PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sosa
vs
Melendez

169 cm
18
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

163 cm
25
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alberto Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sosa. That one must have hurt.
Melendez tries a head kick but it misses.
Melendez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Melendez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Melendez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sosa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Melendez. That did some damage!
Sosa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Melendez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sosa.
Melendez fails with the takedown.
Marcello Sosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Melendez.
A solid body kick from Sosa.
Melendez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Melendez will feel that in the morning.
Melendez shoots in looking for a takedown. Sosa tries to sprawl out of it but Melendez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sosa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa lands a nice looking body kick.
Melendez throws a head kick that misses.
A jab lands there for Sosa.
Sosa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Melendez's hands.
No luck for Melendez with that takedown attempt.
Melendez shoots in but Sosa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Melendez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sosa scoring well with a low kick there.
Melendez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sosa can pounce on him.
Sosa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Sosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Melendez shoots for a double leg takedown but Sosa sprawls well. He's pushed Melendez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Melendez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sosa avoids the body shot from Melendez.
Nice takedown defense from Sosa. No joy for Melendez on that attempt.
Melendez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Melendez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Melendez looks gassed!
Sosa connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Melendez shoots in but Sosa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sosa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Melendez misses with a hook.
Melendez looks for the body kick but Sosa saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Melendez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sosa. That's going to slow Melendez down.
Sosa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Melendez shoots for a takedown but Sosa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sosa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sosa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sosa lands a high kick!
Marcello Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melendez tries to bum rush Sosa with a series of wild strikes but Sosa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marcello Sosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Melendez is defended easily by Sosa.
Melendez looks for a takedown but Sosa sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melendez tries to move into range but Sosa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Melendez swinging wildly here.
A lazy left from Sosa finds it's target.
Sosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Melendez is looking to land body kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Melendez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sosa - the referee stops the clock and Melendez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sosa. Melendez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Melendez is trying desperately to land a takedown but Sosa is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Melendez.
Melendez looks to score with a jab to the body but Sosa is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sosa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosa scores with a nice body kick.
Sosa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Melendez under the eye.
Melendez throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Melendez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sosa.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sosa.
Melendez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sosa scores with a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Melendez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sosa blocks a head kick by Melendez.
Nice shot lands for Sosa.
Melendez misses with a head kick.
Sosa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sosa scores with a jab.
Sosa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
No luck for Melendez with that takedown attempt.
Sosa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horrible takedown by Melendez or perhaps it was just good defense by Sosa which made him look bad.
Nice cross by Sosa.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
Melendez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sosa defends it nicely.
Marcello Sosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Melendez.
Sosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sosa lands a front kick.
Sosa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sosa.
Alberto Melendez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Melendez throws a right and a left that Sosa avoids nicely.
Marcello Sosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Crunch! Sosa slams his shin into Melendez's torso.
Melendez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Melendez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sosa. That one must have hurt.
A combination from Sosa does no damage.
Melendez fails to land the takedown.
Melendez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Melendez is breathing heavily.
Melendez throws a head kick but Sosa moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez throws a lazy head kick
and Sosa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sosa keeps Melendez at a distance using the push kick.
Melendez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sosa as he jumps to the side.
Melendez fails with the takedown.
Melendez fails with the takedown
and Sosa counters with a good, hard body kick but Melendez shrugs it off.
Sosa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Melendez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sosa counters with an inside leg kick.
Sosa scores with a jab to the head.
Sosa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sosa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melendez misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sosa.
Sosa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Melendez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sosa counters with a solid body kick.
Melendez throws a lazy head kick
and Sosa counters with a good low kick that Melendez was not able to check.
Sosa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Melendez takes a step back to recover.
Sosa lands a head kick. Melendez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Sosa feints and then cracks Melendez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Melendez down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Melendez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sosa scores with a sloppy right hand. Melendez should have avoided that one.
Sosa scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A bone on bone clash there as Sosa blocks the leg kick.
Sosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Melendez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sosa.
Melendez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
No joy there for Melendez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Melendez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sosa.
Melendez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice shot lands for Sosa.
Sosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Melendez on the side of the head.
Melendez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sosa avoids it really well and circles away.
Melendez misses with a straight right.
Sosa connects with a solid leg kick.
Sosa thumps Melendez with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sosa avoids a kick to the body.
Melendez misses with a kick to the body
and Sosa counters with an outside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Melendez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sosa.
Melendez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sosa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Melendez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sosa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Melendez moves out of range as Sosa throws a body kick.
Melendez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sosa tries to avoid it but Melendez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sosa to the ground. Sosa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sosa connects with a body shot that sends Melendez's belly button to the back.
Melendez shoots in for a double leg but Sosa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Marcello Sosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Melendez.
Nice straight punches there by Sosa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sosa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez misses with a takedown attempt - Sosa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Melendez takes one to the chin there.
Sosa scores with a shot to the body.
Melendez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sosa lands a jab-cross combination.
Melendez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Melendez might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sosa has got the better of the exchanges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa moves away from the strike by Melendez.
Sosa connects with a leg kick. Melendez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Melendez shoots in for a takedown but Sosa shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez closes the distance and clinches up with Sosa, looking for a takedown. Melendez pushes Sosa against the cage but Sosa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sosa lands with a straight right. Melendez didn't see that one coming.
Melendez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sosa connects with a leg kick. Melendez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Melendez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sosa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sosa lands a head kick!
Melendez walks into a left hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Melendez.
Sosa throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melendez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sosa connects with a body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sosa!
Nice body kick there by Sosa.
Melendez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sosa cracks Melendez with a good jab.
Melendez shoots in looking for a takedown but Sosa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Melendez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sosa scores with a push kick.
Melendez fails with the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosa is looking to slow Melendez down with leg kicks.
Alberto Melendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcello Sosa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa lands a nice looking body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcello Sosa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sosa 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcello Sosa!