PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Reardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theodore Malenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Reardon
vs
Malenko

190 cm
22
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hank Reardon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Theodore Malenko!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Malenko instigates a clinch.
Malenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reardon blocks it with crossed arms.
Reardon is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Malenko gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Malenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Malenko crunches a lovely knee into Reardon's ribcage.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Reardon throws an elbow but misses.
Reardon avoiding damage as Malenko throws knees to the body.
Malenko is working for takedown but Reardon is calmly controlling the position for now.
Reardon goes for a takedown attempt but Malenko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reardon throws out a loose jab but Malenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Malenko!
Reardon throws a series of punches but Malenko moves out of range.
Malenko is looking to clinch.
Reardon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reardon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Malenko tries to clinch but Reardon is having none of it.

Malenko moves into range and clinches up with Reardon.

Reardon has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Malenko clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Reardon throwing strikes and Malenko squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Reardon avoids the attempt from Malenko to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malenko can't escape the position.
Reardon thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Reardon working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Malenko slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Reardon prevents Malenko from improving his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Reardon stops Malenko from getting back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Reardon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malenko blocks a jab.
Malenko moves away from the strike by Reardon.
Reardon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two 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.
Malenko lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Malenko is looking to clinch.
Malenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reardon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Malenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reardon throws out a loose jab but Malenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Malenko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Reardon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Horrible takedown by Reardon or perhaps it was just good defense by Malenko which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hank Reardon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reardon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Malenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Malenko moves out of range of the strikes.

Malenko forces Reardon back against the ropes and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Malenko gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reardon.
Malenko trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reardon swings wildly with an uppercut but Malenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reardon as Malenko tries to tie him up.
Reardon throws a head punch that misses.
Reardon can't find room to land a body shot as Malenko controls the action.

Reardon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reardon throws an overhand right that lands on Malenko's shoulder, as Malenko tries to avoid the shot.
Reardon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Reardon is breathing heavily.
Reardon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Malenko looks to land a body kick but Reardon moved away.
Reardon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reardon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Malenko.
Malenko fails in his attempt to clinch.

Malenko rushes Reardon and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Malenko looking to throw knees to the head but Reardon is blocking nicely.
Reardon misses with some punches.
Reardon can't get the takedown.
Malenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reardon misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Malenko trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Malenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malenko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A slow jab from Reardon misses its intended target.
Reardon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malenko.
Malenko moves away from the strike by Reardon.
Malenko wants to clinch up but Reardon keeps it at a distance.
Malenko tries for a takedown but Reardon sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Malenko moves in looking to clinch but Reardon pushes him off.
Malenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Reardon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Malenko takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reardon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reardon lands a damaging elbow.
Malenko keeps control of Reardon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reardon misses with a hook from the clinch.

Reardon has hold of one of Malenko's legs. Malenko is fighting the takedown attempt but Reardon gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Reardon throws a strike but Malenko rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Malenko stands up from Reardon's guard - Malenko perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Malenko 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.

Reardon misses with a hook.
Reardon misses with a looping right.

Malenko darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Reardon is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Reardon takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Malenko.
Reardon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reardon tries to get out of the position.
Reardon throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Reardon throwing hammer fists to the chest of Malenko. What's that going to do exactly?
Reardon is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reardon throwing hammer fists to the chest of Malenko. What's that going to do exactly?
Malenko wants to control the pace but Reardon is squirming around nicely.
Reardon is looking to improve his position but Malenko isn't that keen on the idea.
Malenko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reardon is looking to escape.
Reardon is looking to improve his position but Malenko isn't that keen on the idea.
Malenko blocks Reardon's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Reardon throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reardon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Malenko punishing his opponent with strikes.
Reardon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reardon slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Reardon punching from the bottom.
Malenko blocks the strikes from Reardon.
Malenko is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Malenko postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Reardon looks a forlorn figure.
Reardon is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malenko looking to control but Reardon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Reardon is trying desperately to improve position.

Malenko looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Malenko wants to control the pace but Reardon is squirming around nicely.
Reardon throwing hammer fists to the chest of Malenko. What's that going to do exactly?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reardon can't escape the position.
Malenko blocks Reardon's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Malenko prevents Reardon from getting the reversal.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Malenko wants to control the pace but Reardon is squirming around nicely.
Reardon throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Reardon throwing hammer fists to the chest of Malenko. What's that going to do exactly?
Reardon working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Malenko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reardon is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Malenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Reardon swats away the attempt to clinch by Malenko.
Malenko walks into a straight right hand from Reardon.
Malenko fails to land with a series of punches.
Malenko throws a hook but Reardon blocks it.

Malenko has managed to clinch.
Malenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Malenko.
Reardon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reardon lands with a left to the head.

Reardon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Theodore Malenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malenko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Malenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reardon swats away the attempt to clinch by Malenko.
Hank Reardon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reardon misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malenko clinches with his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Reardon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reardon.
Reardon scores with a hook to the body.
Malenko lands a nice elbow.

Reardon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malenko fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Reardon checks it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Reardon misses the target.
Reardon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Malenko slips a straight right by Reardon.
Reardon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Malenko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reardon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Malenko pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reardon.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reardon.
Malenko looking to slow down the pace here.
Malenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Reardon avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malenko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Malenko taking a breather.
Malenko prevents a body shot from Reardon.
Reardon pushes off an throws an elbow but Malenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Malenko misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reardon tries to score a body lock takedown but Malenko shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Malenko misses with an elbow over the top.
Malenko is trying to stall.
Reardon is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Malenko gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hank Reardon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Reardon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Malenko.
Malenko pushes off an throws an elbow but Reardon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Malenko tries to land a knee to the head but Reardon blocks with his arms.
Reardon struggles to land a body shot inside as Malenko controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Reardon fails to land.
Malenko looking for a takedown.
Reardon can't break the clinch.
Malenko lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Reardon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malenko's brow.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Reardon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malenko keeps control of Reardon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reardon.
Malenko crunches a lovely knee into Reardon's ribcage.
Reardon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reardon.
Malenko stops a takedown attempt from Reardon.
Knees in the clinch landing for Malenko.
Reardon wants to get back to striking at distance but Malenko won't allow it.
Malenko tries to land a knee to the head but Reardon blocks with his arms.
Malenko lands a knee to the body.
Malenko trying to stall but Reardon improves his position.
Malenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Malenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reardon misses with some punches.
Reardon misses with a punch on the inside.
Hank Reardon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Reardon is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Malenko gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Reardon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Malenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reardon.
Malenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reardon lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malenko trying to land knees to the body.
Reardon throws a head punch that misses.
Reardon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Malenko pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Malenko missing with knees to the body.
Reardon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Malenko trying to control the position but instead, Reardon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Malenko into the ropes.
Malenko is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Malenko can't get the takedown.

Reardon has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Malenko clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Malenko trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Reardon misses with a punch to the head.
Reardon misses with an elbow to the head.

Malenko preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Reardon.

Reardon goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Malenko escapes and is now in half guard on top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Reardon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Malenko 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theodore Malenko!