PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Caio Pardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego De La Marcelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pardo comes to the cage accompanied by Move. De La Marcelo has chosen Dragon Dance as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pardo
vs
De La Marcelo

175 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
18
134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Pardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego De La Marcelo!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by De La Marcelo.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Pardo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Check out the look on De La Marcelo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
De La Marcelo is chipping away with strikes.
Pardo wants to get back to his feet but De La Marcelo drags him back down.
De La Marcelo scores with a couple of short elbows.
De La Marcelo controlling from side mount.
Pardo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
De La Marcelo scores with punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Marcelo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
De La Marcelo working the ground and pound.
De La Marcelo prevents Pardo from escaping the position.
De La Marcelo lands an elbow.
De La Marcelo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Marcelo takes a little break here. Pardo wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Pardo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
De La Marcelo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pardo keeps working.
The referee asks De La Marcelo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. De La Marcelo prefers to stall for the moment though.
De La Marcelo cracks Pardo with a big elbow.
De La Marcelo lands a few punches from side control.
De La Marcelo working the ground and pound from side control.

De La Marcelo decides to take the fight back to the feet.

De La Marcelo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pardo's half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Marcelo trying to control the pace.
Pardo pushes De La Marcelo off looking to stand but De La Marcelo dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but De La Marcelo scores with a couple of nice shots.
De La Marcelo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De La Marcelo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
De La Marcelo winds up and cracks Pardo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
De La Marcelo is looking to take a break and control but Pardo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De La Marcelo controlling the action here.
De La Marcelo lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardo taking some punishment here, with De La Marcelo in his half guard.
De La Marcelo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pardo taking some punishment here, with De La Marcelo in his half guard.
De La Marcelo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

De La Marcelo stands up from half guard.
Pardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De La Marcelo circles away quickly and effectively.
Caio Pardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De La Marcelo.
De La Marcelo shoots in for a takedown but Pardo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
De La Marcelo looks gassed!
Pardo is looking to clinch but De La Marcelo is avoiding it.
Pardo slaps away a takedown attempt from De La Marcelo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Caio Pardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego De La Marcelo.
Pardo shoots in looking for a takedown but De La Marcelo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pardo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Pardo has De La Marcelo up against the cage in a clinch.
Pardo lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Marcelo looking for a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from De La Marcelo fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pardo scores with a shoulder strike.
Pardo is pressed up against the cage. De La Marcelo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pardo down to the mat. Pardo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
De La Marcelo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pardo scores with a jab to the head.
Pardo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Marcelo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pardo tries to clinch up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pardo!

Pardo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pardo working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pardo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Pardo both land. Nice combination.

De La Marcelo is rocked!

Pardo rushes De La Marcelo and presses him up against the cage.
Pardo prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego De La Marcelo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caio Pardo's cut.
That's time! Pardo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

De La Marcelo gets tackled into the cage by Pardo. Pardo maintains the clinch.
De La Marcelo keeps control of Pardo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Marcelo wants a takedown.
De La Marcelo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pardo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
De La Marcelo wants to take the fight to the mat but Pardo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Caio Pardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego De La Marcelo.
Pardo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Pardo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De La Marcelo.
Pardo misses with a series of wild punches.
De La Marcelo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De La Marcelo is breathing heavily.
Pardo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Pardo duly obliges.
De La Marcelo is still on wobbly legs! Can Pardo finish him?
Pardo connects with a superb combination that knocks De La Marcelo out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Pardo before he can land any more shots to the unconscious De La Marcelo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Caio Pardo!
Caio Pardo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.