PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dee Stirling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Malone
vs
Stirling

193 cm
21
225 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Malone!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dee Stirling!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stirling moves out of range of the strikes.
Josh Malone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malone lands with an overhand left.
Stirling takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Malone dodges the punch combination from Stirling.
Stirling throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Malone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Malone misses with an uppercut.
Malone misses with a few strikes there.
Malone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stirling was well out of range. Poor timing from Malone.
Jab by Malone.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Malone moves into the clinch successfully.
Malone prevents Stirling from breaking the clinch.
Malone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stirling's efforts to push away.
The referee calls for Malone to work.
Malone seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malone manages to break the clinch.
Stirling lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Josh Malone has been cut.
Dee Stirling is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stirling tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malone was well out of range. Poor timing from Stirling.
Malone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malone punishes Stirling's body with a nice straight punch.
Malone shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stirling sprawls well. Stirling wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Malone gets slowly back to his feet.
Stirling misses with a double jab.
Malone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stirling just misses with a punch to the body.
Malone misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone delivers a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stirling swings away with a body shot that misses
and Malone counters with a nice body kick.
Stirling loads up on a big right hand but Malone slips the punch.
Malone throws a shot to the body.

Malone closes the distance and clinches.
Stirling takes a knee to the side of the body.
Malone is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stirling to keep the fight standing.
Malone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stirling blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee calls for Malone to work.

Malone breaks the clinch.
Malone tries to close the distance and clinch but Stirling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stirling throws a hook but Malone blocks it.
Stirling throws a series of punches but Malone moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stirling momentarily.
Malone lands with a straight right. Stirling didn't see that one coming.
Stirling takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Stirling is rocked!
Malone thows a body shot but no joy.
Stirling takes one to the chin there.
Stirling misses with a left hand
and Malone counters with a good low kick that Stirling was not able to check.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malone scoring well with a low kick there.
Malone just misses with a punch to the body.
Malone tries to clinch but Stirling is having none of it.
Malone is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Malone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stirling.
A big right from Malone misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stirling throws a sloppy body shot
and Malone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stirling. Malone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stirling drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stirling is still on wobbly legs! Can Malone finish him?
Stirling swats away the attempt to clinch by Malone.
Stirling seems to have recovered his senses.
Stirling is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Malone rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stirling. Malone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stirling with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Malone to score with a decent uppercut.
Malone throws a shot to the body.
Stirling looks to score with a jab to the body but Malone is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Malone fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Malone throws a head kick but Stirling moves out of range.
Stirling cracks Malone with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Malone tries to clinch up
and Stirling counters with a left to the body.
Stirling throws an off balance right hand

and Malone moves into the clinch.
Stirling is trying to break the clinch but Malone is controlling him.

Stirling manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Malone misses.
Malone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stirling.
Dee Stirling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malone ducks under a wild hook from Stirling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone tries for a takedown but Stirling sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Malone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stirling takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stirling tries to bum rush Malone with a series of wild strikes but Malone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheers as Malone lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stirling doesn't seem phased though.
Stirling is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Malone takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Malone connects with a high kick.
Stirling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malone manages to avoid it.
Malone is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Malone misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Stirling counter with a right hand.
Malone throws a right and a left that Stirling avoids nicely.
Stirling dodges the punch combination from Malone.
Stirling fails to land with a series of punches.
Josh Malone is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Stirling. Those never looked like landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Malone moves into the clinch.
Stirling tries to stall but Malone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Malone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stirling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stirling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stirling managing to block the knees to the body from Malone.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stirling creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stirling struggles to land a body shot inside as Malone controls his hands.
Stirling is working Malone over against the cage.
Malone can't get the takedown.
Stirling wants to break free but Malone has control.
Malone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stirling blocks it with crossed arms.
Malone tries to work over Stirling's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stirling is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stirling is trying to force a seperation but Malone has the dominant position.
Malone is stalling here.
Malone is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stirling to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stirling wants to break free but Malone has control.
Malone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Malone has Stirling pushed against the cage.
Stirling avoids the elbow strike from Malone, against the cage.
Malone lands a nice elbow.
Malone leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stirling wants to break free but Malone has control.
Stirling tries a body shot but Malone blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stirling displaying some good clinch control by pressing Malone up against the cage.
Stirling has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Malone displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stirling up against the cage.

Malone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stirling throws a looping overhand right but Malone ducks down to avoid it.
Malone shoots in for a double leg but Stirling sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Malone comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stirling takes one on the button.
Stirling lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stirling counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Josh Malone will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josh Malone's cut.
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.

Stirling throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Malone to counter with a crisp jab.
Stirling misses with a wild body shot.
Malone is looking to slow Stirling down with leg kicks.
Stirling takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stirling takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Malone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stirling throws a series of punches but Malone moves out of range.

