PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cohen Maloney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carmine Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Cohen Maloney has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Cohen Maloney seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Maloney
vs
Silva

200 cm
19
255 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cohen Maloney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carmine Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch.
Maloney tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Maloney dodges the punch combination from Silva.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maloney avoiding damage.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Maloney pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Maloney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Maloney lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Maloney wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maloney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.

Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Silva clinches but Maloney breaks the clinch

and Maloney counters by moving into the clinch.
Maloney stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Maloney jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Silva postures up.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva trying to control but Maloney is working from the bottom.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Silva stops Maloney from standing up.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is standing up over Maloney. Maloney looks to escape but Silva dives into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Maloney wants to get back to his feet.

Silva tries for a kimura but Maloney is defending well.
Maloney gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Maloney is looking to get to half guard.
Maloney is working hard here to advance position.
Maloney flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maloney is trying to stand up.

Silva is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Maloney is breathing heavily.
A shot to the body from Silva misses

and Maloney counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maloney.
A bit of stalling here from Maloney.
Maloney is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.

Maloney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maloney stuffs the takedown.
Cohen Maloney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carmine Silva.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Maloney's waist but Maloney gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Silva looks to clinch

and Maloney moves into the clinch.

Silva turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Silva manages to end up in side control.
Silva takes a little break here. Maloney wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Maloney tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Silva trying to control the action but Maloney is working from the bottom.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Maloney kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Maloney counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maloney.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maloney lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Maloney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Maloney.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.

Maloney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Silva rushes Maloney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maloney.
Maloney tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Maloney moves away

and Maloney counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maloney.
Maloney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maloney.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carmine Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva wants to break free but Maloney has control.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Maloney.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Maloney won't allow it.
Silva tries to pull guard but Maloney holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Maloney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva has Maloney pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Maloney manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Cohen Maloney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carmine Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maloney.
Silva wants to stall.
Maloney will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Maloney lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Maloney, against the cage.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Maloney lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva tries to pull guard but Maloney won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Maloney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maloney has Silva pushed against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Maloney.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva looking to stall.
Maloney lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Maloney throws an elbow but misses.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maloney just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva trying to stall but Maloney improves his position.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva has Maloney pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Maloney manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Maloney lands an elbow inside.
Maloney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.

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

Maloney instigates a clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Maloney but Maloney pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Maloney has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to pull guard but Maloney holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Maloney scores a nice knee to the body.
Maloney drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.

Maloney breaks the clinch.

Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Maloney sprawls well initially but Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Maloney is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.

Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Maloney doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.
Maloney tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva passes to full mount!
Silva looking to control but Maloney is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Maloney is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Maloney is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Silva looking to finish Maloney with some ground and pound. This is bad for Maloney!
Maloney wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maloney is trying to escape the mount.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maloney is looking to escape.
Maloney regains half guard.

Silva stands up and beckons Maloney to join him on the feet.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch

and Maloney counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva jumps guard but Maloney stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva stalling against the cage.

Maloney breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cohen Maloney will probably get the nod.
That's time! Maloney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Maloney tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Maloney's waist but Maloney gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Maloney counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva has Maloney pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Maloney manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cohen Maloney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carmine Silva.
Maloney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maloney gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maloney is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maloney just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maloney tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Maloney.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch

and Maloney counters by clinching up.
Silva avoiding damage as Maloney throws knees to the body.
Maloney looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maloney keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

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

Silva gets the takedown into side control.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Silva throws a body punch but Maloney moves out of range.

Maloney takes the fight into the clinch.

Maloney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maloney tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Maloney lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Carmine Silva has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maloney.

Maloney breaks from the clinch.
Maloney throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maloney closes the distance but Silva moves to the side

and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Maloney didn't expect that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maloney striking off his back but it's not causing Silva any problems.
Maloney on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Maloney tries to get out of the position.
Maloney is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Maloney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva works over Maloney with some ground and pound from guard.
Maloney bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Silva is trying to control the position but Maloney postures up.
Maloney has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Maloney wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva trying to control the position.
Maloney works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Maloney works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Maloney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.

Maloney stands up out of the half guard.

Silva darts in and clinches Maloney up against the cage.
Silva fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Maloney, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Maloney against the cage but Maloney circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch but Maloney is avoiding it.

Maloney clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Maloney lands an elbow inside.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Maloney pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva shoots in but Maloney avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Maloney has managed to clinch.
Maloney lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

Maloney is trying to trip Silva. He has hold of a leg but Silva is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Maloney persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Maloney trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Maloney gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Maloney shows good takedown defense.
Maloney stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Cohen Maloney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva pushing down on Maloney's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva trying to control the action but Maloney is working from the bottom.
Maloney is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.
Silva trying to control the action but Maloney is working from the bottom.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silva scoring with strikes but Maloney is staying in there.
Silva scoring with strikes but Maloney is staying in there.

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 Cohen Maloney.
I think Maloney 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cohen Maloney!