PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Geraldo Mathews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Malenczuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Malenczuk looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Mathews
vs
Malenczuk

173 cm
21
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Geraldo Mathews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damian Malenczuk!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Malenczuk. Mathews does a little dance to reset his feet.

Malenczuk closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mathews did well to prevent Malenczuk getting side control.

Mathews makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Mathews could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Mathews scores with a takedown into Malenczuk's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mathews with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Malenczuk utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mathews loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mathews looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mathews content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malenczuk throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Malenczuk working a defensive guard here.
Mathews content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Malenczuk has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mathews distracts Malenczuk with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mathews accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Malenczuk tries to land a sweep but no joy.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mathews is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mathews postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Malenczuk tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mathews has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mathews's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mathews cracks Malenczuk with a solid left hand.
Mathews is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Malenczuk looks winded!
Malenczuk wants to improve his position but instead Mathews has moved into half guard.
Mathews looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mathews seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mathews controlling the action here.
Malenczuk taking some punishment here, with Mathews in his half guard.
Mathews is thwarting Malenczuk's attempts to control the position.
Mathews is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mathews working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've been informed that Malenczuk has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Mathews is controlling the pace.

Malenczuk looking for a kimura from the bottom but Mathews passes into side control!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mathews scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geraldo Mathews dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A low kick from Malenczuk misses

and Mathews counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Malenczuk trying to control from the bottom.
Malenczuk wants to stand back up but Mathews manages to pass into side control.
Mathews lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mathews taking a breather here.
Malenczuk tries to bench press Mathews off him but Mathews keeps the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathews scoring with punches and elbows.
Malenczuk is breathing heavily.
Mathews lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Malenczuk is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mathews connects with a decent elbow.
Mathews connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Malenczuk some visible discomfort.
Malenczuk is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mathews landing a few strikes.
Mathews landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathews working the head with strikes.
Malenczuk is looking to get back to his feet here but Mathews is keeping cool and he's managed to take Malenczuk's back.
Mathews has Malenczuk flattened out and is raining down punches.
Mathews has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Malenczuk.
Mathews scores with punches from the back.
Mathews is punishing Malenczuk with strikes - can he finish him?!
Mathews is looking to finish with some ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Malenczuk.
Mathews lands shots from the back.
Malenczuk tries to escape the position.
Malenczuk is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The referee is taking a good look at Malenczuk as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Mathews!
Mathews has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Malenczuk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Malenczuk right now.
Mathews lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Mathews.
Mathews lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Malenczuk.
Mathews is punishing Malenczuk with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mathews punishes Malenczuk with strikes from the back mount.
You can see the frustration on Malenczuk's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
I would not like to be Malenczuk right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geraldo Mathews dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Mathews looking to score a takedown here. Malenczuk is defending well but Mathews drives through and ends up in Malenczuk's guard.
Mathews content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mathews lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mathews keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Malenczuk's head.
Mathews lands a couple of digs.
Geraldo Mathews overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mathews content to stall in guard here.

Mathews gets to his feet - Malenczuk follows without any prompting.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malenczuk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mathews.
It appears Mathews was looking to counter with a kick there.
Malenczuk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malenczuk has managed to clinch.
Malenczuk has had enough of the clinch but Mathews keeps him there for the moment.
Mathews is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Mathews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Malenczuk scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mathews is controlling Malenczuk's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Mathews pushes Malenczuk off looking to stand but Malenczuk dives back in and keeps control.
Mathews regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mathews throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Mathews looking for a sweep. Not yet Mathews, not yet.

Mathews has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Malenczuk is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mathews manages to pull guard.

Mathews pushes Malenczuk off and scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mathews moves into the clinch successfully.
Mathews tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Malenczuk smiles and moves away.

Malenczuk scores with a takedown into Mathews's guard.
Mathews trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Mathews is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mathews has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Malenczuk is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Mathews has Malenczuk pressed against the cage, preventing Malenczuk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Mathews manages to break the clinch.

Mathews has taken the fight to the clinch.
Malenczuk is trying to force a seperation but Mathews has the dominant position.
Malenczuk is trying to break the clinch but Mathews has him pressed against the cage.

Mathews breaks the clinch.

Mathews closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Malenczuk's guard.
Mathews seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathews lands a couple of digs.
Malenczuk wants to sweep but no luck.
Malenczuk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mathews. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mathews lands a couple of digs.
Malenczuk trying to strike off his back.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Mathews looking to score a takedown here. Malenczuk is defending well but Mathews drives through and ends up in Malenczuk's guard.
Damian Malenczuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Geraldo Mathews is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mathews is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Malenczuk can do to turn this around?
Malenczuk can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mathews controls the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Geraldo Mathews showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mathews has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geraldo Mathews!