PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Mailov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braga comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Immortal - Beyond the North Waves kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mailov
vs
Braga

193 cm
26
209 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

186 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maxim Mailov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Braga!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mailov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Braga.
Mailov scores with the left hand. Braga knows he should have avoided that one.
Mailov misses with a leg kick
and Braga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mailov misses the jab.
Mailov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Braga makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mailov throws a right hand that misses
and Braga counters with a nice leg kick.
Braga misses with a body punch
and Mailov counters with a three punch combo that has Braga backing up. Braga nods at Mailov to acknowledge the strikes.
Mailov looks to score with a jab to the body but Braga is just out of range.
Mailov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Braga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mailov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Braga.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mailov scores with a hook to the body. Braga takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Braga swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mailov counters with a stiff right hand.
Mailov misses with a lunging right hand
and Braga connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Braga bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mailov's head.
Mailov throws a leg kick

and Braga counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mailov won't be happy with that.
Mailov is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Mailov is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga advances to mount.
Braga thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Mailov is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mailov is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Braga landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mailov working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga thowing shots but they're missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mailov is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Mailov tries to hold on but Braga pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braga fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Braga has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four 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.
Braga looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mailov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Braga scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Mailov is rocked!

Braga has hold of Mailov's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Mailov manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Mailov tries to hold on but Braga postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Braga dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A big left from Mailov misses.
Braga throws a leg kick that misses.
Mailov lands a nice shot that snaps Braga's head back.
Braga ducks under a wild hook from Mailov.
Mailov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Braga throws a big shot that misses.
Mailov throws a lazy uppercut
and Braga counters with a left to the body.
Braga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mailov counters with a good low kick that Braga was not able to check.
Braga staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mailov digs a good body shot into Braga's ribs.
Braga shoots in but no luck this time.
Braga throws an off balance right hand
and Mailov counters with a nice leg kick.
Mailov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mailov misses with a left hand
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Braga counters with a straight right hand.
Mailov thows a leg kick but Braga checks it
and Braga counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mailov's knee momentarily.
Mailov misses the shot to the body.
Mailov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mailov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mailov misses with a right hand
and Braga makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mailov misses with a hook
and Braga counters with a leg kick.
Braga walks into a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice jab there from Mailov.
Braga shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mailov pinned against the cage. Mailov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A lazy left from Mailov finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga misses with a hook.
Braga misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A low kick from Mailov misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Braga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mailov.
Braga tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Mailov misses
and Braga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Braga misses the body punch
and Mailov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Maxim Mailov is winning the standup battle so far.
Mailov throws a leg kick that misses.
Braga looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mailov leaves Braga with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Maxim Mailov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Braga.
Braga tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mailov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mailov throws a poor cross that misses
and Braga counters with a nice uppercut.
Mailov misses with a left hand
and Braga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Braga throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mailov counters with a low kick, right behind Braga 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mailov misses with a straight left.
Mailov throws a lazy uppercut
and Braga counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxim Mailov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mailov misses with a body shot.
Braga jabs Mailov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Braga ducks under a wild hook from Mailov.
Braga takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Braga scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A low kick from Mailov misses
and Braga counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mailov's knee momentarily.
Braga misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mailov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Braga misses with a right hand
enabling Mailov to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mailov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braga.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mailov.
Mailov tries to bum rush Braga with a series of wild strikes but Braga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Braga ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mailov thows a leg kick but Braga checks it
and Braga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mailov misses with a combination
and Braga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mailov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Braga.
Braga throws a leg kick
and Mailov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga slips a jab and a cross from Mailov.
A slapping leg kick lands for Braga.
Braga misses with an uppercut
and Mailov counters with an outside leg kick.
Mailov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mailov misses with a leg kick
and Braga counters with a stiff right hand.
Braga wants to clinch.
Mailov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Braga counters with a low kick, right behind Mailov 's knee.
Mailov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Braga.
Mailov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mailov misses with a hook
and Braga counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga misses with an uppercut
and Braga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Braga throws a lazy uppercut
and Mailov counters with a stiff right hand.
Mailov slips a straight right by Braga.
Mailov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mailov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mailov misses with a right hand

and Braga counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Braga.
Mailov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Braga on the ground.
Braga cracks Mailov with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Braga accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mailov can't keep his opponent in guard - Braga advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Mailov is looking to control Braga's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mailov avoid being mounted?
Mailov wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Braga comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Braga has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Braga!