PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Meredith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Menger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meredith comes to the cage accompanied by Four Kicks. Menger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by General Patton. 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!

Meredith
vs
Menger

180 cm
23
153 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

170 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Meredith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carl Menger!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Menger takes the fight into the clinch.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menger is defending well for now.
Menger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Meredith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Menger slows down the pace here.
Meredith misses with a knee strike.
Menger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Menger blocks an elbow strike.
Menger has Meredith pushed against the cage.
Menger lands a nice uppercut.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.
Meredith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Menger lands a nice uppercut.
Menger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menger digs a right hand underneath Meredith's ribcage. Meredith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Menger gets through Meredith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menger.
Menger has had enough of the clinch but Meredith keeps him there for the moment.
Menger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meredith misses with an elbow over the top.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menger is defending well for now.
Menger looking for a takedown.
Meredith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menger avoids it.
Menger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Menger blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Menger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Menger looking to stall.
Menger's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Menger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice right hand lands inside from Menger.
Menger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Menger avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menger is defending well for now.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.
Menger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Menger lands a nice uppercut.
Meredith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Menger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Merediths head.
Meredith keeps control of Menger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menger avoids it.
Menger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Menger gets through Meredith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Menger gets through Meredith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meredith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Menger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meredith backwards.
Menger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Meredith's defenses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Menger - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meredith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Menger stalling against the cage.
Meredith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Meredith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Menger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Menger lands an uppercut.
Menger lands a shoulder strike.

Menger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Menger scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Meredith ducks under a wild hook from Menger.
Meredith is looking to clinch.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Menger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Menger throws a jab when Meredith was well out of range.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Menger paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Menger clinches up against the cage.
Meredith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Menger tries to break the clinch but Meredith is controlling the position.
Menger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Menger is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Menger looks gassed!
Meredith looking to throw knees to the head but Menger is blocking nicely.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Menger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menger takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Carl Menger has been cut.

Menger manages to break the clinch.
Menger shoots in but Meredith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chris Meredith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Menger.

Meredith darts in and clinches Menger up against the cage.
Meredith looking to slow down the pace here.
Menger working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Menger.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Meredith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Menger's brow.
Meredith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Menger managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Menger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meredith tries to land knees in the clinch but Menger avoids the damage to the body.
Menger lands with a short shot to the head.
Meredith looking to throw knees to the head but Menger is blocking nicely.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.

Menger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Menger swats away the attempt to clinch by Meredith.

Menger has closed the distance and engaged Meredith in a clinch.

Menger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Menger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meredith tries to clinch there but Menger circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Menger has Meredith up against the cage in a clinch.
Menger scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Meredith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Menger blocks it with crossed arms.

Menger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meredith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meredith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meredith on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Menger swats away the attempt to clinch by Meredith.
Menger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meredith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Meredith closes the distance and pushes Menger back into the cage.

Menger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Menger scores with a jab to the jaw.

Menger closes the distance and pushes Meredith back into the cage.
Meredith misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meredith lands a shoulder strike.
Meredith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Menger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menger.
Menger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Meredith misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Menger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Menger's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Meredith tries to clinch up.
Menger stuffs the takedown.
Menger throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Meredith on the side of the head.
Menger connects with a solid leg kick.
Meredith tries to clinch but Menger is having none of it.
A big left from Menger misses.
Chris Meredith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meredith takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Menger misses with a straight left.
Meredith ducks right into an uppercut from Menger.

Menger drives through with a takedown into guard.
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.
Meredith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Meredith is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Menger pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meredith is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Menger stopping the sweep attempt from Meredith.

Menger has gone for a leg lock! Meredith slips out almost immediately though and dives into Menger's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menger keeping moving, preventing Meredith from controlling successfully.

Menger looking for a guillotine here but Meredith defends easily.
Meredith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Menger swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Menger has his foot on Meredith's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Meredith works his way back into a safe position though.
Meredith slips nicely into half guard.

