PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amilton Mello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Delson Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mello comes to the ring accompanied by Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse . Ribeiro has chosen Racionais MC's - Expresso da Meia-Noite as his entrance music. Amilton Mello has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mello
vs
Ribeiro

190 cm
24
216 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

174 cm
22
212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

[MMABR] Winners' Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amilton Mello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Delson Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mello lands a left and a right that send Ribeiro crashing to the mat, dazed. Mello thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Delson Ribeiro has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mello shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ribeiro as he avoids it easily.
Mello tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mello shoots in and drives through. Ribeiro sprawls well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mello is working for takedown but Ribeiro is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amilton Mello. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ribeiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mello dives in and grabs Ribeiro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ribeiro pushes down on Mello's head and hops out.
Mello shoots in but no luck this time.

Ribeiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mello jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ribeiro walks away with a smile on his face. Mello gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Ribeiro drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ribeiro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mello will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ribeiro pushes down on Mello's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Still in half guard, Ribeiro seems content to control.
Mello wants to get back to full guard but Ribeiro has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ribeiro wants to control the pace but Mello is squirming around nicely.
Ribeiro fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mello keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ribeiro raining down shots from the mount!
Ribeiro unloading with bombs!
Mello wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Ribeiro struggling to keep hold of the position.

Ribeiro has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Mello is defending well but eventually Ribeiro manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Mello has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Delson Ribeiro!