PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Jussipe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Jussipe will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Meyer
vs
Jussipe

188 cm
30
212 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

187 cm
29
205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, John Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Jussipe!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Jussipe.
Meyer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jussipe pinned against the cage. Jussipe gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jussipe slaps away a takedown attempt from Meyer, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Meyer tries to clinch but Jussipe moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jussipe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jussipe stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meyer tries to clinch up
and Meyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer blocks a head kick by Jussipe.

Meyer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Meyer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jussipe backwards.

Jussipe pulls guard successfully.

Meyer is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Meyer drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Meyer seems to have locked his on tight now - Jussipe screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Meyer, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Meyer!