PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Maldini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvain Sauvage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sylvain Sauvage 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!

Maldini
vs
Sauvage

176 cm
21
159 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

177 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Maldini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sylvain Sauvage!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maldini rushes Sauvage and presses him up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sauvage scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sauvage lands a good knee to the midsection. Maldini won't want to take too many of those.
Sauvage lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jose Maldini has been cut.
Sauvage just leaning against Maldini, taking a breather.
Maldini tries to pull guard but Sauvage forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sauvage dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sauvage lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sauvage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sauvage lands an elbow that stopped Maldini in his tracks for a moment.
Sauvage lands a nice elbow.
Sauvage with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sauvage.

Maldini is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage landing knees to the body.
Oh Maldini is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maldini is breathing heavily.
Sauvage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maldini lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A bit of stalling here from Sauvage.
Sauvage lands an elbow that stopped Maldini in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Sauvage.
Sauvage pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Maldini! Sauvage unloads with more strikes and Maldini sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sylvain Sauvage!
A victorious Sylvain Sauvage thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.