PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Mcquinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rizer Mcmelon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mcquinn
vs
Mcmelon

183 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

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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 Helsinki, Anderson Mcquinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rizer Mcmelon!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcquinn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mcquinn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mcmelon misses with a lunging right hand

and Mcquinn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mcmelon tries for a takedown but Mcquinn manages to get underhooks.
Mcquinn lands with a light punch inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mcquinn.
Mcquinn has a couple of punches blocked by Mcmelon.
Mcmelon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcquinn avoids it.
Stalling in the clinch from Mcquinn.
Mcquinn tries to land a knee to the head but Mcmelon blocks with his arms.
Mcmelon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcquinn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mcmelon is trying to drag Mcquinn to the mat but Mcquinn just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mcquinn lands with a right to the head.
Mcquinn tries to throw a body punch but Mcmelon avoids it by throwing Mcquinn back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcquinn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcmelon's face.
Mcquinn stalling.
Mcquinn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mcquinn looking to throw knees to the head but Mcmelon is blocking nicely.
Mcquinn tries a body shot but Mcmelon blocks it.
Mcquinn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mcquinn keeps control of Mcmelon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Mcquinn.
Mcquinn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mcquinn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mcquinn throws a head punch that misses.
Mcquinn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mcquinn controlling the action here for a moment.
Mcquinn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcquinn lands an elbow inside that Mcmelon shrugs off.
Mcquinn missing with knees to the body.
Mcquinn has a couple of punches blocked by Mcmelon.
Mcquinn is pressed up against the cage. Mcmelon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mcquinn down to the mat. Mcquinn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Anderson Mcquinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rizer Mcmelon.
Mcquinn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mcquinn connects with a single shot there.
Mcmelon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mcquinn tries to avoid it but Mcmelon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mcquinn to the ground. Mcquinn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mcquinn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mcquinn jabs Mcmelon right on the nose. Mcmelon blinks but takes it well.
Anderson Mcquinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcquinn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mcquinn misses with a low kick.
Mcquinn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcquinn throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Anderson Mcquinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mcmelon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mcquinn clobbers Mcmelon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mcquinn fakes the leg kick and cracks Mcmelon in the body.
Nice body punch from Mcquinn.
Mcmelon tries to clinch up.
Mcquinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Mcmelon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mcquinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mcmelon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mcquinn.
Mcquinn tries a head kick but it misses.
Mcquinn tried to score with a low kick but Mcmelon checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcquinn looks to land a body kick but Mcmelon moved away.
Mcquinn just misses with a punch to the body.
Mcquinn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mcmelon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mcquinn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mcmelon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mcquinn.
Mcmelon fails to land the takedown.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mcquinn.

Mcquinn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mcquinn scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mcquinn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mcquinn looking to stall.
Mcquinn stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Mcquinn dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick misses from Mcquinn.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mcmelon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mcmelon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mcquinn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mcquinn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mcmelon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mcmelon shoots for a double leg takedown but Mcquinn sprawls well. He's pushed Mcmelon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mcquinn throws a low kick but Mcmelon avoids it.
Mcquinn throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mcquinn lands a body shot.
Mcquinn takes a swing at Mcmelon's ribcage but misses.
Mcquinn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mcquinn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcquinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mcquinn digs a good body shot into Mcmelon's ribs.
Mcquinn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mcmelon's calf.
Mcquinn scores with a jab to the body.
Mcmelon moves out of range as Mcquinn throws a body kick.
Mcquinn lands a right hook to the body.
Mcmelon shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mcquinn but Mcquinn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Anderson Mcquinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rizer Mcmelon.
Mcquinn is looking to land body kicks.
Mcmelon motions for Mcquinn to come forward. Mcmelon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mcmelon is trying desperately to land a takedown but Mcquinn is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Mcmelon.
Mcquinn punishes Mcmelon's body with a nice straight punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Mcmelon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mcquinn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mcmelon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mcmelon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Anderson Mcquinn is winning the standup battle so far.
Mcquinn scores with a body shot.
Mcquinn is looking to wear down Mcmelon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mcquinn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Mcquinn moves into the clinch successfully.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mcmelon being controlled against the cage.
Mcquinn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mcmelon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mcquinn obliges.
Mcmelon tries to pull guard but Mcquinn won't allow it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mcquinn gets through Mcmelon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcquinn is leaning against Mcmelon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mcquinn prevents the takedown attempt.
Mcquinn lands a right hand.
Mcquinn lands a knee to the body.
Mcquinn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mcmelon backwards.
Mcmelon tries to pull guard but Mcquinn won't allow it.
Mcmelon is breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mcquinn.
Mcquinn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mcquinn tries to land a knee to the head but Mcmelon blocks with his arms.
Mcquinn lands a nice knee to the body.
Mcmelon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mcquinn's efforts to push away.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mcquinn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcquinn lands an uppercut.
Mcquinn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mcmelon stalling in the clinch but Mcquinn improves position.
Mcquinn lands a left hand.
Mcquinn looking to throw knees to the head but Mcmelon is blocking nicely.
Mcquinn throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Mcquinn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mcquinn lands an elbow inside that Mcmelon shrugs off.
Mcquinn misses with a knee strike.
Mcmelon takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A knee to the head by Mcquinn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mcquinn.
Mcmelon goes for a takedown attempt but Mcquinn pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Mcquinn dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Mcquinn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mcquinn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mcmelon was well out of range. Poor timing from Mcquinn.
Mcquinn connects with a crisp jab.
Mcquinn feints and then cracks Mcmelon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mcmelon down.
Mcquinn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mcmelon shoots in and drives through. Mcquinn sprawls well.
Mcmelon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mcquinn tries to clinch but Mcmelon moves out of range.
Mcmelon tries to clinch up.
Mcquinn scores with a hook.
Mcmelon tries to clinch up but Mcquinn circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcmelon fails to land the takedown.
Mcmelon ducks right into an uppercut from Mcquinn.
Mcquinn scores with a leg kick.
Mcquinn is looking to slow Mcmelon down with leg kicks.
Mcquinn tries to clinch there but Mcmelon circles away.
Mcmelon throws a nice looking combination but Mcquinn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Mcmelon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mcmelon prevents Mcquinn from improving his position.
Mcmelon is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mcmelon 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. Mcquinn tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Mcmelon!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rizer Mcmelon!