PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Idont Know (ranked 7696 p4p, 670 weight class) and Nikolay Malofeev (ranked 5721 p4p, 578 weight class). Malofeev has chosen Gelato al cioccolato - Pupo as his entrance music. Nikolay Malofeev looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Know
vs
Malofeev

180 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Knockdown Clothes
Voodoo Nutrition

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Idont Know!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolay Malofeev!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Darius Henderson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Malofeev.
A head kick misses from Malofeev.
Malofeev throws a head kick that misses

and Know counters with a shoot takedown. Malofeev fights it but they end up in guard.

Know is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Know postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Know thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Know in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malofeev keeping moving, preventing Know from controlling successfully.
Know pushes down on Malofeev's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Know trying to control the action but Malofeev is working from the bottom.

Know is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Know is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Know is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Know is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Malofeev defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malofeev is positioning himself well to prevent Know advancing to mount.
Know is nestled in close to Malofeev, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Know takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Know seems to be looking for submissions.

Know is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Malofeev sees it coming and defends easily.
Know wants to control but Malofeev is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Know is looking to advance position but Malofeev won't allow it.
Malofeev is looking to get back to full guard here but Know has managed to pass to side control instead.

Know looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Malofeev is trying to control Know's posture but Know avoids it.
A lull in the action here as Know stalls from top position.
Know lands a few punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malofeev tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Know landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Malofeev gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Malofeev is squirming around, avoiding Know's attempts to control the action.
Malofeev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Know. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Know is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Malofeev can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Know lands a couple of good shots and Malofeev has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Know is working for a rear naked choke. Malofeev is not defending it well and Know has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Malofeev refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Malofeev's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Idont Know!
An out of breath Idont Know thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Nikolay Malofeev had this to say: 'Why the referee stopped the fight?? WTF? Why? God damn!! It's fuckin unbelievable!! The referee is a incompetent. Doesn't matter I'm still the best. Fuck you all.!!'.