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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Malcoms (ranked 4215 p4p, 493 weight class) and Manny Zelaya (ranked 3599 p4p, 439 weight class). Zelaya comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Can't hold us kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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7 - 4 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Malcoms !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manny Zelaya!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Malcoms , right into the meat.
Zelaya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Malcoms .
Malcoms definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Zelaya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Malcoms there.
Malcoms blocks a head kick by Zelaya.
Malcoms lands with a nice combination. Zelaya backs away looking to recover.
Zelaya looks to throw the jab but Malcoms is out of range.
Malcoms misses with a double jab
and Zelaya counters by clinching up.
Malcoms lands with a light punch inside.
Zelaya has had enough of the clinch but Malcoms keeps him there for the moment.
Malcoms pushes Zelaya back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Malcoms stalling against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malcoms escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malcoms lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zelaya fails with the takedown
and Malcoms counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Malcoms does it's job there.
Zelaya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malcoms moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malcoms lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Malcoms connects with a leg kick. Zelaya looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Malcoms connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zelaya's hands.
Zelaya misses with a takedown attempt
and Malcoms counters with a huge left! Zelaya is in big trouble! He's backing up but Malcoms isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Zelaya from any more damage. A dominating finish by Malcoms !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Malcoms !
Daniel Malcoms decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
Manny Zelaya was interviewed post fight and said 'He put on a nice performance but I will see you again'.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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