Malone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Malone lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stirling backwards.
Malone leaning against his opponent.
Stirling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Josh Malone has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Malone drops Stirling with a big knee straight up the middle! Stirling is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Dee Stirling has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malone fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stirling throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malone lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Malone pushes Stirling away with a front kick.
Malone 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 Malone there.
Malone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stirling manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malone. Stirling does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stirling stuns Malone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Malone thows a body shot but no joy.
Malone misses with a hook. Stirling ducked under it nicely.
Stirling throws a hook but Malone blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Stirling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Malone pushes Stirling up against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malone throws a right and a left that Stirling avoids nicely.
Stirling throws a right hand that misses
and Malone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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!
Malone misses with a kick to the body
and Stirling counters with a nice body shot.
Stirling is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malone.
Malone looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stirling has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Malone.
Stirling throws the left hand but Malone avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stirling swats away the attempt to clinch by Malone.
Nice shot by Malone.
Stirling dodges the punch combination from Malone.
Stirling works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Malone throws a half hearted mid kick.
Malone blocks a jab.
Stirling digs a good hook to Malone's body.
Stirling ducks under a wild hook from Malone.
No joy there for Stirling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone avoids the body shot from Stirling.
Malone throws out a loose jab but Stirling uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stirling throws the left hand but Malone avoids the punch easily.
Malone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stirling swings for the body but Malone moves out of range.
Malone slips a straight right by Stirling.
Malone misses with a looping right.
Stirling throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malone scores with a jab.
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!
Stirling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stirling misses with a lunging right hand
and Malone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Malone clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stirling stuffs the takedown attempt from Malone. Malone gets slowly back to his feet.
Malone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Malone.
Malone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stirling can do to turn this around?
Stirling displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Malone.
Malone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stirling.
Stirling swinging wildly here.
Stirling keeps the fight on the outside.
Malone slips a jab and a cross from Stirling.
Malone throws a hook to the side of Stirling's head but Stirling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone takes a swing at Stirling's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Malone.
Stirling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malone.
A head kick misses from Malone.
Stirling's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Malone shoots in but Stirling avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stirling lands a slapping body shot.
Malone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stirling.
Stirling walks into a jab.
Malone darts in trying to clinch
and Stirling counters with a nice body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stirling throws a right hand that Malone ducks under and follows up with a left that Malone also avoids with ease.
Stirling has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Malone misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice defenses there by Stirling.
Malone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stirling.
A punch combination from Stirling misses.
Malone looks for the body kick but Stirling saw that one coming.
Stirling defending well as Malone loads up on a big left hand.
Malone takes a swing at Stirling's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stirling was well out of range. Poor timing from Malone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Malone dodges the punch combination from Stirling.
Stirling thows a body shot but no joy.
Stirling scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stirling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Malone.
Malone throws a leg kick but Stirling sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stirling misses with a body shot.
Stirling throws a series of punches but Malone avoids them all with ease.
Malone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stirling manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone lands a glancing blow to the side of Stirling's head.
Malone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Malone walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Malone slips a jab and a cross from Stirling.
Malone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stirling manages to avoid it.
Stirling looks to land a combination but Malone avoids it well.
Malone explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Malone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malone tries to clinch there but Stirling circles away.
Malone cracks Stirling with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stirling throws a series of punches but Malone moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Malone had his way with Dee Stirling in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Malone tries to bum rush Stirling with a series of wild strikes but Stirling uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good leg kick by Malone there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Malone lands with a nice body punch.
Malone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stirling.
Malone dodges the punch combination from Stirling.
Malone lands a lovely overhand right.
Malone throws the kick towards the body but Stirling avoids it.
Stirling takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stirling connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Malone moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone connects with a leg kick. Stirling looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Malone slips a jab from Stirling.
Stirling takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stirling is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Malone swings for the body but Stirling moves out of range.
Malone slips a straight right by Stirling.
Malone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stirling swats away the attempt to clinch by Malone.
Malone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stirling slips under a jab from Malone.
Stirling slips a jab and a cross from Malone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone throws a body punch but Stirling moves out of range.
Malone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stirling stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stirling throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stirling throws an overhand right that lands on Malone's shoulder, as Malone tries to avoid the shot.
Malone wants to land a leg kick but Stirling is out of range.
Stirling misses with a wild combination.
Malone swings for the body but Stirling moves out of range.
Malone scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stirling takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stirling misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Malone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stirling.
Stirling lands a body shot.

Malone pushes Stirling up against the cage in a clinch.
Malone fails to pull guard.
Stirling working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stirling is trying to push Malone away but Malone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stirling is trying to push Malone away but Malone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stirling swings wildly with an uppercut but Malone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malone leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stirling digs a right hand into Malone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Malone's gas tank.
Malone lands a nice elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dee Stirling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Malone has Stirling pressed against the cage, preventing Stirling from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Josh Malone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stirling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Malone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malone misses with the combination.
A big left from Stirling misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stirling lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malone circles away quickly and effectively.
Stirling throws an overhand right that lands on Malone's shoulder, as Malone tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Malone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Malone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 50:46
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Malone!
Josh Malone is the new super heavyweight champion!
Josh Malone decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.