PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lyon Gaultier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucio Coelho (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.

Gaultier
vs
Coelho

183 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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, Lyon Gaultier!
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, Lucio Coelho!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaultier tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coelho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gaultier lands a two punch combo.
Gaultier takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lucio Coelho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coelho misses with an attempted mid kick.
Coelho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Coelho throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gaultier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gaultier walks into a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaultier takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gaultier gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Coelho connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gaultier chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Coelho can pounce on him.
Coelho blocks a head kick by Gaultier.
Gaultier moves in looking to clinch but Coelho pushes him off.
Coelho fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gaultier is out of range.
Gaultier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Coelho is looking to land body kicks.
Coelho throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gaultier is breathing heavily.
Gaultier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaultier looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Coelho misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coelho looks for the body kick but Gaultier saw that one coming.
Gaultier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaultier throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gaultier lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gaultier on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Crunch! Coelho slams his shin into Gaultier's torso.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coelho lands a right hook to the body.
Gaultier takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Coelho looks to land a body kick but Gaultier moved away.
Gaultier moves out of range of the body kick from Coelho.
Donk. Coelho catches Gaultier right on the button with a cross.
Coelho throws a body kick that misses.
Coelho lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gaultier takes a step back to recover.
Gaultier sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gaultier has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Coelho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Coelho, right into the meat.
Coelho ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Coelho finds it's target.
Coelho looks to land a body kick but Gaultier moved away.
Coelho is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Gaultier had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Coelho.
Coelho scores with a nice right hand.
Gaultier moves out of range of the body kick.
Coelho throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A left and a right from Coelho both land. Nice combination.
Gaultier tries to move into range but Coelho moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gaultier will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Coelho scores with a punch to the head.
Coelho lands an overhand right.
Coelho digs a good hook to Gaultier's body.
Coelho looks for the body kick but Gaultier saw that one coming.
Coelho sizes up Gaultier with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Coelho feints and then cracks Gaultier's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gaultier down.
Nice body kick from Coelho.
Coelho lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gaultier takes a step back to recover.
Coelho throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Coelho slams his shin into Gaultier's torso.
Gaultier chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Coelho can pounce on him.
Coelho swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gaultier.
Coelho lands a front kick.
Coelho scores with a nice body kick.
Coelho throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Coelho goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Coelho scores with a jab.
Coelho pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Coelho lands a front kick.
Coelho thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gaultier if he has to take too many more of those.
Gaultier moves out of range as Coelho throws a body kick.
Coelho thuds his shin into the meat of Gaultier's side.
A punch lands to the side of Gaultier 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gaultier tries to clinch up.
Coelho throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coelho throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gaultier takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaultier on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Coelho lands a jab to the nose.
Coelho throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Coelho throws a sloppy head kick and Gaultier moves out of range easily.
Coelho lands with a right hand.
Nice cross by Coelho.
A head kick misses from Gaultier.

Gaultier closes the distance and clinches.
Gaultier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coelho is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gaultier looking to stall.
Coelho lands an elbow inside that Gaultier shrugs off.

Gaultier manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucio Coelho dominated that 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.

Coelho scores with a jab.
Coelho looks to land a right hand but Gaultier moved out of range.
Lucio Coelho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Coelho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gaultier sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gaultier looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gaultier tries to close the distance and clinch but Coelho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Coelho cracks Gaultier with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Coelho tries to move into range but Gaultier moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Coelho looks to land a left hand but Gaultier moved out of range nicely.
Coelho throws an overhand right that lands on Gaultier's shoulder, as Gaultier tries to avoid the shot.
Coelho gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gaultier counters with a low kick, right behind Coelho 's knee.
Coelho thuds his shin into the meat of Gaultier's side.
Gaultier tries a head kick but it misses.
Coelho scores with a head kick.
Gaultier takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gaultier throws a leg kick which misses Coelho's front leg but catches the back leg as Coelho tries to avoid it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gaultier avoids a kick to the body.
Gaultier avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coelho scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gaultier - that will leave a mark!
Gaultier uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coelho.
A decent looking cross lands there for Coelho.
Gaultier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coelho.
A punch combination from Coelho misses.
Gaultier cracks the inside of Coelho's front leg.
Gaultier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gaultier drives through and clinches with Coelho against the cage.

Gaultier breaks from the clinch.
Lyon Gaultier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gaultier has closed the distance and engaged Coelho in a clinch.
Gaultier tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gaultier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Coelho tries to land knees in the clinch but Gaultier avoids the damage to the body.
Gaultier wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Coelho breaks the clinch.
Coelho tests Gaultier's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gaultier blocks a jab.
A lazy body kick from Coelho
and Gaultier counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

It looks like Lucio Coelho has been cut.
Coelho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gaultier connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Coelho. Gaultier shrugs it off though.
Coelho thuds his right hand into Gaultier's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Coelho cracks Gaultier with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Coelho plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Coelho scores with a shot to the body.
Gaultier keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coelho.
Gaultier ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coelho scores with the left hand. Gaultier knows he should have avoided that one.
Gaultier tries to clinch up.
Gaultier moves out of range of the body kick from Coelho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Coelho lands a nice looking body kick.
Gaultier looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gaultier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coelho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gaultier on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gaultier on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gaultier is looking to clinch.
Coelho scores with the left hand. Gaultier knows he should have avoided that one.
Gaultier displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Coelho throws out the jab.

