PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malik is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Soldier Side. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nilsson
vs
Malik

175 cm
18
177 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
179 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Nilsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdul Malik!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malik looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nilsson is fending him off so far but Malik persists. Nope, Nilsson circles away and we're back to standing.
A punch combination from Malik misses.
Malik throws a right and a left that both miss.
Malik fails to land with a series of punches.

Nilsson clinches with his opponent.
Malik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Malik avoids the elbow strike from Nilsson, against the cage.
Nilsson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nilsson tries to pull guard but Malik holds him up against the cage and eventually Nilsson drops back down to his feet.
Malik wants to get back to striking at distance but Nilsson won't allow it.

Nilsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nilsson.
Nilsson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Nilsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Malik drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Malik.
Malik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nilsson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Malik tries to hold on but Nilsson pushes him away.
Malik is squirming around, avoiding Nilsson's attempts to control the action.

Nilsson wants to finish this one by submission but Malik is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Nilsson.
Malik regains half guard.
Nilsson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Malik is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Nilsson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Malik is looking to improve his position but Nilsson isn't that keen on the idea.
Malik is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Nilsson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Malik is trying desperately to improve position.
Nilsson punching from mount but Malik doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Malik is looking to improve his position but Nilsson isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malik tries to hold on but Nilsson postures up.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nilsson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Malik manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Nilsson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malik tries to improve position but can't.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Malik throws a right hand that Nilsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Nilsson also avoids with ease.
Malik misses with a low kick.
Malik throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nilsson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Malik keeps the fight on the outside.

Malik 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.
Malik tries to free his leg and advance position but Nilsson is retaining full guard.
Malik trying to control but Nilsson is working from the bottom.
Malik must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Nilsson is looking for a triangle but Malik pushes his legs off easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Malik avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nilsson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Malik uses it to pass to side control.
You can see the frustration on Nilsson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nilsson gets back to half guard.
Nilsson is looking for a sweep. Malik is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nilsson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nilsson.
Nilsson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Malik's guard.
Nilsson preventing the sweep.
Nilsson stands and throws Malik's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nilsson trying to control the action but Malik is working from the bottom.
Nilsson tries to advance to mount but Malik denies him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Daniel Nilsson will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nilsson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nilsson trying to control from Malik's half guard. Malik has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Nilsson passes Malik's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Malik is pressing down on Nilsson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Malik wants to hit a switch here but Nilsson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Malik there!
Malik is squirming around, avoiding Nilsson's attempts to control the action.
Nilsson looking to ground and pound but Malik is blocking nicely.
Malik is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Malik is looking to improve his position but Nilsson isn't that keen on the idea.
Malik is breathing heavily.

Nilsson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Malik is surviving well by controlling Nilsson's body position as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson looking to ground and pound but Malik is blocking nicely.
Nilsson punching from mount but Malik doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Malik wants to hold on but Nilsson pushes him away.
Nilsson wants to take Malik's back here but Malik is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Malik is squirming around, avoiding Nilsson's attempts to control the action.

Nilsson wants to finish this one by submission but Malik is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Nilsson.
Malik tries to reverse the position but Nilsson maintains control.
Malik is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Malik bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Nilsson trying to keep a closed guard but Malik is proving a slippery customer.
Malik preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nilsson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Nilsson 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.

Malik gets to his feet. Nilsson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Malik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malik blocks a jab.
Nilsson shoots in for a double leg but Malik sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nilsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malik.
Some wild striking there from Malik.
Daniel Nilsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Nilsson darts in and clinches Malik up against the cage.
Malik wants to get back to striking at distance but Nilsson won't allow it.
Malik wants to break free but Nilsson has control.
Nilsson keeps control of Malik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nilsson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Malik is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Malik prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Nilsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malik is trying to break free.
Malik tries to break the clinch but Nilsson is controlling the position.
Nilsson wants a takedown but no success here.
Malik wants to get back to striking at distance but Nilsson won't allow it.

Nilsson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Malik keeping full guard, as Nilsson tries to pass.

Malik working for a triangle but Nilsson defends it easily.
Nilsson is pushing down on Malik's leg trying to pass to half guard. Malik is fighting to maintain full guard but Nilsson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nilsson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Malik!
Malik really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malik tries to lock up and control but Nilsson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Malik is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Malik tries to hold on but Nilsson postures up.
Malik gets back to half guard.
Nilsson stops Malik from getting back to his feet.
Malik has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nilsson is working away from the top position though.

Malik looking for submissions off his back.

Malik actively working from the bottom here.
Nilsson tries to pass to full mount but Malik defends it.
Malik trying to hold on to Nilsson's head to control him but Nilsson postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Nilsson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Malik shoots and misses

and Nilsson counters with a single leg into guard. Malik didn't expect that.
Nilsson trying to control but Malik is working from the bottom.
Malik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nilsson wants to control from the top but Malik keeps moving.
Malik is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nilsson is controlling him.
Nilsson trying to control but Malik is working from the bottom.
Malik is trying to control the position but Nilsson postures up.
Nilsson looking to pass the guard.

Malik escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nilsson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Nilsson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Malik momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malik has his takedown stuffed

so Nilsson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malik working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nilsson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Malik is tightening it up a little... Nilsson has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Nilsson reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Nilsson taps out! nice BJJ there by Malik!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Abdul Malik!
Abdul Malik is the new welterweight champion!