PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rinta Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Helio Margules (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Helio Margules acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pelle
vs
Margules

193 cm
28
276 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

189 cm
27
248 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q160 Recovery

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rinta Pelle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Helio Margules!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Margules thows a body shot but no joy.
Margules just misses with a punch to the body.
Pelle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Margules.
Margules misses with a body shot.
Margules throws an off balance right hand
and Pelle counters with a one-two to the body.
Margules takes a swing at Pelle's ribcage but misses.
Helio Margules seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Margules tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pelle was well out of range. Poor timing from Margules.
Margules is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pelle rather than just go for the knockout.
Margules swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Pelle counters by moving into the clinch.
Margules can't break the clinch.
Pelle prevents Margules from breaking the clinch.
Pelle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Helio Margules has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pelle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Margules's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Pelle moves into the clinch successfully.
Come on Margules - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Margules wants to break free but Pelle has control.
Margules content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pelle leaning against his opponent.
Margules blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pelle is pushing Margules up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pelle has Margules pushed against the cage.
Pelle misses with a punch on the inside.
Pelle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Margules wants to get back to striking at distance but Pelle won't allow it.
Pelle looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Pelle fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Pelle - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Margules has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pelle struggles to land a body shot inside as Margules controls his hands.
Pelle looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Margules breaks from the clinch.
Margules lands a nice shot to the body.
Margules scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pelle doesn't seem bothered though.
Pelle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Margules closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pelle tries to land knees in the clinch but Margules avoids the damage to the body.
Pelle swings wildly with an uppercut but Margules uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle pushes off an throws an elbow but Margules leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Margules's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pelle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pelle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Margules blocking some punches.
Pelle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pelle lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pelle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pelle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pelle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rinta Pelle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Helio Margules's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Margules misses with the combination.
Margules throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pelle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Margules has closed the distance and engaged Pelle in a clinch.
Pelle keeps control of Margules as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pelle slows down the pace here.
Margules tries to circle away but Pelle has him pinned against the cage.
Rinta Pelle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pelle misses with a punch to the body.
Margules wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pelle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Margules's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Margules's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pelle digs a right hand into Margules's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Margules's gas tank.
Pelle leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pelle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Margules is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Pelle fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pelle misses with a knee strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Margules trying to control the position but instead, Pelle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Margules into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle has Margules pressed against the cage.
Pelle has Margules pressed against the cage, preventing Margules from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Margules blocks an uppercut.
Pelle is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rinta Pelle.
Nice defenses there by Pelle.
Pelle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Margules lands.
A left lands for Pelle.

Margules rushes Pelle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Pelle as the two fighters clinch.
Pelle misses with a body punch.
Pelle is struggling to control the position.
Pelle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pelle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pelle throws an elbow but it misses.
Pelle is trying to maintain a safe position but Margules gets an underhook and turns Pelle into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pelle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Margules is keeping busy.
Pelle avoiding damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Pelle.
Margules is looking to break free of the clinch but Pelle has double underhooks.

Margules's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pelle jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Margules misses with a lunging right hand
and Pelle counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Margules thinking.

Pelle gets tackled into the cage by Margules. Margules maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rinta Pelle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Helio Margules's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Margules gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Pelle.
Pelle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Margules taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pelle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marguless head.
A short right from Pelle.
Pelle tries a body shot but Margules blocks it.
Pelle is pushing Margules up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Margules breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Margules throws a shot to the body.
Margules ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pelle moves away.
Helio Margules seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Margules dips to his left and cracks Pelle with an uppercut!
Margules swings widly with a right hand
and Pelle counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rinta Pelle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Margules throws a looping overhand right but Pelle ducks down to avoid it.

Margules fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pelle, pushing him back against the cage.
Margules wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pelle throws a head punch that misses.
Pelle throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle lands with a short shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Pelle.

Margules pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pelle lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Margules takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Margules misses the jab.
Margules swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pelle counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Helio Margules has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice defenses there by Pelle.
Margules displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pelle throws out the jab.
Margules swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pelle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pelle keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Margules slips a jab from Pelle.

Margules moves into the clinch.
Pelle swings wildly with an uppercut but Margules uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pelle holding his opponent close, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pelle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Margules's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pelle.
A body shot lands from Margules.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pelle lands a nice uppercut.
Pelle trying to land knees to the body.
Pelle tries a knee to the head but Margules blocks it.
Pelle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee calls for Pelle to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pelle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pelle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Margules up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rinta Pelle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pelle 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight for Rinta Pelle!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Rinta Pelle!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Rinta Pelle!

Rinta Pelle wins by unanimous decision!