Gaultier gets a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gaultier wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Coelho has him pressed against the cage.
Gaultier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coelho is looking to control Gaultier's arms but Gaultier gets an underhook and turns him. Now Coelho has his back to the cage.

Coelho manages to break the clinch.
Coelho throws out a powerful jab.
Gaultier tries to bum rush Coelho with a series of wild strikes but Coelho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gaultier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four 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.
Coelho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gaultier looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gaultier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coelho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Coelho gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Gaultier to counter with a crisp jab.
Gaultier throws a head kick but Coelho moves out of range.
Coelho lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Coelho keeps Gaultier at a distance using the push kick.

Gaultier gets a clinch.
Coelho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaultier.
Gaultier wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Coelho has him pressed against the cage.

Coelho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Coelho lands with a hook. Gaultier tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gaultier fakes the leg kick and cracks Coelho in the body.
The fighters circling - Coelho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gaultier throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lucio Coelho will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lucio Coelho's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Coelho plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Coelho with a hook.
Gaultier tries a head kick but it misses.
Coelho misses with the body kick

and Gaultier counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Coelho tries to land knees in the clinch but Gaultier avoids the damage to the body.
Gaultier keeps control of Coelho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Gaultier breaks the clinch.
Coelho lands a glancing blow to the side of Gaultier's head.
Coelho scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gaultier blocks a jab.
Coelho throws a body kick that misses.
Coelho avoids the head kick by Gaultier.
Crunch! Coelho slams his shin into Gaultier's torso.
Donk. Coelho catches Gaultier right on the button with a cross.
Coelho looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Coelho misses with a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some bone on bone action there as Coelho checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coelho scores with a decent looking hook.
Gaultier takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice jab there from Coelho.
Coelho connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Coelho connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gaultier. Gaultier circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The fighters circle momentarily. Coelho darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Coelho cracks Gaultier with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Coelho.
Coelho misses with the body kick
letting Gaultier counter with a right hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Coelho finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gaultier tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coelho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gaultier blocks a head kick by Coelho.
Gaultier blocks the body kick.
Coelho jabs Gaultier right on the nose. Gaultier blinks but takes it well.
Coelho moves out of range of the body kick.
Coelho moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Coelho.
Gaultier displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Coelho throws out the jab.
Coelho goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Coelho throws a big shot that misses.
Gaultier tries to close the distance and clinch but Coelho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Coelho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gaultier takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice uppercut lands for Coelho. That snapped Gaultier's head back.
Coelho thows a body kick. Gaultier tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Coelho lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Coelho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gaultier throws a head kick but Coelho moves out of range.
Gaultier tries to clinch up.
Coelho lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gaultier takes a step back to recover.
Coelho cracks the inside of Gaultier's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier throws a sloppy head kick and Coelho moves out of range easily.
Coelho fakes the leg kick and cracks Gaultier in the body.
Coelho falls off balance throwing a combination

and Gaultier counters by moving into the clinch.
Coelho misses with an elbow over the top.
Coelho can't break the clinch.
Coelho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaultier.

Gaultier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Coelho throws a hook but Gaultier avoids it easily.
Gaultier is looking to clinch but Coelho is avoiding it.
Gaultier is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gaultier ducks under a wild hook from Coelho.
Coelho throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gaultier counters with a nice kick to the body.
Coelho uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gaultier has time to react.
Coelho throws a head kick that misses
and Gaultier counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Coelho is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gaultier moves out of range as Coelho strikes.

That's four 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.
Coelho looks to land a right hand but Gaultier moved out of range.
Gaultier throws a sloppy head kick and Coelho moves out of range easily.
Coelho throws a push kick but Gaultier slaps the foot to one side.
Gaultier tries to clinch up but Coelho circles away and keeps his distance.
Coelho looks to throw a body kick
and Gaultier counters with an inside leg kick.
Gaultier moves out of range as Coelho strikes.
Coelho throws a body kick the misses
and Gaultier counters with a good, hard body kick but Coelho shrugs it off.
Coelho throws the left hand but Gaultier avoids the punch easily.
Gaultier tries to clinch up but Coelho circles away and keeps his distance.
Gaultier tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaultier tries to close the distance and clinch but Coelho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lucio Coelho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A jab from Coelho misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gaultier tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch lands to the side of Gaultier 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gaultier is looking to clinch.
Lyon Gaultier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A lazy left from Coelho finds it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucio Coelho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Coelho winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucio Coelho!