PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Melphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Massaranduba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Melphy
vs
Massaranduba

190 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

182 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Melphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francisco Massaranduba!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melphy looks to land a combination but Massaranduba avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Melphy.
Melphy falls off balance throwing a combination

and Massaranduba counters with a shoot takedown. Melphy fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Massaranduba stands up over Melphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Massaranduba working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Massaranduba lands a couple of elbows.
Massaranduba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Massaranduba stops Melphy from standing up.
Massaranduba lands a couple of digs.
Melphy being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Massaranduba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Massaranduba arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Melphy's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Francisco Massaranduba!
An out of breath Francisco Massaranduba thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.