PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Waleed Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jordan jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malik's entrance music is Can't Be Touched. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Malik
vs
jones

182 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Waleed Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, jordan jones!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malik tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.
Malik tries to clinch but jones is having none of it.
jones fails with the takedown.
Malik tries to clinch but jones is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
jones keeps the fight on the outside.
jones throws a series of punches but Malik avoids them all with ease.
Malik moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Malik misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - jones scores with a four punch combination!
jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - jones scores with a four punch combination!
Malik looks to land a body kick but jones moved away.
Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
jones throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
jones misses with a few strikes there.
Malik takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
jones throws the kick towards the body but Malik avoids it.
Malik looks to land a body kick but jones moved away.
A nice inside leg kick there by jones. That's going to slow Malik down.
Malik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from jones.
jones throws a right and a left that Malik avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from jones misses.
jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
A lazy left from jones finds it's target.
Waleed Malik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malik is looking to clinch.
jones lands a lovely overhand right.
Malik misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
jones avoids the head kick by Malik.
jones throws a right and a left that Malik avoids nicely.
Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from jones does it's job there.
jones avoids the head kick by Malik.
jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - jones scores with a four punch combination!
Malik walks into a stiff left hand from jones.
jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Malik doesn't manage to clinch there - jones circles away.
jones's corner calls for a 1-2. jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Malik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones wants to break the clinch but can't.

Malik breaks the clinch.
Malik slips a jab and a cross from jones.
Malik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
jones throws a series of punches but Malik avoids them all with ease.
Malik tries a head kick but it misses.
Malik stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from jones.
jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
jones bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Malik is looking to clinch.
jones lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Some wild striking there from jones.
jones is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Malik had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up but jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Malik lands a high kick!

It looks like jordan jones has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Malik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling jones to score with a decent uppercut.
jones lands with a nice body kick.
jones throws a series of strikes that have Malik backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malik avoids a punch combination nicely.
jones tests Malik's chin there with a solid looking shot.
jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Malik fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from jones.
jones throws a head kick that half lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by jones.
jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but Malik sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten jones somewhat.
Waleed Malik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jordan jones.
jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Malik throws a sloppy head kick
and jones counters with a straight right hand.
jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and jones counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malik throws a sloppy head kick
and jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
jones tries a head kick but it misses.
jones moves out of range of the body kick from Malik.
jones throws a one two combo.
jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Malik on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from jones.
jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
jones looks to land a combination but Malik avoids it well.
jones lands with a shot to the body.
Malik is breathing heavily.
A head kick from jones lands but Malik takes it in his stride.
jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
jones throws a series of strikes that have Malik backpedaling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
jones scores with a jab.
Malik fails with an attempt to clinch.
jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Malik wants to clinch up but jones keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jordan jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on jordan jones's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malik circles away quickly and effectively.
jones misses with a few strikes there.
Malik throws a head kick that misses
and jones counters with a straight right hand.
jones is looking to slow Malik down with leg kicks.
Malik throws a head kick that half lands.
jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Malik closes the distance but jones moves to the side
and jones counters with a stiff right hand.
jordan jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Malik tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Malik looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Malik as he avoids it easily.
Malik walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
jones moves out of range as Malik strikes.
jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
jones fails with the takedown.
Malik closes the distance looking to clinch
letting jones counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones throws a series of punches but Malik avoids them all with ease.
A head kick from jones lands but Malik takes it in his stride.
Malik throws a nice head kick!
jones swinging wildly here.
Good leg kick by jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
jones jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
jones avoids the head kick by Malik.
Malik lands with a kick to the temple. jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
jones is working the combinations to good effect here.
jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Malik tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Malik slaps away a takedown attempt from jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Waleed Malik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jordan jones.
jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malik wants to clinch but jones slips to the side
and jones counters with a left and a right that stings Malik.
jones misses with a double jab.
jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Malik off the cage and back into rage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malik takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Malik darts in trying to clinch
and jones counters with a left to the body.
Malik looks to clinch
and jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Malik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Decent striking displayed by jones there.
jones avoids the head kick by Malik.
Malik is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
jones throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Malik.
jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
jones fails with the takedown.
Malik shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Malik tries a head kick but it misses.
jones lands with a nice combination. Malik backs away looking to recover.
jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Malik misses with a head kick.
A combination from jones does no damage.
jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A decent looking cross lands there for jones.
jones goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Malik tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Malik drops his hands momentarily and jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
jones lands a two punch combo.
jones lands with a nice combination. Malik backs away looking to recover.
jones scores with a head kick.
Malik looks to clinch
and jones counters with a straight right hand.
Malik throws a lazy head kick
and jones counters with a three punch combo that has Malik backing up. Malik nods at jones to acknowledge the strikes.
jones scores with a nice head shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by jones!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malik throws a sloppy head kick
and jones counters with a head kick.
Waleed Malik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
jones scores with a nice strike.
A nice combination there by jones.
jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
jones works over Malik's head and body with a nice combination.
jones lands a jab-cross combination.
jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Malik throws a combination that misses
and jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
jones stalks Malik and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Malik's face. Malik staggers backwards, shaken.
Left hook, right uppercut from jones.
jones lands an overhand right.
Malik wants to clinch but jones slips to the side
and jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
jones lands with a straight right. Malik didn't see that one coming.
Malik misses with a combination
enabling jones to counter with a crisp jab.
jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
jones blocks a head kick by Malik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jordan jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on jordan jones's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

jones throws a one two combo.
Nice uppercut lands for jones. That snapped Malik's head back.
Malik tries to clinch
and jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Malik throws a series of punches but jones avoids them all with ease.
Malik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from jones.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by jones.
Malik tries to clinch but jones moves away
and jones counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from jones is defended easily by Malik.
A right-left combo lands from jones.
Malik slips a jab and a cross from jones.
jones misses with a double jab.
Malik tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling jones to counter with a crisp jab.
jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Malik throws a sloppy head kick
and jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
jones tries to bum rush Malik with a series of wild strikes but Malik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
jones looks to land a combination. Malik sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Malik clinches but jones breaks the clinch
and jones counters with a left and a right that stings Malik.
jones fails to land with a series of punches.
jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Malik tries to clinch up
and jones counters with a head kick.
Malik clinches but jones breaks the clinch
and jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Malik takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Malik has managed to clinch.
jones can't break the clinch.
Malik tries to break free but jones pushes him back against the cage.

Malik breaks the clinch.
Malik looks to clinch
and Malik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Malik gets cracked there but stands up to it.
jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malik misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Malik throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones cracks Malik with a right hand to the side of the head.
Malik tries to clinch but fails miserably
and jones counters with a one-two to the body.

jones throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Malik was covering up waiting for the punch and jones finishes the takedown easily into guard.
jones passes Malik's left leg - he's now in half guard.

jones is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Malik is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). jordan jones!