PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Gans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meyers comes to the ring accompanied by Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Meyers
vs
Gans

181 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
195 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Project Mayhem

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 Los Angeles, Travis Meyers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikey Gans!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Topper Green and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyers misses with a lunging right hand
and Gans counters with a nice body kick.
Meyers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Meyers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gans moves away from the strike by Meyers.
Meyers throws a poor cross that misses
and Gans finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Travis Meyers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meyers lands with an overhand left.
Meyers takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyers misses with a hook
and Gans counters with a nice uppercut.
Meyers takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gans moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Meyers rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Meyers swings widly with a right hand
enabling Gans to counter with a crisp jab.
Meyers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gans connects with a leg kick. Meyers looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Meyers looks to land a left hand but Gans moved out of range nicely.
Gans throws a jab but it's blocked by Meyers.
Meyers throws a hook but Gans blocks it.
Meyers misses with a straight right.
Meyers is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gans lands a jab to the nose.
Gans misses with an uppercut. Meyers saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meyers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Meyers misses.
Decent striking displayed by Meyers there.
Gans connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Meyers's hands.
Gans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyers manages to avoid it.
Gans steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meyers.
Meyers missing with a left hand there. Gans was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gans waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meyers.
Gans throws a hook but Meyers blocks it.
Gans has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Meyers misses with an uppercut. Gans saw that one coming.
Gans misses with a looping left.
Gans thumps Meyers with a low kick.
Meyers throws a big shot that misses.
Gans moves away from the strike by Meyers.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gans.
Meyers takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Meyers misses its intended target.
Meyers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gans moves away from the strike by Meyers.
A jab from Meyers misses.
A swing and a miss from Meyers.
Gans misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Gans.
Meyers looks to throw the jab but Gans is out of range.
Gans walks into a jab.
Gans smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Meyers blocks a jab.
Meyers throws an off balance right hand
and Gans counters with a slapping leg kick.
Meyers throws a jab when Gans was well out of range.
Gans fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gans lands a nice looking kick to the body. Meyers takes a step back to recover.
Gans tries a head kick but it misses.
Meyers missing with a left hand there. Gans was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meyers blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers throws a jab when Gans was well out of range.
Meyers keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Meyers throws a shot from downtown. Gans moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Gans.
Jab, jab by Gans - just one landing.
Meyers slips a jab from Gans.
Gans lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Meyers throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Meyers lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meyers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gans throws a shot from downtown. Meyers moves away and avoids it.
Gans cracks the inside of Meyers's front leg.
Meyers throws a big shot that misses.
Meyers jabs Gans right on the nose. Gans blinks but takes it well.
Gans connects with a right hand. Meyers shakes it off.
Gans throws a lazy right hand but Meyers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gans misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut there from Meyers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gans misses with a looping left.
Meyers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Meyers there as he acknowledges the shot.
Meyers loads up on a big right hand but Gans slips the punch.
Gans misses with a hook.

Meyers lands a big uppercut and Gans crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Gans looks OK. Meyers waves Gans back to his feet!

Gans is rocked!

It looks like Mikey Gans has been cut.
Meyers throws a shot from downtown. Gans moves away and avoids it.
Gans is still on wobbly legs! Can Meyers finish him?
Gans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meyers looks to throw the jab but Gans is out of range.
Gans moves out of range of the strikes.
Gans seems to have recovered his senses.
A big right from Meyers misses.
Meyers throws a lazy uppercut
and Gans counters with a straight right hand.
Meyers moves forwards but Gans connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gans scores with a nice head shot.
Gans slips under a jab from Meyers.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gans dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Meyers. That did some damage!
Gans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gans slips under a jab.
Meyers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Meyers slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Travis Meyers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mikey Gans's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Meyers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meyers walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jab, jab by Gans - just one landing.
A slow jab from Meyers misses its intended target.
Gans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Meyers slips a jab from Gans.
Gans throws a hook but Meyers blocks it.
Gans lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meyers's sensitive parts.
Gans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyers.
Meyers misses with a left hand
and Gans counters with a straight right hand.
Meyers misses with a hook
and Gans counters with a stiff right hand.
Meyers looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gans slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Gans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gans.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gans scores with a punch to the head.
Meyers misses the jab.
Gans's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Meyers connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gans scrambles back to his feet.
Meyers loads up on a big right hand but Gans slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers misses with a lunging right hand
and Gans counters with an inside leg kick.
Travis Meyers is winning the standup battle so far.
Gans misses with a hook. Meyers ducked under it nicely.
Meyers is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Gans's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Meyers feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ganss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Meyers misses with a looping left.
Gans with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big right from Gans misses.
Gans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Meyers staying out of range there.
Gans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meyers throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gans counters with a stiff right hand.
Meyers dips to his left and cracks Gans with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gans.
Meyers throws a lazy uppercut
letting Gans counter with a right hand.
Meyers throws an off balance right hand
enabling Gans to counter with a crisp jab.
Meyers misses with a hook
and Gans counters with a straight right hand.
Gans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers slips a jab from Gans.
Gans pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A swing and a miss from Meyers.
A jab from Gans misses.
Gans throws a head kick that half lands.
Meyers staying out of range there.
Meyers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gans. Gans obviously looking to wear him down.
Gans takes one on the button.
Gans pushes Meyers away with a front kick.
Meyers cracks Gans with a good jab.
Meyers connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gans momentarily.
Meyers misses with a left hand
and Gans counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Meyers throws an overhand right that lands on Gans's shoulder, as Gans tries to avoid the shot.
Gans misses the jab.
Meyers throws a poor cross that misses
letting Gans counter with a right hand.
Meyers looks to land a left hand but Gans moved out of range nicely.
Gans uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meyers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers throws an off balance right hand
and Gans counters with a nice uppercut.
Meyers connects with the punch.
Meyers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meyers misses with an uppercut
and Gans counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gans throws out a loose jab but Meyers uses good head movement to avoid it.

