PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Malinowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyborg Lucino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matheus Malinowski is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Malinowski
vs
Lucino

198 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cyborg Lucino!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malinowski shoots in and drives through. Lucino sprawls well.
Lucino swinging wildly here.
Lucino swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Malinowski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Malinowski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lucino does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lucino avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Malinowski.
Lucino wants to get back to his feet.
Malinowski controlling the action here.

Lucino looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malinowski escapes and gets back to his feet.
Lucino looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Malinowski is fending him off so far but Lucino persists. Nope, Malinowski circles away and we're back to standing.

Malinowski clinches up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Malinowski.
Lucino has had enough of the clinch but Malinowski keeps him there for the moment.
Malinowski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lucino's efforts to push away.
Lucino has had enough of the clinch but Malinowski keeps him there for the moment.

Malinowski manages to break the clinch.
Lucino tries to land a body kick
and Malinowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matheus Malinowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lucino but Lucino pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Malinowski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Malinowski works Lucino's body with a nice hook.
Lucino slaps away a takedown attempt from Malinowski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Malinowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malinowski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lucino's waist but Lucino gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Malinowski off to one side.
Malinowski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Malinowski closes the distance and pushes Lucino back into the cage.
Lucino wants to get back to striking at distance but Malinowski won't allow it.

Lucino breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucino closes this distance looking for a takedown but Malinowski circles away.

Oooooh!!! Lucino has knocked Malinowski down with a huge combo! Lucino steps away and waves a wobbly Malinowski back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Matheus Malinowski has been cut.
Lucino looks gassed!
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!

Malinowski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lucino!
Malinowski breaks from Lucino's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Malinowski stands up from mount. Strange move.

Malinowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lucino, pushing him back against the cage.
Lucino is trying to break the clinch but Malinowski has him pressed against the cage.

Malinowski breaks from the clinch.
Malinowski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski has a takedown stuffed.
Lucino misses with a series of wild punches.

Malinowski pushes Lucino up against the cage in a clinch.
Lucino takes a knee right on the jaw!

Malinowski manages to break the clinch.
Lucino stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lucino wants it to stay on the feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Malinowski. Those never looked like landing.
Lucino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malinowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Lucino is trying hard to land a takedown here. Malinowski sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matheus Malinowski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matheus Malinowski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Malinowski rushes Lucino and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lucino is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lucino has had enough of the clinch but Malinowski keeps him there for the moment.
Malinowski avoiding damage.
Lucino wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lucino wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lucino looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lucino is trying to break free.
Malinowski lands an uppercut.

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

Malinowski takes the fight into the clinch.

Malinowski breaks the clinch.
Lucino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malinowski circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucino throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Malinowski misses with a takedown
and Lucino counters with a one-two to the body.
Lucino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lucino is breathing heavily.
Malinowski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lucino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malinowski shoots in and drives through. Lucino sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Malinowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Lucino as Malinowski shoots in.
Lucino throws a series of punches but Malinowski moves out of range.
A punch combination from Lucino misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lucino moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Malinowski gets a clinch.

Malinowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lucino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Lucino misses.
Malinowski changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lucino tries to avoid it but Malinowski manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lucino to the ground. Lucino escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Malinowski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lucino swivels and escapes.
Lucino scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malinowski thumps Lucino with a low kick.

Malinowski clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski tries to pull guard but Lucino forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Lucino tries to break the clinch but Malinowski is controlling the position.
Lucino wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lucino tries to break the clinch but Malinowski is controlling the position.

Malinowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lucino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lucino swinging wildly here.
Malinowski has a takedown stuffed.
A lazy left from Lucino finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucino avoids the body shot from Malinowski.

Malinowski forces Lucino back against the cage and clinches.

Malinowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malinowski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lucino circles away.
Lucino throws a head kick but Malinowski moves out of range.
Lucino throws a body kick that misses
and Malinowski counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lucino fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malinowski lands a jab-cross combination.
Lucino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malinowski circles away quickly and effectively.
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 Matheus Malinowski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matheus Malinowski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Malinowski looks for a takedown but Lucino sprawls well.
Lucino throws a sloppy head kick and Malinowski moves out of range easily.
Malinowski is looking to clinch.
Malinowski lands with a hook. Lucino tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Malinowski rushes Lucino and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Malinowski breaks the clinch.
Lucino looks to land a combination but Malinowski avoids it well.
Lucino throws a nice looking combination but Malinowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malinowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lucino defends it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malinowski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucino swats away the attempt to clinch by Malinowski.
Lucino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No luck for Malinowski with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Malinowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Malinowski shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lucino manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Malinowski stops Lucino from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski stays in close to Lucino's body and controls the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Matheus Malinowski has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Malinowski slaps away a takedown attempt from Lucino, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Malinowski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Malinowski misses with a takedown attempt - Lucino sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cyborg Lucino seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lucino throws a series of strikes that have Malinowski backpedaling.
Malinowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lucino defends it nicely.
Lucino shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Malinowski as he jumps to the side.
Lucino swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Malinowski counters with a takedown into side control.
Lucino is trying to escape the position but Malinowski is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucino is trying to buck Malinowski off.
Lucino taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee asks Malinowski politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Malinowski prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Malinowski has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malinowski wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matheus Malinowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Malinowski, 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 Seu Braga scores the fight for Matheus Malinowski!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Matheus Malinowski!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Matheus Malinowski!

Matheus Malinowski wins by unanimous decision!