PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keto Belle (ranked 15917 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Malenko (ranked 2027 p4p, 230 weight class). Belle comes to the cage accompanied by Going Down . The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Belle
vs
Malenko

180 cm
44
164 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

182 cm
40
164 lbs
30 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Keto Belle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Malenko!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malenko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Belle tries to bum rush Malenko with a series of wild strikes but Malenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Belle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Keto Belle has been cut.
Belle throws a lazy uppercut
and Malenko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Malenko has managed to clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Malenko.
Belle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Malenko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Malenko gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malenko tries to free his leg and advance position but Belle is retaining full guard.
Belle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Malenko advances position into side control!
The ground and pound from Malenko seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Malenko moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Malenko lands some shots froms side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malenko working the body and head with strikes.
Malenko misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Belle takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Belle avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Malenko.
Belle takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Malenko is staying tight to Belle's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Malenko wants to control but Belle is keeping him busy.
Belle avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Malenko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malenko throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Belle regains half guard, as Malenko was trying to land strikes.
Malenko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Malenko thows a huge punch but Belle dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Malenko lands a nice short elbow.
Belle is trying to get back to full guard.
Belle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Malenko on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malenko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Malenko trying to control from half guard but Belle is working away.
Malenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Malenko is trying to control. Belle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Belle tries to get to full guard but Malenko has control of the leg.
Belle is staying active underneath Malenko, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Malenko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Malenko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Malenko lands strikes from half guard.
Malenko is trying to control. Belle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Malenko there.
Malenko looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Malenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Malenko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Belle is trying to get back to full guard.
Belle has hold of Malenko's hands but Malenko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Malenko content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Malenko's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Belle regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Malenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Malenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keto Belle's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Belle throws out a loose jab but Malenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice side step and Malenko releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Malenko clinches up with Belle and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Malenko.
Belle is trying to stall.
Malenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Malenko has picked Belle up - he's going for a ride! Malenko dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Malenko looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Malenko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Belle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Malenko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Belle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Belle is trying to maintain the position but Malenko is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malenko lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Belle is in trouble now - Malenko has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Malenko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Malenko lands a big shot there that rocks Belle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Malenko with good strikes from the mount here!

Belle is rocked!
Malenko working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Belle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big strike lands for Malenko! That's really hurt Belle and he's turned his back - Malenko keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Malenko jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Malenko!
After winning the bout, Ray Malenko thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Keto Belle had this to say: 'Well today I'm not happy, you know I made a lot of mistakes and underestimated Superior. But you know this sport of MMA is all about the best fighter in the ring at that moment. I know I was the better fighter but I got careless and the result is a loss. Thank you fans for coming out... *leaves ring'.