PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malaquias Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Watch Out (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.

Teixeira
vs
Out

175 cm
27
179 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malaquias Teixeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Watch Out!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Out is looking to clinch but Teixeira is avoiding it.
Watch Out seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Out lands a right hook to the body.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teixeira keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Teixeira wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Teixeira throws a body punch but Out moves out of range.
Out looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Teixeira is fending him off so far but Out persists. Nope, Teixeira circles away and we're back to standing.

Out closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Out fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Teixeira tries to work over Out's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Teixeira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Out breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Teixeira scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teixeira swings for the body but Out moves out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Out or perhaps it was just good defense by Teixeira, which made it look bad.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Teixeira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Out fails to land the takedown.
Teixeira is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Out.
Malaquias Teixeira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Watch Out.
Out moves in looking to clinch but Teixeira pushes him off.
Teixeira scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Teixeira lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Out backs up against the cage.
Out fails with an attempt to clinch.
Teixeira swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Teixeira connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Out is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Out wants to clinch.
Teixeira loads up on a big right hand but Out slips the punch.
And Out tries to counter it with a takedown but Teixeira pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Out wants to clinch.
Teixeira throwing a counter right hand but Out manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
Teixeira misses with the combination.

Teixeira gets tackled into the cage by Out. Out maintains the clinch.
Teixeira working aggressively here.
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!
Out blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Teixeira.
Teixeira lands a hook to the side of the head.

Out pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Teixeira throws a body punch but Out moves out of range.
Out is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Teixeira throws a right hand that Out ducks under and follows up with a left that Out also avoids with ease.
Out tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Teixeira defends well and Out ends up having to push Teixeira into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Out fails in his attempt to clinch.
Teixeira is looking to counter the offense by Out and move into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Out has taken the fight to the clinch.

Teixeira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Teixeira swats away the attempt to clinch by Out.
Out tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teixeira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Out ducks under a wild hook from Teixeira.

Out moves into the clinch.
Teixeira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Teixeira.
Out tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Teixeira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Outs head.
Teixeira misses with an elbow strike.
Out lands a hook to the side of the head.
Out misses with some punches.
Out is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Teixeira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Teixeira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Out fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Out is looking to take this one to the mat.
Teixeira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Out.
Out looks winded!
Teixeira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teixeira lands an uppercut.
Teixeira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Teixeira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Out takes an elbow to the forehead.
Teixeira lands an elbow inside that Out shrugs off.
A shot in the inside from Teixeira.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Teixeira.
Out is trying to drag Teixeira to the mat but Teixeira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Out takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Watch Out has been cut.
Teixeira lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Teixeira.
Teixeira lands a shoulder strike.
Teixeira lands an elbow just above Out 's eye.
Teixeira blocking some punches.
Teixeira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Teixeira is leaning against Out and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malaquias Teixeira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Watch Out's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Out gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Out tries to close the distance and clinch but Teixeira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Out wants to clinch up but Teixeira keeps it at a distance.
Malaquias Teixeira is winning the standup battle so far.
Out slips a jab from Teixeira.
Out tries to clinch but Teixeira moves out of range.
Teixeira is looking to counter the offense by Out and move into the clinch.
Out throws a low kick, looking for Teixeira's leg but Teixeira calmly moves out of range.
Out ducks right into an uppercut from Teixeira.
Out fails with an attempt to clinch.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teixeira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Out can do to turn this around?
Out uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Teixeira.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Out.
Teixeira lands a head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teixeira. Out does a little dance to reset his feet.

