PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yancy Malaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Magestic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manny Magestic has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yancy Malaki's chin.

Malaki
vs
Magestic

182 cm
29
143 lbs
9 - 2 - 2

175 cm
23
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

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World class boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yancy Malaki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Manny Magestic!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magestic throws a series of punches but Malaki moves out of range.
Magestic looks to land a left hand but Malaki moved out of range nicely.
Malaki defending well as Magestic loads up on a big left hand.
Magestic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Malaki really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Malaki misses with a hook.
Magestic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Malaki on the side of the head.
A big right from Magestic misses.
Magestic drops his hands momentarily and Malaki takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magestic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Magestic looks to land a body kick but Malaki moved away.
Magestic cracks Malaki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Left hook, right uppercut from Malaki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd cheers as Malaki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Magestic doesn't seem phased though.
Magestic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Malaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Magestic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Malaki thinking.
Malaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magestic moves away.
Malaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malaki cracks Magestic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Malaki is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Magestic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Malaki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magestic throws a nice looking combination but Malaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magestic takes one to the chin there.
Malaki checks a low kick from Magestic.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malaki. Magestic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magestic misses with an uppercut.
Magestic throws a leg kick but Malaki moved away.
Magestic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Malaki.
Malaki cracks Magestic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magestic. Malaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magestic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A combination from Magestic does no damage.
Malaki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice uppercut there from Malaki.
Malaki cracks Magestic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Malaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magestic manages to avoid it.
Magestic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magestic loads up on a big right hand but Malaki slips the punch.
Magestic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Malaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Malaki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magestic. Malaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malaki misses with a looping left.
Magestic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Malaki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Magestics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice defenses there by Magestic.
Malaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Magestic.
Malaki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Magestic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Magestic throws a head kick that misses.
Magestic misses with a wild combination.
Malaki lands a body shot.
Magestic misses with a series of wild punches.
Malaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Magestic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magestic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Magestic misses with a wild body shot.
Malaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Magestic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malaki lands a jab to the nose.
Magestic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Malaki.
Malaki dodges the punch combination from Magestic.
Magestic takes a swing at Malaki's ribcage but misses.
Malaki lands a two punch combo.
Malaki blocks a jab.
Malaki is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Malaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Magestic slips a jab from Malaki.
Malaki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Magestic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Magestic throws a push kick but Malaki slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malaki scores with a hook.
Malaki lands with a straight right. Magestic didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magestic scores with a punch to the head.
Magestic throws a series of punches but Malaki avoids them all with ease.
Magestic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magestic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malaki.
Malaki scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Magestic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Malaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magestic tries to bum rush Malaki with a series of wild strikes but Malaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Magestic looks to land a combination but Malaki avoids it well.
Magestic throws a right hand that Malaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Malaki also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magestic throws a combination that misses
and Malaki counters with a right hand to the body.
Magestic looks winded!
Magestic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Malaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magestic.
Magestic connects with a looping right hand.
Malaki loads up on a big right hand but Magestic slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yancy Malaki 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.

Malaki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Malaki dips to his left and cracks Magestic with an uppercut!
Magestic thows a body shot but no joy.
Malaki lands with a hook. Magestic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Manny Magestic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Magestic throws a sloppy head kick and Malaki moves out of range easily.
Magestic tries to bum rush Malaki with a series of wild strikes but Malaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Malaki connects with a looping right hand.

Magestic is rocked!
Malaki avoids the head kick by Magestic.
Magestic is still on wobbly legs! Can Malaki finish him?
Magestic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magestic seems to have recovered his senses.
Malaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magestic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Magestic looks to land a left hand but Malaki moved out of range nicely.
Malaki throws a body punch but Magestic moves out of range.
Magestic scores with a leg kick.
Magestic throws a hook but Malaki blocks it.
The fighters circling - Magestic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Magestic throws a jab but it's blocked by Malaki.
Magestic misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magestic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Magestic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Magestic is breathing heavily.
Magestic looks to land a left hand but Malaki moved out of range nicely.
Magestic fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malaki. Magestic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malaki dodges the punch combination from Magestic.
Magestic throws a jab but it's blocked by Malaki.
Malaki scores with a jab to the head.
Malaki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Malaki lands a glancing blow to the side of Magestic's head.
Malaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Malaki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Magestic moves forwards but Malaki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malaki. Magestic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malaki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Magestic takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magestic misses with an uppercut.
Malaki looks to land a combination. Magestic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Malaki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magestic lands a leg kick that knocks Malaki off balance momentarily.
Malaki lands with a good body shot.
Magestic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malaki.
Magestic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Magestic is just out of range.
Magestic throws a hook but Malaki avoids it easily.
Malaki lands a glancing blow to the side of Magestic's head.
Malaki misses with a hook. Magestic ducked under it nicely.
Malaki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Malaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Malaki scores with a hook to the body. Magestic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magestic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Magestic throws a body punch but Malaki moves out of range.
Malaki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Malaki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Magestic's hands.
Magestic misses with a low kick.
Magestic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Malaki.
Magestic looks to score with a jab to the body but Malaki is just out of range.
Malaki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Malaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malaki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheers as Malaki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Magestic doesn't seem phased though.
Malaki looks to land a left hand but Magestic moved out of range nicely.
Malaki slips a jab from Magestic.
Malaki throws out a powerful jab.
Malaki scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magestic walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magestic misses with a body shot.
Magestic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Malaki counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Malaki.
Malaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Malaki scores with a body shot.
Magestic moves out of range as Malaki strikes.
Malaki throws an overhand right that lands on Magestic's shoulder, as Magestic tries to avoid the shot.
Malaki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Magestic at a distance.
Magestic throws a series of punches but Malaki moves out of range.
Malaki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Magestic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magestic falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Malaki to counter with a crisp jab.
Malaki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Magestic throws a series of punches but Malaki moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yancy Malaki dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Malaki throws a shot to the body.
Malaki is looking to chop away at Magestic's legs.
Magestic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Magestic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Magestic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malaki throws a hook to the side of Magestic's head but Magestic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malaki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Malaki jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Malaki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Malaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A combination from Malaki does no damage.
Malaki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yancy Malaki is winning the standup battle so far.
Magestic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Malaki circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Magestic to the canvas! Magestic doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Malaki keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yancy Malaki!
Yancy Malaki retains his featherweight title!
A victorious Yancy Malaki thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.