PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dekkers The (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cajo Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Dekkers The has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

The
vs
Melo

195 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

187 cm
19
189 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dekkers The!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cajo Melo!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The showed some decent athleticism there.

Melo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

The shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The landing punches.

It looks like Cajo Melo has been cut.
Melo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The 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.
The looking to control but Melo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo tries to reverse the position but The maintains control.
The throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The avoids the attempt from Melo to control.
You get the feeling that Melo really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The punching from mount but Melo doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The looking to ground and pound but Melo is blocking nicely.
The tries to control but Melo wriggling away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Melo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Melo wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by The.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The looking to control but Melo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Melo has left one of his arms exposed and The doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Melo screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dekkers The!