PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Zanotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Malmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zanotti
vs
Malmi

187 cm
20
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Zanotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toni Malmi!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zanotti moves in looking to clinch but Malmi pushes him off.
Zanotti looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Malmi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Zanotti is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malmi wants to control from the top but Zanotti keeps moving.

Malmi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Malmi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Malmi decides to stand back up. Malmi steps back and let's Zanotti get back to his feet.
Zanotti is looking to clinch but Malmi is avoiding it.
Zanotti is looking to clinch but Malmi is avoiding it.

Malmi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zanotti!
Oh Zanotti is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Malmi has isolated one of Zanotti's arms. Zanotti looking to fight him off but Malmi twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Toni Malmi!