PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rabesandratana Randreanaivo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randreanaivo has chosen Insane Clown Posse - Another Love Song as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Meyer
vs
Randreanaivo

188 cm
32
212 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

188 cm
27
216 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, John Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rabesandratana Randreanaivo!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Randreanaivo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Randreanaivo is trying to control the action in half guard but Meyer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Randreanaivo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Meyer actively working from the bottom here.
Ground and pound from Randreanaivo.
Meyer is looking to improve his position.
Randreanaivo throwing shots but Meyer is blocking nicely.
Randreanaivo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Randreanaivo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Randreanaivo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randreanaivo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randreanaivo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Meyer's head.
Randreanaivo trying to control from half guard but Meyer is working away.
Randreanaivo uses his free foot to push down on Meyer's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Meyer.
Randreanaivo landing punches.
Randreanaivo prevents Meyer from getting the reversal.
Randreanaivo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Let's hope that Randreanaivo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randreanaivo with shots to the head and body - Meyer looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyer is desperately trying to improve his position but Randreanaivo has a good base and remains in mount.

Randreanaivo wants to finish this one by submission but Meyer is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Randreanaivo.
Randreanaivo prevents Meyer from getting the reversal.
Randreanaivo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Randreanaivo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Meyer hang on?
Randreanaivo content just to control the position here.
Randreanaivo wants to control the pace but Meyer is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Randreanaivo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Meyer can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Meyer is wriggling around trying to escape.
Randreanaivo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Meyer is squirming around, avoiding Randreanaivo's attempts to control the action.
Randreanaivo prevents Meyer from getting the reversal.
Randreanaivo lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meyer is looking to improve his position but Randreanaivo isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randreanaivo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Randreanaivo looking for a guillotine from mount but Meyer is having none of it.
Meyer taking shots to the head.

Meyer is rocked!
Randreanaivo looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Meyer covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rabesandratana Randreanaivo!
Our winner, Rabesandratana Randreanaivo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.