
Mallox avoiding damage as Rake throws knees to the body.
Mallox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rake is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rake lands a good knee to the midsection. Mallox won't want to take too many of those.
Rake scores a nice knee to the body.
Rake leaning against his opponent.
Mallox misses with an elbow strike.
Mallox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rake taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mallox looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mallox misses with an elbow strike.
Mallox misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rake - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rake misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rake lands a nice knee to the body.
Rake blocks an elbow strike from Mallox.
Mallox looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rake stalling in the clinch but Mallox improves position.
Mallox pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rake working Mallox over with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mallox throws an elbow but misses.
Mallox misses with an elbow over the top.
Rake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mallox.
Rake tries to land a knee to the head but Mallox blocks with his arms.
Rake blocks the elbow strike.
Rake tries to land knees in the clinch but Mallox avoids the damage to the body.
Mallox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mallox just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rake's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rake lands a good knee to the midsection. Mallox won't want to take too many of those.
Rake misses with a knee to the head.
Mallox avoiding damage as Rake throws knees to the body.
Mallox has a couple of punches blocked by Rake.
Anomander Rake seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rake blocks an elbow strike from Mallox.
Rake tries a knee to the head but Mallox blocks it.
Mallox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rake misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rake has Mallox pressed against the cage, preventing Mallox from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mallox throws an elbow but it misses.
Rake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mallox.
Mallox creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mallox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mallox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rake backwards.
Rake blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anomander Rake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. And we move into the final round!

Rake thuds his shin into the meat of Mallox's side.
Mallox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mallox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rake steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mallox.
Mallox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rake manages to avoid it.
Rake keeps the fight on the outside.
Rake scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Rake.

Rake darts in and clinches Mallox up against the cage.
Mallox pushes off an throws an elbow but Rake leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rake avoids a wild elbow strike from Mallox.
Mallox misses with an elbow over the top.
Rake tries to land knees in the clinch but Mallox avoids the damage to the body.
Rake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mallox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mallox missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rake displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mallox up against the cage.
Rake takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mallox lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mallox.
Mallox lands a nice elbow.
Rake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mallox.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mallox.
Rake stalling.
Rake avoids a wild elbow strike from Mallox.
Rake is struggling to control the position.
Mallox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mallox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scott Mallox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mallox throws an elbow but it misses.
Rake landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mallox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rake connects with a knee to the head.
Mallox pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mallox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mallox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Mallox fails to land.
Mallox avoiding damage as Rake throws knees to the body.
Mallox throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rake dodges an elbow strike from Mallox.
Rake missing with knees to the body.
Mallox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mallox working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mallox just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rake's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rake is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rake landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rake managing to block the knees to the body from Mallox.
Mallox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rake unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mallox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mallox takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mallox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mallox.
Rake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mallox is defending well for now.
Rake scores a nice knee to the body.
Rake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rake connects with a knee to the head.
Mallox throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mallox pushes off an throws an elbow but Rake leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mallox throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mallox pushes off an throws an elbow but Rake leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rake with a knee to the head.
Rake using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rake avoids a wild elbow strike from Mallox.
Mallox pushes off an throws an elbow but Rake leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rake tries to land knees in the clinch but Mallox avoids the damage to the body.
Rake avoids the elbow strike from Mallox, against the cage.
Anomander Rake is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mallox throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mallox pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rake misses with a knee strike.
Mallox managing to block the knees to the body from Rake.
Rake avoids the elbow strike from Mallox, against the cage.
Rake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mallox scores with an uppercut up the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Scott Mallox.
Well Rake 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Anomander Rake!
In defeat, Scott Mallox stepped up to the mic, saying 'F*ck it! '.