PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Maltive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valery Sutkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maltive comes to the cage accompanied by Show Me What You Got. Sutkin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 7000 над землёй kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Maltive
vs
Sutkin

170 cm
28
180 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

170 cm
23
175 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roy Maltive!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Valery Sutkin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maltive lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sutkin looks to land a combination. Maltive sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Roy Maltive has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sutkin. Maltive does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sutkin misses with the combination.
Maltive scores with a three punch combo!
Sutkin throws a combination. Maltive tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sutkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maltive throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maltive. That's going to slow Sutkin down.
Sutkin lands with a shot to the body.
Sutkin misses with a wild combination.
Sutkin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Maltive is out of range and Sutkin settles back down.
Maltive throws a head kick but Sutkin moves out of range.
Sutkin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sutkin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maltive.
Maltive scores with a nice body kick.
Maltive plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Maltive showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sutkin.
Sutkin looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maltive scores with a hook to the body. Sutkin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maltive throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sutkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maltive. Maltive obviously looking to wear him down.
Sutkin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maltive scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maltive delivers a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maltive scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sutkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sutkin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maltive.
Maltive throws a quick inside leg kick.

Maltive has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sutkin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maltive utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Maltive breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutkin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A slapping leg kick lands for Maltive.
Maltive scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maltive lands a nice looking body kick.
Sutkin takes a kick to the side of the head.
A solid body kick from Maltive.
Maltive cracks Sutkin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Maltive scores with a leg kick.
Maltive looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maltive fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sutkin.
Maltive scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Maltive dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sutkin. That did some damage!
Maltive thumps Sutkin with a low kick.
Sutkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maltive. Maltive obviously looking to wear him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maltive.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Maltive, as that shot connected.
Sutkin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Maltive.

Maltive gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Maltive stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maltive gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Maltive escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sutkin takes a swing at Maltive's ribcage but misses.
Sutkin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Maltive connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Maltive throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sutkin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maltive.
An inside leg kick lands from Maltive.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maltive misses with a two punch combination.
Maltive swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Maltive - that will leave a mark!
Maltive scores with a kick to the body.
Maltive throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maltive. Maltive obviously looking to wear him down.
Maltive looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maltive lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maltive lands with a kick to the ribs.
Some wild striking there from Maltive.
Sutkin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sutkin misses with the combination.
Maltive ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sutkin moves away.
Maltive throws a head kick that misses.
Maltive is looking to slow Sutkin down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sutkin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maltive. That one must have hurt.
Sutkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maltive. Maltive obviously looking to wear him down.
Maltive scores with a head kick. Sutkin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Maltive - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Maltive dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Maltive's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Maltive lands a head kick. Sutkin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Maltive lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick lands from Maltive.
Sutkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maltive lands with a cross.
Maltive moves out of range of the body kick from Sutkin.
Maltive scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maltive moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sutkin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maltive feints and then cracks Sutkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sutkin down.
Maltive displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sutkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sutkin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sutkin is breathing heavily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maltive.
Maltive scoring well with a low kick there.
Maltive chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Maltive throws a leg kick which misses Sutkin's front leg but catches the back leg as Sutkin tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maltive throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Maltive feints and then cracks Sutkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sutkin down.
Sutkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Maltive.

Maltive moves into the clinch.
Maltive has Sutkin pushed against the cage.

Maltive pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sutkin blocks a head kick by Maltive.
Maltive avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maltive.
Good leg kick by Maltive there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from Maltive tenderised Sutkin's leg. Sutkin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Maltive lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Maltive is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sutkin can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maltive with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maltive feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sutkins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A slapping body kick lands there for Maltive.
Maltive thuds a left hand into Sutkin's body.
Maltive fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maltive throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sutkin's head.

Maltive moves into range and clinches up with Sutkin.
Sutkin takes an elbow to the temple.

Maltive pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sutkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Sutkin.
Maltive thows a body shot but no joy.
Sutkin misses with a head kick.
Maltive has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Maltive fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sutkin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Maltive there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Maltive connects with a leg kick. Sutkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maltive throws a head kick that half lands.
Maltive jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sutkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maltive. Maltive obviously looking to wear him down.
Roy Maltive is winning the standup battle so far.
Maltive misses with a wild body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Maltive lands a big head kick that sends Sutkin tumbling to the mat! Maltive takes a step backwards and waves Sutkin back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Sutkin is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maltive and Sutkin are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Maltive throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Sutkin into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Maltive knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Roy Maltive!
During a confident post fight interview, Roy Maltive thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.