PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcio Melim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meru Otonashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Otonashi's choice of entrance music: Kuusou Rumba (GSZS OP1 Ver.). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Melim
vs
Otonashi

170 cm
24
207 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcio Melim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Meru Otonashi!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melim takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Otonashi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Melim.
Both fighters circling a little - Otonashi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Meru Otonashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Otonashi. Otonashi obviously looking to wear him down.
Melim is breathing heavily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Otonashi.
Otonashi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Otonashi dips to his left and cracks Melim with an uppercut!

It looks like Marcio Melim has been cut.
Otonashi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Otonashi lands a lovely overhand right.
Melim sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Otonashi cracks the inside of Melim's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Otonashi sends Melim crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Otonashi is motioning to the referee to let Melim up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Melim is rocked!
Otonashi drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Melim right on the button. Melim goes down! Otonashi follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Otonashi gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Meru Otonashi!
Meru Otonashi is the new light heavyweight champion!