PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nigel The Malkind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Egil Grim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Malkind comes into the arena with Reckoner blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

The Malkind
vs
Grim

190 cm
21
217 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

190 cm
20
221 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Nemesis Cage Clothing

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 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Nigel The Malkind!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Egil Grim!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Malkind showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grim.
The Malkind jabs at Grim's body.
Grim doesn't manage to clinch there - The Malkind circles away.
The Malkind avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Malkind fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grim is out of range.
Grim tries to clinch but The Malkind moves out of range.
The Malkind fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Malkind throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grim moves in looking to clinch but The Malkind pushes him off.
The Malkind throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Malkind misses with a two punch combination.
Egil Grim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Malkind misses with a wild body shot.

The Malkind forces Grim back against the cage and clinches.
Grim is trying to break the clinch but The Malkind is controlling him.
The Malkind lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grim or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Malkind scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grim wants to break free but The Malkind has control.
Grim lands an elbow that stopped The Malkind in his tracks for a moment.
The Malkind works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Grim looks gassed!
The Malkind takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Malkind just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grim's brow.
Grim wants to break free but The Malkind has control.

The Malkind manages to pull guard.

The Malkind had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Grim defends it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Malkind thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Grim trying to control but The Malkind is working from the bottom.
The Malkind is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Grim postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The Malkind looking for a guillotine here but Grim defends easily.

The Malkind is looking for a triangle but Grim pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Malkind tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grim working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grim must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The Malkind manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Grim manages to get himself to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells The Malkind's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The Malkind wants to control from the top but Grim keeps moving.
The Malkind working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Grim's head.
Grim wants to stand and escape but The Malkind is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The Malkind trying to control but Grim is working from the bottom.
The Malkind content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Grim wants to get back to his feet but The Malkind is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Malkind slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The Malkind 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.
The Malkind lands an elbow.
The Malkind scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Grim to see if he's OK.
Grim takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

The Malkind thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The Malkind prevents Grim from escaping the position.
Check out the look on The Malkind's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The Malkind lands a nice forearm strike.
The Malkind landing strikes.
Check out the look on The Malkind's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Grim tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The Malkind controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grim tries to bench press The Malkind off him but The Malkind keeps the position.

The Malkind has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Grim is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. The Malkind yanks on the arm and Grim is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by The Malkind.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nigel The Malkind!