PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatu Tikki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tikki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ratatat - Loud Pipes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Melo
vs
Tikki

186 cm
23
196 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

183 cm
33
197 lbs
26 - 12 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergio Melo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tatu Tikki!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tikki thows a body shot but no joy.
Melo throws a hook but Tikki blocks it.
Tikki lands a high kick!
Melo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tikki misses with a straight right.
Tikki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tikki thows a body shot but no joy.
Tikki throws a good cross that connects.
Melo lands a head kick. Tikki smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Melo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tikki.
Melo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tikki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Melo misses with a head kick.
Melo misses the jab.
Melo walks into a straight right hand from Tikki.
Melo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tikki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Melo slips a jab from Tikki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikki slips under a jab.
A left lands for Melo.
Tikki keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tikki checks a low kick from Melo.
Tatu Tikki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tikki throws a low kick but Melo avoids it.
Melo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tikki throws a hook but Melo blocks it.
Tikki looks to score with a jab to the body but Melo is just out of range.
Melo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tikki.
That kick from Tikki tenderised Melo's leg. Melo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Melo throws a jab when Tikki was well out of range.
Tikki 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tikki lands the left hand.
Tikki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Melo.
Tikki throws out a loose jab but Melo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tikki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Melo. Melo obviously looking to wear him down.
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!
Melo is looking to score with low kicks.
Tikki thows a body shot but no joy.
Tikki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Melo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tikki was well out of range. Poor timing from Melo.
Melo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Melo misses with an uppercut. Tikki saw that one coming.
Tikki misses with an uppercut.
Melo misses with a straight left.
Tikki scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tikki misses.
Melo thumps Tikki with a low kick.
Sergio Melo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Melo misses the jab.
Tikki missing with a left hand there. Melo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tikki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Melo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Melo tries a low kick but Tikki avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tikki, right into the meat.
Melo throws a head kick but Tikki moves out of range.
Melo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tikki.
Tikki misses with an uppercut.
Tikki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tikki walks into a straight right hand from Melo.
Melo lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!
Melo moves away from the strike by Tikki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Melo clinches up against the cage.
Melo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tikki backwards.
Tikki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Melo's elbow.
Tikki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Melo tries to work over Tikki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Melo blocks a body shot from Tikki.
Tikki has Melo pressed against the cage, preventing Melo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A left hand lands to the body for Tikki.
Tikki lands with a light punch inside.
Melo is breathing heavily.
Tikki has a couple of punches blocked by Melo.
Tikki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Melo misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Tikki.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tikki blocks a body shot from Melo.

Tikki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Melo misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatu Tikki dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tikki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Melo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Melo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Melo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Melo scores with a jab to the body.
Melo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tikki throws the left hand but Melo avoids the punch easily.
Melo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tikki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Melo to counter with a crisp jab.
Tikki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Melo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Melo lands with a nice body punch.
Melo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tikki.
A head kick misses from Tikki.
Melo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tikki is just out of range.
Melo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Tikki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Melo is doing well to control the position and prevent Tikki from advancing to side control.
Tikki prevents Melo from improving his position.
Tikki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tikki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tikki is thwarting Melo's attempts to control the position.
Tikki with the ground and pound but Melo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Melo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo is pulling down on Tikki's head to control his posture.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Melo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tikki defends it easily.
Tikki throwing strikes but missing.
Tikki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tikki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Melo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tikki defends it easily.
Tikki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Melo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Melo is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tikki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Melo is bucking up trying to escape but Tikki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tikki looking to ground and pound but Melo is blocking nicely.
Tikki lands with some strikes.

Melo is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tikki unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Melo wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Tikki celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tatu Tikki!
Tatu Tikki is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Tatu Tikki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.