Meredith wants to work for an arm triangle but Menger is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Menger wants to get back to full guard.
Meredith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Menger with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Menger wants to get back to full guard.
Meredith performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Menger is pressing down on Meredith's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Menger striking from his own guard.
Meredith stops Menger from standing up.
Meredith wants to control from the top but Menger keeps moving.
Meredith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Menger swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Menger is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Meredith defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menger wants to sweep but no luck.
Meredith trying to control the position from guard on top but Menger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Meredith's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Meredith scoring with some ground and pound.
Menger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Meredith lands a couple of elbows.
Meredith trying to control the position from guard on top but Menger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Menger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Meredith trying to control but Menger is working from the bottom.

Menger working for a triangle but Meredith defends it easily.
Meredith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Menger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Menger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Menger keeping moving, preventing Meredith from controlling successfully.

Menger looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Meredith trying to control the position from guard on top but Menger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Meredith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Menger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carl Menger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Meredith tries to clinch there but Menger circles away.
Meredith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Menger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meredith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Meredith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Meredith wants to clinch up but Menger keeps it at a distance.
Menger keeps the fight on the outside.
Menger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Meredith.
Menger throws an overhand right that lands on Meredith's shoulder, as Meredith tries to avoid the shot.
Meredith moves in looking to clinch but Menger pushes him off.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Menger.
Meredith wants to clinch.
Menger throws a hook but Meredith avoids it easily.
Menger might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meredith is looking to clinch but Menger is avoiding it.
Menger misses with a leg kick.
A left and a right from Menger both land. Nice combination.
Menger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Meredith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meredith fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Meredith with that takedown attempt.

Menger has Meredith up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Menger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meredith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Menger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meredith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Meredith gets a clinch.
Meredith connects with a knee to the head.
Menger is looking to break free of the clinch but Meredith has double underhooks.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menger is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Menger throws an elbow but misses.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menger avoids it.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menger.
Menger avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.

Menger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meredith slips a jab from Menger.
Menger tries to bum rush Meredith with a series of wild strikes but Meredith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Meredith takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Menger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Menger works on Meredith's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Menger.
Menger working aggressively here.
Menger takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Menger fails to land.
Meredith trying to stall but Menger improves his position.
Menger throws an elbow that misses.
Carl Menger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Meredith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Menger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menger is trying to break the clinch but Meredith has him pressed against the cage.
Menger lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Meredith backwards.
Meredith lands a good knee to the midsection. Menger won't want to take too many of those.
Meredith works on Menger's body with a couple of short punches.
Meredith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Menger misses with the head strike.
Menger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Meredith working Menger over with knees to the body.
Meredith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Menger is keeping busy.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menger.
Meredith lands a nice knee to the body.
Menger managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Menger avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Menger - that landed with a thud.
Meredith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Menger's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Meredith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Meredith as Menger tries to tie him up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Meredith.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menger.
Meredith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Menger managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Menger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Menger wants to get back to striking at distance but Meredith won't allow it.
Meredith cracks Menger with a nice body shot.
Menger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Menger effectively controlling the action here.
Menger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Menger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Menger is trying to break the clinch but Meredith is controlling him.
Menger is struggling to control the position.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Menger throws an elbow but it misses.
A short left from Menger.
Meredith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Menger's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Menger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meredith tries to land knees in the clinch but Menger avoids the damage to the body.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menger avoids it.
Menger lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Meredith.
Menger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Menger avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Menger taking a breather.
Menger can't find room to land a body shot as Meredith controls the action.
Meredith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menger is defending well for now.
Meredith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.
Meredith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Meredith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Menger lands an elbow inside that Meredith shrugs off.
Carl Menger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Menger trying to stall but Meredith improves his position.
Meredith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Menger lands a hook that snaps the head of Meredith backwards.
Chris Meredith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Menger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Meredith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Menger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meredith backwards.
Menger trying to stall but Meredith improves his position.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menger is defending well for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Meredith showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Menger 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carl Menger!