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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lawyers Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yancy Malaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Money comes to the cage accompanied by Lawyers, Guns, and Money - Warren Zevon. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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143 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lawyers Money!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yancy Malaki!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Money misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malaki with a nice cross.
Lawyers Money seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Money throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Money throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Malaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Money will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Money lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Money throws a right and a left that Malaki avoids nicely.
Money is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Money walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Malaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Money's sensitive parts.
A chopping leg kick lands by Money.
Money pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick from Money misses.
Malaki scores with a decent looking hook.
Money misses with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Money moves away.
Malaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Money throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Malaki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money doesn't manage to clinch there - Malaki circles away.
Malaki dips to his left and cracks Money with an uppercut!
Malaki fails to land with a series of punches.
Malaki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Malaki.
Money tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Money. Malaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Money fails to land with a series of punches.
Money tries a low kick but Malaki avoids it.
Money has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Johny Fighting Temple in the buildup to the fight.
Decent striking displayed by Money there.
Money moves in looking to clinch but Malaki pushes him off.
Money tries to bum rush Malaki with a series of wild strikes but Malaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Money tries to land a leg kick but Malaki saw it coming and moves away.
Malaki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Money rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Money feints and then cracks Malaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Malaki down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Malaki checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Malaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Money connects with a leg kick. Malaki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Malaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Money slips a straight right by Malaki.
Malaki lands with a straight right. Money didn't see that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Malaki.
Malaki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Money lands a nice leg kick that just misses Malaki's sensitive parts.
Money throws a low kick but Malaki avoids it.
Money throws a push kick but Malaki slaps the foot to one side.
Money misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Money throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Money keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malaki.
Malaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Money moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Money tries to land a front kick but Malaki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Money throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malaki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Money. Money circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Malaki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Malaki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Money had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Money lands a nice shot that snaps Malaki's head back.
Malaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Money.
Money moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Money checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A good leg kick by Money.
Nice jab there from Malaki.
Money tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Malaki misses its intended target.
Money throws a series of strikes that have Malaki backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Money throws a combination that misses
and Malaki counters with a nice body shot.
Money lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malaki misses with a wild body shot.
Malaki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Money displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Malaki lands a jab to the head.
Money takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Money lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Malaki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Malaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Money moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Money clinches.
Malaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Money's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Money on the inside.
Malaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Money keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malaki's efforts to push away.
Money breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Lawyers Money will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Malaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malaki digs a good hook to Money's body.
Malaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Money was well out of range. Poor timing from Malaki.
Money is looking to clinch.
Lawyers Money is winning the standup battle so far.
Malaki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Malaki blocks a leg kick.
Money pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Malaki back to the cage. Money follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Malaki tries to bum rush Money with a series of wild strikes but Money uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Malaki misses with a low kick as Money jumps back.
Money slips a jab from Malaki.
Money falls off balance throwing a combination
and Malaki counters with a stiff right hand.
Money lands a nice leg kick that just misses Malaki's sensitive parts.
Malaki scores with a hook to the body. Money takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Malaki throws a body punch but Money moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malaki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Money's head backwards.
Money displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Malaki throws out the jab.
Money looks for the body kick but Malaki saw that one coming.
Money misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Money moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malaki. Money does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malaki tests Money's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Malaki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Malaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Money.
Money looks to clinch
and Malaki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Malaki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Malaki scores with a jab.
Malaki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Money tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Money bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Malaki jabs at Money's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheers as Money lands an impressive looking overhand right. Malaki doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Money takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Money lands with a kick to the temple. Malaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Money misses with a few strikes there.
Money misses with a leg kick.
Malaki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Money has time to react.
Money tries a low kick but Malaki avoids it.
Malaki lands a nice shot to the body.
Money scores with a three punch combo!
Malaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Malaki slips a jab and a cross from Money.
Money lands with a thumping leg kick.
Malaki swings for the body but Money moves out of range.
Money with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Malaki.
Money looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malaki scores with a sloppy right hand. Money should have avoided that one.
Malaki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Money.
Malaki throws a hook but Money blocks it.
Malaki thuds a left hand into Money's body.
Malaki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lawyers Money is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Money walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Malaki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Money takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Money throws a leg kick but Malaki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Money looks to throw the jab but Malaki is out of range.
Money forces Malaki back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Malaki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Money's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malaki missing with a left hand there. Money was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Money lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malaki gets tackled into the cage by Money. Money maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Money misses with a short punch on the inside.
Money manages to break the clinch.
Money attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Money misses with a double jab.
The fighters circling - Money throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Money misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malaki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Money throws the kick towards the body but Malaki avoids it.
Money pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Malaki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Money looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Money throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Malaki.
A head kick misses from Money.
Malaki lands a jab to the nose.
Money rushes Malaki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Yancy Malaki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!
Money swinging wildly here.
Malaki lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Malaki.
Money is rocked!
Money slips a jab and a cross from Malaki.
Oh Money is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Malaki blocks a head kick by Money.
Malaki blocks a head kick by Money.
Money seems to have got his legs back now.
Malaki checks the leg kick.
Malaki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice shot by Malaki.
Money tries to clinch up.
Money throws a leg kick but Malaki moved away.
Money throws a body kick that misses
and Money takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Money lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Malaki punishes Money's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Money looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malaki lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malaki. Money does a little dance to reset his feet.
Money will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Money misses with a hook.
Money throws the kick towards the body but Malaki avoids it.
Malaki checks a leg kick nicely.
Money takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Malaki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice body punch from Malaki.
Malaki misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Money. That's going to slow Malaki down.
Money throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Money tried to score with a low kick but Malaki checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Money throws a head kick but Malaki moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Malaki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Money doesn't seem phased though.
Malaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Money.
Money takes one to the chin there.
Malaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Money lands a nice leg kick that just misses Malaki's sensitive parts.
Money swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Malaki counters with a stiff right hand.
Money avoids the body shot from Malaki.
Malaki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Money tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Malaki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Money's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Malaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Money scrambles back to his feet.
Money moves out of range of the strikes.
Money tries to clinch but Malaki is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Money moves in looking to clinch but Malaki pushes him off.
Money takes one on the button.
Malaki scores with a hook.
Money pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Money looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Malaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Malaki misses with a looping left.
Money pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Money finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Money ducks under a wild hook from Malaki.
Malaki jabs Money to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Money moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Malaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice shot by Malaki.
Malaki lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Money lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Money attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Malaki scores with a nice head shot.
Malaki throws a big shot that misses.
Money throws a front kick aimed at Malaki's knee but Malaki avoids it well.
Jab by Malaki.
Money throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Money walks into a straight right hand from Malaki.
Malaki takes a swing at Money's ribcage but misses.
Money attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Malaki dodges the punch combination from Money.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malaki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Malaki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yancy Malaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Malaki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Yancy Malaki!
Our winner, Yancy Malaki, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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