PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Waqas Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jafar Mehtmeht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malik comes to the cage accompanied by The Final Countdown. Waqas Malik is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Malik
vs
Mehtmeht

190 cm
25
270 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

170 cm
19
235 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Waqas Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jafar Mehtmeht!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malik moves out of range as Mehtmeht strikes.
Malik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mehtmeht tries to land a leg kick but Malik saw it coming and moves away.
Malik slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Malik circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mehtmeht tries to clinch there but Malik circles away.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Malik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malik shoots for a double leg takedown but Mehtmeht sprawls well. He's pushed Malik's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mehtmeht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mehtmeht throws an overhand right that lands on Malik's shoulder, as Malik tries to avoid the shot.

Mehtmeht clinches up with Malik and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malik manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Malik will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Malik looking for a guillotine here but Mehtmeht defends easily.

Malik had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mehtmeht defends it easily.

Mehtmeht gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mehtmeht throws a shot to the body.

Malik clinches with his opponent.
Malik tries to pull guard but Mehtmeht holds him up against the cage and eventually Malik drops back down to his feet.
Mehtmeht is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Malik goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mehtmeht prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Waqas Malik. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mehtmeht prevents the takedown attempt.
Malik is trying to drag Mehtmeht to the mat but Mehtmeht just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mehtmeht lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Mehtmeht.
A short uppercut from Mehtmeht.
Malik fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mehtmeht lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Malik is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mehtmeht lands a left hand.
Mehtmeht stalling.
Mehtmeht lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Mehtmeht tightens his grip and picks Malik up, before dumping him to the ground. Malik manages to land in guard.
Mehtmeht controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mehtmeht wanted to stand there but Malik had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mehtmeht's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Mehtmeht stands and steps away. Malik gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mehtmeht drives through and clinches with Malik against the cage.
Mehtmeht lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malik.
Mehtmeht stalling in the clinch.
Mehtmeht lands with a left to the head.
Mehtmeht manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mehtmeht throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mehtmeht lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mehtmeht lands a body punch.
Mehtmeht digs a right hand into Malik's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Malik's gas tank.

Mehtmeht tightens his grip and picks Malik up, before dumping him to the ground. Malik manages to land in guard.

Malik is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mehtmeht defends well.
Mehtmeht slips nicely into half guard.
Mehtmeht slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mehtmeht is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Malik!
Malik is looking to get to half guard.
Mehtmeht looking to control and managing it successfully.
Malik is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mehtmeht looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jafar Mehtmeht 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.

A slow jab from Mehtmeht misses its intended target.
Malik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malik tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mehtmeht counters by moving into the clinch.
Mehtmeht stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Malik fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short body shot lands from Mehtmeht as the two fighters clinch.
Mehtmeht crunches a lovely knee into Malik's ribcage.
Mehtmeht throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mehtmeht lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malik backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Mehtmeht.
Malik takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mehtmeht has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Malik regains guard immediately.

Mehtmeht stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mehtmeht gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mehtmeht softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mehtmeht lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mehtmeht lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jafar Mehtmeht seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mehtmeht takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mehtmeht scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mehtmeht is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mehtmeht is leaning against Malik and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mehtmeht works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mehtmeht's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mehtmeht lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht scores with a nice hook to the head.
Malik takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Mehtmeht.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Malik takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mehtmeht lands a hook to the side of the head.
Malik avoiding damage as Mehtmeht throws knees to the body.
Mehtmeht scores with a hook to the body.
Mehtmeht lands a body punch.
Mehtmeht lands a body shot.
Malik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Mehtmeht.
Nice body punch from Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mehtmeht's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mehtmeht lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Malik is rocked!
Mehtmeht throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Malik is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mehtmeht jerks Malik's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Malik drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Mehtmeht goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Mehtmeht because Malik was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jafar Mehtmeht!