PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melanie Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Powers has chosen "The Way of the Fist" Five Finger Death Punch as his entrance music. Melanie Powers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo
vs
Powers

190 cm
23
155 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

180 cm
29
160 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Melanie Powers!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

de vir lotonial ronaldo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Powers actively working from the bottom here.

Powers has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, de vir lotonial ronaldo escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by de vir lotonial ronaldo!
Powers takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Powers wants to control but de vir lotonial ronaldo postures up.
de vir lotonial ronaldo cracks Powers with a big right hand but Powers just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
de vir lotonial ronaldo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
de vir lotonial ronaldo landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Powers struggling a bit here.
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Powers's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Powers down.
de vir lotonial ronaldo working away.
Powers bucks up and tries to throw de vir lotonial ronaldo off but instead de vir lotonial ronaldo has got his back!
de vir lotonial ronaldo keeps control of the position as Powers tries to break free.
Powers looks gassed!
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by de vir lotonial ronaldo.
de vir lotonial ronaldo scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Powers is looking for a way out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers is taking damage to the body and head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
de vir lotonial ronaldo cracks Powers with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Powers from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
de vir lotonial ronaldo scores with punches from the back.
Powers is trying to stand back up.
de vir lotonial ronaldo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Powers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards de vir lotonial ronaldo.
Powers grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
de vir lotonial ronaldo loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Powers hold on?
Powers wants to escape the position.
Powers takes a big shot to the side of the head.
de vir lotonial ronaldo has Powers flattened out and is raining down punches.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Powers. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
de vir lotonial ronaldo gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de vir lotonial ronaldo throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Powers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Powers is covering up but some of the strikes from de vir lotonial ronaldo are getting through and doing damage.
de vir lotonial ronaldo throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Powers!
de vir lotonial ronaldo scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Powers is looking for a way out.
de vir lotonial ronaldo has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Powers.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Powers covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is punishing Powers with strikes - can he finish him?!
Powers is trapped and de vir lotonial ronaldo is scoring with shots to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo 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.

de vir lotonial ronaldo 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.
Powers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in de vir lotonial ronaldo's guard.

de vir lotonial ronaldo has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Powers off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Some wild striking there from Powers.

de vir lotonial ronaldo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Powers gets full guard.
de vir lotonial ronaldo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
de vir lotonial ronaldo scoring with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Powers wants to stand but de vir lotonial ronaldo is controlling the position.
Powers is breathing heavily.
de vir lotonial ronaldo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Powers's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Powers throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! de vir lotonial ronaldo escapes and throws Powers's legs to the side, diving into side control!
de vir lotonial ronaldo is chipping away with strikes.
george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Powers on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Powers is looking to regain half guard here but de vir lotonial ronaldo keeps moving and retains side control.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Powers can do to turn this around?
Powers bucks up and tries to throw de vir lotonial ronaldo off but instead de vir lotonial ronaldo has got his back!
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Powers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de vir lotonial ronaldo throwing damaging strikes from the back! Powers could be in trouble here!
Powers is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
de vir lotonial ronaldo throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Powers!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards de vir lotonial ronaldo.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is punishing Powers with some ground and pound.
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by de vir lotonial ronaldo.
Powers is trying to remain composed but de vir lotonial ronaldo is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
de vir lotonial ronaldo scores with strikes from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de vir lotonial ronaldo cracks Powers with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Powers from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands a shot to the body.
Powers can't escape the position.
de vir lotonial ronaldo throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Powers!
Powers covers up after that shot from de vir lotonial ronaldo.
de vir lotonial ronaldo lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Powers is rocked!
Powers is trying to remain composed but de vir lotonial ronaldo is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Powers is still in real trouble! Can de vir lotonial ronaldo finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Powers takes a big shot to the side of the head.
de vir lotonial ronaldo is raining down hard shots and and Powers has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). george hiorie duke de vir lotonial ronaldo!