PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bob Malkovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nathan Wood will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Malkovich
vs
Wood

180 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

BLKOUT Clothing
BLKOUT Clothing

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Malkovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Wood!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malkovich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wood swivels and escapes.
Wood avoids the body shot from Malkovich.
Wood scores with a leg kick.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
Malkovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wood.
Wood throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wood does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wood throws a leg kick which misses Malkovich's front leg but catches the back leg as Malkovich tries to avoid it.

Malkovich gets tackled into the cage by Wood. Wood maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Wood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wood displaying some good clinch control by pressing Malkovich up against the cage.
Wood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Malkovich backwards.
Wood just leaning against Malkovich, taking a breather.
Wood lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood gets through Malkovich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wood pushes Malkovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Malkovich is rocked!
Wood lands a big knee to the head and Malkovich goes down! Wood pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Wood!
After the big win, Nathan Wood made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Springfield HW Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.