PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Brezhnev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brezhnev has chosen Dirty Magic - The Offspring as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Malone
vs
Brezhnev

190 cm
20
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000 Cardio

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, Dustin Malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikhail Brezhnev!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brezhnev lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Malone explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Malone moves in looking to clinch but Brezhnev pushes him off.
Brezhnev throws a body punch but Malone moves out of range.
Mikhail Brezhnev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malone throws a solid leg kick but Brezhnev takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Malone.
Brezhnev takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Brezhnev looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malone wants to clinch.
Malone misses with a hook.
Malone tries to clinch up but Brezhnev circles away and keeps his distance.
Malone wants to clinch up but Brezhnev keeps it at a distance.
Good shot there by Malone.
The fight stays on the outside here - Malone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brezhnev throws an overhand right that lands on Malone's shoulder, as Malone tries to avoid the shot.

Brezhnev takes the fight into the clinch.
Malone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Malone with a knee to the head.
Brezhnev takes a knee right on the jaw!
Malone lands an elbow that stopped Brezhnev in his tracks for a moment.
Malone landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone misses with a knee to the head.
Malone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brezhnev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malone scores with a knee to the head.
Malone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brezhnev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Malone lands a nice elbow.
Malone trying to control the position but instead, Brezhnev has worked for underhooks and has pushed Malone into the cage.
Brezhnev struggles to land a body shot inside as Malone controls his hands.
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brezhnev lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malone.
A short uppercut from Brezhnev.
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brezhnev scores with a hook to the body.
Brezhnev wants to break free but Malone has control.
Malone throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Malone.
Brezhnev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Malone connects with a knee to the head.
Malone trying to stall but Brezhnev improves his position.
Brezhnev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by Malone.
Brezhnev softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brezhnev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Malone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brezhnev as Malone tries to tie him up.
Malone throws an elbow but it misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brezhnev.
A left hand lands to the body for Brezhnev.
A right handed body shot lands from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev lands a nice uppercut.
Brezhnev gets through Malone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brezhnev presses Malone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brezhnev lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brezhnev lands a right hand.
Brezhnev scores with a shot to the side of Malone's head.
Malone is trying to maintain a safe position but Brezhnev gets an underhook and turns Malone into the cage.
Brezhnev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brezhnev is pushing Malone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brezhnev lands an uppercut.
Brezhnev works on Malone's body with a couple of short punches.
Brezhnev looking to throw knees to the head but Malone is blocking nicely.
Brezhnev scores with a shot to the side of Malone's head.
Stalling in the clinch from Brezhnev.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but Brezhnev blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone keeps control of Brezhnev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Malone is trying to stall.
Malone crunches a lovely knee into Brezhnev's ribcage.
Brezhnev gets through Malone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brezhnev presses Malone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Malone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brezhnev blocks an elbow strike.
Malone with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Brezhnev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malone drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Brezhnev closes the distance and clinches.
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brezhnev lands a nice shot to the body.
Brezhnev lands with a left to the head.
Malone takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brezhnev.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malone avoids a wild elbow strike from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev taking a breather.
Malone misses with a knee to the head.
Brezhnev lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brezhnev can't break the clinch.
Malone misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Malone.
Brezhnev pushes Malone back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Malone tries to stall but Brezhnev uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A shot in the inside from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brezhnev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brezhnev.
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brezhnev tries a knee to the head but Malone blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Brezhnev.

Brezhnev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brezhnev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Malone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brezhnev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malone was well out of range. Poor timing from Brezhnev.
Malone wants to clinch
and Malone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Malone throws a head kick but Brezhnev moves out of range.
Brezhnev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Malone misses with a head kick.
Dustin Malone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malone lands a high kick!
Brezhnev throws an overhand right that lands on Malone's shoulder, as Malone tries to avoid the shot.
Malone throws the kick towards the body but Brezhnev avoids it.
Brezhnev lands a jab-cross combination.
Brezhnev cracks a nice hook into Malone's ribs.
Brezhnev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Malone has time to react.
Brezhnev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malone circles away quickly and effectively.

