PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jokke Mela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garrett Bisley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mela comes to the ring accompanied by Da Rockwilder . Bisley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the ring it seems that Jokke Mela has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jokke Mela seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Mela
vs
Bisley

170 cm
31
144 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

170 cm
28
145 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jokke Mela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Garrett Bisley!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bisley lands a nice shot that snaps Mela's head back.
Bisley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bisley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bisley wants it to stay on the feet.
Mela swings for the body but Bisley moves out of range.
Mela fails with the takedown.
A big right from Bisley misses.
Bisley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Bisley.
Bisley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bisley.

Mela shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bisley is trying to defend but Mela finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bisley trying to control here.
Mela wants to pass to mount but Bisley is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bisley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mela pulls his head out easily.
Bisley is looking for a sweep. Mela is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bisley is trying to maintain the position but Mela is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mela throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mela wants to take a breather but Bisley is having none of it.

Mela seems to be working for a kimura but Bisley defends the submission attempt.
Mela missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bisley tries to get to full guard but Mela has control of the leg.
Bisley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mela's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mela's back!
Mela is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Bisley.
Mela is in bad spot here.
Mela turns into Bisley and is now in his guard.
Mela trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Bisley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mela gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Bisley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mela throwing strikes from guard but Bisley blocks nicely.
Bisley pulls Mela in close to his closed guard and prevents Mela from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bisley keeping moving, preventing Mela from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mela accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bisley is pulling down on Mela's head to control his posture.
Mela wants to control from the top but Bisley keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bisley misses with a wild body shot.
Mela misses with a body shot.
Mela will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jokke Mela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mela drops his hands momentarily and Bisley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jokke Mela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bisley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mela throws a shot to the body.
Bisley thuds a left hand into Mela's body.
Bisley looks to score with a jab to the body but Mela is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bisley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bisley throws a body punch but Mela moves out of range.
Mela shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bisley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Garrett Bisley will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mela swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bisley counters with a straight right hand.
Bisley throws a body punch but Mela moves out of range.
Mela fails with the takedown.
Mela needs to keep his hands up - Bisley had a free shot at his head there.
Mela swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mela takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mela lands a right hook to the body.
Mela fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bisley lands a jab-cross combination.
Mela tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bisley was well out of range. Poor timing from Mela.
Bisley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mela is defended easily by Bisley.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jokke Mela. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisley scores with a hook.
Bisley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mela.
Mela throws a sloppy body shot
and Bisley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bisley.

Bisley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bisley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mela really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mela 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.
Bisley content just to control the position here.
Mela wants to control but Bisley is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bisley looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mela is working to get back to half guard.
Bisley working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mela gets back to half guard.
Mela avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bisley.

Mela is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bisley pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mela actively working from the bottom here.
Bisley scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bisley is keen to just control but Mela is a slippery customer.

Mela looking for submissions off his back.
Bisley landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bisley tries to pass to full mount but Mela defends it.
Mela is looking for a sweep. Bisley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisley lands with a punch from half guard.
Bisley trying to pass the guard but Mela defending well.
Bisley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mela with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bisley is looking to take a break and control but Mela is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mela is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bisley throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Bisley seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bisley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Bisley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bisley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bisley thows a body shot but no joy.
Bisley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bisley.
Bisley misses with a left hand
and Mela counters with a nice body shot.
Bisley leaves Mela with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mela looks for a takedown but Bisley sprawls well.
Mela ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bisley moves away.
Bisley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mela moves away.
Horrible takedown by Bisley or perhaps it was just good defense by Mela which made him look bad.
Bisley swings for the body but Mela moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mela moves away from the strike by Bisley.
Bisley cracks Mela with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bisley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mela fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jokke Mela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mela just misses with a punch to the body.
Mela staying out of range there.

Bisley closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Mela quickly recovers to half guard.
Bisley works his way into full mount!
Mela is trying to escape the mount.
Jokke Mela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Mela that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bisley working Mela over with strikes here.
Mela sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mela gets back to full guard.
Mela looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bisley passes Mela's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Mela looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mela tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Bisley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Bisley is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mela defends it well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisley wants to take a breather but Mela is having none of it.
Mela wants to improve his position but Bisley is controlling well.
Bisley seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bisley trying to control the action but Mela is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mela wants to improve his position but Bisley is controlling well.
Mela is refusing to be controlled, as Bisley sits in half guard.
Bisley controlling the pace.

Garrett Bisley has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bisley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bisley duly obliges.
Garrett Bisley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bisley misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good exchange - Bisley coming out on top.
Mela will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

And that's the end of the fight!
Garrett Bisley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bisley has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garrett Bisley!
A victorious Garrett Bisley thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.