|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Malinowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Ridley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malinowski comes to the cage accompanied by The Offspring-Pretty Fly (For a White Guy). Ridley has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
 |
|
 |
| 186 cm
20
170 lbs
5 - 9 - 0 |
|
176 cm
26
164 lbs
1 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Experienced |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
|
| |
|
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
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Malinowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bo Ridley!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ridley throws a push kick but Malinowski slaps the foot to one side.
Ridley looks winded!
Malinowski darts in and clinches Ridley up against the cage.
Malinowski is trying to break the clinch but Ridley is controlling him.
Malinowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Malinowski can't get the takedown.
Malinowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Malinowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Malinowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ridley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ridley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Malinowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Malinowski defending well as Ridley loads up on a big left hand.
Malinowski wants to clinch.
Ridley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ridley keeps the fight on the outside.
Ridley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Malinowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Malinowski tries to clinch but Ridley is having none of it.
Malinowski tries to clinch but Ridley moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malinowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ridley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Malinowski is looking to clinch.
Malinowski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ridley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Malinowski avoids it.
Malinowski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ridley blocks it with crossed arms.
Malinowski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Malinowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ridley keeps the fight on the outside.
Malinowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ridley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malinowski wants to clinch up but Ridley keeps it at a distance.
Malinowski tries to clinch up but Ridley circles away and keeps his distance.
Ridley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malinowski is looking to clinch but Ridley is avoiding it.
Malinowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ridley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ridley swinging wildly here.
Malinowski tries to clinch but Ridley moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matheus Malinowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ridley swats away the attempt to clinch by Malinowski.
Malinowski looks to land a combination but Ridley avoids it well.
Malinowski wants to clinch.
Malinowski is looking to clinch.
Malinowski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Malinowski wants to clinch up but Ridley keeps it at a distance.
Ridley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Malinowski.
Malinowski tries to clinch up but Ridley circles away and keeps his distance.
Ridley circles away from the clinch attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ridley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Malinowski as he jumps to the side.
Malinowski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Malinowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ridley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski tries to clinch up.
Malinowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ridley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malinowski wants to clinch
and Ridley counters with a single leg into guard. Malinowski didn't expect that.
Malinowski looking for a guillotine here but Ridley defends easily.
Malinowski keeping full guard, as Ridley tries to pass.
Malinowski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ridley pushes down on Malinowski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ridley is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Malinowski sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Malinowski is trying to get back to full guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Malinowski flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Malinowski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ridley wants to free his trapped foot but Malinowski is holding on for dear life with his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ridley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are battling for position here. Malinowski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matheus Malinowski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ridley keeps the fight on the outside.
Malinowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Ridley circles away.
Malinowski tries to clinch up but Ridley circles away and keeps his distance.
Malinowski moves in looking to clinch but Ridley pushes him off.
Ridley misses with a hook. Malinowski ducked under it nicely.
Malinowski tries to clinch up but Ridley circles away and keeps his distance.
Malinowski instigates a clinch.
Malinowski drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ridley pulls his leg out and moves away.
Malinowski moves in looking to clinch but Ridley pushes him off.
Malinowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Malinowski tries to clinch up but Ridley circles away and keeps his distance.
Matheus Malinowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Malinowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Ridley is breathing heavily.
Malinowski wants to clinch up but Ridley keeps it at a distance.
Malinowski tries to clinch but Ridley is having none of it.
Ridley swats away the attempt to clinch by Malinowski.
Malinowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ridley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malinowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ridley blocks a low kick nicely.
Ridley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ridley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malinowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ridley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malinowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ridley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Malinowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ridley circles away quickly and effectively.
Malinowski moves in looking to clinch but Ridley pushes him off.
Malinowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ridley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malinowski swinging wildly here.
Malinowski wants to clinch up but Ridley keeps it at a distance.
Malinowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Ridley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malinowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Malinowski misses.
Malinowski instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski manages to break the clinch.
Malinowski misses with a wild combination.
Ridley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matheus Malinowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malinowski misses with the combination.
Malinowski wants to clinch
and Ridley moves into the clinch.
Malinowski looking to throw knees to the head but Ridley is blocking nicely.
Ridley goes for a takedown in the clinch but Malinowski prevents it.
Malinowski manages to pull guard.
Malinowski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ridley on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ridley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Malinowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ridley is one step ahead there.
Ridley throwing strikes but missing.
Ridley advances to half guard.
Ridley is looking for a kimura here.
Malinowski is defending against the submission attempts here by Ridley.
Malinowski won't allow Ridley to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridley is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Malinowski defends it well.
Malinowski wants to get back to his feet.
Malinowski is not content to let Ridley control the position.
Ridley is looking for a kimura but Malinowski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ridley to get the leverage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malinowski is looking to improve his position.
Ridley is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matheus Malinowski dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Malinowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Malinowski closes the distance and pushes Ridley back into the cage.
Ridley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ridley is pressed up against the cage. Malinowski has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ridley down to the mat. Ridley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Malinowski tries to clinch there but Ridley circles away.
Malinowski is looking to clinch.
Malinowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Malinowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malinowski tries to clinch up but Ridley circles away and keeps his distance.
Malinowski tries to clinch there but Ridley circles away.
Ridley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malinowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Ridley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malinowski moves in looking to clinch but Ridley pushes him off.
Malinowski tries to clinch but Ridley moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malinowski is looking to clinch but Ridley is avoiding it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malinowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Ridley circles away.
Malinowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malinowski throws a series of punches but Ridley avoids them all with ease.
Ridley missing with a left hand there. Malinowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Malinowski is looking to clinch.
Malinowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Ridley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Malinowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ridley swats away the attempt to clinch by Malinowski.
Ridley tries to keep at a distance but Malinowski has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Malinowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Malinowski breaks the clinch.
Ridley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malinowski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malinowski is looking to clinch.
Ridley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ridley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malinowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ridley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malinowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ridley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ridley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ridley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Malinowski as he jumps to the side.
Malinowski tries to clinch up.
Malinowski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Malinowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Malinowski tries to clinch there but Ridley circles away.
Malinowski gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ridley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ridley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ridley trying to control but Malinowski is working from the bottom.
Ridley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Malinowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bo Ridley has got the better of the ground game so far.
Malinowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ridley.
Malinowski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ridley drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Malinowski manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Ridley has Malinowski in his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ridley throws his legs up looking for a submission but Malinowski uses it to pass to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridley wants to control but Malinowski postures up.
Bo Ridley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ridley is looking to regain half guard here but Malinowski keeps moving and retains side control.
Ridley throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Ridley regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malinowski seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Ridley misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Matheus Malinowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Ridley manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matheus Malinowski.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Malinowski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matheus Malinowski!
A victorious Matheus Malinowski thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
65% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
