PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bud Macintosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antero Mela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Macintosh
vs
Mela

192 cm
50
212 lbs
38 - 34 - 4

175 cm
30
216 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 38 - 34 - 4, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bud Macintosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Antero Mela!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mela misses with a looping right.

Mela tries to sprawl but Macintosh drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Macintosh prevents Mela from improving his position.
Mela keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Mela is looking to improve his position.
Macintosh passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Mela!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Macintosh wants to control the pace but Mela is squirming around nicely.
Mela is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Macintosh working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Macintosh wants to take his opponent's back but Mela doesn't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mela tries to hold on but Macintosh pushes him away.
Mela is working to get back to half guard.
Macintosh wants to control the pace but Mela is squirming around nicely.
Macintosh in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mela tries to reverse the position but Macintosh maintains control.
Mela sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mela trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Macintosh is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mela is just riding it out for now. Macintosh eventually gives up the hold.
Macintosh is thwarting Mela's attempts to control the position.
Mela is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Macintosh is staying active.
Macintosh content to control rather than advance.
Mela slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Macintosh looking to pass the guard.
Mela looking to hit a scissor sweep but Macintosh is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macintosh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mela is keeping the position for now.
Macintosh is working hard here to advance position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mela is on top in guard.

Mela stands up over Macintosh, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mela won't allow Macintosh to sweep him here.
Mela cracks Macintosh with a solid left hand.
Mela is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macintosh keeping moving, preventing Mela from controlling successfully.
Macintosh has momentary wrist control but Mela slips an elbow through the middle.
Mela slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mela stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Macintosh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mela trying to control the position from guard on top but Macintosh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Macintosh trying to keep a closed guard but Mela is proving a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mela working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Macintosh's head.
Macintosh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bud Macintosh dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mela punishes Macintosh's body with a nice straight punch.

Macintosh looking to score a takedown here. Mela is defending well but Macintosh drives through and ends up in Mela's guard.
Macintosh postures up.
Macintosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Mela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mela trying to control the position.
Mela wants to improve his position but instead Macintosh has moved into half guard.
Mela is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Macintosh's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Macintosh's back!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mela misses with an elbow to the head.
Macintosh wants to escape the position.
Mela avoiding Macintosh 's attempts to control his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macintosh prevents Mela from getting a body triangle.
Mela landing with strikes.
Mela throwing sloppy strikes.
Mela has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Macintosh trying to control the hands but Mela breaks the grip.

Mela working for a choke but Macintosh is defending well.
Mela is looking to control Macintosh but Macintosh is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Macintosh is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mela looking for the choke but no joy.
Mela connects with a big shot to the side of Macintosh's head.
Macintosh is taking damage to the body and head.
Mela punches Macintosh on the ear.
Mela cracks Macintosh with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Macintosh from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mela is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Antero Mela has got the better of the ground game so far.
Macintosh wants to escape the position.

Mela looking for the choke but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Mela.
Mela is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Mela gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Mela gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Mela apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Mela shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Macintosh tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Mela 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.
Mela has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mela is thwarting Macintosh's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mela passes the guard and advances to mount!
Mela working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mela landing strikes from the mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mela working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Macintosh is rocked!
Mela postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Macintosh badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Mela around the waist but Mela pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Mela is the winner by TKO! Mela jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antero Mela!