PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Browder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulao Maluko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Browder
vs
Maluko

172 cm
20
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Browder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulao Maluko!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maluko explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Browder throws a leg kick that misses.
Maluko explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Maluko tries to clinch but Browder is having none of it.
Paulao Maluko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maluko tries to clinch up but Browder circles away and keeps his distance.
Maluko is looking to clinch.
Browder fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maluko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Browder has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maluko.

Maluko tries to keep at a distance but Browder has taken the fight into the clinch.
Browder looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Browder blocks the elbow strike.
Maluko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Anthony Browder has been cut.
Maluko is looking to break free of the clinch but Browder has double underhooks.

Browder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maluko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maluko cracks the inside of Browder's front leg.
Browder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maluko moves away.
Maluko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Browder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Browder is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Maluko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maluko throws a head kick that half lands.
Maluko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maluko scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maluko doesn't manage to clinch there - Browder circles away.
Maluko darts in trying to clinch

and Browder counters by clinching up.
Nice elbow from Maluko.
Nice elbow from Maluko.
Maluko lands a knee to the body.
Maluko lands an elbow inside that Browder shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maluko.
Maluko tries to break the clinch but Browder is controlling the position.
Maluko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Maluko breaks the clinch.
Maluko throws a series of punches but Browder moves out of range.
Maluko lands a nice looking body kick.
Maluko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Maluko has managed to clinch.
Maluko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maluko wants to get back to striking at distance but Browder won't allow it.
Maluko lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maluko.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maluko looking to throw knees to the head but Browder is blocking nicely.
Maluko lands a knee to the body.
Maluko lands an elbow inside that Browder shrugs off.
Maluko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Browder struggles to land a body shot inside as Maluko controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maluko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maluko with a knee to the head.
Maluko lands a good knee to the midsection. Browder won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maluko.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maluko obliges.

Browder jumps guard and drags Maluko to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Maluko wants to stand but Browder has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Browder trying to control the position here.
Maluko is looking to stand up but Browder won't let him.
Browder on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Browder tries to get out of the position.

Browder pushes Maluko off and gets back to his feet.
Maluko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Browder swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Browder has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maluko.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maluko.
Maluko is looking to clinch but Browder is avoiding it.
Maluko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Browder takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Browder could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Maluko moves into the clinch successfully.
Maluko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maluko is trying to break free.
Maluko lands an elbow that stopped Browder in his tracks for a moment.
Browder is trying to break the clinch but Maluko has him pressed against the cage.
Maluko lands a good knee to the midsection. Browder won't want to take too many of those.
Browder tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maluko just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maluko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Browder's defenses.
Maluko lands an elbow just above Browder 's eye.
Maluko landing knees to the body.
Browder blocks an elbow strike from Maluko.
Browder jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Maluko walks away with a smile on his face. Browder gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Maluko lands a high kick!
Maluko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Browder will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Browder closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maluko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Browder takes a knee to the side of the body.
Browder drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Browder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maluko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Browder.
Maluko connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Maluko is trying to break free.
Browder tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maluko's elbow.
Maluko is trying to break the clinch but Browder is controlling him.

Browder breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maluko.
Browder takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Maluko moves in looking to clinch but Browder pushes him off.
Maluko tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Browder counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Browder tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maluko just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maluko is trying to break the clinch but Browder has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Browder is trying to break the clinch but Maluko has him pressed against the cage.
Maluko is looking to break free of the clinch but Browder has double underhooks.
Browder misses with a punch on the inside.
Browder tries to pull guard but Maluko won't allow it.

Browder breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Browder thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulao Maluko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Browder's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Maluko tries to clinch up but Browder circles away and keeps his distance.

Maluko closes the distance and pushes Browder back into the cage.
Browder wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maluko lands a knee to the head.

Browder pulls Maluko into guard.

Browder pushes Maluko off and scrambles back to his feet.

Maluko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maluko prevents a takedown attempt there.
Maluko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maluko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Browder prevents Maluko from breaking the clinch.
Browder tries to break the clinch but Maluko is controlling the position.
Browder has Maluko pressed against the cage, preventing Maluko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Maluko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maluko throws a nice head kick!
Anthony Browder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maluko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Browder. That did some damage!
Maluko lands a high kick!
Maluko throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Browder's head.
Maluko moves in looking to clinch but Browder pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maluko tries to clinch there but Browder circles away.
Paulao Maluko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maluko throws a series of punches but Browder avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maluko connects with a high kick.
Maluko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maluko throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Browder's head.
Browder fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maluko manages to avoid it.

Maluko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Browder, pushing him back against the cage.
Maluko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maluko lands an elbow inside.

Maluko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Browder throws a right and a left that Maluko avoids nicely.
Maluko clinches but Browder breaks the clinch

and Browder counters by moving into the clinch.
Maluko connects with a knee to the head.
Browder tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maluko just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maluko lands a nice knee to the body.
Maluko lands an elbow inside that Browder shrugs off.

Browder breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Browder will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Browder. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maluko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maluko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Browder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maluko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paulao Maluko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Browder closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Browder lands in his opponent's guard.
Maluko wants to stand and escape but Browder is having none of it.
Maluko wants to get back to his feet but Browder passes into half guard.
Maluko pushes Browder off looking to stand but Browder dives back in and keeps control.
Maluko wants to stand back up but Browder manages to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maluko is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Browder is controlling him well.
Maluko trying to remain calm as Browder controls from the top position.
Browder prevents Maluko from escaping the position.
Browder moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's four 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.
The strikes coming from Browder are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Maluko is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maluko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Maluko wants to clinch.
Maluko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Browder. That did some damage!
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 Anthony Browder will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Browder's cut.
That's time! Browder's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Maluko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maluko tries to clinch up

and Browder counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Maluko scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Browder manages to mount him!
Maluko is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Maluko is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Browder takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Maluko wants to try and get back to his feet.
Browder takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Maluko wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Browder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Browder seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Maluko for as long as he can get away with.
Maluko wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Browder tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maluko is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Browder lands a big elbow.
Maluko wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Browder tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Maluko is trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Maluko taking shots to the head.
Maluko wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Browder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Browder showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Browder 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paulao Maluko!