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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rayray McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Malians (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malians has chosen Right Now - Van Halen as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Matt Malians was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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155 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rayray McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Malians!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald tries to keep at a distance but Malians has taken the fight into the clinch.
Malians gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Malians successfully pulls guard.
McDonald slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McDonald accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Malians pulls McDonald in close to his closed guard and prevents McDonald from doing any damage or advancing position.
McDonald pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Malians is keeping the position for now.
McDonald trying to control but Malians is working from the bottom.
McDonald wants to stand and escape but instead Malians has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
McDonald is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malians controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Malians pushes down on McDonald's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, if Malians is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Malians prevents McDonald from improving his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
McDonald is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McDonald wants to control but Malians passes into side.
McDonald is letting Malians control him for a moment.
McDonald has control of an arm but Malians manages to advance to Malians's back!
Malians is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Malians takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Despite being in the dominant position, Matt Malians just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Malians with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Malians is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malians tries to close the distance and clinch up but McDonald swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McDonald gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Malians is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McDonald wants to hit a switch here but Malians passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for McDonald there!
McDonald reaches up to try and control the position but Malians seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! McDonald rolls and tries to escape and now Malians has his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Malians dominated that round.
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.
McDonald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malians fails with an attempt to clinch.
McDonald swats away the attempt to clinch by Malians.
Malians tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McDonald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malians tries to clinch up.
Malians fails in his attempt to clinch.
Malians doesn't manage to clinch there - McDonald circles away.
McDonald is looking to chop away at Malians's legs.
Malians moves in looking to clinch but McDonald pushes him off.
McDonald has his takedown stuffed
and Malians counters by clinching up.
Malians lands a knee to the head.
McDonald tries for a takedown but Malians manages to get underhooks.
Malians lands an elbow just above McDonald 's eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Malians.
Malians landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Malians gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McDonald taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Malians.
Malians scores a nice knee to the body.
Malians with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malians tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malians tries to land a knee to the head but McDonald blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald just leaning against Malians, taking a breather.
Malians looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Malians.
Malians gets through McDonald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McDonald breaks from the clinch.
Malians misses with a leg kick
and McDonald counters with a single leg into guard. Malians didn't expect that.
McDonald looking to sit in guard and control but Malians gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Malians has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of McDonald is proving hard to escape from.
McDonald is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
McDonald throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malians desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Malians trying to hold on to McDonald's head to control him but McDonald postures up.
Malians moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Malians is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McDonald has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Malians has McDonald pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malians pushes McDonald off and scrambles back to his feet.
Malians tries to clinch but McDonald moves away
and McDonald counters with a takedown into side control.
Malians regains half guard there - taking advantage of McDonald's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Malians avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McDonald.
McDonald is thwarting Malians's attempts to control the position.
Malians is holding on to half guard well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald prevents Malians from standing back up.
McDonald is thwarting Malians's attempts to control the position.
Malians is staying active underneath McDonald, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
McDonald is pressing down on Malians's thigh, looking to free his foot. Malians is holding on for now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Malians tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McDonald counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Malians is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rayray McDonald dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Malians tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McDonald counters by clinching up.
Malians is looking to control McDonald's arms but McDonald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Malians has his back to the cage.
Malians decides to pull guard.
Malians pushes McDonald off and gets back to his feet.
Malians clinches.
A knee to the head by Malians.
Malians scores with a knee to the head.
Malians missing with knees to the body.
Malians lands a nice knee to the body.
McDonald changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Malians fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Malians changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. McDonald looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
McDonald gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Malians decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malians tries to clinch up but McDonald circles away and keeps his distance.
Malians tries to clinch there but McDonald circles away.
McDonald circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malians closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Malians lands in his opponent's guard.
Malians slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Malians tries to stand but McDonald is controlling from the bottom.
Malians is stalling in the full guard.
Malians trying to stand up but can't free himself from McDonald's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malians gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Malians wants to clinch up but McDonald keeps it at a distance.
Malians fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McDonald, pushing him back against the cage.
Malians using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Malians gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Malians tries to land a knee to the head but McDonald blocks with his arms.
McDonald tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Malians just stands there and leans against the cage.
McDonald is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Malians gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rayray McDonald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malians trying to stall but McDonald improves his position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Malians.
Malians misses with a knee strike.
McDonald drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McDonald is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Malians can't fight it off and eventually McDonald manages to take the fight to the floor. Malians looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McDonald trying to control but Malians is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is looking to work some ground and pound but Malians has wrist control.
Malians preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Malians avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Matt Malians has got the better of the ground game so far.
McDonald won't allow Malians to get back to his feet.
McDonald stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Malians swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Malians has his hands on McDonald's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Malians clinches with his opponent.
Malians lands an elbow that stopped McDonald in his tracks for a moment.
Malians unloads a knee to the mid-section. McDonald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Malians jumps into guard, dragging McDonald to the mat.
McDonald wants to control from the top but Malians keeps moving.
Malians pulls McDonald in close to his closed guard and prevents McDonald from doing any damage or advancing position.
McDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Malians is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Malians has his hands on McDonald's head, controlling the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Malians comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Malians 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Malians!
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hype
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