PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Max Mega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pai Mei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mega might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black and Yellow. Max Mega has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mega
vs
Mei

168 cm
29
155 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

179 cm
32
160 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Mega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pai Mei!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mega misses with the combination.
Mei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mega goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mega.
Mega avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mega lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mei backs up against the cage.
A combination from Mei does no damage.
Mei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mega.
Mega lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mega shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mei pinned against the cage. Mei gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mei takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mega throws a combination. Mei tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mega swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mega keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from Mei.
Mega throws a right hand that Mei ducks under and follows up with a left that Mei also avoids with ease.
Mega avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mega keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mei.
Mei closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mega shoots and misses
and Mei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mei tries a head kick but it misses.
Mei misses with a series of wild punches.
Mei misses the body punch
and Mega counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pai Mei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Mega. Those never looked like landing.
Mega misses with a few strikes there.
Mega throws a combination. Mei tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mei misses with a two punch combination.
Mega is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mei will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mei has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mei misses the shot to the body.
Mei walks into a left hand.
Mega will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Mega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mei tries to bum rush Mega with a series of wild strikes but Mega uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mei scores with a jab to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mei.

Mega looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mei!
Mega looking to finish with strikes here!
Mega throws a strike there. Mei manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Mega sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mei defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mega looks to land a strike but Mei avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mega sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mei's guard.
Ground and pound from Mega.
Mega looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mega scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mega is trying to control the action in half guard but Mei is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mega thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mei's head.

Mega is working for a kimura but Mei is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mega looks to land a strike but Mei avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mega wants to control from the top but Mei keeps moving.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mega has gone for a leg lock! Mei slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mega's guard.
Mega doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Mega dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Some wild striking there from Mega.
Good standup being displayed there by Mei as he connects with a hook.
Mei lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mega takes a step back to recover.
Mei has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mega throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mei counters with a thumping low kick.
Mega tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mei swivels and escapes.
Max Mega is winning the standup battle so far.
Mega shoots in but Mei avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mega misses with a series of wild punches.
Mei dodges the punch combination from Mega.
Mega connects with a single shot there.
Mega tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mei swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Mega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mega looks to score with a jab to the body but Mei is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mega wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mega misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mei slips a jab and a cross from Mega.
A left and a right from Mei both land. Nice combination.
Mega uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mei has time to react.
No joy there for Mei, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mei throws a head kick that misses.
Mei throws a low kick but Mega moves out of range easily.
Mei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mega is out of range.
Mega looks to land a combination. Mei sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mei looks to land a combination. Mega sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mega throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mei.
Mei throws a right and a left that Mega avoids nicely.

Mega shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mega was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mega throwing strikes but Mei recovers to half guard. A much better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mega is working for a kimura here but Mei manages to reverse the position and he's now in Mega's guard.
Mei has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mega is proving hard to escape from.

Mei gets to his feet - Mega follows without any prompting.
Mega showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mei.
Mei rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mega moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mei slips a jab and a cross from Mega.
Some wild striking there from Mega.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mei thows a body kick. Mega tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mega lands with a hook. Mei tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mei throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mega.
Mega closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mega moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mei throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mega counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice combination there by Mega.
Mega fails to land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mega.
Mega falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mei counters with a nice uppercut.
Mei throws a right hand that Mega ducks under and follows up with a left that Mega also avoids with ease.
Mega takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mega moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mega works the jab nicely.
Mega lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mega lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mei circles away quickly and effectively.
Mega works over Mei's head and body with a nice combination.
Mei displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mega uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mega's corner calls for a 1-2. Mega obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mei tries to score with a low kick but Mega moves his leg out of the way.
Mega throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mei has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mega throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Mega shoots in and bounces Mei off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mega missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Mega dominated that second round.
That's time! Mega's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mega lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mei at a distance.
Mei attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mega throws a combination. Mei tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mega misses with a double jab.
Mega scores with a jab.
Mei will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mega misses with a series of wild punches.
Mei fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Mei does no damage.
Mega scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mega throws a series of strikes that have Mei backpedaling.
Mei takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mega throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mega scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mega throws a combination. Mei tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mega throws a right hand that Mei ducks under and follows up with a left that Mei also avoids with ease.
Mei throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mega throws a jab when Mei was well out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Mei.

Mega manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Mei on his heels. He'll look to pass Mei's guard now, I'm sure.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mega throws a strike but Mei rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mega wants to get back to his feet but Mei passes into half guard.

Mega has one foot on Mei's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Mei.
Mei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Mega lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mei doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mega looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Max Mega is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left lands for Mega.
Mei throws a series of punches but Mega moves out of range.
Mei misses with a double jab.
Mei takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mei walks into a stiff left hand from Mega.
Mega showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mei.
Mega fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mega throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mega shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mega was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mega throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Mega looking to finish with strikes here!
Mei wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mega.
Mega raining down hammerfists from mount.
Mega connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mega misses with some ground and pound and Mei recovers position to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mega is looking to stall here but Mei recovers full guard.
Mei working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mega.
Max Mega is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mega content to stall in guard here.
Mega seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mei for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Mega showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mega 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Mega!
A victorious Max Mega thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.