PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theodore Arsene Peroche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thijs Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Peroche might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Down with the sickness. 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.

Arsene Peroche
vs
Meyer

185 cm
25
240 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

186 cm
25
267 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Battalion Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Theodore Arsene Peroche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thijs Meyer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peroche looks to land a left hand but Meyer moved out of range nicely.
Meyer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Meyer has closed the distance and engaged Peroche in a clinch.
Meyer gets through Peroche's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meyer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peroche's elbow.
Meyer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peroche backwards.
Peroche takes a knee to the side of the body.
Meyer lands a nice shot to the body.
Peroche is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peroche with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meyer to score with a decent uppercut.
Meyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Peroche.

Meyer shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Meyer slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peroche is refusing to be controlled, as Meyer sits in half guard.
Meyer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Peroche is trying to control but can't.
Meyer wants to free his trapped foot but Peroche is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Meyer throwing shots but Peroche is blocking nicely.
Meyer trying to control the action but Peroche is working from the bottom.
Meyer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

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.
Meyer content to control rather than advance.
Meyer stalling away here and it's allowed Peroche to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Meyer prevents Peroche from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Peroche thows a body shot but no joy.
Peroche loads up on a big right hand but Meyer slips the punch.
Meyer punishes Peroche's body with a nice straight punch.
Peroche chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Meyer can pounce on him.
Peroche misses with a straight left.
Peroche doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Peroche takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A shot to de liver by Meyer. Beautiful body shot.
Meyer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Meyer.
Peroche takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Meyer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Meyer instigates a clinch.
Meyer cracks Peroche with a nice body shot.
Meyer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
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!

Meyer turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Meyer manages to end up in side control.
Meyer working the ground and pound but Peroche is defending the strikes.
Meyer misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Meyer trying to control the action but Peroche is working from the bottom.
Meyer landing strikes.
Meyer passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Peroche!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peroche holds on for dear life.
Meyer unloading with bombs!
Meyer dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Meyer.
Meyer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Peroche is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyer lands a big elbow.
Meyer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Peroche tries to lock up and control but Meyer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thijs Meyer dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Meyer throws a push kick but Peroche slaps the foot to one side.
Peroche looks to score with a jab to the body but Meyer is just out of range.

Meyer gets the takedown into side control.
Meyer working the strikes but Peroche uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Meyer wants to pass the guard but Peroche is defending well.
Meyer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Meyer is looking to pass Peroche's guard but actually Peroche recovers to full guard.
Peroche keeping moving, preventing Meyer from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer wants to pass the guard but Peroche is keeping the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Peroche misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Meyer counters with a takedown into side control.
Meyer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peroche keeps working.
Peroche is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Meyer off and has taken his back!
Meyer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Meyer biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is trying to break free.
Meyer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Peroche controlling the pace for now.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Meyer is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peroche can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Meyer is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thijs Meyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Peroche throws a hook but Meyer avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Meyer.
Peroche thows a left - swing and a miss!
Peroche misses with a wild body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Peroche as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Thijs Meyer has been cut.
Peroche looks to land a right hand but Meyer moved out of range.
Peroche misses the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Peroche 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Peroche just misses with a punch to the body.
Meyer avoids the body shot from Peroche.
Meyer scores with the left hand. Peroche knows he should have avoided that one.
Peroche misses with a body shot

and Meyer moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peroche tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Meyer smiles and moves away.
Thijs Meyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Meyer clinches with his opponent.
Meyer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meyer effectively controlling the action here.
Peroche tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Meyer is trying to trip Peroche. He has hold of a leg but Peroche is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Meyer persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer prevents Peroche from getting back to his feet.
Meyer thows a big elbow that misses.
Peroche pulls Meyer in to control the position.
Meyer trying to control but Peroche is working from the bottom.
Meyer looking to pass the guard.
Meyer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Meyer throwing strikes from guard but Peroche blocks nicely.
Meyer seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Theodore Arsene Peroche has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Meyer clinches.
Meyer stalling in the clinch.
Peroche fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Theodore Arsene Peroche. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meyer avoiding damage.
Meyer is working for takedown but Peroche is calmly controlling the position for now.

Meyer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peroche waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meyer.
A big right from Peroche misses.
Theodore Arsene Peroche seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Peroche takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Meyer scores with a takedown into Peroche's guard.
Peroche is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peroche utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Peroche keeping moving, preventing Meyer from controlling successfully.
Peroche wants to stand up but Meyer is controlling him.
Thijs Meyer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Peroche manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Meyer is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thijs Meyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Meyer 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thijs Meyer!