PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dj Crabby Jef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Malham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crabby Jef comes to the cage accompanied by Madd Skillz. Malham is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Poets of the Fall - War. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as John Malham enters the cage!

Crabby Jef
vs
Malham

185 cm
26
198 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

195 cm
30
191 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dj Crabby Jef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Malham!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malham swings for the body but Crabby Jef moves out of range.
Good work by Crabby Jef as he checks the leg kick.
Malham throws a low kick, looking for Crabby Jef's leg but Crabby Jef calmly moves out of range.
Malham lands with a thumping leg kick.
Malham connects with a body shot that sends Crabby Jef's belly button to the back.
Crabby Jef scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Malham doesn't seem bothered though.
A cross from Crabby Jef lands.
Malham finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Crabby Jef looks to land a right hand but Malham moved out of range.
Crabby Jef throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Malham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crabby Jef moves away.

Malham has managed to clinch.
Crabby Jef throws a head punch that misses.
Crabby Jef swings wildly with an uppercut but Malham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crabby Jef drops down looking for an ankle pick but Malham pulls his leg out and moves away.
Malham misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Malham.
Malham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Malham scoring well with a low kick there.
Crabby Jef throws a good cross that connects.
Malham fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crabby Jef is out of range.

Crabby Jef clinches up with Malham and pushes him back against the cage.
Malham tries to break free but Crabby Jef pushes him back against the cage.
Crabby Jef throws a head punch that misses.
Malham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crabby Jef backwards.
Malham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Malham on the inside.
Malham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crabby Jef backwards.
Malham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crabby Jef lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Crabby Jef.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malham tries to land knees in the clinch but Crabby Jef avoids the damage to the body.
Malham tries to break free but Crabby Jef pushes him back against the cage.
Crabby Jef tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Malham is trying to force a seperation but Crabby Jef has the dominant position.
Malham tries to circle away but Crabby Jef has him pinned against the cage.
Malham prevents the takedown attempt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Malham obliges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crabby Jef.
Crabby Jef keeps control of Malham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Malham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crabby Jef managing to block the knees to the body from Malham.
Malham will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Crabby Jef up against the cage.
Malham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Malham wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Crabby Jef.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef tries to work over Malham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Malham misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crabby Jef.
Crabby Jef has a couple of punches blocked by Malham.
Crabby Jef throws a punch but it's blocked by Malham.
Malham with a knee to the head.
Malham scores with a shot to the side of Crabby Jef's head.
Crabby Jef lands a left hand that snaps the head of Malham backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Malham.

Malham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crabby Jef clobbers Malham with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Malham finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Malham tries a head kick but it misses.
Malham tries to close the distance and clinch but Crabby Jef swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crabby Jef.
A bone on bone clash there as Crabby Jef blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malham slips under a jab from Crabby Jef.
Malham jabs Crabby Jef to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malham throws a jab when Crabby Jef was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malham. Crabby Jef does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crabby Jef throws a body punch but Malham moves out of range.
Malham lunges at Crabby Jef with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crabby Jef's hand.
Malham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Malham tries a head kick but it misses.
Crabby Jef moves out of range of the strikes.
Crabby Jef lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Malham.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Malham misses.
Malham steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crabby Jef.
Crabby Jef avoids the head kick by Malham.
Malham misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Malham dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Malham is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malham cracks a nice hook into Crabby Jef's ribs.
Malham is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice jab there from Crabby Jef.
Malham doesn't manage to clinch there - Crabby Jef circles away.
Crabby Jef throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crabby Jef.
Crabby Jef avoids a kick to the body.
Malham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crabby Jef takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Malham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crabby Jef to score with a decent uppercut.
Malham lands a glancing blow to the side of Crabby Jef's head.
John Malham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crabby Jef lands a nice looking body shot.
Malham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crabby Jef paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crabby Jef shoots in and drives through. Malham sprawls well.
Malham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Crabby Jef manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Crabby Jef finds it's way through Malham's defenses.
Malham is looking to slow Crabby Jef down with leg kicks.
Malham thows a leg kick but Crabby Jef checks it
and Crabby Jef counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Crabby Jef throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Malham takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Malham connects with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Crabby Jef. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Malham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Malham clinches with his opponent.
Crabby Jef working aggressively here.

