PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raimundo Forza (ranked 1707 p4p, 3255 weight class) and Rudolf Meine (ranked 226 p4p, 380 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Forza
vs
Meine

174 cm
24
163
3 - 2 - 1

163 cm
27
155
13 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Raimundo Forza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rudolf Meine!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meine lands a head shot.
Good work by Forza as he checks the leg kick.
Meine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Forza. That did some damage!
Meine throws a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Forza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Meine tried to score with a low kick but Forza checks it.
Meine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Forza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Forza misses with a wild body shot.
Forza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Meine fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Forza is out of range.
Meine scores with the left hand. Forza knows he should have avoided that one.
Meine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Meine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Meine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Meine. Those never looked like landing.
Meine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Forza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Meine slips under a jab from Forza.
Forza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meine. Forza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Forza keeps Meine at a distance using the push kick.
Forza misses with a hook. Meine ducked under it nicely.
Meine connects with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Forza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Forza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Forza is looking to counter with a body kick.
Meine missing with a left hand there. Forza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meine motions for Forza to come forward. Meine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Forza throws a leg kick but Meine checks it.
Forza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meine.
Forza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rudolf Meine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meine throws a head kick that misses.
Meine lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Meine misses with a lunging right hand
and Forza counters with a nice leg kick.
Meine thows a leg kick but Forza checks it
and Forza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Forza with the inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Meine crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Forza - the referee stops the clock and Meine gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Forza. Meine manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Forza scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Forza ducks under a wild hook from Meine.
Meine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Forza moves out of range of the strikes.
Forza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Forza misses the shot to the body.
Meine wants to clinch up but Forza keeps it at a distance.
Forza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meine.
Meine jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Forza misses with a looping left.
Meine let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Meine closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Meine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Meine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Meine moves out of range of the strikes.
Meine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Meine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Meine misses with a low kick.
Meine misses the jab.
Meine misses with a low kick.
Meine throws a body punch but Forza moves out of range.
Forza moves forwards but Meine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Forza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meine cracks Forza with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Meine throws a jab but it's blocked by Forza.
Meine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Forza throws a leg kick that misses.
Good work by Forza as he checks the leg kick.
Forza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Forza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meine was well out of range. Poor timing from Forza.
Forza scores with a shot to the body.
Meine works Forza's body with a nice hook.
Meine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Forza throws a low kick, looking for Meine's leg but Meine calmly moves out of range.
Forza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meine's sensitive parts.
Meine misses with a body punch
and Forza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Forza's head backwards.
Meine moves out of range of the body kick from Forza.
Meine misses with a low kick.
Forza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Forza there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forza connects with a body shot.
Forza shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Meine eats them both and turns towards Forza to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Forza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Meine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meine looks to score with a jab to the body but Forza is just out of range.
Forza works over Meine's head and body with a nice combination.
Forza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Forza to score with a decent uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Forza.
Forza throws a leg kick but Meine sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Forza takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Forza.
Forza misses with a right hand
and Meine counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Meine throws a poor cross that misses
and Forza counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Forza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Meine.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meine misses with a straight right.
Forza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Forza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Forza throws a leg kick which misses Meine's front leg but catches the back leg as Meine tries to avoid it.
Forza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Raimundo Forza will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Forza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Meine throws a leg kick which misses Forza's front leg but catches the back leg as Forza tries to avoid it.
Forza with the inside leg kick.
Forza fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Meine checks it well.
Meine throws a leg kick which misses Forza's front leg but catches the back leg as Forza tries to avoid it.
Forza has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Meine.
Meine tries a low kick but Forza avoids it.
Forza lands with a straight right. Meine didn't see that one coming.
Forza swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Meine just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Forza misses its intended target.
Raimundo Forza is winning the standup battle so far.
Meine tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Forza is able to avoid easily.
Forza appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Meine misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meine. Forza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Meine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Meine tries a low kick but Forza avoids it.
Meine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meine scores with the left hand. Forza knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Forza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meine throws the left hand but Forza avoids the punch easily.
Forza throwing a counter right hand but Meine manages to avoid it.
Forza lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Meine looks to score with a jab to the body but Forza is just out of range.
Meine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Forza throws a hook but Meine avoids it easily.
Meine misses with a straight right.
Forza fires out a quick counter leg kick but Meine just manages to avoid it.
Meine tries to land a leg kick but Forza saw it coming and moves away.
Meine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meine avoids the head kick by Forza.
Meine misses with a two punch combination.
Meine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meine throws a hook to the side of Forza's head but Forza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meine fakes the leg kick and cracks Forza in the body.
Forza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meine.
Forza missing with a left hand there. Meine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meine throws a body shot but no joy.
