PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Barboza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paini Hemmo (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.

Barboza
vs
Hemmo

175 cm
23
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melvin Barboza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paini Hemmo!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barboza lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Paini Hemmo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hemmo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hemmo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hemmo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hemmo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hemmo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Hemmo works his way into full mount!
Hemmo lands a big shot there that rocks Barboza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Hemmo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemmo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barboza?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemmo lands a big elbow.
Hemmo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Barboza is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hemmo working Barboza over with strikes here.
Hemmo lands a couple of good shots and Barboza has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Hemmo punishes Barboza with strikes from the back mount.
Hemmo lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Hemmo.

Barboza is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemmo is working the ground and pound. Can Barboza escape?
Oh Barboza is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hemmo controlling the position well here. Barboza rolled but Hemmo kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Hemmo lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Hemmo cracks Barboza with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Barboza from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Hemmo is landing with strikes from the back.
Hemmo is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Barboza. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo connects with a couple of big shots that have Barboza covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Barboza! Hemmo fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paini Hemmo!