PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Welliton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Roberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Welliton
vs
Roberto

183 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Welliton!
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, Paulo Roberto!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roberto clinches up with Welliton and pushes him back against the cage.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Welliton tries to keep at a distance but Roberto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Welliton misses with a punch on the inside.
Welliton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberto's elbow.
Welliton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.

Roberto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Welliton avoids the elbow strike from Roberto, against the cage.
Welliton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Welliton misses with a hook to the ribs.

Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Welliton tries to clinch but Roberto is having none of it.
Antonio Welliton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Welliton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roberto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Welliton falls off balance throwing a combination

and Roberto moves into the clinch.
Welliton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Welliton throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Welliton's brow.
Welliton misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Welliton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roberto backs up against the cage.
Welliton throws a series of punches but Roberto avoids them all with ease.

Roberto moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roberto throws an elbow but misses.
Roberto misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Welliton.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Welliton's brow.
Welliton tries a body shot but Roberto blocks it.

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

Roberto has managed to clinch.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Roberto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Welliton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Welliton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Roberto darts in and clinches Welliton up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Welliton avoids the elbow strike from Roberto, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roberto throws an elbow but misses.
Welliton avoids the elbow strike from Roberto, against the cage.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Welliton swinging wildly here.

Roberto pushes Welliton up against the cage in a clinch.
Roberto looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Welliton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Welliton.

Roberto rushes Welliton and presses him up against the cage.
Welliton lands a shoulder strike.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.

Roberto breaks the clinch.

Roberto darts in and clinches Welliton up against the cage.
Welliton throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Welliton blocks an elbow strike from Roberto.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Welliton's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Welliton duly obliges.

Roberto drives through and clinches with Welliton against the cage.
Welliton misses with some punches.
Roberto throws an elbow that misses.
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Welliton working aggressively here.
Roberto misses with an elbow over the top.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Roberto darts in and clinches Welliton up against the cage.
Welliton misses with a short punch on the inside.

Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Welliton tries to clinch up.
Roberto keeps the fight on the outside.

Roberto has closed the distance and engaged Welliton in a clinch.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welliton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Roberto clinches up with Welliton and pushes him back against the cage.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.

Roberto moves into the clinch.

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

Roberto has managed to clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Welliton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberto throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Welliton.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto throws an elbow but it misses.

Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Welliton lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab by Welliton.

Welliton gets tackled into the cage by Roberto. Roberto maintains the clinch.

Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Welliton gets tackled into the cage by Roberto. Roberto maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paulo Roberto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Roberto takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Welliton tries to clinch up.

Roberto takes the fight into the clinch.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
Welliton blocks an elbow strike from Roberto.
Roberto throws an elbow but it misses.
Welliton blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Welliton fails to land.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.

Roberto rushes Welliton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short uppercut from Welliton.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Antonio Welliton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Welliton is looking to clinch but Roberto is avoiding it.

Roberto darts in and clinches Welliton up against the cage.
Roberto throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Welliton tries to clinch but Roberto moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roberto closes the distance and pushes Welliton back into the cage.
Welliton dodges an elbow strike from Roberto.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Welliton takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Welliton.
Welliton lands an uppercut.
Roberto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Welliton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberto's elbow.
Welliton blocks the elbow strike.

Roberto breaks the clinch.

Roberto clinches.
Roberto throws an elbow but it misses.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
Roberto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Welliton throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Welliton fails to land.
Roberto pushes off an throws an elbow but Welliton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roberto throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Welliton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Welliton throws a series of punches but Roberto avoids them all with ease.

Roberto has closed the distance and engaged Welliton in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Welliton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Roberto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Welliton avoids a wild elbow strike from Roberto.
A head punch on the inside from Welliton fails to land.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Roberto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Welliton, pushing him back against the cage.
Welliton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paulo Roberto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Welliton wants to clinch.

Roberto moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but Welliton blocks with his arms.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roberto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Roberto rushes Welliton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Welliton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Welliton.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Welliton feints a jab promting Roberto to slip. Welliton then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Roberto slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Welliton doesn't manage to clinch there - Roberto circles away.
Welliton moves in looking to clinch but Roberto pushes him off.
Welliton tries to clinch

and Roberto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Roberto.
Welliton blocks the elbow strike.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Welliton. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Welliton misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welliton tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Roberto clinches up against the cage.
Welliton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Roberto has managed to clinch.

Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Welliton tries to clinch but Roberto moves out of range.

Roberto takes the fight into the clinch.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.

Roberto clinches.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Welliton working aggressively here.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Welliton looks to clinch

and Roberto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Roberto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Roberto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Welliton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Welliton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Welliton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robertos head.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Roberto rushes Welliton and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Welliton fails to land.
Welliton misses with some punches.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Welliton fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Welliton misses.
Welliton fails in his attempt to clinch.

Roberto has Welliton up against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Welliton's brow.
Welliton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Welliton swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Welliton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Roberto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Roberto rushes Welliton and presses him up against the cage.
Welliton has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Roberto breaks the clinch.
Welliton throws a nice looking combination but Roberto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roberto swats away the attempt to clinch by Welliton.

Roberto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Welliton, pushing him back against the cage.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
Roberto takes a shot to the head.
Welliton lands a nice uppercut.

Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roberto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Welliton.

Roberto manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Welliton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Welliton misses with a series of wild punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Welliton is looking to clinch.
Welliton misses with the combination.
Welliton fails with an attempt to clinch.

Roberto moves into the clinch successfully.
Welliton avoids the elbow strike from Roberto, against the cage.
Welliton lands a hook that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
Welliton misses with a short punch on the inside.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roberto moves into the clinch.
Roberto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roberto throws an elbow but misses.
Welliton working aggressively here.
Welliton working aggressively here.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Welliton tries to clinch up.

Roberto closes the distance and pushes Welliton back into the cage.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.

Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Welliton tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Welliton throws a right hand that Roberto ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberto also avoids with ease.
Welliton tries to clinch but Roberto moves away

and Roberto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Roberto.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Welliton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Roberto has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto pushes off an throws an elbow but Welliton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Welliton blocks an elbow strike.

Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Welliton goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Welliton misses with a double jab.
Welliton tries to clinch there but Roberto circles away.
Welliton tries to clinch up.
Antonio Welliton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Welliton throws a combination. Roberto tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Welliton tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Welliton shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Roberto eats them both and turns towards Welliton to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Welliton tries to clinch but Roberto moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Welliton.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Welliton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Welliton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paulo Roberto.
I've got Roberto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Roberto!