PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fenton Meeks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Hanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Hanes will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Meeks
vs
Hanes

194 cm
25
215 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

190 cm
23
209 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fenton Meeks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Hanes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meeks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Meeks misses.
Meeks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hanes's sensitive parts.
Meeks lands a nice shot that snaps Hanes's head back.
Hanes slips a jab and a cross from Meeks.
Hanes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Meeks counters by moving into the clinch.
Meeks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hanes.
Meeks tries a body shot but Hanes blocks it.
Hanes is trying to break free.

Meeks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hanes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hanes swats away the attempt to clinch by Meeks.
Hanes slips a jab and a cross from Meeks.
Hanes throws a nice looking combination but Meeks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hanes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Meeks holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Meeks lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanes wants to get back to striking at distance but Meeks won't allow it.

Meeks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meeks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice uppercut there from Meeks.
Hanes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hanes throws a right and a left that Meeks avoids nicely.
Meeks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeks misses the shot to the body.
Hanes looks to land a combination but Meeks avoids it well.
Meeks throws a big shot that misses.
Meeks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meeks wants to clinch up but Hanes keeps it at a distance.
Meeks wants to clinch up but Hanes keeps it at a distance.
Meeks avoids the head kick by Hanes.
Hanes throws a right and a left that Meeks avoids nicely.
A nice combination there by Hanes.
Hanes walks into a left hand.
Meeks tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meeks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanes ducks under a wild hook from Meeks.
Meeks wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Meeks just misses with a punch to the body.
Hanes slips a jab and a cross from Meeks.
A punch combination from Hanes misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks wants to clinch up but Hanes keeps it at a distance.
Hanes looks to land a combination. Meeks sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Meeks throws a hook but Hanes avoids it easily.
Meeks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hanes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meeks circles away quickly and effectively.
Hanes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Meeks.
Hanes connects with a jab.
Hanes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meeks tries to clinch but Hanes moves out of range.
Hanes throws a series of punches but Meeks avoids them all with ease.
Meeks tries a low kick but Hanes avoids it.
Meeks tries to score with a low kick but Hanes moves his leg out of the way.
Meeks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hanes throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Meeks to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Meeks tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanes throws a combination. Meeks tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hanes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meeks.
Meeks misses with a two punch combination.
Meeks is breathing heavily.
Hanes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meeks.
Meeks tries to clinch there but Hanes circles away.
Hanes swinging wildly here.
Hanes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hanes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hanes scores with a jab. Meeks acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hanes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hanes throws a series of punches but Meeks avoids them all with ease.
Meeks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hanes.
A combination from Hanes does no damage.
Meeks throws a combination that misses
and Hanes counters with a one-two to the body.
Hanes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Meeks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hanes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Meeks holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Meeks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hanes.
Hanes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meeks has Hanes pressed against the cage, preventing Hanes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Meeks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meeks is looking to clinch but Hanes is avoiding it.
Meeks misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Hanes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hanes.
Hanes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

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

Hanes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Meeks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hanes counters with a series of strikes. Meeks will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hanes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hanes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hanes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meeks circles away quickly and effectively.
Meeks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meeks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Meeks dodges the punch combination from Hanes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fenton Meeks dominated that round.
That's time! Meeks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Meeks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanes staying out of range there.

Meeks gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hanes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meeks keeps control of Hanes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Meeks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hanes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Meeks counters with a series of strikes. Hanes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Meeks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hanes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hanes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meeks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meeks tries to clinch up.
Hanes scores with a hook to the body. Meeks takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hanes throws a nice looking combination but Meeks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hanes stalks Meeks and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Meeks's face. Meeks staggers backwards, shaken.
Hanes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meeks has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hanes scores with a nice strike.
Hanes lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanes lands a jab-cross combination.
Meeks fails with an attempt to clinch.

Meeks gets a clinch.

Hanes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hanes dodges the punch combination from Meeks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hanes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Meeks on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Meeks clinches but Hanes breaks the clinch
and Hanes counters with a series of strikes. Meeks will be more careful next time no doubt.
Meeks wants to clinch
and Hanes counters with a two punch combo.
Meeks looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hanes misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meeks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meeks takes one on the button.
Meeks tries to clinch up
and Meeks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanes circles away.
Hanes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, jab by Hanes - just one landing.
Hanes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hanes duly obliges.
A cross from Hanes lands.
Hanes throws a right and a left that Meeks avoids nicely.
Hanes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meeks tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hanes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hanes slips a straight right by Meeks.
Hanes misses with the combination.
Hanes scores with a one two! Meeks had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Hanes.
Meeks throws a nice looking combination but Hanes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Michael Hanes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meeks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meeks scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meeks stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hanes misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Meeks.
Meeks moves in looking to clinch but Hanes pushes him off.
Meeks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hanes!
Meeks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hanes.
Meeks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hanes.
Hanes throws a right hand that Meeks ducks under and follows up with a left that Meeks also avoids with ease.
Hanes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Meeks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hanes slips a straight right by Meeks.
Hanes throws a right hand that Meeks ducks under and follows up with a left that Meeks also avoids with ease.
Hanes scores with a one two! Meeks had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hanes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hanes misses with a double jab

and Meeks holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meeks stalling in the clinch but Hanes improves position.
Hanes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Meeks stalling in the clinch but Hanes improves position.
Still in the clinch, Hanes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hanes is looking to break free of the clinch but Meeks has double underhooks.
Hanes has had enough of the clinch but Meeks keeps him there for the moment.
Hanes working hard to break the clinch.
Hanes is trying to break the clinch but Meeks has him pressed against the cage.
Meeks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hanes.
Hanes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meeks backwards.

Hanes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meeks on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hanes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hanes duly obliges.
Hanes misses with a two punch combination.
Meeks motions for Hanes to come forward. Meeks throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hanes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meeks circles away quickly and effectively.
Hanes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Meeks looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanes scores with a one two! Meeks had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hanes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hanes throws a right and a left that Meeks avoids nicely.
Hanes misses with a few strikes there.
Hanes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Hanes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Meeks throws a series of punches but Hanes moves out of range.
Hanes cracks Meeks with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Meeks has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hanes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Meeks misses with a body shot
and Hanes counters with a stiff right hand.
Meeks looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanes is just out of range.
Hanes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meeks throws a combination that misses
and Hanes counters with a series of strikes. Meeks will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hanes tries to bum rush Meeks with a series of wild strikes but Meeks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hanes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meeks misses with a double jab
enabling Hanes to counter with a crisp jab.
Hanes throws a series of punches but Meeks moves out of range.
Meeks tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hanes counters with a right hand to the body.
Hanes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hanes throws a series of strikes that have Meeks backpedaling.

Meeks is rocked!
Hanes closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Meeks! Hanes dives in looking to finish! Meeks is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Hanes!