PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack MeOff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cemian Naia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

MeOff
vs
Naia

158 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

185 cm
24
187 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack MeOff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cemian Naia!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MeOff throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Naia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MeOff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Naia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Naia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MeOff circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Naia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Naia.
Naia scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Naia ducks under a wild hook from MeOff.
Naia misses with a few strikes there.
Nice defenses there by MeOff.
Naia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Naia throws a series of punches but MeOff moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
MeOff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
MeOff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Naia.
MeOff misses the shot to the body.
Naia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by MeOff.
Naia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Naia misses with a few strikes there.
Naia looks gassed!
MeOff throws a hook but Naia avoids it easily.
No joy there for Naia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
MeOff could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A left and a right from MeOff both land. Nice combination.
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!
MeOff lands a jab to the head.

Naia is rocked!

It looks like Cemian Naia has been cut.
MeOff throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Naia sees it coming and avoids it easily.

MeOff rushes Naia and presses him up against the cage.
Naia takes an elbow to the forehead.
A quick uppercut on the inside from MeOff.
MeOff lands an elbow that stopped Naia in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MeOff tries to land a knee to the head but Naia blocks with his arms.
MeOff lands an elbow that stopped Naia in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by MeOff.
MeOff lands an elbow inside that Naia shrugs off.
A short left from MeOff.
MeOff utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
MeOff lands a damaging elbow.
MeOff lands with a light punch inside.
MeOff throws an elbow but it misses.
MeOff throws a head punch that misses.
MeOff misses with a hook from the clinch.
MeOff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MeOff tries to land a knee to the head but Naia blocks with his arms.
MeOff tries a knee to the head but Naia blocks it.
MeOff pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
MeOff misses with an elbow strike.
MeOff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
MeOff lands a damaging elbow.
MeOff misses with the head strike.
MeOff throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MeOff lands a nice elbow.
MeOff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Naia.
Naia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but MeOff has him pressed against the cage.
MeOff tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Naia's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Naia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Naia tries to bum rush MeOff with a series of wild strikes but MeOff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Naia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Naia misses with the combination.
MeOff fails to land with a series of punches.
MeOff plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
No joy there for Naia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Naia stalks MeOff and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into MeOff's face. MeOff staggers backwards, shaken.
Naia throws a right and a left that MeOff avoids nicely.
Naia throws a hook to the side of MeOff's head but MeOff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Naia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Naia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Naia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Naia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MeOff connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A combination from Naia does no damage.
MeOff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Naia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Naia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Naia misses with a two punch combination.
MeOff displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Naia throws out the jab.
Naia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
MeOff tries to close the distance and clinch up but Naia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
MeOff tries to clinch there but Naia circles away.
Naia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Naia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Naia misses with a double jab.
Naia misses with a wild combination.
MeOff is looking to clinch.
A cross from Naia lands.
MeOff lunges at Naia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Naia's hand.
Naia moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Naia throws a right and a left that MeOff avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Naia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Naia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

MeOff forces Naia back against the cage and clinches.
MeOff misses with some punches.
MeOff has a couple of punches blocked by Naia.
MeOff misses with an elbow strike.
MeOff throws an elbow that misses.
MeOff misses with a knee to the head.

Naia manages to break the clinch.
Naia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
MeOff misses with a jab, cross combination.
Naia throws a series of punches but MeOff avoids them all with ease.
Naia's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Naia duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Naia dodges the punch combination from MeOff.
Some wild striking there from Naia.

MeOff instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack MeOff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cemian Naia's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Naia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
MeOff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Naia slips under a jab from MeOff.
Naia throws a right and a left that MeOff avoids nicely.
MeOff misses with an uppercut.
MeOff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Naia.
Naia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MeOff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from MeOff finds it's way through Naia's defenses.
Some wild striking there from Naia.
Naia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
MeOff lands with an uppercut that bounces Naia off the cage and back into rage.
Nice shot lands for MeOff.
MeOff is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
MeOff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naia misses with a wild combination.
Naia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters circle momentarily. MeOff darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Naia looks to land a combination but MeOff avoids it well.
MeOff lands with a cross.

MeOff fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Naia, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MeOff lands a hook to the side of the head.
MeOff misses with a body punch.
Naia blocking some punches.
MeOff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
MeOff misses with some punches.
MeOff tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
MeOff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Naia tries to circle away but MeOff has him pinned against the cage.
MeOff misses with a short punch on the inside.
MeOff throws a punch but it's blocked by Naia.
MeOff lands an elbow just above Naia 's eye.
Naia tries to circle away but MeOff has him pinned against the cage.
MeOff keeps control of Naia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
MeOff has Naia pressed against the cage, preventing Naia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Naia blocks an uppercut.
MeOff throws an elbow but it misses.

