PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy OMelovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Palacios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palacios has chosen Enter Sandman - Metallica as his entrance music. Andy OMelovich is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

OMelovich
vs
Palacios

188 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

184 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy OMelovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Palacios!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

OMelovich shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Palacios napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Palacios is looking to work his way out of this bad position but OMelovich is controlling him well.
Sloppy strikes there by OMelovich.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OMelovich wants to control but Palacios is keeping him busy.
Palacios struggling a bit here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

OMelovich decides to take the fight back to the feet.
OMelovich is breathing heavily.
Palacios misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OMelovich throws a hook but Palacios blocks it.

Palacios looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Palacios looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
OMelovich on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Palacios sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. OMelovich defending well though.
OMelovich is positioning himself well to prevent Palacios advancing to mount.
Palacios is nestled in close to OMelovich, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Palacios not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Palacios thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Palacios working over OMelovich with some ground and pound. OMelovich looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
OMelovich is trying to stand up here but Palacios is controlling him well.
Palacios scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Palacios working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
OMelovich blocking the ground and pound attempt from Palacios.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palacios takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Palacios missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
OMelovich is looking to control Palacios's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can OMelovich avoid being mounted?

OMelovich is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Palacios pulls his head out easily.
Palacios scoring with strikes to the body and head.
OMelovich is trying to maintain the position but Palacios is very close to passing his half guard.
Palacios slips a nice elbow through OMelovich's hands, connecting with OMelovich's forehead.
Palacios lands strikes from half guard.
Palacios throwing shots but OMelovich is blocking nicely.
OMelovich trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palacios lands with a punch from half guard.
Palacios is nestled in close to OMelovich, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
OMelovich tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
OMelovich punching from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Palacios lands a nice shot to the body.
Palacios tries to clinch but OMelovich moves out of range.
Palacios connects with a nice looking jab.
Palacios throws a hook but OMelovich blocks it.
OMelovich misses with a takedown attempt - Palacios sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
OMelovich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palacios manages to avoid it.
Palacios connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Palacios with a lazy takedown attempt

and OMelovich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
OMelovich fails to pull guard.
Still in the clinch, Palacios scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Palacios.
OMelovich keeps control of Palacios as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Palacios trying to land knees to the body.
Palacios prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy OMelovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
OMelovich tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palacios smiles and moves away.

OMelovich gets the takedown into side control.
OMelovich working away.
Palacios takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
OMelovich looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Palacios is avoiding damage well.
Palacios is letting OMelovich control him for a moment.
OMelovich moves into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Oscar Palacios will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A good leg kick by OMelovich.
Oscar Palacios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palacios lands the left hand.
OMelovich blocks a head kick by Palacios.
OMelovich takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Palacios throws a hook to the side of OMelovich's head but OMelovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
OMelovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Palacios tries to close the distance and clinch up but OMelovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.

OMelovich clinches with his opponent.

OMelovich is trying to trip Palacios. He has hold of a leg but Palacios is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. OMelovich persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Palacios looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
OMelovich is fighting to break Palacios's control of his arms but Palacios is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
OMelovich is looking to work some ground and pound but Palacios has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OMelovich throws a strike but Palacios rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Palacios must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Palacios connects with a couple of short punches.
Palacios lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Palacios makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
OMelovich is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
OMelovich tries to pass to full mount but Palacios defends it.
OMelovich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Palacios trying to control here.
OMelovich working over Palacios with some ground and pound. Palacios looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Palacios is staying active underneath OMelovich, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Palacios keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Palacios is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palacios blocking the ground and pound attempt from OMelovich.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Palacios tries to clinch but fails miserably

and OMelovich counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Palacios's guard now.
OMelovich looking to pass the guard.
Palacios trying to keep a closed guard but OMelovich is proving a slippery customer.
OMelovich controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich looking to pass the guard.
Palacios has his hands on OMelovich's head, controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy OMelovich dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Palacios cracks OMelovich with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
OMelovich takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Palacios.
OMelovich connects with a high kick.
OMelovich needs to keep his hands up - Palacios had a free shot at his head there.
Palacios wants to clinch.

Palacios gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Palacios wants to break the clinch but can't.
Palacios creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through OMelovich's defenses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
OMelovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Palacios.
Palacios misses with the head strike.
Palacios lands a hook to the side of the head.

Palacios escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palacios fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

OMelovich scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OMelovich decides to stand back up.
Palacios shoots and misses

and OMelovich counters with a shoot takedown. Palacios fights it but they end up in guard.
OMelovich trying to control the position from guard on top but Palacios is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
OMelovich pushing down on Palacios's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
OMelovich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
OMelovich trying to control from half guard but Palacios is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Palacios avoiding damage under a succession of punches from OMelovich.
OMelovich not landing any meaningful shots this time.

OMelovich is looking for a kimura but Palacios is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for OMelovich to get the leverage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
OMelovich lands a head shot.

OMelovich feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Palacios keeping moving, preventing OMelovich from controlling successfully.
Palacios is looking to stand up but OMelovich isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich stands and throws Palacios's legs to the side, diving into side control.
OMelovich throws a strike aimed at the side of Palacios's head but Palacios avoids it well.
OMelovich throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
OMelovich looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Palacios is avoiding damage well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
OMelovich tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

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

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Palacios tries to close the distance and clinch but OMelovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
OMelovich misses with the combination.
Palacios throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck OMelovich on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy OMelovich showed his dominance in that final round.
I think OMelovich has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy OMelovich!