Malone moves into the clinch successfully.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brezhnev lands a shoulder strike.
Brezhnev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brezhnev lands a body punch in the clinch.
Malone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brezhnev pushes Malone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brezhnev misses with an elbow strike.
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brezhnev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brezhnev.
Malone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brezhnev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev is leaning against Malone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Come on Brezhnev - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Brezhnev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malone throws the left hand but Brezhnev avoids the punch easily.
Brezhnev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brezhnev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Brezhnev.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but Brezhnev blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brezhnev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Brezhnev.
Malone avoiding damage as Brezhnev throws knees to the body.
Malone misses with an elbow over the top.
Brezhnev lands a shot to the body.
Brezhnev lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brezhnev.
A short right from Brezhnev on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malone.
Brezhnev lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Malone misses with a knee to the head.
Brezhnev lands a nice shot to the body.
Brezhnev lands a shot to the body.
Brezhnev lands a shot to the body.
Brezhnev is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Malone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mikhail Brezhnev seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brezhnev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Malone lands a good knee to the midsection. Brezhnev won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Brezhnev.
Malone is trying to maintain a safe position but Brezhnev gets an underhook and turns Malone into the cage.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brezhnev is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malone is defending well for now.
Malone lands an elbow just above Brezhnev 's eye.
Malone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Malone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brezhnev blocks it with crossed arms.
Brezhnev stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone scores a nice knee to the body.
Brezhnev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
A short right from Brezhnev.
Malone connects with a knee to the head.
Malone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev lands a right hand.
A short left from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brezhnev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev wants to stall.
Malone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brezhnev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brezhnev misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brezhnev lands a nice shot to the body.
Malone lands an elbow just above Brezhnev 's eye.
A short right from Brezhnev.
Malone looking to throw knees to the head but Brezhnev is blocking nicely.
Malone's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Brezhnev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brezhnev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Malone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brezhnev counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brezhnev lands with a cross.
Brezhnev lands with a straight right. Malone didn't see that one coming.
Malone throws a hook to the side of Brezhnev's head but Brezhnev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brezhnev with a nice cross.
Dustin Malone is winning the standup battle so far.
Brezhnev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brezhnev throws a series of punches but Malone moves out of range.
Malone misses with an uppercut.
Malone staying out of range there.
Malone scores with a kick to the body.
Brezhnev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malone lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brezhnev takes a step back to recover.
Malone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brezhnev throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malone tries to close the distance and clinch but Brezhnev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Malone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brezhnev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Brezhnev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Brezhnev ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Malone tries to clinch but Brezhnev is having none of it.
Brezhnev throws a body punch but Malone moves out of range.

Malone takes the fight into the clinch.
Malone lands a good knee to the midsection. Brezhnev won't want to take too many of those.
Malone is trying to maintain a safe position but Brezhnev gets an underhook and turns Malone into the cage.
Malone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Brezhnev fails to land.
Malone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malone looking to throw knees to the head but Brezhnev is blocking nicely.
Malone looking to throw knees to the head but Brezhnev is blocking nicely.
Brezhnev tries to work over Malone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Malone connects with a knee to the head.
Malone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brezhnev blocks it with crossed arms.
Brezhnev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brezhnev is trying to break the clinch but Malone has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brezhnev stalling in the clinch but Malone improves position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brezhnev.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but Brezhnev blocks with his arms.
Brezhnev managing to block the knees to the body from Malone.
Brezhnev scores with a shot to the side of Malone's head.
Malone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Brezhnev scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brezhnev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Malone stalling in the clinch but Brezhnev improves position.
Malone looking to throw knees to the head but Brezhnev is blocking nicely.
Brezhnev just leaning against Malone, taking a breather.
Brezhnev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Malone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brezhnev is keeping busy.
Stalling in the clinch from Malone.
Brezhnev trying to control the position but instead, Malone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brezhnev into the cage.
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev is struggling to control the position.
Brezhnev wants to stall.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brezhnev works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brezhnev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Malone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malone looking to stall.
A short left from Brezhnev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brezhnev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brezhnev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brezhnev lands a shot to the body.
Brezhnev is working Malone over against the cage.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Brezhnev - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Brezhnev on the inside.
Malone trying to stall but Brezhnev improves his position.
Brezhnev is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brezhnev lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Malone or not.
Brezhnev lands with a left to the head.
Malone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Malone wants to stall.
Brezhnev digs a right hand into Malone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Malone's gas tank.
Malone trying to land knees to the body.
Brezhnev digs a right hand into Malone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Malone's gas tank.
Brezhnev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Malone lands an elbow that stopped Brezhnev in his tracks for a moment.
Malone looking to throw knees to the head but Brezhnev is blocking nicely.
Brezhnev works on Malone's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brezhnev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brezhnev is trying to break the clinch but Malone has him pressed against the cage.
Malone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Malone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brezhnev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malone looking to stall.
Brezhnev slowing the pace effectively.
Malone misses with a knee strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Brezhnev.
Brezhnev scores with a hook to the body.
Brezhnev content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brezhnev lands with a short shot to the head.
Brezhnev tries a knee to the head but Malone blocks it.
Malone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brezhnev's efforts to push away.
Malone working Brezhnev over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Malone.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brezhnev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
Malone throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Brezhnev on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Brezhnev.
Malone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brezhnev avoids it.
Malone throws an elbow that misses.

That's four 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.
Malone has Brezhnev pressed against the cage, preventing Brezhnev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brezhnev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brezhnev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Malone with a knee to the head.
Brezhnev is working Malone over against the cage.
Brezhnev pushes Malone back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brezhnev avoiding damage as Malone throws knees to the body.
Malone's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brezhnev lands a shot to the body.
Brezhnev scores with a shot to the side of Malone's head.
Brezhnev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brezhnev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brezhnev blocks an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brezhnev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from Brezhnev.
Brezhnev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
Brezhnev wants to get back to striking at distance but Malone won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Malone misses with an elbow over the top.
Brezhnev will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Malone up against the cage.
Malone misses with a knee strike.
Brezhnev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malone backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Brezhnev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brezhnev has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Brezhnev!