Teixeira clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Teixeira as the two fighters clinch.
Out trying to control the position but instead, Teixeira has worked for underhooks and has pushed Out into the cage.
Teixeira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Out is breathing heavily.
Teixeira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Out manages to break the clinch.
Out throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Teixeira.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Teixeira.
Teixeira lands with a hook. Out tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Out tries to clinch up but Teixeira circles away and keeps his distance.
Teixeira tries to counter by clinching up but Out breaks away and moves out of range.
Teixeira stuffs the takedown attempt from Out. Out gets slowly back to his feet.
Teixeira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Teixeira misses with a body shot
letting Out counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira's jab looks to have found its range, popping Out under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Teixeira misses.
Out tries to clinch but Teixeira is having none of it.
Out swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Out is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Out is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Out tries to clinch but Teixeira is having none of it.
Out throws a leg kick
and Teixeira counters with a left and a right that stings Out.
Teixeira keeps the fight on the outside.
Out fails in his attempt to clinch.
Out ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out wants to clinch up but Teixeira keeps it at a distance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Teixeira lands with a straight right. Out didn't see that one coming.

That has opened up Watch Out's cut even more.
Out takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Teixeira stuffs the takedown.
As Out tries to get set, Teixeira tries to push him back and clinch up but Out manages to avoid the attempt.

Teixeira moves into the clinch.
Teixeira stops a takedown attempt from Out.
Malaquias Teixeira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Watch Out.
A short uppercut from Teixeira.
Teixeira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Teixeira lands with a left to the head.
Teixeira lands with a light punch inside.
Out takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teixeira.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teixeira struggles to land a body shot inside as Out controls his hands.
Teixeira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Out backwards.
Teixeira avoiding damage as Out throws knees to the body.
Teixeira lands a body shot in the clinch.
Teixeira lands a body punch in the clinch.

Teixeira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Out looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Teixeira keeps the fight on the outside.
Teixeira scores with a sloppy right hand. Out should have avoided that one.
Out lunges at Teixeira with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Teixeira's hand.
Teixeira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Out on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Teixeira has taken the fight to the clinch.
Teixeira lands an elbow just above Out 's eye.
Teixeira lands an elbow inside.
Out blocks an elbow strike from Teixeira.
Teixeira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Outs head.
Out working aggressively here.
Out dodges an elbow strike from Teixeira.
Out tries to pull guard but Teixeira won't allow it.
Teixeira scores with a shot to the side of Out's head.
Out takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malaquias Teixeira dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Watch Out's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Teixeira scores with a hook to the body. Out takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Teixeira lands with a good body shot.
Out is looking to clinch but Teixeira is avoiding it.
Teixeira misses with a series of wild punches.
Out fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Teixeira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Out tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teixeira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Teixeira wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Out tries to clinch but Teixeira moves out of range.
Out takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Teixeira looks to land a right hand but Out moved out of range.
Out tries to close the distance and clinch but Teixeira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Out shoots for a takedown but Teixeira saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Out tries to close the distance and clinch but Teixeira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Teixeira with a hook.

The cut above Watch Out's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Teixeira lands with a good body shot.
Teixeira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Teixeira fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Teixeira lands a really nice looking cross but Out seems unphased.
Teixeira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Out's head backwards.
Teixeira looks for the body kick but Out saw that one coming.
Out displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Teixeira throws out the jab.
Out takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Watch Out's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Teixeira looks to land a combination but Out avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Out darts in trying to clinch
and Teixeira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Out wants to clinch up but Teixeira keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Teixeira on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jab by Teixeira.
Teixeira connects with a looping right hand.

Out is rocked!
Teixeira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Out looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Out goes for a double leg but Teixeira avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Teixeira continues to drive forward.
Malaquias Teixeira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Watch Out.
Out looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Out shoots in for a takedown but Teixeira shows good takedown defense.
Teixeira lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Out is still on wobbly legs! Can Teixeira finish him?
Teixeira lands with a hook. Out tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Teixeira scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Teixeira sizes up Out with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Out fails in his attempt to clinch.
Teixeira takes a swing at Out's ribcage but misses.
Out displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Teixeira throws out the jab.
Teixeira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Out is trying desperately to land a takedown but Teixeira is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Out.
Jab from Teixeira.
Out throws a body punch but Teixeira moves out of range.
Out has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Out tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teixeira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Out seems to have recovered his senses.
Teixeira takes a swing at Out's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Out moves into the clinch successfully.
Teixeira lands with a short shot to the head.
Teixeira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Watch Out's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Malaquias Teixeira!