PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dmonray Malapitan (ranked 4466 p4p, 454 weight class) and Cody Brinks (ranked 3724 p4p, 387 weight class). Cody Brinks is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Malapitan
vs
Brinks

192 cm
20
192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
196 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dmonray Malapitan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cody Brinks!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malapitan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brinks.
Brinks swinging wildly here.
Malapitan throws a combination that misses

and Brinks counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Malapitan gets through Brinks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brinks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Malapitans head.

Malapitan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brinks misses with a series of wild punches.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brinks!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malapitan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brinks.
Brinks throws a right and a left that Malapitan avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brinks takes one to the chin there.

Brinks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Malapitan blocks a body shot from Brinks.
Brinks lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brinks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brinks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Malapitan is trying to push Brinks away but Brinks has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brinks working aggressively here.
Brinks tries to throw a body punch but Malapitan avoids it by throwing Brinks back against the cage.
Brinks can't find room to land a body shot as Malapitan controls the action.
Malapitan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brinks pushes Malapitan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brinks tries a body shot but Malapitan blocks it.
Brinks lands an uppercut.
Brinks lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brinks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brinks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malapitan's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Brinks.
Brinks pushes Malapitan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brinks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brinks pushes Malapitan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brinks.
Malapitan stalling in the clinch but Brinks improves position.
Malapitan can't break the clinch.
Brinks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malapitan takes a shot to the head.
Brinks digs a right hand into Malapitan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Malapitan's gas tank.
Malapitan is breathing heavily.
Malapitan is trying to force a seperation but Brinks has the dominant position.
Brinks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan takes a shot to the head.
Malapitan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brinks pushes Malapitan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brinks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brinks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malapitan.
Brinks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Malapitan backwards.
Brinks lands a right hand.
Malapitan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brinks lands a nice shot to the body.
Malapitan takes a shot to the head.
Malapitan can't break the clinch.
Malapitan is trying to push Brinks away but Brinks has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brinks lands with a short shot to the head.
Brinks pushes Malapitan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brinks lands a hook that snaps the head of Malapitan backwards.
A short body shot lands from Brinks as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brinks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Malapitan or not.
Brinks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Malapitan backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Brinks.
Brinks misses with a punch to the body.
Brinks lands a nice shot to the body.
Brinks pushes Malapitan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brinks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Malapitan or not.
Brinks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malapitan's elbow.
Brinks struggles to land a body shot inside as Malapitan controls his hands.
Malapitan prevents a body shot from Brinks.
Brinks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brinks can't find room to land a body shot as Malapitan controls the action.
Brinks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brinks stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brinks lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Brinks dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brinks drives through and clinches with Malapitan against the cage.
Brinks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Malapitan backwards.
Brinks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brinks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Malapitan takes a shot to the head.
Malapitan wants to break free but Brinks has control.
Brinks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brinks lands with a light punch inside.
Brinks misses with some punches.
Brinks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brinks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brinks works on Malapitan's body with a couple of short punches.
Malapitan is trying to break the clinch but Brinks has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Brinks.
Brinks is leaning against Malapitan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Brinks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brinks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Brinks.
Brinks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Brinks.
Brinks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brinks lands a hook that snaps the head of Malapitan backwards.
Brinks lands a shoulder strike.
Brinks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Malapitan is rocked!
A short uppercut from Brinks.
Oh Malapitan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brinks unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Malapitan! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Brinks is unloading with more strikes now! Malapitan drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Brinks!
Cody Brinks decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.