PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carmelo Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Clark
vs
Lemieux

208 cm
24
279 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
24
270 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carmelo Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vincent Lemieux!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemieux on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Lemieux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lemieux has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lemieux throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clark counters with a left and a right that stings Lemieux.
Clark shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lemieux counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Clark shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lemieux pinned against the cage. Lemieux gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Lemieux cracks Clark with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Lemieux has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Clark to stand back up!

It looks like Carmelo Clark has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lemieux lands a brutal uppercut that launches Clark off his feet! Clark tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vincent Lemieux!