PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Odd Job (ranked 1336 p4p, 1273 weight class) and Zenek Malina (ranked 192 p4p, 186 weight class). Malina has chosen PROF - Squad Goals as his entrance music. Zenek Malina has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Odd Job's chin.

Job
vs
Malina

179 cm
26
174
6 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
180
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Odd Job!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zenek Malina!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Job.
Malina defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Job.
Malina tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Odd Job seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malina buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Job uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Job shoots in for a takedown but Malina shows good takedown defense.
Job doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Malina counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Job has his feet on Malina's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Odd Job. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malina slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Job closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Malina did well to prevent Job getting side control.
Malina is trying to control but can't.
Malina trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Job manages to pass to mount!
We've been hearing good reports from Job's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Job looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malina slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Job content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Job prevents Malina from improving his position.

Malina looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Job pushes past his half guard into mount!
Malina keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Job controlling the position easily from mount.
Malina keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malina wants to control but Job is having none of it.
Job controlling the pace for now.
Malina is working to get back to half guard.
Job scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Malina?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malina really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Job content just to control the position here.
Malina is in all sorts of trouble here.
Malina slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Job scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Job stalling.
Malina moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Job is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Our spies down at at Walter J Abramowitz Center for Bigness inform us that Malina has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Job is sitting in close to Malina's body. Malina has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Job is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Job is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Malina.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Zenek Malina!
Zenek Malina decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.