PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khulet Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Smith
vs
Malapitan

178 cm
29
196 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

187 cm
28
195 lbs
12 - 18 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Khulet Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malapitan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Khulet Malapitan has been cut.
Malapitan swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Malapitan misses with an uppercut
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Smith has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sloppy strikes from Malapitan. Those never looked like landing.
Smith misses with a hook. Malapitan ducked under it nicely.
Khulet Malapitan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Malapitan. Those never looked like landing.
Malapitan moves out of range as Smith strikes.
A jab from Smith misses.
Malapitan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Malapitan.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malapitan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith lands an overhand right.

Malapitan is rocked!
Smith lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Malapitan - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Smith!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Smith!
During a confident post fight interview, John Smith thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.