Meine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Forza.
Meine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Forza staying out of range there.
Forza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Forza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meine.
Forza thinks about countering with a body kick.
Forza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Meine.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Forza checks it well.
Meine with a nice cross.
Forza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meine connects with a jab.
Meine throws a low kick but Forza avoids it.
Forza throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Forza bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Meine throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Forza finds it's way through Meine's defenses.
Meine lands with a shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Forza blocks the low kick.
Meine checks a low kick from Forza.
Meine was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Forza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Meine misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Forza was well out of range. Poor timing from Meine.
Forza throws a big shot that misses.
Forza tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Meine is able to avoid easily.
Forza takes one to the chin there.
Meine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Meine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Meine moves out of range of the body kick from Forza.
Meine cracks a nice hook into Forza's ribs.
A slow jab from Meine misses its intended target.
Forza jabs at Meine's body.
Forza jabs at Meine's body.
Forza connects with a leg kick.
Meine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Forza counters with a stiff right hand.
Forza misses with a kick to the body.
Meine misses with a few strikes there.
Meine avoids the body shot from Forza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meine throws a body punch but Forza moves out of range.
Forza lands with a straight right. Meine didn't see that one coming.
Forza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meine.
Decent striking displayed by Forza there.
Forza walks into a straight right hand from Meine.
Forza checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Forza throws a quick counter kick to the body but Meine avoids it.
Forza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Meine tries to clinch up.
Meine lands a leg kick that knocks Forza off balance momentarily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Forza lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Meine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Meine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Meine throws a hook but Forza avoids it easily.
Meine misses with a low kick as Forza jumps back.
Meine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Forza is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Meine thuds his right hand into Forza's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Meine throws a leg kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Forza.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Forza lands a nice shot that snaps Meine's head back.
Forza wants to land a leg kick but Meine is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rudolf Meine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Meine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Forza appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Meine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Forza has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Forza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Forza throws a body punch but Meine moves out of range.
Meine punishes Forza's body with a nice straight punch.
Forza slips a jab and a cross from Meine.
Forza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick by Meine misses
enabling Forza to counter with a crisp jab.
Forza is looking to slow Meine down with leg kicks.
Forza lands a head shot.
Meine moves out of range as Forza throws a body kick.
Meine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Forza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Forza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meine manages to avoid it.
Meine has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Forza avoids the body shot from Meine.
Forza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick from Meine misses.
Forza throws a jab when Meine was well out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Forza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forza scores with a leg kick.
Meine lands a nice shot to the body.
Forza feints and then cracks Meine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Meine down.
Forza looks for the body kick but Meine saw that one coming.
Forza misses with a hook.
Meine looks for the body kick but Forza saw that one coming.
Forza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Meine misses.
Meine jabs at Forza's body.
Forza checks a low kick from Meine.
A low kick from Meine is predictable there
and Forza counters with a nice uppercut.
Forza is looking to land body kicks.
Meine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Forza.
Forza feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Meine throws a poor cross that misses
and Forza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Meine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meine misses with a looping right.
Meine misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Meine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Forza to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Forza. That did some damage!
Forza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Forza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Meine is looking to chop away at Forza's legs.
Forza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Forza throws a body kick that misses.
Meine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Forza manages to avoid it.
Meine misses the jab.
Meine misses with a looping right.
Meine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Forza lands a nice looking body kick.
Meine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Forza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Forza tried to counter with a leg kick but Meine avoided it.
Meine stuns Forza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Meine is predictable there
and Forza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Forza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meine.
Meine throws a head kick that misses.
Forza tries a low kick but Meine avoids it.
Meine throws a hook to the side of Forza's head but Forza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Forza is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Forza is looking to score with low kicks.
Meine lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Forza lands a nice shot that snaps Meine's head back.
Forza keeps the fight on the outside.
Meine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Meine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Meine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Forza checks it well.
Meine is looking to score with low kicks.
Forza blocks a low kick nicely.
Forza is looking to counter punch.
Meine tries to work over Forza's front leg with a kick but Forza checks it.
Meine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Forza.
Meine swings for the body but Forza moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forza lands a nice looking body shot.
It looks like Forza has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Forza throws the left hand but Meine avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Meine does no damage.
Forza moves out of range as Meine strikes.
Meine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Meine has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Forza.
Forza misses with a wild body shot.
Meine cracks Forza with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Forza misses the shot to the body.
Meine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Meine staying out of range there.
Meine misses with a shot to the body
and Forza counters with a stiff right hand.
Meine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Forza avoids the head kick by Meine.
Forza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Meine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Meine throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rudolf Meine.
Well Meine 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Raimundo Forza!