PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brayden Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikitka meyrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Hunter
vs
meyrovich

183 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brayden Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikitka meyrovich!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hunter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
meyrovich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
meyrovich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hunter!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
meyrovich with good strikes from the mount here!
meyrovich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hunter squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

meyrovich is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Hunter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
meyrovich shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hunter pinned against the cage. Hunter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

meyrovich shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hunter napping and manages to drive through into side control!

meyrovich decides to stand back up.
Hunter misses with a takedown attempt

and meyrovich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter is pressed up against the cage. meyrovich has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hunter down to the mat. Hunter avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

meyrovich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hunter's guard.
meyrovich being controlled here momentarily.
Hunter looking to hit a scissor sweep but meyrovich is one step ahead there.
meyrovich trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
meyrovich passes easily into side control. Nice work.
meyrovich tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
meyrovich looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
meyrovich lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hunter is trying to get back to half guard.
Hunter manages to work his way to half guard, despite meyrovich's best efforts.
Hunter is looking to improve his position.
meyrovich controlling the action here.
meyrovich seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hunter does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter wants to control but meyrovich is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
meyrovich wants to pass to mount but Hunter is defending the position.
Hunter is looking for a sweep. meyrovich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hunter is trying to maintain the position but meyrovich is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hunter throws a sloppy head kick and meyrovich moves out of range easily.
Hunter with a lazy takedown attempt

and meyrovich counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by meyrovich.
meyrovich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hunter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
meyrovich is pressed up against the cage. Hunter has hold of a leg and is looking to drag meyrovich down to the mat. meyrovich avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brayden Hunter. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hunter shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hunter showed some decent athleticism there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
meyrovich is looking for a sweep. Hunter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hunter is controlling the pace.
meyrovich wants to get back to his feet.
Hunter content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikitka meyrovich dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hunter closes the distance and pushes meyrovich back into the cage.

Hunter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hunter gets tackled into the cage by meyrovich. meyrovich maintains the clinch.
meyrovich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hunter just stands there and leans against the cage.
meyrovich tries to pull guard but Hunter holds him up against the cage and eventually meyrovich drops back down to his feet.

Hunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hunter gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and meyrovich counters with a nice body shot.
Hunter lands a jab to the nose.
Brayden Hunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and meyrovich counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
meyrovich tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Hunter counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Hunter postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Brayden Hunter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hunter is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down meyrovich's shoulder. That is not cool.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

meyrovich bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Hunter clinches up against the cage.

Hunter pulls guard.
meyrovich thows a big elbow that misses.
Hunter looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but meyrovich puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Hunter is defending against the submission attempts here by meyrovich.
Hunter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hunter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
meyrovich trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
meyrovich postures up.
meyrovich trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Hunter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
meyrovich won't allow Hunter to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter is trying to keep meyrovich in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Brayden Hunter just wasn't active enough.
meyrovich shoots in but Hunter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brayden Hunter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikitka meyrovich.

Hunter looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for meyrovich!

Hunter has control of meyrovich's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and meyrovich regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Hunter connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter tries to control but meyrovich wriggling away.
Hunter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hunter trying to control but meyrovich is having none of it.
meyrovich is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunter lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hunter landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brayden Hunter dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hunter scores a takedown into full mount!
meyrovich is in a horrible position here. Hunter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hunter landing punches.
meyrovich flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hunter tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hunter landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Hunter.
meyrovich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
meyrovich tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hunter trying to control but meyrovich is having none of it.
Hunter looking to finish meyrovich with some ground and pound. This is bad for meyrovich!
Hunter working away from the top, dropping strikes.
meyrovich is trying desperately to improve position.
Hunter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

meyrovich is rocked!
meyrovich takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
meyrovich is still in real trouble! Can Hunter finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked meyrovich badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Hunter around the waist but Hunter pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Hunter is the winner by TKO! Hunter jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brayden Hunter!