PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeMarcus Cousins (ranked 1668 p4p, 205 weight class) and Stan Mailic (ranked 2053 p4p, 240 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Cousins
vs
Mailic

211 cm
20
279 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

196 cm
21
274 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, DeMarcus Cousins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stan Mailic!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mailic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cousins.
A little jabbing left from Mailic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mailic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mailic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mailic is looking to clinch but Cousins is avoiding it.
Mailic tries to clinch up but Cousins circles away and keeps his distance.
Cousins swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mailic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cousins's hands.

It looks like DeMarcus Cousins has been cut.
Mailic misses with a wild combination.
Stan Mailic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mailic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cousins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mailic scores with a nice strike.
Mailic misses with a body kick.
Mailic throws an off balance right hand
and Cousins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Mailic moves into the clinch.
Mailic misses with the head strike.
Mailic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mailic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mailic misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cousins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mailic avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mailic misses with a body punch.
Mailic working aggressively here.
Mailic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Our sources have told us that Cousins has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Mailic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mailic working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cousins.
Mailic lands with a short shot to the head.
Mailic working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cousins.
Mailic tries to work over Cousins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mailic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mailic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mailic can't find room to land a body shot as Cousins controls the action.
Mailic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cousins's elbow.
Cousins is looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mailic pushes off an throws an elbow but Cousins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Mailic fails to land.
Cousins prevents a body shot from Mailic.
A short body shot lands from Mailic as the two fighters clinch.
Cousins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mailic tries to throw a body punch but Cousins avoids it by throwing Mailic back against the ropes.
Mailic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mailic can't find room to land a body shot as Cousins controls the action.
Mailic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mailic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mailic misses with a body punch.
Mailic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mailic throws a head punch that misses.
Mailic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mailic misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cousins.
Mailic is working Cousins over against the ropes.
Cousins is breathing heavily.
Mailic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mailic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mailic struggles to land a body shot inside as Cousins controls his hands.
Mailic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cousins avoids a wild elbow strike from Mailic.

Cousins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mailic slips a jab from Cousins.
Cousins steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mailic. That one must have hurt.
Mailic stuns Cousins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cousins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mailic scores with a punch to the head.
Mailic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cousins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mailic rushes Cousins and presses him up against the ropes.
Mailic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

DeMarcus Cousins's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mailic misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Mailic fails to land.
Mailic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Mailic fails to land.
Cousins prevents a body shot from Mailic.
Mailic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mailic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mailic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mailic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mailic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mailic presses Cousins against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mailic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mailic digs a right hand underneath Cousins's ribcage. Cousins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Mailic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DeMarcus Cousins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mailic clinches up with Cousins and pushes him back against the ropes.
Cousins blocks the elbow strike.
Mailic lands a left hand.
Mailic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mailic.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mailic.
Mailic tries to throw a body punch but Cousins avoids it by throwing Mailic back against the ropes.
Mailic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mailic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cousins blocking some punches.
Mailic can't find room to land a body shot as Cousins controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mailic lands a nice shot to the body.
Mailic gets through Cousins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mailic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mailic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mailic lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cousins.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mailic.
Mailic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mailic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cousins or not.
Mailic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Mailic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mailic tries a body shot but Cousins blocks it.

Cousins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mailic closes the distance and pushes Cousins back into the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mailic.
Nice body punch from Mailic.
Mailic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mailic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mailic lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mailic is leaning against Cousins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mailic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mailic misses with the head strike.
Mailic lands a body shot.
Mailic scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Mailic.
Mailic is leaning against Cousins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cousins avoids the elbow strike from Mailic, against the ropes.
Stan Mailic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mailic misses with a body punch.
Mailic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Mailic.
Mailic misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Mailic - that landed with a thud.
Cousins prevents a body shot from Mailic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Mailic.
Mailic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mailic works on Cousins's body with a couple of short punches.
Mailic lands a nice shot to the body.
Mailic misses with some punches.
Mailic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Mailic.
Mailic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mailic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mailic scores with a shoulder strike.
Mailic lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mailic throws an elbow but misses.
Mailic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mailic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mailic lands a damaging elbow.
Mailic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Cousins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mailic tries to clinch up but Cousins circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Cousins was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mailic.
Nice jab there from Mailic.

DeMarcus Cousins's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mailic throws a front kick that sends Cousins stumbling back into the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mailic tries to close the distance and clinch but Cousins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mailic lands with a nice body punch.

Mailic feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Cousins sprawling to the canvas! Cousins rolls over backwards and springs off the ropes and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Mailic finish him?!

Cousins is rocked!

Jeez, DeMarcus Cousins's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mailic lands with a nice body punch.
Oh Cousins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mailic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mailic cracks Cousins with a left hook right on the temple and Cousins goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Mailic lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Cousins is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stan Mailic!