PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between En Sabah Nur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Malenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sabah Nur comes to the cage accompanied by Apocalipse Now. En Sabah Nur has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sabah Nur
vs
Malenko

183 cm
19
179 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, En Sabah Nur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Malenko!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malenko shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Malenko gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sabah Nur cracks Malenko with a solid left hand.

Sabah Nur decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Malenko, up you get!

Sabah Nur drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Malenko takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sabah Nur in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sabah Nur landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Malenko is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sabah Nur connects with a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sabah Nur thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sabah Nur working the ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabah Nur works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Malenko is rocked!
Sabah Nur is putting a hurting on Malenko here, landing some big shots from side control.
Malenko is still in real trouble! Can Sabah Nur finish him?

Sabah Nur has hold of Malenko's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Malenko tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Sabah Nur cranks the arm and Malenko screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Malenko, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). En Sabah Nur!