PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Malenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and edward dig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). edward dig has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Malenko
vs
dig

185 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Malenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, edward dig!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dig throws a front kick that sends Malenko stumbling back into the cage.
Malenko takes one to the chin there.
Malenko has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by dig.

dig clinches up with Malenko and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Malenko is looking to break free of the clinch but dig has double underhooks.
Malenko misses with some punches.

dig breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
dig drops Malenko with a left right combo! dig follows him down to the ground into side control.

Malenko is rocked!

It looks like Mark Malenko has been cut.
dig happy to just control the position for now.
Oh Malenko is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
dig scoring with punches and elbows.
Malenko seems to have got his legs back now.
dig working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dig cracks Malenko with a big right hand but Malenko just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on Malenko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Malenko is breathing heavily.
dig remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
dig tries to score with some ground and pound. Malenko controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
dig has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dig trying to control the action but Malenko is working from the bottom.
Malenko is trying to control dig's posture but dig avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

dig is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Malenko is trying to escape and dig transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Malenko is forced to tap! Nice work there by dig! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). edward dig!