PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Malenko (ranked 25479 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Carneiro (ranked 6240 p4p, 0 weight class). Malenko comes to the cage accompanied by Shooter. Dean Malenko looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Malenko
vs
Carneiro

178 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

193 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dean Malenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcos Carneiro!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carneiro thumps Malenko with a low kick.
Malenko looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Carneiro lands a leg kick that knocks Malenko off balance momentarily.
Malenko could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Carneiro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Malenko.
Malenko throws a series of punches but Carneiro avoids them all with ease.
Malenko is trying hard to land a takedown here. Carneiro sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Carneiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Dean Malenko has been cut.

Carneiro cracks Malenko with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Malenko looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Carneiro finish him?

Malenko is rocked!
We've been hearing reports that Malenko has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carneiro jabs at Malenko's body.
Oh Malenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carneiro lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Malenko - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Carneiro!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcos Carneiro!
The defeated Dean Malenko had this to say: 'I took a dive for side profit'.