PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Minamoto Yoritomo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Yoritomo
vs
Meyers

185 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minamoto Yoritomo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Meyers!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoritomo lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Meyers sprawling to the canvas. Yoritomo follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Meyers hang on?

Meyers is rocked!
Meyers is in trouble now - Yoritomo has advanced to mount!
Meyers is still in real trouble! Can Yoritomo finish him?
Yoritomo wants to stand but Meyers is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Meyers is trying to reverse the position but instead Yoritomo has taken his back - oops!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meyers prevents Yoritomo from getting a body triangle.
You can see the frustration on Meyers's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Yoritomo trying to control.
Meyers seems to have recovered his senses.
Yoritomo is not going to allow Meyers to sit and survive in this position.
Yoritomo is hanging on to Meyers's back as he tries to escape.
Meyers tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoritomo is looking to stand but Yoritomo has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Meyers is trying to reverse the position but instead Yoritomo has taken his back - oops!
Yoritomo struggling to keep hold of the position.
Yoritomo avoiding Meyers 's attempts to control his hands.
Meyers is in bad spot here.
Meyers breaks Yoritomo's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Meyers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Meyers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yoritomo throws a series of punches but Meyers avoids them all with ease.
Meyers avoids the head kick by Yoritomo.
Yoritomo misses with a wild combination.
Yoritomo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yoritomo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Meyers shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Meyers looks gassed!
Meyers thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Yoritomo really wants to buck Meyers off and get back to his feet.
Meyers with good strikes from the mount here!
Meyers thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Yoritomo wants to control but Meyers is having none of it.
Yoritomo tries to reverse the position but Meyers maintains control.
Yoritomo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
BOOM! Meyers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Yoritomo blocking the ground and pound.
Yoritomo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Meyers is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Meyers throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Yoritomo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Meyers.
Yoritomo tries to hold on but Meyers pushes him away.
Meyers throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Yoritomo tries to hold on but Meyers pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meyers misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Yoritomo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Meyers punching from mount but Yoritomo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Meyers landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Meyers misses with a head shot.
Meyers punching from mount but Yoritomo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Yoritomo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Meyers lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yoritomo hang on?
Meyers looking to finish Yoritomo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yoritomo!
Meyers in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Yoritomo is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Meyers throws a wild left hand from mount and Yoritomo manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Meyers thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Meyers throws a strike but Yoritomo avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Meyers throws and elbow that misses. Yoritomo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Meyers's guard. Nice move by Yoritomo!
Yoritomo wants to stand but Meyers is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Meyers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Yoritomo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A combination from Yoritomo does no damage.
A nice combination there by Yoritomo.
Yoritomo misses with a takedown

and Meyers counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Meyers.
Yoritomo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Meyers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yoritomo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Meyers stops Yoritomo from standing up.

Yoritomo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Meyers doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Meyers manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Meyers throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yoritomo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoritomo keeping moving, preventing Meyers from controlling successfully.
Yoritomo controls Meyers momentarily but Meyers frees himself.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Meyers drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Meyers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yoritomo sprawls well initially but Meyers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Meyers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yoritomo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yoritomo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Meyers is working away from the top position though.
Yoritomo is refusing to be controlled, as Meyers sits in half guard.
Meyers thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Meyers throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Meyers thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Yoritomo to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers scoring with punches to the head and body.

Meyers stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Yoritomo has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Meyers manages to get his head free but now Yoritomo has transitioned to an armbar! Meyers grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Yoritomo! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Minamoto Yoritomo!