PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleks Malinkovikh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Faze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malinkovikh comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed - Down with the sickness. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Malinkovikh
vs
Faze

220 cm
26
296 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

198 cm
26
288 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleks Malinkovikh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Faze!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Faze shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Malinkovikh wants to get back to his feet.
Faze working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Faze wants to free his trapped foot but Malinkovikh is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Faze working over Malinkovikh with some ground and pound. Malinkovikh looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Malinkovikh is rocked!
Malinkovikh wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Faze there.
Oh Malinkovikh is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, if Faze is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Malinkovikh seems to have got his legs back now.
Malinkovikh is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Faze scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malinkovikh is not content to let Faze control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faze is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Faze has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Malinkovikh taking some punishment here, with Faze in his half guard.

Faze escapes and gets back to his feet.
A combination from Malinkovikh does no damage.
Faze misses with a looping right.
Faze shoots in for a takedown but Malinkovikh shows good takedown defense.
Faze shoots for a double leg takedown but Malinkovikh sprawls well. He's pushed Faze's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Faze looks gassed!
Faze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Malinkovikh sprawls well. Malinkovikh wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Faze gets slowly back to his feet.
Aleks Malinkovikh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Faze.
Faze is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Malinkovikh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malinkovikh lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Faze can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Malinkovikh and Faze drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Malinkovikh.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleks Malinkovikh!