PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arley Paiva (ranked 4426 p4p, 2908 weight class) and Ryan Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 380 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Paiva
vs
Malone

170 cm
24
143
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
193
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arley Paiva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Malone!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Malone closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paiva to the mat! Paiva manages to get full guard.
Paiva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Malone tries to free his leg and advance position but Paiva is retaining full guard.
Malone trying to control but Paiva is working from the bottom.
Paiva pulls Malone in close to his closed guard and prevents Malone from doing any damage or advancing position.
Paiva has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Paiva.
Paiva continues to hold on tight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paiva continues to stall.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone trying to control but Paiva is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Paiva closes the distance and clinches up with Malone, looking for a takedown. Paiva pushes Malone against the cage but Malone circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Paiva tries for a takedown but Malone sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Malone rushes Paiva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Paiva breaks the clinch.
Malone slaps away a takedown attempt from Paiva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arley Paiva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Malone closes the distance and clinches.

Paiva breaks from the clinch.
Malone connects with a right hand. Paiva shakes it off.
Sloppy strikes from Malone. Those never looked like landing.
Paiva appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Paiva closes the distance and clinches.

Paiva breaks the clinch.
Paiva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Malone darts in and clinches Paiva up against the cage.

Malone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone slaps away a takedown attempt from Paiva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Malone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Malone bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Paiva wants to control but Malone postures up.

Malone is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Paiva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Paiva is trying to control Malone's posture but Malone avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Malone stands up and beckons Paiva to his feet.

Malone tries to sprawl but Paiva drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Paiva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Paiva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Paiva thows a huge punch but Malone dodges it nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Paiva in particular looking to stall.
Paiva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Paiva is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Paiva thows a huge punch but Malone dodges it nicely.

Paiva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Paiva stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paiva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Malone 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.

Malone catches Paiva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Arley Paiva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malone throws a sloppy head kick and Paiva moves out of range easily.
Paiva scores with a three punch combo!
Paiva avoids the head kick by Malone.
Malone throws a series of punches but Paiva avoids them all with ease.

Malone gets the takedown into side control.
Malone working away.
Paiva holding on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paiva wants to control but Malone postures up.

Malone is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Paiva has escaped the position, nice work there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paiva isn't going anywhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva wants to control but Malone postures up.
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Paiva can't do much from the bottom here.
Paiva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Paiva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Paiva desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's two 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.
More hug and hope from Paiva.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Paiva connects with a solid leg kick.
Paiva fails with the takedown.
Malone tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Paiva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiva darts in looking for a takedown but Malone gets double underhooks and turns Paiva into the cage.
Paiva is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Malone is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arley Paiva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Paiva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Malone drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Malone trying to control the action but Paiva is working from the bottom.
Paiva wants to control but Malone postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
What's Paiva going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Paiva tries to buck Malone off but Malone is having none of it.
Paiva is working hard here to advance position.
Paiva stops Malone from passing to mount.
Paiva is trying to control Malone's posture but Malone avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paiva controls the position for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Malone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Paiva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Malone looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Paiva is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Malone is looking to take a break and control but Paiva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paiva holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Malone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Malone gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Malone gets a double leg takedown into Paiva's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Paiva keeping moving, preventing Malone from controlling successfully.
Paiva pulls Malone in to control the position.
Malone wants to pass the guard but Paiva is keeping the position.
Paiva pulls Malone in close to prevent any damage.

Malone gets to his feet - Paiva follows without any prompting.

Malone looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Paiva!
Malone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Paiva struggling a bit here.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Malone stands up and beckons Paiva to his feet.
Paiva tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Malone defends well and Paiva ends up having to push Malone into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Malone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Paiva breaks from the clinch.
Paiva connects with a solid leg kick.

Paiva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Paiva moves into full mount! Malone won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiva dominating with strikes here.
Paiva thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Malone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Malone takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Paiva punching from mount but Malone doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Paiva looking to ground and pound but Malone is blocking nicely.
Paiva looking to ground and pound but Malone is blocking nicely.
Malone really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paiva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Paiva thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paiva thowing shots but they're missing.
Paiva blocks Malone's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Paiva tries to control but Malone wriggling away.
Paiva looking to finish with strikes here!
Paiva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Arley Paiva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan Malone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Paiva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arley Paiva.
Well Malone has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight for Ryan Malone!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Ryan Malone!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Ryan Malone!

Ryan Malone wins by unanimous decision!