Meyers lands a big uppercut and Gans crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Gans looks OK. Meyers waves Gans back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyers throws an off balance right hand
and Gans counters with a low kick, right behind Meyers 's knee.
Meyers rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gans counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gans throws a big shot that misses.
Meyers throws an off balance right hand
and Gans counters with a thumping low kick.
Meyers throws a lazy uppercut
and Gans counters with a stiff right hand.
Gans lands with a kick to the ribs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gans darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Meyers slips under a jab.
Gans bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Meyers's head backwards.
Good exchange - Gans coming out on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meyers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab from Gans.
Gans throws a sloppy head kick and Meyers moves out of range easily.
Gans uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meyers.
Meyers staying out of range there.
Gans moves out of range as Meyers strikes.
Gans looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gans is looking to chop away at Meyers's legs.
Gans slips under a jab.
Meyers slips a jab from Gans.
Gans lands a jab to Meyers's midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyers rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gans counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Meyers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Meyers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice jab there from Meyers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Travis Meyers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mikey Gans's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Meyers ducks under a wild hook from Gans.
Meyers will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gans connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Meyers misses with a left hand
and Gans counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Meyers throws a lazy right hand but Gans sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gans is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Meyers misses with an uppercut. Gans saw that one coming.
Gans throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gans slips a straight right by Meyers.
Gans connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Meyers walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gans.
Meyers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gans with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meyers to score with a decent uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gans fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Meyers has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Meyers throws out the jab.
Gans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meyers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meyers.
Nice body kick from Gans.
Meyers throws a hook but Gans avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Gans.
Meyers misses with an uppercut. Gans saw that one coming.
A jab from Meyers finds it's way through Gans's defenses.
Gans feints and then cracks Meyers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Meyers down.
Gans cracks the inside of Meyers's front leg.
Meyers throws a lazy uppercut
and Gans counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gans lunges at Meyers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Meyers's hand.
Meyers misses with a looping right.
Gans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gans throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Meyers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gans getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Meyers moves out of range of the strikes.
Mikey Gans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers throws a hook but Gans blocks it.
Gans throws out a powerful jab.
Meyers throws a hook but Gans avoids it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gans!
Meyers throws a big shot that misses.
Meyers looks to land a right hand but Gans moved out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Gans in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Meyers moves away from the strike by Gans.
Gans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gans goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Meyers misses with an uppercut.
Meyers blocks a head kick by Gans.
Gans turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Meyers scores with a hook.
Gans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Meyers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gans.
Meyers throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gans counters with a nice kick to the body.
Travis Meyers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gans slips under a jab from Meyers.
Meyers works the jab nicely.
Meyers throws a looping overhand right but Gans ducks down to avoid it.
Gans slips a straight right by Meyers.
Gans uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meyers.
Gans slips under a jab.
Meyers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gans.
Meyers misses with a hook.
Meyers misses with a hook.
Gans throws a hook but Meyers blocks it.
Gans lands with a thumping leg kick.
Meyers lands a lovely overhand right.
Meyers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Meyers misses with a left hand
and Gans counters with a stiff right hand.
Gans connects with a leg kick. Meyers looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Meyers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers swings widly with a right hand
and Gans counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gans slips a jab from Meyers.
A big left from Gans misses.
A big left from Meyers misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Gans misses the target.
Meyers slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gans takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gans slips a jab from Meyers.
Gans throws a hook but Meyers avoids it easily.
Meyers checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gans slips under a jab.
Meyers takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot by Meyers.
Gans takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gans throws a push kick but Meyers slaps the foot to one side.
Meyers throws an overhand right that lands on Gans's shoulder, as Gans tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mikey Gans.
Well Meyers 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 29:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Meyers!
Travis Meyers decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.