PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mad Dog Malone (ranked 1236 p4p, 2593 weight class) and Yef Yew (ranked 187 p4p, 348 weight class). Malone comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Boys - Inner Circle. Yef Yew has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Malone
vs
Yew

181 cm
40
190
19 - 10 - 0

187 cm
42
185
32 - 16 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mad Dog Malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 4, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yef Yew!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yew takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yew throws the left hand but Malone avoids the punch easily.
Yew lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yew throws a series of punches but Malone moves out of range.
Malone 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.
Yew misses with a looping left.
Yew tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yew throws a head kick that misses.
Malone scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yew misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malone cracks Yew with a good jab.

It looks like Yef Yew has been cut.
Yew chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Malone can pounce on him.
Malone throws a body punch but Yew moves out of range.
Malone lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone tried to score with a low kick but Yew checks it.
Malone finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yew misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Malone throws a series of punches but Yew avoids them all with ease.
Malone wants to land a leg kick but Yew is out of range.
Malone scores with a spinning back kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yew misses with a double jab
and Malone counters with a straight right hand.
Yew throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malone swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Malone scores with a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Malone.
Yew on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Malone looks to score with a jab to the body but Yew is just out of range.
Malone jabs at Yew's body.
Malone takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yew moves forwards but Malone connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yew comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malone misses with a body shot.
Yew misses with a looping right.
Yew throws a sloppy head kick and Malone moves out of range easily.
Yew throws a jab but it's blocked by Malone.
Malone swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Malone throws a body shot but no joy.
Yew on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Malone slips a jab from Yew.
Yew ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Malone avoids the body shot from Yew.
Yew on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Yew throws a jab when Malone was well out of range.
Yew swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yew.
Yew misses with a straight left.
Malone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yew.
Malone throws a leg kick but Yew sees it coming and moves out of range.
Malone lands a front kick.
Yew keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malone throws a solid leg kick but Yew takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Malone.
Yew throws a sloppy head kick and Malone moves out of range easily.
Malone staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Malone catches Yew right on the button with a cross.
Yef Yew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Malone - just one landing.
Yew connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Malone looks to score with a jab to the body but Yew is just out of range.
Yew throws a sloppy head kick
and Malone counters with an outside leg kick.
Malone bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yew's head.
Malone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Malone throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Malone lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yew's sensitive parts.
Yew throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Malone to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yew throws a sloppy head kick and Malone moves out of range easily.
Malone scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yew doesn't seem bothered though.
Decent striking displayed by Malone there.
Yew blocks a low kick nicely.
Yew takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Malone moves away from the strike by Yew.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yew looks to land a right hand but Malone moved out of range.
Malone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yew manages to avoid it.
Yew throws a right and a left that both miss.
Malone thinks about countering with a body kick.
Malone misses with a body kick.
Yew might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yew's corner calls for a 1-2. Yew obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Malone lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yew takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Malone throws a body kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Malone.
Yew misses with an uppercut.
Malone throws a leg kick but Yew sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yew misses with a combination
and Malone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malone throws a low kick, looking for Yew's leg but Yew calmly moves out of range.
Malone is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yew keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malone.
Malone scores with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mad Dog Malone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yef Yew's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Yew misses the target.
Malone tried to counter with a leg kick but Yew avoided it.
Malone missing with a left hand there. Yew was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yew moves forwards but Malone connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yew throws a right and a left that Malone avoids nicely.
Yew avoids the body shot from Malone.
Yew looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It looked like Malone was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Yew.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yew. That's going to slow Malone down.
Yew misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malone.
Yew on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yew thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yew fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yew throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Malone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yew works the jab nicely.
Malone with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Malone.
Yew has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Malone finds it's way round the side to connect with Yew's head.
Malone thumps Yew with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yew misses with a double jab
and Malone counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yew moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yew lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yew's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yew duly obliges.

It looks like Mad Dog Malone has been cut.
Mad Dog Malone is winning the standup battle so far.
Malone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yew takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Malone misses with a body shot.
Yew sizes up Malone with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone misses with a low kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Yew might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Malone has got the better of the exchanges.
Malone lands a really nice looking cross but Yew seems unphased.
Yew takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yew closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yew has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Malone.
Yew throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Malone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Malone ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Malone finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Malone lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yew takes a step back to recover.
Yew misses with an uppercut.
Yew jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yew attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Malone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Malone lands a nice hook to Yew's body. Yew takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Malone thumps Yew with a low kick.
A head kick from Yew lands but Malone takes it in his stride.
Malone lands a nice shot to the body.
Yew is breathing heavily.
Yew takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Malone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yew.
Malone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yew can do to turn this around?
Malone lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yew takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Malone instigates a clinch.
Malone misses with some punches.

Yew manages to break the clinch.
Yew misses with a combination
and Malone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Malone misses with the combination.
Yew tries to counter by closing the distance.
Malone throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Malone, right into the meat of the thigh.
Malone throws a body punch but Yew moves out of range.
Malone avoids a kick to the body.
Malone takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yew defending well as Malone loads up on a big left hand.
Yew now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yew throws a right and a left that both miss.
Malone throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yew fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malone works Yew's body with a nice hook.
Yew scores with a body shot.
Malone ducks under a wild hook from Yew.
Malone scores with a decent looking hook.
Yew cracks Malone with an open hand slap.

Malone pushes Yew up against the cage in a clinch.
Malone lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yew or not.
Malone lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Malone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malone scores with a hook.
Yew throws a poor cross that misses
and Malone counters with a thumping low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Malone. That's going to slow Yew down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mad Dog Malone dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Yew throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab from Malone.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Yew in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Malone lands a jab to the head.
Yew slips a jab from Malone.
Yew misses the jab.
Malone scores with a nice head shot.
Yew's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yew throws a series of punches but Malone moves out of range.
Malone ducks under a wild hook from Yew.
Yew throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Yew.
Jab, jab by Malone - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malone dips to his left and cracks Yew with an uppercut!

Yew is rocked!
Yew pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yew is still on wobbly legs! Can Malone finish him?
A punch combination from Yew misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malone takes one to the chin there.
Yew seems to have recovered his senses.
Yew takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Malone ducks under a wild hook from Yew.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yew looks to land a right hand but Malone moved out of range.
Yew on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Donk. Malone catches Yew right on the button with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Malone.
Malone lands with a nice body kick.
Yew throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yew walks into a jab.
Malone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Malone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yew. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick lands from Malone.
Malone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yew.
Malone lands a nice looking body shot.
A low kick from Yew is predictable there
and Malone finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick 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!
A cross from Malone lands.
Nice body kick there by Malone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Malone cracks Yew with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Yew looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Malone finish him?
Malone finds Yew's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Yew flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Malone lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Yew will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mad Dog Malone!
Mad Dog Malone really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Grunge Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.