PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guy Clould (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavio Marcelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcelo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nicky Romero - Toulouse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Guy Clould has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Clould
vs
Marcelo

195 cm
26
185 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

189 cm
27
202 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guy Clould!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flavio Marcelo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcelo slips a jab and a cross from Clould.
Marcelo feints and then cracks Clould's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clould down.
Marcelo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Clould misses with a straight left.
Marcelo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Marcelo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marcelo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Clould's head backwards.
Marcelo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Clould stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marcelo scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick lands from Marcelo.
Jab, jab by Marcelo - just one landing.
Clould tries to clinch but Marcelo moves out of range.
Clould misses the shot to the body.
Marcelo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Clould chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marcelo can pounce on him.
Marcelo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Clould takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid body kick from Marcelo.
Clould is breathing heavily.
Marcelo lands a leg kick that knocks Clould off balance momentarily.
Marcelo connects with a nice looking jab.
Marcelo lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clould avoids the head kick by Marcelo.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Marcelo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Marcelo. That's going to slow Clould down.
Marcelo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marcelo throws a leg kick which misses Clould's front leg but catches the back leg as Clould tries to avoid it.
Marcelo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marcelo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marcelo.
Marcelo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Clould's calf.
Clould really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Marcelo is looking to slow Clould down with leg kicks.
Clould is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Marcelo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marcelo.
Marcelo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marcelo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Clould takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Marcelo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Marcelo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo lands a leg kick that knocks Clould off balance momentarily.
Marcelo tries to clinch but Clould is having none of it.
Donk. Marcelo catches Clould right on the button with a cross.
Marcelo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Marcelo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Whack! Marcelo lands a heavy head kick that drops Clould. The ref tackles Marcelo to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Clould was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Flavio Marcelo!
Flavio Marcelo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.