PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 3941 p4p, 473 weight class) and Name Less (ranked 1537 p4p, 215 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Caria might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Caria
vs
Less

186 cm
30
181 lbs
28 - 10 - 2

178 cm
40
159 lbs
20 - 9 - 3

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Name Less!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Less tries to land knees in the clinch but Caria avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Less.
A head punch on the inside from Less fails to land.
Caria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria misses with the head strike.
Less goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Less lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Caria or not.

Caria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caria swings for the body but Less moves out of range.
A big left from Less misses.
Less moves out of range of the leg kick from Caria.
Caria looks to throw the jab but Less is out of range.
Less throws a leg kick
and Caria counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Less jabs Caria to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Less rushes Caria and presses him up against the ropes.
Less working aggressively here.

Caria breaks from the clinch.
Caria connects with an inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caria lands an overhand right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Less.
Caria has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Five Round Fight Club NY (50 max) in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less connects with a leg kick. Caria looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Caria blocks an elbow strike from Less.
Less fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Less lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Caria.
Less misses with the head strike.
Less lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Caria.
Less lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
Less is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caria is defending well for now.
Less tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.
Less lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Caria throws a punch but it's blocked by Less.
Less tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Caria avoids it.
Less using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caria has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Less creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Caria's defenses.
Caria tries to work over Less's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Less is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caria is defending well for now.
Less swings wildly with an uppercut but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Less lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Less.
Less missing with knees to the body.
Caria unloads a knee to the mid-section. Less lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caria tries to land knees in the clinch but Less avoids the damage to the body.
Caria blocks a body shot from Less.
Caria with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Less lands a nice uppercut.
Less lands with a right to the head.
Caria scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Name Less has been cut.
Less landing knees to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Less.
Caria misses with a knee to the head.
Less missing with knees to the body.
Less misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria connects with a knee to the head.
Less misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caria misses with a body punch.
Less misses with a short punch on the inside.
Less gets through Caria's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Name Less dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Name Less's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Caria on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Less. Less obviously looking to wear him down.
Caria throws a jab when Less was well out of range.
Less slips a jab and a cross from Caria.
Less throws a low kick but Caria avoids it.
Caria misses with a low kick as Less jumps back.

Caria closes the distance and clinches.
Less lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Name Less seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Less with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Less managing to block the knees to the body from Caria.
Less comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Less utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Less blocks a body shot from Caria.
Still in the clinch, Less scores with a nice short uppercut.
Caria wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Less scores with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Less fails to land.
Less has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Caria seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Less can turn it around.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caria landing knees to the body.
Less lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Less.
Less tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less tries to land a knee to the head but Caria blocks with his arms.
Less lands a hook to the side of the head.

Caria breaks from the clinch.
Caria throws a low kick but it's checked well by Less.
Less has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Caria takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Less keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caria throws a nice inside leg kick.

Caria clinches.

Caria breaks from the clinch.
Melankomas Caria is winning the standup battle so far.
Caria takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Caria has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Less.
A telegraphed right hand from Caria misses the target.
Less scores with a nice right hand.
Less swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Less explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Less turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Less tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caria swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Less connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caria lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Less throws a looping overhand right but Caria ducks down to avoid it.

Caria closes the distance and pushes Less back into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Caria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Less misses with a low kick.
Caria thuds his right hand into Less's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice shot lands for Less.

Caria has closed the distance and engaged Less in a clinch.
Less using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caria has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Less pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Caria breaks the clinch.
Less swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caria throws an overhand right that lands on Less's shoulder, as Less tries to avoid the shot.
Less blocks a low kick nicely.
Caria staying out of range there.
Caria lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Less circles away quickly and effectively.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Less. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Caria misses with an uppercut. Less saw that one coming.

Caria moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less lands an elbow inside that Caria shrugs off.
Less tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Caria avoids it.
Caria lands a left hand.
Caria blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caria connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Name Less will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Name Less's cut.
That's time! Caria's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Caria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Melankomas Caria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Less throws a leg kick but Caria checks it.

Caria clinches with his opponent.
Caria working hard to break the clinch.

Caria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caria throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Less tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caria was well out of range. Poor timing from Less.
Nice shot lands for Less.
Caria takes a jab right on the kisser.

Caria moves into the clinch successfully.
Less misses with the head strike.
Caria on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Caria manages to break the clinch.
Less swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Less misses with a low kick.
Less throws a low kick, looking for Caria's leg but Caria calmly moves out of range.
Less misses the shot to the body.
Caria throwing a counter right hand but Less manages to avoid it.
Less scores with a leg kick.
Less on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Less does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caria works over Less's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less blocks a jab.
Less appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Less ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caria moves away.
Less pivots, looking for a leg kick but Caria is out of range and Less settles back down.
Less connects with a good right hand that stumbles Caria. Caria circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caria.
Caria is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Less looks to land a right hand but Caria moved out of range.
Less connects with an inside leg kick.
Less misses with a low kick as Caria jumps back.
Caria takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Caria instigates a clinch.
Caria blocks the elbow strike.
Less tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.
Caria blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Less blocking some punches.
Less misses with a short punch on the inside.
Less working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Caria.
Less working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Caria.
Less unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caria lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Caria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Less gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Less lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Less lands a damaging elbow.

Caria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caria just misses with a punch to the body.
Less cracks Caria with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Caria scores with a nice head shot.

Less has closed the distance and engaged Caria in a clinch.
Caria lands a shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Caria.
Less trying to land knees to the body.
Caria on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Less.
Caria tries to land knees in the clinch but Less avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less lands a left hand.
Caria trying to land knees to the body.
Less pushes off an throws an elbow but Caria leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Less fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caria looking to throw knees to the head but Less is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Name Less.
I've got Less 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Name Less!
Name Less is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Name Less made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.