PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamza Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalhou Genghis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Malik
vs
Genghis

196 cm
18
263 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

214 cm
28
270 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hamza Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kalhou Genghis!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Malik drives through and clinches with Genghis against the cage.
Nice elbow from Genghis.
Genghis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Genghis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Malik stalling the fight.
Genghis is trying to push Malik away but Malik has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Malik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Genghis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Malik looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Malik clinches up with Genghis and pushes him back against the cage.
Malik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Malik working hard to break the clinch.
Genghis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malik is trying to push Genghis away but Genghis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Malik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Malik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Genghis's elbow.
Malik misses with a punch on the inside.

Genghis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kalhou Genghis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malik tries to clinch up but Genghis circles away and keeps his distance.
Malik throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Genghis.
Hamza Malik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Genghis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Malik as he jumps to the side.
Malik tries to close the distance and clinch but Genghis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malik misses with a hook. Genghis ducked under it nicely.
Genghis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Malik but Malik pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Genghis looks gassed!
Malik avoids the head kick by Genghis.
Malik 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.

Malik has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malik wants to get back to striking at distance but Genghis won't allow it.
Genghis is trying to force a seperation but Malik has the dominant position.

Malik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malik misses with a double jab.
Malik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Malik, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Genghis looks for a takedown but Malik sprawls well.
Hamza Malik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalhou Genghis.
Malik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Genghis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Malik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malik tries to clinch up.
Malik throws a combination. Genghis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Genghis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Malik does no damage.
Genghis scores with a head kick. Malik tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Genghis lands an overhand right.

Malik instigates a clinch.
Genghis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Malik has had enough of the clinch but Genghis keeps him there for the moment.
Malik is trying to break the clinch but Genghis has him pressed against the cage.
Genghis prevents Malik from breaking the clinch.
Genghis looking to stall.

Genghis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malik lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Malik moves into the clinch.

Malik breaks from the clinch.
Malik works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malik connects with a body shot.
Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Genghis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Malik throws a combination that misses
and Genghis counters with a head kick. That will keep Malik thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Malik tries to clinch up but Genghis circles away and keeps his distance.
Genghis is looking to clinch.
Malik throws a low kick, looking for Genghis's leg but Genghis calmly moves out of range.
Malik throws a nice looking combination but Genghis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Genghis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Malik backs up against the cage.
Genghis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Genghis moves in looking to clinch but Malik pushes him off.
Malik throws a right and a left that Genghis avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamza Malik dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Genghis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Malik tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Genghis counters with a right hand to the body.
Malik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malik looks to land a left hand but Genghis moved out of range nicely.
Genghis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Malik swivels and escapes.
Malik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malik moves to clinch but Genghis breaks away

and Genghis counters by moving into the clinch.

Malik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malik lands with a nice combination. Genghis backs away looking to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Malik closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malik lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malik keeps control of Genghis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Malik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Genghis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Malik has his feet on Genghis's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A solid leg kick lands there for Malik.
Genghis keeps the fight on the outside.
Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Genghis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Malik swinging wildly here.
Genghis scores with a one two! Malik had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Malik keeps the fight on the outside.
Genghis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malik connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malik misses with a two punch combination.
Hamza Malik is winning the standup battle so far.
Malik takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Malik misses with a leg kick

and Genghis counters with a shoot takedown. Malik fights it but they end up in guard.
Genghis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Genghis prevents Malik from getting back to his feet.
Genghis trying to stand up but can't free himself from Malik's guard.
Malik wants to stand but Genghis is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genghis wants to pass the guard but Malik is keeping the position.
Genghis seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kalhou Genghis.
Malik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Malik displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Genghis.
Genghis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Malik walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Genghis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Genghis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Malik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Malik tries to break the clinch but Genghis is controlling the position.

Genghis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Malik moves into range and clinches up with Genghis.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Malik tries to break the clinch but Genghis is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malik is trying to force a seperation but Genghis has the dominant position.
Malik is pressed up against the cage. Genghis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Malik down to the mat. Malik avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hamza Malik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalhou Genghis.
A nice inside leg kick there by Genghis. That's going to slow Malik down.
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 Hamza Malik will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Malik looks to land a combination. Genghis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Genghis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Malik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malik keeps the fight on the outside.
Malik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Genghis tries to clinch but Malik moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Malik, as that shot connected.
Malik fails with an attempt to clinch.

Malik drops Genghis with a nice combination! Malik dives into Genghis's guard, looking to finish!

Genghis is rocked!

It looks like Kalhou Genghis has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Genghis is working an open guard so Malik takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Malik rushes Genghis and presses him up against the cage.
Genghis keeps control of Malik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malik wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Genghis has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Genghis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malik defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Genghis.
The fight stays on the outside here - Malik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Malik wants to clinch up but Genghis keeps it at a distance.
Genghis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Malik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Malik.
Genghis misses with a few strikes there.
Malik tries to clinch up.
Malik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Genghis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Genghis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genghis looks for a takedown but Malik sprawls well.

Genghis clinches up against the cage.

Malik breaks from the clinch.
Malik dodges the punch combination from Genghis.
Malik misses with the combination.
Genghis tries to clinch but Malik is having none of it.
Malik 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.
Genghis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hamza Malik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Genghis is looking to clinch but Malik is avoiding it.
Malik tries to clinch there but Genghis circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malik doesn't manage to clinch there - Genghis circles away.
Genghis shoots in but Malik avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hamza Malik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalhou Genghis.

Malik moves into the clinch.
Malik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Malik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malik defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Genghis.
Malik looks to land a combination but Genghis avoids it well.
Genghis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Malik's waist but Malik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Genghis off to one side.
Malik sizes up Genghis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Genghis lands a head kick!

Malik has closed the distance and engaged Genghis in a clinch.
Genghis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Malik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malik tries to clinch but Genghis is having none of it.
Malik swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Genghis connects with a high kick.
Genghis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Malik circles away.
Genghis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Malik swivels and escapes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Genghis shoots in for a takedown but Malik shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Genghis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Malik tries to clinch but Genghis moves out of range.
Kalhou Genghis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Malik drives through and clinches with Genghis against the cage.
Genghis looking to throw knees to the head but Malik is blocking nicely.
Hamza Malik is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Malik avoiding damage as Genghis throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hamza Malik showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Malik, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hamza Malik!