PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert Ficarella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guus Meeuwis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ficarella comes to the cage accompanied by Helden by Apocolyptica. Guus Meeuwis acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ficarella
vs
Meeuwis

168 cm
21
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

167 cm
22
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Ficarella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Guus Meeuwis !
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ficarella misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meeuwis .
Ficarella throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meeuwis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ficarella wants to clinch.

Ficarella cracks Meeuwis with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ficarella has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Meeuwis to stand back up!
Ficarella pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meeuwis fails with the takedown.
A left lands for Ficarella.

Meeuwis is rocked!
Meeuwis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Ficarella.

Ficarella sends Meeuwis crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Ficarella is motioning to the referee to let Meeuwis up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Meeuwis is still on wobbly legs! Can Ficarella finish him?
Ficarella lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meeuwis circles away quickly and effectively.
Meeuwis moves out of range as Ficarella strikes.
Meeuwis seems to have recovered his senses.
Ficarella looks to land a combination but Meeuwis avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meeuwis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ficarella's half guard.
Meeuwis trying to pass the guard but Ficarella defending well.
Meeuwis controlling the action here.

Meeuwis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Meeuwis is pressing down on Ficarella's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ficarella is holding on for now.

Meeuwis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ficarella sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeuwis wants to free his trapped foot but Ficarella is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Meeuwis is looking for a kimura here.
Meeuwis wants to pass to mount but Ficarella is defending the position.

Meeuwis seems to be working for a kimura but Ficarella defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meeuwis is trying to control. Ficarella wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Meeuwis wants to free his trapped foot but Ficarella is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Meeuwis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Meeuwis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ficarella defends it well.
Meeuwis is pressing down on Ficarella's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ficarella is holding on for now.

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.

Meeuwis seems to be looking for submissions.
Meeuwis is trying to control. Ficarella wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Ficarella is defending against the submission attempts here by Meeuwis .
Meeuwis looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Meeuwis is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ficarella has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Ficarella dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Meeuwis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ficarella prevents Meeuwis from taking his back.

Meeuwis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Ficarella prevents Meeuwis from taking his back.
Meeuwis controlling the position easily from mount.
Meeuwis 's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ficarella is trying to escape the mount but Meeuwis keeps good control and instead manages to take Ficarella's back.

Meeuwis looking for the choke but no joy.
Well, with Meeuwis on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Ficarella is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

Ficarella defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Meeuwis 's arms.

Ficarella is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeuwis is looking to control Ficarella but Ficarella is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Meeuwis has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Ficarella's body.
Ficarella staying busy and making it hard for Meeuwis to control.
Meeuwis controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Meeuwis is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Ficarella taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Meeuwis .

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Guus Meeuwis !