PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thulsa Doom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Meredith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meredith has chosen The Rolling Stones - Paint it, Black as his entrance music. Justin Meredith acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Doom
vs
Meredith

192 cm
27
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thulsa Doom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Meredith!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doom moves out of range as Meredith strikes.
Doom scores with a nice right hand.
Meredith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doom throws an overhand right that lands on Meredith's shoulder, as Meredith tries to avoid the shot.
Doom looks to score with a jab to the body but Meredith is just out of range.
Doom scores with a shot to the body.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch but Doom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Doom thows a body shot but no joy.
Doom looks to score with a jab to the body but Meredith is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom misses with a wild combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Meredith.
Nice cross by Doom.
Doom connects with a body shot.
Doom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thulsa Doom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Doom. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Meredith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Doom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Doom throws a body punch but Meredith moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meredith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doom scores with a jab to the head.
Doom uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meredith.
Thulsa Doom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom misses with a looping left.
Doom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doom lands a nice shot to the body.
Meredith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Doom misses the shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Doom.
Doom missing with a left hand there. Meredith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith slips a jab and a cross from Doom.
Doom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meredith was well out of range. Poor timing from Doom.
Doom is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Doom jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doom misses with a hook.
Doom darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Doom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meredith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thulsa Doom dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Meredith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doom throws a shot from downtown. Meredith moves away and avoids it.
Doom throws a nice looking combination but Meredith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meredith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doom throws the left hand but Meredith avoids the punch easily.
Meredith tries to clinch but Doom is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom throws a nice looking combination but Meredith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doom just misses with a punch to the body.
Doom misses with a series of wild punches.
Meredith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meredith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doom.
Thulsa Doom is winning the standup battle so far.
Doom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meredith manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meredith throws the left hand but Doom avoids the punch easily.
Meredith slips under a jab from Doom.
Doom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meredith moves away.
Meredith ducks under a wild hook from Doom.
Doom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meredith moves away.
Meredith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom throws a combination that misses
and Meredith counters with a straight right hand.
Nice jab there from Doom.
Doom scores with a hook to the body. Meredith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A decent looking cross lands there for Doom.
Doom lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Meredith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Doom lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Doom.
Doom connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Meredith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meredith swings widly with a right hand
and Doom counters with a stiff right hand.
Doom looks to throw the jab but Meredith is out of range.
Meredith tries to clinch up but Doom circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doom looks to score with a jab to the body but Meredith is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thulsa Doom dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Doom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doom throws an overhand right that lands on Meredith's shoulder, as Meredith tries to avoid the shot.
Doom lands a nice hook to Meredith's body. Meredith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Meredith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Meredith shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Doom but Doom pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Doom takes a swing at Meredith's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meredith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Meredith is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Meredith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doom throws a hook but Meredith avoids it easily.
Meredith moves out of range of the strikes.
Doom thows a body shot but no joy.
Meredith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Meredith avoids the body shot from Doom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom misses with a right hand
and Doom takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Doom misses with the combination.
Doom lands a nice hook to Meredith's body. Meredith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Meredith slips a jab from Doom.
Meredith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Meredith tries to clinch up but Doom circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Doom.
Doom lands a jab-cross combination.
Meredith misses with a straight right.
Doom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doom scores with a one two! Meredith had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Justin Meredith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meredith was well out of range. Poor timing from Doom.
Doom connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Meredith's hands.
Meredith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meredith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doom.
Meredith tries to clinch there but Doom circles away.
Doom slips under a jab.
Meredith misses with a takedown attempt - Doom sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thulsa Doom showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Doom has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thulsa Doom!