PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Malinowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malinowski comes into the arena with The Offspring-Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) blaring out of the sound system. Tiago Silva told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Malinowski
vs
Silva

186 cm
18
170 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

165 cm
19
150 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)
RMC - $ 11 Shorts!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Malinowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malinowski wants to clinch.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!

Malinowski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silva did well to prevent Malinowski getting side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Malinowski is controlling the pace.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Malinowski pulls his head out easily.
Malinowski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Matheus Malinowski has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Malinowski throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Malinowski sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tiago Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Malinowski takes the fight into the clinch.

Malinowski jumps guard.

Malinowski pushes Silva off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva tries to clinch but Malinowski moves out of range.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Malinowski.
Malinowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Malinowski. Malinowski gets slowly back to his feet.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Malinowski.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malinowski prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.

Malinowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Malinowski misses with a body kick.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Malinowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Malinowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Malinowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva shoots in but Malinowski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Matheus Malinowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Silva.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Malinowski. That's going to slow Silva down.
Malinowski misses with a head kick.
Malinowski misses with a hook.
Silva tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Malinowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Malinowski. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Malinowski tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Malinowski fails in his attempt to clinch.

Silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matheus Malinowski dominated that round.
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.

Malinowski misses with a head kick.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Malinowski lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Malinowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Malinowski takes one on the button.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malinowski looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Malinowski tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.

Malinowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Malinowski landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Silva on the inside.

Malinowski manages to break the clinch.

Silva rushes Malinowski and presses him up against the cage.
Malinowski trying to land knees to the body.

Malinowski manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Malinowski moves out of range.

Silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Malinowski trying to move into half guard but instead Silva has managed to sweep!
Malinowski wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Silva with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski looking for a sweep. Not yet Malinowski, not yet.
Silva passes into half guard.
Silva thows a huge punch but Malinowski dodges it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malinowski tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Malinowski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Malinowski managing to control the position.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Malinowski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malinowski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Malinowski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Malinowski works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Malinowski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva wants to stand up but Malinowski is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malinowski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matheus Malinowski dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Some wild striking there from Malinowski.

Silva shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Malinowski is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Malinowski trying to control but Silva postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva wants to control but Malinowski is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malinowski is holding on to half guard well.
Malinowski tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva blocks the strikes from Malinowski.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Malinowski defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski keeping control of the position.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Malinowski defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malinowski is holding on to half guard well.
Silva is keen to just control but Malinowski is a slippery customer.
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Silva works his way into full mount!
Malinowski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Malinowski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.

Malinowski gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Malinowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Malinowski tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Malinowski to the ground. Malinowski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Malinowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a head kick by Malinowski.

Malinowski closes the distance and clinches.
Silva is trying to stall.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Malinowski has him pressed against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malinowski tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Malinowski is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Malinowski tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva tries to stall but Malinowski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Malinowski has denied him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malinowski tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.

Malinowski breaks the clinch.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Malinowski defends it nicely.
Matheus Malinowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Silva.

Malinowski has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Matheus Malinowski did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Malinowski counters by clinching up.

Malinowski jumps guard.
Malinowski has control of Silva's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Malinowski is proving hard to escape from.
Silva pushes down on Malinowski's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Malinowski keeping control of the position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malinowski wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Malinowski preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Matheus Malinowski just wasn't active enough.
Malinowski misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Malinowski counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Malinowski.
Malinowski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malinowski looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Malinowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malinowski throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matheus Malinowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Malinowski shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Malinowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Malinowski clinches with his opponent.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Malinowski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Malinowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Malinowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Malinowski avoids it really well and circles away.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Malinowski scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Malinowski tries to stand but can't do so whilst Silva controls his leg.
Malinowski trying to control from Silva's half guard. Silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Malinowski looking to pass the guard.
Malinowski wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Matheus Malinowski wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matheus Malinowski had his way with Tiago Silva in 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. This is the final round!

Silva scores with a head kick. Malinowski tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Malinowski moves into range and clinches up with Silva.

Malinowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malinowski misses with a low kick.
Malinowski tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.

Malinowski takes the fight into the clinch.

Malinowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malinowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is looking to clinch but Malinowski is avoiding it.

Malinowski clinches.

Malinowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva tries to clinch but Malinowski moves out of range.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva throws a head kick that misses

and Malinowski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Malinowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Malinowski as Silva tries to tie him up.
Malinowski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Malinowski tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.

Malinowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malinowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Malinowski is looking to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Malinowski moves away

and Malinowski counters by moving into the clinch.

Malinowski breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Malinowski misses.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Malinowski, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Malinowski against the cage but Malinowski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Malinowski throws a head kick that misses.
Malinowski tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Malinowski moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Malinowski pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Malinowski changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Malinowski manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Malinowski throws a head kick that misses.
Malinowski tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Malinowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Malinowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Malinowski manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Matheus Malinowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Silva.
Silva fails with the takedown

and Malinowski counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malinowski in side control, throwing shots but Silva defends.
Malinowski will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Malinowski tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.

Malinowski is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is staying active underneath Malinowski, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Malinowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Malinowski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Malinowski dominating with strikes here.
Tiago Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malinowski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Malinowski maintains control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matheus Malinowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Malinowski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 50:46
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 50:45
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matheus Malinowski!
An out of breath Matheus Malinowski thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.