PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Massa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Coelho (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.

Massa
vs
Coelho

198 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, Roberto Massa!
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, Leonardo Coelho!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coelho tries to clinch there but Massa circles away.
Coelho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Massa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Coelho is looking to clinch.
Massa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coelho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Massa keeps the fight on the outside.
Coelho fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Coelho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Coelho circles away from the clinch attempt.

Massa has closed the distance and engaged Coelho in a clinch.
Come on Coelho - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Massa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Coelho is keeping busy.
Massa throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Massa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coelho blocks it with crossed arms.
Coelho is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but Coelho blocks with his arms.
Massa misses with a knee strike.
Coelho is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Massa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coelho blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Massa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Coelho stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Coelho stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Massa circles away from the clinch attempt

and Massa counters by moving into the clinch.
Massa misses with a knee strike.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Massa stalling in the clinch but Coelho improves position.
Coelho is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Coelho wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho wants to clinch

and Massa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Massa.
The referee calls for Coelho to work.
Massa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Massa letting Coelho take a breather here.
Coelho continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Massa looking to slow down the pace here.
Coelho tries to stall but Massa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Massa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coelho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Massa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coelho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Massa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The referee calls for Coelho to work.
Massa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coelho blocks it with crossed arms.
Massa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Massa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Coelho is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho tries to clinch

and Massa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Massa.
Massa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coelho blocks it with crossed arms.
Coelho's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Coelho is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho tries to clinch

and Massa moves into the clinch.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but Coelho blocks with his arms.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Massa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Coelho just leaning against Massa, taking a breather.
Massa throws an elbow that misses.
Coelho leaning against his opponent.
Coelho trying to stall but Massa improves his position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Massa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Massa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Massa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coelho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Coelho is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Massa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Massa is breathing heavily.
Massa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Coelho is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Coelho receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Massa moves into the clinch.
Coelho avoiding damage.
Massa misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Coelho effectively controlling the action here.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but Coelho blocks with his arms.
Massa misses with a knee strike.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Coelho stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.

Coelho rushes Massa and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Massa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Coelho has Massa pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Leonardo Coelho will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Coelho wants to clinch but Massa slips to the side

and Massa counters by clinching up.
A bit of stalling here from Coelho.
Coelho trying to stall but Massa improves his position.
Coelho avoiding damage as Massa throws knees to the body.
Massa letting Coelho take a breather here.
Massa looking to throw knees to the head but Coelho is blocking nicely.
Massa looking to throw knees to the head but Coelho is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Massa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Coelho is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Massa tries to land knees in the clinch but Coelho avoids the damage to the body.
Coelho is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Massa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coelho clinches but Massa breaks the clinch

and Massa counters by clinching up.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Massa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coelho.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Coelho looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Massa looking to throw knees to the head but Coelho is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Coelho stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Coelho's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Massa stalling in the clinch but Coelho improves position.
Coelho taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho tries to clinch

and Massa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Coelho controlling the action here for a moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Coelho trying to stall but Massa improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho tries to clinch up

and Massa counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Coelho taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Massa throws an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Coelho effectively controlling the action here.
Massa looking to slow down the pace here.
Massa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coelho blocks it with crossed arms.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Massa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Coelho effectively controlling the action here.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Massa.
Massa misses with a knee strike.
Massa misses with a knee strike.
Coelho is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coelho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Coelho.
Massa tries to stall but Coelho uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Coelho leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.

Coelho darts in and clinches Massa up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Massa.
Stalling in the clinch from Coelho.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but Coelho blocks with his arms.
Coelho leaning his opponent against the cage.
Coelho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coelho is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Coelho stalling in the clinch but Massa improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho wants to clinch but Massa slips to the side

and Massa counters by moving into the clinch.
Coelho taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Massa connects with a knee to the head.
Massa letting Coelho take a breather here.
Massa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Come on Coelho - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Coelho trying to stall but Massa improves his position.
Coelho stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho looks to clinch

and Massa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Massa misses with a knee to the head.
Massa is trying to maintain a safe position but Coelho gets an underhook and turns Massa into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Coelho stalls.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Massa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Coelho is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Leonardo Coelho will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Massa has Coelho up against the cage in a clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho wants to clinch but Massa slips to the side
and Massa counters with a thumping low kick.
Massa doesn't manage to clinch there - Coelho circles away.
Coelho tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Massa counters with a thumping low kick.
Massa is looking to clinch but Coelho is avoiding it.
Coelho closes the distance but Massa moves to the side

and Massa moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coelho effectively controlling the action here.
Massa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Massa looking to throw knees to the head but Coelho is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Coelho.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Coelho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Massa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Coelho up against the cage.
Coelho displaying some good clinch control by pressing Massa up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Massa misses with a knee to the head.
Coelho content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Massa tries to clinch but Coelho moves out of range.
Massa doesn't manage to clinch there - Coelho circles away.
Coelho darts in trying to clinch
and Massa counters with a thumping low kick.
Massa doesn't manage to clinch there - Coelho circles away.
Coelho darts in trying to clinch

and Massa counters by moving into the clinch.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Coelho is pushing Massa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Massa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Coelho taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but Coelho blocks with his arms.
Massa trying to stall but Coelho improves his position.
Coelho is pushing Massa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Massa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coelho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Coelho has Massa pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.

Coelho rushes Massa and presses him up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Massa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Massa misses with a knee to the head.
Coelho stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Massa looking to stall.
Coelho's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massa trying to stall but Coelho improves his position.
Coelho taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Coelho swats away the attempt to clinch by Massa.
Massa doesn't manage to clinch there - Coelho circles away.
Coelho tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Massa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Massa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coelho blocks it with crossed arms.
Massa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coelho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Coelho is trying to maintain a safe position but Massa gets an underhook and turns Coelho into the cage.
Coelho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Coelho is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Massa is trying to maintain a safe position but Coelho gets an underhook and turns Massa into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Coelho wants to stall.
Leonardo Coelho seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Coelho is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Coelho.
Massa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Coelho tries to clinch up

and Massa moves into the clinch.
Coelho is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Massa is keeping busy.
Massa misses with a knee to the head.
Massa misses with a knee to the head.
Massa is looking to control Coelho's arms but Coelho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Massa has his back to the cage.
Maybe Massa would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Massa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Coelho is defending well for now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roberto Massa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Massa pushes off an throws an elbow but Coelho leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Massa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coelho blocks it with crossed arms.
Massa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Massa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Coelho has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Coelho!