PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Astolfo de Mello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

de Mello
vs
Ortiz

183 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Astolfo de Mello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

de Mello shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Ortiz defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from de Mello.
de Mello fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
de Mello takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
de Mello lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
de Mello scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ortiz?
de Mello 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 Mello tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz blocking the ground and pound.
de Mello sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
de Mello looking to control but Ortiz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ortiz is in a horrible position here. de Mello smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ortiz trying desperately to get to his feet.
de Mello takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ortiz is squirming around, avoiding de Mello's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ortiz wants to get back to his feet.
de Mello content just to control the position here.
de Mello raining down shots from the mount!
de Mello content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Astolfo de Mello just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
de Mello missing with a left hand there. Ortiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

de Mello closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ortiz did well to prevent de Mello getting side control.
de Mello is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ortiz!
Ortiz looks gassed!
de Mello controlling from mount.
de Mello working Ortiz over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Astolfo de Mello dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

de Mello scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by de Mello.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Mello controlling the position easily from mount.
Astolfo de Mello overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ortiz wants to get back to his feet.
Ortiz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Mello sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
de Mello with a couple of short strikes.
de Mello landing strikes from the mount and Ortiz is in trouble!
Ortiz wants to get back to his feet.
de Mello is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Mello sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
de Mello has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ortiz's face.
de Mello controlling the position easily from mount.
de Mello landing shots from mount.
de Mello raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Mello putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Ortiz is rocked!
de Mello looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

de Mello is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ortiz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
de Mello controlling from the full mount.

de Mello has control of Ortiz's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Ortiz regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Mello connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de Mello cracks Ortiz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Mello scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ortiz?
de Mello controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Astolfo de Mello dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

de Mello shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ortiz manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
de Mello stays in close to Ortiz's body and controls the position.
de Mello with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as de Mello accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ortiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
de Mello not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
de Mello is pushing down on Ortiz's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ortiz is fighting to maintain full guard but de Mello has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Mello moves nicely into side control.
de Mello just content to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Astolfo de Mello.

Excellent takedown into side control there by de Mello.
de Mello is working Ortiz over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Mello advances to mount.
de Mello landing strikes from the mount and Ortiz is in trouble!
de Mello landing strikes, looking to finish!
de Mello controlling his opponent.
de Mello with shots to the head and body - Ortiz looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Mello content just to control the position here.
de Mello with good strikes from the mount here!
de Mello scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ortiz?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Mello sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
de Mello has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ortiz's face.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, de Mello cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Astolfo de Mello is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de Mello content just to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! de Mello connects with a massive shot to the dome!

And that's the end of the fight!
Astolfo de Mello showed his dominance in that final round.
Well de Mello has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:24
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Astolfo de Mello!