PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cristopher Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Tko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Meyer
vs
Tko

225 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cristopher Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyler Tko!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Tko as Meyer shoots in.
Nice takedown defense from Tko. No joy for Meyer on that attempt.
Meyer dives in and grabs Tko's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tko pushes down on Meyer's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cristopher Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tko has Meyer up against the cage in a clinch.
Tko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Tko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Cristopher Meyer has been cut.
Meyer avoids the elbow strike from Tko, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tko fails to land.
Meyer drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tko pulls his leg out and moves away.
Meyer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Tko gets caught flat footed, as Meyer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Meyer throwing strikes from guard but Tko blocks nicely.

Meyer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Meyer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tko wants to stand but Meyer is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tko controls Meyer momentarily but Meyer frees himself.
Tko has control of Meyer's left arm, preventing Meyer from doing any damage.
Tko is looking to stand up but Meyer isn't so interested in that idea.
Tko trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tko wants to stand but Meyer is controlling the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tyler Tko was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Tko moves into range and clinches up with Meyer.
Tko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Tko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tko misses with an elbow strike.
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Tko.
Tko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tko avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Tko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Meyer can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Tko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cristopher Meyer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tko has Meyer up against the cage in a clinch.

Tko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tko gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Tko.
Tko lands an elbow inside.
Meyer wants to get back to striking at distance but Tko won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meyer.
Meyer tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Meyer is rocked!
Tko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meyer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Meyer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oh Meyer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tko working aggressively here.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tko has Meyer pressed against the cage. He pushes Meyer back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Tko throws a beautiful elbow that sends Meyer crashing to the floor! Tko piles on the pressure with more strikes! Meyer is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyler Tko!