Naia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MeOff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Naia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
MeOff tries to close the distance and clinch but Naia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Naia in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A punch combination from Naia misses.
Naia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jack MeOff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Naia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MeOff circles away quickly and effectively.
MeOff dodges the punch combination from Naia.
Naia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
MeOff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Naia.
Naia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by MeOff.
Naia throws a nice looking combination but MeOff bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
MeOff with a hook.
Naia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

MeOff rushes Naia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Naia blocks an elbow strike from MeOff.
Naia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Naia breaks from the clinch.

MeOff clinches.
Naia takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Naia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Naia tries to break free but MeOff pushes him back against the cage.
Naia blocks the elbow strike.
Naia can't break the clinch.
MeOff throws a head punch that misses.
Naia avoids the elbow strike from MeOff, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, MeOff throws an elbow but misses.
MeOff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Naia avoids it.
MeOff lands a nice elbow.
Naia dodges an elbow strike from MeOff.
Naia tries to break the clinch but MeOff is controlling the position.
MeOff throws a head punch that misses.
MeOff misses with a knee to the head.
MeOff lands with a right to the head.
Naia is trying to break free.
MeOff using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Naia breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nice shot lands for Naia.
Naia fails to land with a series of punches.

MeOff pushes Naia up against the cage in a clinch.
Naia is trying to break free.
MeOff with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
MeOff lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
MeOff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
MeOff looking to throw knees to the head but Naia is blocking nicely.
MeOff throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Naia blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from MeOff on the inside.
Naia is looking to break free of the clinch but MeOff has double underhooks.
MeOff with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
MeOff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Naia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
MeOff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
MeOff misses with an elbow strike.
MeOff keeps control of Naia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, MeOff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Naia's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Naia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack MeOff dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cemian Naia's cut.
That's time! MeOff's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

MeOff slips a jab and a cross from Naia.
Jack MeOff is winning the standup battle so far.
MeOff misses with an uppercut.
Naia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
MeOff lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
MeOff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

MeOff clinches up with Naia and pushes him back against the cage.
MeOff connects with a knee to the head.
MeOff swings wildly with an uppercut but Naia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naia tries to break the clinch but MeOff is controlling the position.
MeOff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Naia backwards.
Naia wants to get back to striking at distance but MeOff won't allow it.
MeOff scores with a nice hook to the head.
Naia is trying to break the clinch but MeOff has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MeOff lands a good knee to the midsection. Naia won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Naia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
MeOff looks to throw the jab but Naia is out of range.
MeOff throws the left hand but Naia avoids the punch easily.
Naia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Naia misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Naia throws a nice looking combination but MeOff bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
MeOff lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

MeOff clinches with his opponent.
Naia wants to get back to striking at distance but MeOff won't allow it.
MeOff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
MeOff lands on the inside with an uppercut.
MeOff lands an uppercut.
Naia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
MeOff pushes off an throws an elbow but Naia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
MeOff swings wildly with an uppercut but Naia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naia blocks an elbow strike.
MeOff scores with a shot to the side of Naia's head.
MeOff throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Naias head.
With the fighters up against the cage, MeOff throws an elbow but misses.

Naia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MeOff avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Naia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

MeOff closes the distance and clinches.
MeOff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Naia wants to get back to striking at distance but MeOff won't allow it.
MeOff tries to land a knee to the head but Naia blocks with his arms.
MeOff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Naia dodges an elbow strike from MeOff.
MeOff misses with some punches.
MeOff throws an elbow but it misses.
MeOff lands a nice elbow.
MeOff misses with some punches.
Naia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but MeOff has him pressed against the cage.
MeOff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Naia avoids it.
Naia blocks a body shot from MeOff.
With the fighters up against the cage, MeOff throws an elbow but misses.
MeOff lands a left hand.
MeOff with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MeOff throws an elbow but it misses.
MeOff comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
MeOff misses with the head strike.
MeOff using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
MeOff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
MeOff misses with an elbow strike.
MeOff presses Naia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, MeOff throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from MeOff.
Naia blocks an elbow strike from MeOff.
With the fighters up against the cage, MeOff throws an elbow but misses.
MeOff comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
MeOff swings wildly with an uppercut but Naia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naia blocks an elbow strike from MeOff.
Naia has had enough of the clinch but MeOff keeps him there for the moment.
MeOff connects with a nasty looking knee right to Naia's face.
MeOff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MeOff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Naia has had enough of the clinch but MeOff keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Naia.
Naia can't break the clinch.
MeOff lands an elbow inside that Naia shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for MeOff.

Naia manages to break the clinch.
Naia lands a jab.
MeOff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Naia.
Naia dodges the punch combination from MeOff.
A punch combination from Naia misses.
Naia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MeOff circles away quickly and effectively.
Naia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by MeOff.
Naia looks to land a combination but MeOff avoids it well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Naia throws a series of punches but MeOff avoids them all with ease.
Naia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
MeOff misses with a series of wild punches.
Cemian Naia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack MeOff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
MeOff moves in looking to clinch but Naia pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack MeOff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well MeOff 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack MeOff!