PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hofniel Apollyon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Apollyon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to On My Own-Alone . Melo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Go To Sleep by Eminem. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Apollyon
vs
Melo

191 cm
32
193 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

186 cm
31
196 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hofniel Apollyon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergio Melo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Melo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Apollyon clinches up with Melo and pushes him back against the cage.
Melo misses with a knee strike.
Apollyon lands a hook that snaps the head of Melo backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Apollyon lands a body shot.
Apollyon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Melo trying to land knees to the body.
Melo can't find room to land a body shot as Apollyon controls the action.
Apollyon scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Apollyon.
A shot in the inside from Apollyon.
A right hook to the body lands for Melo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Melo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Apollyon's elbow.
Melo tries a body shot but Apollyon blocks it.
Melo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Melo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Apollyon lands a shot to the body.
Melo has Apollyon pressed against the cage.
Apollyon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Apollyon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Melo is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo is trying to break the clinch but Apollyon is controlling him.
Melo pushes Apollyon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Apollyon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Melo backwards.
Apollyon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Apollyon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Melo takes a shot to the head.
Apollyon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Melo blocking some punches.
Apollyon tries to throw a body punch but Melo avoids it by throwing Apollyon back against the cage.
Apollyon swings wildly with an uppercut but Melo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Apollyon prevents a body shot from Melo.
Apollyon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Melo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Apollyon working aggressively here.
Melo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Melo is looking to control Apollyon's arms but Apollyon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Melo has his back to the cage.
Melo is pushing Apollyon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Melo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Melo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apollyon misses with some punches.
Melo lands a body punch in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Apollyon lands a nice elbow.
Melo lands a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Melo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melo misses with a combination
and Apollyon counters with a nice kick to the body.
Apollyon thumps Melo with a low kick.
Melo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Apollyon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Apollyon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Melo misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo misses with a combination

and Apollyon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Apollyon.
Apollyon tries to work over Melo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Apollyon misses with the head strike.
Apollyon prevents a body shot from Melo.
Apollyon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Melo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Apollyon gets through Melo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Melo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Melo scores with a shot to the side of Apollyon's head.
Melo takes a shot to the head.
Apollyon lands an elbow just above Melo 's eye.
Melo tries to land a knee to the head but Apollyon blocks with his arms.
Melo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Apollyon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Melo.
Melo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Melo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Apollyon's elbow.
Melo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Melo tries a body shot but Apollyon blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon lands a body punch.
Apollyon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Melo can't find room to land a body shot as Apollyon controls the action.
Melo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apollyon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Melo.
Apollyon lands a body shot.
Melo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Apollyon throws a punch but it's blocked by Melo.
Apollyon is working Melo over against the cage.
Melo looks winded!
Melo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Melo trying to control the position but instead, Apollyon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Melo into the cage.
Melo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Apollyon throws a head punch that misses.
Melo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Melo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Melo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Apollyon blocks a body shot from Melo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hofniel Apollyon dominated that round.
That's time! Apollyon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Apollyon misses with a body shot.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Apollyon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Apollyon avoids the head kick by Melo.
Apollyon looks for the body kick but Melo saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Apollyon.
Apollyon lands a leg kick that knocks Melo off balance momentarily.
Apollyon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Melo walks into a straight right hand from Apollyon.
Melo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Melo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollyon slips under a jab.
Melo throws a head kick that Apollyon semi-blocks.
Melo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Apollyon checks it well.
Apollyon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Melo.
Apollyon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Melo.
Melo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Apollyon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Melo counters with a good, hard body kick but Apollyon shrugs it off.
Apollyon throws a leg kick
and Melo counters with a thumping low kick.
Apollyon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Melo throws a leg kick
and Apollyon counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Melo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Apollyon scrambles back to his feet.
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 tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Apollyon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Apollyon lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Melo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Melo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Melo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Melo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Apollyon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Melo.
A head kick misses from Melo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Apollyon.
Apollyon cracks the inside of Melo's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Melo is predictable there

and Apollyon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Apollyon.
Apollyon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Melo backwards.
Melo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Melo swings wildly with an uppercut but Apollyon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Apollyon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Melo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Melo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apollyon lands with a short shot to the head.
Melo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Melo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Melo looking to slow down the pace here.
Apollyon prevents a body shot from Melo.
Apollyon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Apollyon takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Apollyon.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Apollyon.
Hofniel Apollyon has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Melo breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Melo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melo throws a lazy head kick
and Melo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Melo is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Apollyon blocks the leg kick.
Apollyon lands a leg kick that knocks Melo off balance momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Melo. Beautiful body shot.
A head kick by Melo misses
and Apollyon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Melo's knee momentarily.
Apollyon throws a series of strikes that have Melo backpedaling.
Melo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Apollyon circles away quickly and effectively.
Melo takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Apollyon scores with a decent looking hook.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Apollyon! Melo is out on his feet! Apollyon rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Melo is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Melo is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hofniel Apollyon!
Hofniel Apollyon got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'