PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Melartin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronan Hollace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melartin comes to the ring accompanied by Pennywise- Homesick . Hollace has chosen Outside by Staind as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Melartin
vs
Hollace

168 cm
22
142 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

175 cm
28
142 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Rafael Melartin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronan Hollace!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Melartin ducks under a wild hook from Hollace.
Hollace lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hollace.
Hollace is looking to slow Melartin down with leg kicks.
Hollace avoids the body shot from Melartin.
Melartin misses the body punch
and Hollace counters with a nice uppercut.
Melartin tries to bum rush Hollace with a series of wild strikes but Hollace uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Hollace. Those never looked like landing.
Melartin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hollace looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hollace misses with an uppercut. Melartin saw that one coming.
Melartin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hollace.
Hollace looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Melartin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Melartin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hollace.
Hollace scores with a shot to the body.
Melartin moves out of range of the body kick.
Melartin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Melartin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hollace takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Hollace misses.
Hollace scores with a jab to the body.
Hollace throws a jab but it's blocked by Melartin.
Melartin thows a body shot but no joy.

Melartin takes the fight into the clinch.
Hollace is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hollace stalling in the clinch but Melartin improves position.
Melartin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Melartin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hollace is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rafael Melartin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronan Hollace.
Melartin is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Melartin goes for a takedown attempt but Hollace pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hollace scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Melartin shoots in looking for a takedown. Hollace tries to sprawl out of it but Melartin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Hollace manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Melartin is looking to wear down Hollace with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melartin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hollace throws a jab when Melartin was well out of range.
Melartin looks to score with a jab to the body but Hollace is just out of range.
Melartin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hollace.

Hollace gets a double leg takedown into Melartin's guard.
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!
Melartin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hollace.
Melartin looking for a sweep. Not yet Melartin, not yet.
Melartin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hollace trying to control the position from guard on top but Melartin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hollace throwing strikes from guard but Melartin blocks nicely.
Melartin wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollace won't allow Melartin to get back to his feet.
Melartin is trying to keep Hollace in close.
Hollace postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Melartin keeping moving, preventing Hollace from controlling successfully.
Hollace prevents Melartin from getting back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hollace looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Melartin!
Hollace has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Melartin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hollace throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hollace scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Melartin?
Hollace throws some wild stikes that Melartin manages to avoid easily.
Hollace landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hollace with a couple of short strikes.
Melartin tries to reverse the position but Hollace maintains control.
Hollace throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hollace in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hollace thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hollace landing strikes, looking to finish!

Melartin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hollace.
Hollace pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hollace punching from mount but Melartin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hollace tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Melartin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronan Hollace 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.

Hollace is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Melartin.
Melartin clobbers Hollace with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hollace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Melartin.
Hollace throws a leg kick but Melartin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Melartin lands with a hook. Hollace tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Melartin clinches up against the ropes.
Hollace lands with a light punch inside.
Hollace lands a hook that snaps the head of Melartin backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Hollace.
Melartin blocks a body shot from Hollace.
Hollace has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Melartin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Melartin is pressed up against the ropes. Hollace has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Melartin down to the mat. Melartin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Melartin connects with a right hand. Hollace shakes it off.

Hollace closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Melartin did well to prevent Hollace getting side control.

Hollace is looking for a kimura but Melartin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hollace to get the leverage.
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!
Hollace wants to free his trapped foot but Melartin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ronan Hollace has got the better of the ground game so far.

Hollace is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollace prevents Melartin from improving his position.
Melartin trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Hollace.
Melartin wants to control but Hollace is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hollace stops Melartin from getting back to his feet.
Hollace missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Melartin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hollace takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollace prevents Melartin from standing back up.
Hollace has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hollace content just to control the position here.
Hollace putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hollace has hold of Melartin's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Melartin manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Melartin tries to hold on but Hollace postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollace working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Melartin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hollace looking to control but Melartin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hollace lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Melartin hang on?
Hollace raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hollace landing strikes from the mount and Melartin is in trouble!

Melartin is rocked!
Melartin blocking the ground and pound.
Oh Melartin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melartin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hollace tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hollace prevents Melartin from getting the reversal.
Hollace throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Melartin seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollace looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hollace wants to control the pace but Melartin is squirming around nicely.
Melartin blocking the ground and pound.
Hollace breaks from Melartin's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Hollace jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Melartin is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Melartin and Hollace has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Melartin is trying to control Hollace's posture but Hollace avoids it.
Hollace with the ground and pound but Melartin regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hollace sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Melartin defending well though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Melartin wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronan Hollace showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Melartin lands with an overhand left.
Melartin thows a body shot but no joy.
Melartin loads up on a big right hand but Hollace slips the punch.
Melartin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hollace.
Hollace takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Melartin checks a low kick from Hollace.
Melartin throws a series of punches but Hollace moves out of range.
Hollace with a jab.
Nice body punch from Melartin.
An inside leg kick from Hollace misses.
Hollace looks for a takedown but Melartin sprawls well.
Melartin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Melartin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hollace sprawls well. Hollace wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Melartin gets slowly back to his feet.
Melartin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hollace manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Melartin.
Hollace changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Melartin. Hollace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Melartin.
Melartin throws a sloppy head kick and Hollace moves out of range easily.
Melartin throws a body punch but Hollace moves out of range.
Hollace stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hollace wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Melartin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hollace lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hollace misses with a head kick.
Hollace lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hollace tries to clinch but Melartin moves out of range.
Hollace tries to clinch but Melartin moves out of range.
Hollace looks to throw the jab but Melartin is out of range.
A big right from Hollace misses.

Melartin has managed to clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hollace - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollace lands with a short shot to the head.
Melartin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hollace after a bit of a struggle.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hollace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Melartin's brow.
Melartin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hollace lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hollace.
Nice body punch from Hollace.
Melartin prevents a takedown attempt there.

Hollace pulls guard effortlessly.
Melartin trying to control but Hollace is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melartin wanted to stand there but Hollace had control of the position.
Rafael Melartin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hollace wants to sweep here but Melartin controlling him for the moment.
Melartin is looking to stand up but Hollace won't let him.
Hollace wants to sweep but no luck.
Melartin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Melartin tries to free his leg and advance position but Hollace is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollace is pulling down on Melartin's head. It's preventing any offense from Melartin, at least for the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hollace darts in trying to clinch
and Melartin counters with a left to the body.
Hollace misses with a body shot.
Hollace misses with a two punch combination.
Melartin moves forwards but Hollace connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hollace tries to clinch up.
Melartin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Melartin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hollace, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hollace gets underhooks to prevent Melartin's takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Melartin is looking for a takedown.

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

Melartin gets tackled into the ropes by Hollace. Hollace maintains the clinch.
Melartin misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ronan Hollace.
Well Hollace has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight for Ronan Hollace!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Ronan Hollace!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Ronan Hollace!

Ronan Hollace wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Ronan Hollace thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.