PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl White (ranked 2115 p4p, 2463 weight class) and Gabriel Mellios (ranked 306 p4p, 350 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

White
vs
Mellios

186 cm
25
195
4 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
195
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Mellios!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mellios defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
White takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mellios - that will leave a mark!
White has been working on his balance at IMMAC Training Facilityâ„¢ ($50/week), so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Mellios.
White has a takedown stuffed.
And Mellios responds with a good body kick, but White manages to step out the way in time.
Mellios leaves White with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mellios is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karl White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mellios tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
White tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mellios defends well and White ends up having to push Mellios into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Mellios misses with an elbow strike.
Mellios throws an elbow that misses.
Mellios throws an elbow that misses.
White is looking to control Mellios's arms but Mellios gets an underhook and turns him. Now White has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White blocks an elbow strike from Mellios.
White blocks the elbow strike.
Mellios throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mellios pushes off an throws an elbow but White leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mellios pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mellios tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Mellios back against the cage.
Mellios pushes off an throws an elbow but White leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
White blocks the elbow strike.
Mellios just leaning against White, taking a breather.
Mellios throws an elbow but it misses.
Mellios is stalling here.
Mellios misses with an elbow over the top.
Mellios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mellios misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mellios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White leaning against his opponent.
Mellios pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mellios stalls.
White blocks an elbow strike.
White blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mellios throws an elbow but misses.
Mellios misses with an elbow over the top.
Mellios throws an elbow but it misses.
White is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mellios misses with an elbow over the top.
Mellios misses with a shot to the kidneys.

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mellios lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from White.
Mellios throws a half hearted mid kick.
White on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mellios. Mellios obviously looking to wear him down.
Mellios throws a leg kick but White checks it.
White darts in looking for a takedown but Mellios gets double underhooks and turns White into the cage.
Mellios misses with an elbow strike.
Mellios scores with a hook to the body.
Mellios throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mellios misses with an elbow over the top.
Mellios creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through White's defenses.
Mellios pressing his opponent against the cage.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Mellios.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mellios lands an elbow just above White 's eye.
Mellios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mellios tries a body shot but White blocks it.
White avoids the elbow strike from Mellios, against the cage.
White takes an elbow to the forehead.
White pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mellios pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mellios throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White dodges an elbow strike from Mellios.
Mellios lands an elbow that stopped White in his tracks for a moment.
Mellios throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mellios can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Mellios dominated that round.
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.

Mellios tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White checks a low kick from Mellios.
A head kick misses from Mellios.

White shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. White showed some decent athleticism there.
Mellios is pressing down on White's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
White pushes down on Mellios's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mellios felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Mellios has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mellios is looking to improve his position.
White trying to control the action but Mellios is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mellios gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mellios is trying to control the position but White postures up.
Mellios looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mellios keeping full guard, as White tries to pass.
Mellios wants to sweep but no luck.
Mellios keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
Mellios looking for a sweep. Not yet Mellios, not yet.
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mellios bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in White's guard.

White looking to control.
White is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mellios passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mellios wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
White trying to control here.
Well, if Mellios is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Mellios passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for White!
White tries to hold on but Mellios postures up.
Mellios with shots to the head and body - White looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White regains half guard.
Mellios is controlling the pace.
Mellios is nestled in close to White, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gabriel Mellios has got the better of the ground game so far.
White wants to control but Mellios is keeping busy.
Mellios is trying to control. White wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Mellios is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Mellios has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can White defend it? Mellios steps over the head and cranks it - White is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Mellios!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gabriel Mellios!
During a confident post fight interview, Gabriel Mellios thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.