PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mala Ika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Avalom Soraak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ika
vs
Soraak

173 cm
20
138 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

174 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

TFP GRAPHICS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mala Ika!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Avalom Soraak!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ika swinging wilding here.
Ika jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ika misses with a body kick.
Ika throws a right and a left that Soraak avoids nicely.
Ika lands a head shot.
Ika misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ika tries to work over Soraak's front leg with a kick but Soraak checks it.
Ika lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Some wild striking there from Ika.
Soraak walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soraak shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ika misses with a two punch combination.
Ika rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soraak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ika.
Ika scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soraak checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Soraak gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ika rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soraak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ika cracks Soraak with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ika swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ika bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A leg kick checked by Soraak.
Soraak slips a jab and a cross from Ika.
Ika tries to bum rush Soraak with a series of wild strikes but Soraak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Soraak has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ika finds it's way round the side to connect with Soraak's head.
Soraak defending well as Ika loads up on a big left hand.
Ika throws a head kick that misses.
Ika throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ika is looking to chop away at Soraak's legs.
Ika throws a series of punches but Soraak moves out of range.
Ika will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ika.
Soraak avoids the body shot from Ika.
Ika fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Soraak is out of range.
Ika feints and then cracks Soraak's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Soraak down.
No joy there for Ika, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ika will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Soraak takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ika rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soraak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Ika finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ika swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ika throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice cross by Ika.
Soraak staying out of range there.
Ika throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Ika does no damage.
Ika lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ika misses with a kick to the body.
Soraak tries to clinch up but Ika circles away and keeps his distance.
Ika misses with a straight right.
Ika throws a head kick but Soraak moves out of range.
Soraak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ika jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice combination there by Ika.
Soraak has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ika just misses with a punch to the body.
Soraak dodges the punch combination from Ika.
Ika rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soraak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ika lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Soraak.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soraak avoids the head kick by Ika.
Ika throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mala Ika is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ika misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Soraak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ika.
Ika misses with a head kick.
Ika misses with a wild combination.
Soraak looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ika, right into the meat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ika cracks Soraak with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ika looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ika scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mala Ika dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ika tries a head kick but it misses.
Ika throws a series of punches but Soraak moves out of range.
Ika lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ika throws the kick towards the body but Soraak avoids it.
Ika misses with a double jab.
Ika throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ika lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Soraak at a distance.
Mala Ika is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ika tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ika will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ika wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ika lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ika throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ika lands a nice shot to the body.
Ika comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mala Ika seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ika misses with a series of wild punches.
Ika misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ika throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soraak.
Ika stalks Soraak and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Soraak's face. Soraak staggers backwards, shaken.
Ika misses with a straight right.
Ika misses with a few strikes there.
Ika misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ika.
Ika rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soraak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ika misses with a double jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ika.
Ika keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ika keeps Soraak at a distance using the push kick.
Ika tries to bum rush Soraak with a series of wild strikes but Soraak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ika misses with a series of wild punches.
Ika connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ika fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soraak manages to avoid it.
Ika attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Soraak blocks a head kick by Ika.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ika.
Ika lands with a slapping head kick.
Ika throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Soraak slips a jab and a cross from Ika.
Ika connects with a crisp jab.
Ika misses with a two punch combination.
Ika throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ika throws a sloppy head kick and Soraak moves out of range easily.
Soraak has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Soraak looks for a takedown but Ika sprawls well.
Ika looks to land a right hand but Soraak moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ika tries to bum rush Soraak with a series of wild strikes but Soraak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ika misses with a body kick.
Ika misses with a leg kick.
Ika throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ika throws a front kick aimed at Soraak's knee but Soraak avoids it well.
A nice combination there by Ika.
A head kick from Ika lands but Soraak takes it in his stride.
Ika checks a leg kick.
Ika throws a series of punches but Soraak moves out of range.
Soraak shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ika as he avoids it easily.
Mala Ika has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Avalom Soraak.
Soraak dodges the punch combination from Ika.
Soraak on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ika throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soraak.
Ika throws a right and a left that Soraak avoids nicely.
Ika lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soraak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ika connects with a body shot.
Soraak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ika throws a wild body kick that Soraak sees coming a mile off.
Ika lands a jab to the nose.
Ika lands a jab to the nose.
Ika takes a swing at Soraak's ribcage but misses.
Soraak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Soraak shoots in but Ika avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice uppercut there from Ika.
Ika misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mala Ika dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ika will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ika throws a right hand that Soraak ducks under and follows up with a left that Soraak also avoids with ease.
Ika fails to land with a series of punches.
Ika misses with the combination.
Ika throws a nice looking combination but Soraak bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Ika misses

and Soraak counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Soraak is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ika doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Soraak.
Soraak throws a strike but Ika avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ika is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Soraak takes a decent strike to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ika not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Ika has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Soraak can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ika keeping moving, preventing Soraak from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ika wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Ika, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Soraak looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Soraak tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ika goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ika rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soraak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ika.
Soraak shoots in and drives through. Ika sprawls well.
Soraak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ika throws a lazy uppercut

and Soraak counters with a shoot takedown. Ika fights it but they end up in guard.
Ika manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Soraak manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ika trying to control the position from guard on top but Soraak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soraak is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Soraak passes to side control.
Ika is not content to let Soraak control the position.
Ika is working to avoid the ground and pound but Soraak connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Soraak tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Soraak has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Soraak prevents Ika from escaping the position.
Ika tries to buck Soraak off but Soraak is having none of it.
Ika is working hard here to advance position.
Soraak wants to control but Ika is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ika tries to buck Soraak off but Soraak is having none of it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ika throws a combination. Soraak tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Soraak blocks the body kick.
Ika cracks Soraak with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ika throws a low kick, looking for Soraak's leg but Soraak calmly moves out of range.
Ika falls off balance throwing a combination

and Soraak counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Soraak looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Soraak trying to control from half guard but Ika is working away.
Soraak tries to stand but can't do so whilst Ika controls his leg.
Ika is trying to maintain the position but Soraak is very close to passing his half guard.
Ika gets back to full guard.
Ika is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Soraak is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Avalom Soraak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ika has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight for Mala Ika!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Mala Ika!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Mala Ika!

Mala Ika wins by unanimous decision!