PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Mercury Prateado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mercury Prateado
vs
Melo

177 cm
22
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
20
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddy Mercury Prateado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Melo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mercury Prateado scores with a kick to the midsection.

Mercury Prateado takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Mercury Prateado.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mercury Prateado scores with a push kick.
Melo lands a head kick. Mercury Prateado smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Melo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Mercury Prateado takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mercury Prateado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mercury Prateado closes the distance and clinches.
Melo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mercury Prateado gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Melo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Mercury Prateado.
Melo tries to score a body lock takedown but Mercury Prateado shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mercury Prateado pushes Melo up against the cage in a clinch.

Mercury Prateado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fabio Melo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melo misses with a two punch combination.
Melo avoids the head kick by Mercury Prateado.

Mercury Prateado clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury Prateado slows down the pace here.

Mercury Prateado escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mercury Prateado tries to clinch there but Melo circles away.
A punch combination from Melo misses.
Mercury Prateado pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mercury Prateado.
Melo looks gassed!
Melo slips a jab from Mercury Prateado.
Melo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mercury Prateado.

Mercury Prateado rushes Melo and presses him up against the cage.

Mercury Prateado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mercury Prateado takes the fight into the clinch.
Melo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Freddy Mercury Prateado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Melo.

Mercury Prateado breaks from the clinch.
Melo throws a lazy head kick
and Mercury Prateado counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Mercury Prateado has managed to clinch.
Melo taking a breather.
Mercury Prateado keeps control of Melo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Melo struggles to land a body shot inside as Mercury Prateado controls his hands.
Melo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Melo wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo misses with a punch to the body.
Melo can't break the clinch.

Mercury Prateado breaks from the clinch.

Mercury Prateado takes the fight into the clinch.
Melo is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Mercury Prateado to work.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melo throws a nice looking combination but Mercury Prateado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mercury Prateado is looking to clinch but Melo is avoiding it.

Mercury Prateado moves into the clinch.

Mercury Prateado breaks from the clinch.
Melo throws a combination that misses

and Mercury Prateado holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mercury Prateado using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Melo lands a two punch combo.
Mercury Prateado fakes the leg kick and cracks Melo in the body.
Melo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mercury Prateado fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Melo, pushing him back against the cage.
Melo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mercury Prateado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mercury Prateado moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mercury Prateado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters circling a little - Mercury Prateado finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Melo misses with a head kick.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick and Mercury Prateado moves out of range easily.
Melo keeps the fight on the outside.
Mercury Prateado misses with a head kick.
Mercury Prateado fails to land with a series of punches.
Melo works over Mercury Prateado's head and body with a nice combination.
Mercury Prateado throws a series of strikes that have Melo backpedaling.
Melo misses with a series of wild punches.
Melo keeps the fight on the outside.
Mercury Prateado tries to clinch up but Melo circles away and keeps his distance.
Melo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mercury Prateado blocks a head kick by Melo.
Melo lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick

and Mercury Prateado counters by moving into the clinch.
Melo jumps guard but Mercury Prateado stands there with Melo around his waist. Melo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Melo tries to work over Mercury Prateado's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Melo fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick by Melo misses

and Mercury Prateado moves into the clinch.
Melo is trying to break free.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melo misses with a two punch combination.
Melo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Melo throws a head kick that misses.
Mercury Prateado tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Melo throws a head kick that half lands.
A right-left combo lands from Melo.
Melo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Melo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mercury Prateado moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mercury Prateado misses with a head kick.
Melo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Melo throws a head kick that misses.
Melo throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Mercury Prateado dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Melo throws a head kick that misses.
Melo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Melo misses with a double jab
and Mercury Prateado counters with a one-two to the body.
Mercury Prateado throws a nice looking combination but Melo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Freddy Mercury Prateado is winning the standup battle so far.

Mercury Prateado gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Melo struggles to land a body shot inside as Mercury Prateado controls his hands.
Mercury Prateado blocking some punches.
Melo swings wildly with an uppercut but Mercury Prateado uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melo tries to pull guard but Mercury Prateado won't allow it.
Mercury Prateado blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Melo tries a head kick but it misses.
Melo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mercury Prateado scores with a head kick.
Melo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Melo tries to keep at a distance but Mercury Prateado has taken the fight into the clinch.
Melo tries to work over Mercury Prateado's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Melo tries to pull guard but Mercury Prateado holds him up against the cage and eventually Melo drops back down to his feet.
Melo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mercury Prateado has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mercury Prateado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Melo throws a head kick that misses

and Mercury Prateado counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Melo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mercury Prateado has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mercury Prateado takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Melo wants a takedown but no success here.
Freddy Mercury Prateado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Melo.
Mercury Prateado gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Melo.
Mercury Prateado using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Melo wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch.
Mercury Prateado misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick and Mercury Prateado moves out of range easily.
A nice combination there by Melo.
Mercury Prateado avoids a punch combination nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Melo.
Melo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Melo avoids the head kick by Mercury Prateado.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mercury Prateado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melo misses with a combination

and Mercury Prateado counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Melo is looking to break free of the clinch but Mercury Prateado has double underhooks.
Melo is trying to break free.
Mercury Prateado has Melo pushed against the cage.
Melo can't break the clinch.
Melo can't find room to land a body shot as Mercury Prateado controls the action.
Melo wants to break free but Mercury Prateado has control.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mercury Prateado slips a jab and a cross from Melo.
Melo misses with a two punch combination.
Melo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Melo throws a head kick that misses.
Melo fails to land with a series of punches.
Melo throws a head kick but Mercury Prateado moves out of range.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick

and Mercury Prateado holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Melo is trying to drag Mercury Prateado to the mat but Mercury Prateado just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Mercury Prateado breaks from the clinch.

