PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cauliflower Ears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patricio Meireles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ears
vs
Meireles

160 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cauliflower Ears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patricio Meireles!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meireles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Meireles lands a head kick. Ears smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Meireles throws a sloppy head kick and Ears moves out of range easily.

Ears drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ears wants to pass the guard but Meireles is keeping the position.
Meireles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ears could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ears controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ears has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ears is standing up over Meireles. Meireles looks to escape but Ears dives into side control.
Ears taking a breather here.
Meireles wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Meireles trying to remain calm as Ears controls from the top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cauliflower Ears.
Ears fails with a takedown attempt.
Ears fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Meireles avoids it really well and circles away.
Meireles displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ears.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cauliflower Ears. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meireles throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ears fails with the takedown.
Ears is breathing heavily.
Ears fails to land the takedown.
Meireles throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ears.
Meireles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ears fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Meireles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Ears or perhaps it was just good defense by Meireles which made him look bad.
Meireles goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Meireles lands a high kick!
Meireles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meireles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ears shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Meireles plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Meireles dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ears shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Meireles pinned against the cage. Meireles gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ears shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meireles sprawls well. Meireles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ears gets slowly back to his feet.
Meireles plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from Meireles lands but Ears takes it in his stride.
Meireles throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ears changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Meireles tries to avoid it but Ears manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Meireles to the ground. Meireles escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cauliflower Ears. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meireles throws a head kick that half lands.
Ears takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ears fails with a takedown attempt.
Meireles lands a head kick!
Meireles stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Meireles wants it to stay on the feet.
Meireles leaves Ears with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Meireles throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ears's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meireles throws a head kick that half lands.
Ears shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Meireles lands a head kick!
Ears tries to score a power double leg takedown but Meireles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ears somewhat.
Patricio Meireles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ears fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ears takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Meireles throws a nice head kick!
Ears fails to land the takedown.
Ears shoots in for a takedown but Meireles shows good takedown defense.
Ears takes a kick to the side of the head.

Ears scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Meireles wants to sweep but Ears has passed to side control!
Ears taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Meireles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ears shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Meireles as he jumps to the side.
Ears shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meireles but Meireles pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ears shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meireles sprawls well. Meireles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ears gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cauliflower Ears. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meireles goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meireles throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ears.
Ears blocks a head kick by Meireles.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ears blocks a head kick by Meireles.

Meireles gets caught flat footed, as Ears shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Meireles looking to control.
Meireles wants to sweep here but Ears controlling him for the moment.
Ears advances to half guard.
Ears slows the pace down in half guard.
Patricio Meireles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ears's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Meireles is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ears tries to pass the half guard into mount. Meireles knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ears is taking a breather. Meireles says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Meireles won't allow Ears to pass to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Still in half guard, Ears seems content to control.
Meireles is looking to get back to full guard here but Ears has managed to pass to side control instead.
Ears looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cauliflower Ears has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cauliflower Ears showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Meireles has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patricio Meireles!