PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Meredith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meredith has chosen Four Kicks as his entrance music. Chris Meredith will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Santos
vs
Meredith

169 cm
30
145 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

180 cm
28
153 lbs
8 - 11 - 1

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gustavo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Meredith!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos dives in and grabs Meredith's left leg, looking for a takedown. Meredith pushes down on Santos's head and hops out.

Santos clinches up against the cage.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Meredith has Santos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Santos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Santos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Meredith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Meredith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith stalling the fight.

Meredith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Meredith closes the distance and clinches.
Santos avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Santos pressing his opponent against the cage.
Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustavo Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Meredith prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meredith lands a nice knee to the body.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith stalling the fight.

Santos pulls guard.
Meredith is stalling in the full guard.

Santos working for a triangle but Meredith defends it easily.
Meredith lands a couple of digs.
Meredith trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Meredith is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Meredith trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Meredith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chris Meredith was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Meredith wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Meredith moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Nice elbow from Meredith.
Meredith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Meredith lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meredith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Meredith fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Meredith drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Meredith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Meredith prevents a takedown attempt there.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Meredith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Meredith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Meredith.
Meredith lands a damaging elbow.
Meredith crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Meredith prevents the takedown attempt.
Meredith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Meredith lands an elbow inside.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Meredith tries to score a body lock takedown but Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Meredith manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meredith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Meredith pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Meredith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Meredith tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Gustavo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Meredith doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Meredith connects with a crisp jab.

Meredith darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Santos is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Meredith is defending well.
Meredith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Meredith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos shoots in but Meredith avoids the takedown attempt easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Meredith lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
Meredith misses with a knee strike.
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!

Santos jumps into guard, dragging Meredith to the mat.
Santos can't keep his opponent in guard - Meredith advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meredith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Meredith working Santos over with strikes.

Meredith is trying to work for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Meredith working over Santos with some ground and pound. Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Meredith is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Santos!
Santos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meredith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meredith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meredith landing strikes from the mount.
Meredith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santos can't escape the position.
Meredith cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Meredith controlling from the full mount.
Meredith landing strikes from the mount.
Meredith controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Meredith's attempts to control the action.
Meredith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Meredith is working for a guillotine from mount but Santos frees his head quite easily.
Chris Meredith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Meredith throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Meredith wants to control the pace but Santos is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meredith with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Santos working to try and regain half guard.
Meredith punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meredith controlling from mount.
Meredith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Santos looks a forlorn figure.

Santos is rocked!
Meredith breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Meredith scoring with strikes but Santos is staying in there.
Oh Santos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Meredith! Santos is hurt baaadly! Meredith is firing away with more strikes - Santos is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Meredith!
A victorious Chris Meredith thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.