PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michel Teló (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flores comes into the arena with The XX - Intro blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Teló's choice of entrance music: Michel Telo - Ai se eu te pego. This should be a great matchup!

Flores
vs
Teló

195 cm
23
212 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

196 cm
23
209 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafael Flores!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michel Teló!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teló lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Teló moves out of range of the body kick.
Flores misses with a body kick.
Flores throws a body punch but Teló moves out of range.
Teló looks to throw the jab but Flores is out of range.
Flores misses with a wild body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Flores 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Flores looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Teló scores with a kick to the body.
Teló tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Teló.
Teló throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flores sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Teló misses with a looping left.
Teló cracks the inside of Flores's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flores misses with a low kick as Teló jumps back.
Teló misses with a leg kick.
Teló throws a leg kick which misses Flores's front leg but catches the back leg as Flores tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló avoids the head kick by Flores.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Teló.
Flores lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Teló scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Flores trying to hold on to Teló's head to control him but Teló postures up.
Teló passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Flores!
Teló sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Teló wants to control the pace but Flores is squirming around nicely.
Teló working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flores really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Teló lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Teló misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Teló is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Flores is surviving well by controlling Teló's body position as best he can.
Teló lands a big shot there that rocks Flores but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Teló jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Flores manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Teló tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Flores struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Teló is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Flores is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Teló tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Flores manages to work his way to half guard, despite Teló's best efforts.
Flores trying to control here.
Teló missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Flores is looking for a sweep. Teló is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Teló is working for a kimura but Flores is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flores is looking for a sweep. Teló is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Flores trying to hold on to Teló's head to control him but Teló postures up.
Flores is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

Teló in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Flores tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Teló!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michel Teló!
The defeated Rafael Flores had this to say: 'I lost. This means you pulled guard from clinch and subbed me, right Johnny? '.