Mercury Prateado clinches up against the cage.

Mercury Prateado escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Melo misses with a combination
and Mercury Prateado counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Melo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Melo!
Mercury Prateado tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mercury Prateado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mercury Prateado blocks a head kick by Melo.
Melo throws a combination. Mercury Prateado tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Melo scores with a three punch combo!
Melo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A nice combination there by Melo.
Melo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Melo throws a combination that misses

and Mercury Prateado counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mercury Prateado.
Melo stalling in the clinch but Mercury Prateado improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercury Prateado prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mercury Prateado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Melo has him pressed against the cage.
Melo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercury Prateado's elbow.
Melo has had enough of the clinch but Mercury Prateado keeps him there for the moment.
Melo is trying to break the clinch but Mercury Prateado has him pressed against the cage.
Mercury Prateado throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mercury Prateado keeps control of Melo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Melo misses with the head strike.
Mercury Prateado keeps control of Melo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch.
Mercury Prateado takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Melo stalks Mercury Prateado and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mercury Prateado's face. Mercury Prateado staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick misses from Melo.
Melo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick and Mercury Prateado moves out of range easily.
Melo throws a right and a left that both miss.

Mercury Prateado drives through and clinches with Melo against the cage.
Melo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melo tries to pull guard but Mercury Prateado holds him up against the cage and eventually Melo drops back down to his feet.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Mercury Prateado dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Melo lands with a nice combination. Mercury Prateado backs away looking to recover.
Melo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Melo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Melo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Melo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Melo throws a nice looking combination but Mercury Prateado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Melo misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Melo misses.
Melo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Melo misses with a head kick.
Melo throws a lazy head kick

and Mercury Prateado counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mercury Prateado.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch.
Melo throws a series of punches but Mercury Prateado moves out of range.
Melo throws a head kick but Mercury Prateado moves out of range.
Mercury Prateado throws a nice head kick!
A punch combination from Melo misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Melo fails to land with a series of punches.
Mercury Prateado is looking to clinch but Melo is avoiding it.
Melo throws a head kick that misses
and Mercury Prateado counters with a nice body kick.
Mercury Prateado misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury Prateado ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Melo moves away.
Mercury Prateado takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Melo throws a lazy head kick
and Mercury Prateado counters with a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Melo!

Mercury Prateado has managed to clinch.
Melo can't break the clinch.
Melo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mercury Prateado just stands there and leans against the cage.
Melo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mercury Prateado.
Mercury Prateado gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Melo.
Melo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch.
Melo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mercury Prateado counters by clinching up.
Melo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mercury Prateado has him pressed against the cage.
Melo fails to pull guard.
Freddy Mercury Prateado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Melo.
Mercury Prateado blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Melo can't break the clinch.

Mercury Prateado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Melo lands a high kick!
Melo throws a head kick that misses

and Mercury Prateado counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Melo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Melo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mercury Prateado pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Melo misses with a head kick.
Mercury Prateado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melo misses with a head kick.
Melo throws a head kick that misses

and Mercury Prateado holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Melo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Melo working aggressively here.
Melo throws a head punch that misses.
Melo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Melo wants a takedown.
Melo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mercury Prateado has him pressed against the cage.
Mercury Prateado is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mercury Prateado lands a nice elbow.
Freddy Mercury Prateado has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Melo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mercury Prateado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo throws a head kick that misses.
Mercury Prateado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melo swinging wilding here.

Mercury Prateado gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Melo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mercury Prateado pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch.
Mercury Prateado moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Melo.
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mercury Prateado avoids the head kick by Melo.
Mercury Prateado throws a sloppy head kick and Melo moves out of range easily.
Melo tries to bum rush Mercury Prateado with a series of wild strikes but Mercury Prateado uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Melo fails to land with a series of punches.
Melo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mercury Prateado avoids the head kick by Melo.
Mercury Prateado wants to clinch.
Melo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mercury Prateado backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A left and a right from Melo both land. Nice combination.
Melo throws a right and a left that Mercury Prateado avoids nicely.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick and Mercury Prateado moves out of range easily.
Mercury Prateado tries to close the distance and clinch but Melo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mercury Prateado tries to clinch but Melo moves out of range.
Freddy Mercury Prateado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Melo tries to keep at a distance but Mercury Prateado has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mercury Prateado avoiding damage.

Mercury Prateado breaks the clinch.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick and Mercury Prateado moves out of range easily.
Mercury Prateado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melo misses with a head kick.
Melo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Melo throws a sloppy head kick

and Mercury Prateado counters by moving into the clinch.
Fabio Melo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Freddy Mercury Prateado is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Melo.
Mercury Prateado gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Melo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy Mercury Prateado showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mercury Prateado has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy Mercury Prateado!