Malham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crabby Jef looks to land a right hand but Malham moved out of range.
Malham scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malham stuffs the takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malham slips a straight right by Crabby Jef.
Malham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crabby Jef avoids the body shot from Malham.
Crabby Jef keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crabby Jef takes a kick to the side of the head.
Crabby Jef takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crabby Jef throws a jab but it's blocked by Malham.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Malham throws a head kick but Crabby Jef moves out of range.
Malham finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Crabby Jef connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Malham's hands.
Crabby Jef works the jab nicely.
Malham lands with a nice combination. Crabby Jef backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malham looks to score with a jab to the body but Crabby Jef is just out of range.
Malham ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crabby Jef throws a jab when Malham was well out of range.
Malham connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crabby Jef's hands.
Crabby Jef looks to throw the jab but Malham is out of range.
Crabby Jef misses with a hook. Malham ducked under it nicely.
Malham is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crabby Jef rather than just go for the knockout.
Malham doesn't manage to clinch there - Crabby Jef circles away.
Crabby Jef slips a straight right by Malham.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Malham, right into the meat.
Crabby Jef throws a hook to the side of Malham's head but Malham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crabby Jef jabs Malham right on the nose. Malham blinks but takes it well.
Malham takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Malham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Malham throws a jab but it's blocked by Crabby Jef.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crabby Jef scores with the left hand. Malham knows he should have avoided that one.
Crabby Jef lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malham circles away quickly and effectively.
Malham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crabby Jef manages to avoid it.
Crabby Jef is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malham.
Malham misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malham takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Crabby Jef ducks under a wild hook from Malham.
Malham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crabby Jef circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Crabby Jef gets tackled into the cage by Malham. Malham maintains the clinch.
Crabby Jef tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dj Crabby Jef. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malham scores with a shot to the side of Crabby Jef's head.
John Malham seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crabby Jef blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Malham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Crabby Jef takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Crabby Jef keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malham throws out a loose jab but Crabby Jef uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malham bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Malham misses with a kick to the body.
Malham pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Crabby Jef misses its intended target.
Malham slips a straight right by Crabby Jef.
Crabby Jef swings widly with a right hand
and Malham makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Crabby Jef lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Malham backs up against the cage.
Malham takes a jab right on the kisser.
Crabby Jef lands with a hook. Malham tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Malham looks to land a body kick but Crabby Jef moved away.
Malham throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crabby Jef will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Malham tries to bum rush Crabby Jef with a series of wild strikes but Crabby Jef uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Malham takes one to the chin there.
Crabby Jef swings for the body but Malham moves out of range.

Malham has Crabby Jef up against the cage in a clinch.
Malham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crabby Jef doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crabby Jef lands a shoulder strike.
Malham is trying to force a seperation but Crabby Jef has the dominant position.
A right handed body shot lands from Crabby Jef.
Malham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crabby Jef blocks it with crossed arms.
Crabby Jef on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Crabby Jef lands a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Malham has his foot on Crabby Jef's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Crabby Jef works his way back into a safe position though.
Crabby Jef trying to control but Malham is working from the bottom.
Dj Crabby Jef has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef postures up.
Crabby Jef is looking to work some ground and pound but Malham has wrist control.
Crabby Jef is looking to work some ground and pound but Malham has wrist control.
Malham keeping moving, preventing Crabby Jef from controlling successfully.
Crabby Jef throwing strikes but missing.
John Malham is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Crabby Jef throwing strikes but missing.
Crabby Jef has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Malham looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Crabby Jef wants to control from the top but Malham keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef is working Malham over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Malham is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Crabby Jef postures up and lands a big shot to Malham's brow.
Malham is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Crabby Jef avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Malham keeping moving, preventing Crabby Jef from controlling successfully.
Malham is trying to keep Crabby Jef in close.
Crabby Jef throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef scoring with punches to the head and body.
Malham trying to keep a closed guard but Crabby Jef is proving a slippery customer.
Malham keeping moving, preventing Crabby Jef from controlling successfully.
Crabby Jef working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Crabby Jef is sitting in close to Malham's body. Malham has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Crabby Jef is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Crabby Jef is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Malham.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Malham!
A very excited looking John Malham made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.