PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Katt Mamma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pietrus Malkevicius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Malkevicius's choice of entrance music: Arch Enemy - We Will Rise. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mamma
vs
Malkevicius

187 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
186 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Adrenaline

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Katt Mamma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pietrus Malkevicius!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Malkevicius drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mamma sneaks back into half guard.
Mamma gets full guard.

Mamma had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Malkevicius defends it easily.
Malkevicius postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mamma working a defensive guard here.
Malkevicius throwing strikes from guard but Mamma blocks nicely.
Mamma lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Malkevicius!
Mamma will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mamma wants to control the pace but Malkevicius is squirming around nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malkevicius is looking to get to half guard.
Malkevicius is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mamma has control of Malkevicius's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Malkevicius regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Malkevicius tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Mamma has isolated one of Malkevicius's arms. Malkevicius looking to fight him off but Mamma twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Katt Mamma!