PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Long Mejia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alphaa Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alphaa Dog has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mejia
vs
Dog

195 cm
25
346 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Long Mejia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alphaa Dog!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mejia moves forwards but Dog connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dog scores with a one two! Mejia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dog throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mejia moves into the clinch.
Dog lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mejia backwards.
Dog lands a shoulder strike.

Mejia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mejia really is a fat lump.
Mejia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alphaa Dog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mejia looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dog lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dog catches Mejia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dog throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dog looks to land a combination but Mejia avoids it well.
A low kick from Dog is predictable there

and Mejia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dog blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mejia has Dog pressed against the cage, preventing Dog from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Dog.
Dog is looking to break free of the clinch but Mejia has double underhooks.
Mejia working aggressively here.
Mejia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mejia blocking some punches.
Dog lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mejia backwards.
Dog lands with a left to the head.
Dog scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dog is trying to push Mejia away but Mejia has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dog working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dog working aggressively here.
Dog misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Dog fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dog creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mejia with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog is looking to break free of the clinch but Mejia has double underhooks.
Dog is trying to break the clinch but Mejia is controlling him.
Dog is trying to push Mejia away but Mejia has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mejia misses with the head strike.
Dog looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dog is trying to break the clinch but Mejia has him pressed against the cage.
Dog is trying to force a seperation but Mejia has the dominant position.
Dog working aggressively here.
Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dog wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Mejia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dog lands with a right to the head.
Dog blocks an elbow strike from Mejia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog is trying to force a seperation but Mejia has the dominant position.
Dog is trying to break the clinch but Mejia is controlling him.
Mejia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dog lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dog fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Dog.

Mejia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dog has Mejia up against the cage in a clinch.
Dog can't break the clinch.
Dog wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mejia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mejia blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dog as Mejia tries to tie him up.
Dog wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Mejia.

Mejia breaks from the clinch.

Dog gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dog is trying to break the clinch but Mejia has him pressed against the cage.

Mejia breaks from the clinch.
Dog lands a jab-cross combination.
Dog lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mejia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mejia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dog scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Dog changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mejia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Mejia manages to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mejia gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alphaa Dog dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Long Mejia's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dog misses with a double jab.
Dog moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dog is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dog is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dog throws a series of punches but Mejia moves out of range.
Mejia gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dog throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mejia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dog tries to break free but Mejia pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Mejia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog is trying to break free.
Dog misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dog is trying to break the clinch but Mejia is controlling him.
Dog tries to circle away but Mejia has him pinned against the cage.
Dog swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mejia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dog is trying to force a seperation but Mejia has the dominant position.
Dog tries to break free but Mejia pushes him back against the cage.
Dog looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Dog's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dog scores with a shoulder strike.
Dog lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mejia backwards.
Alphaa Dog seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dog is trying to break the clinch but Mejia is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Mejia.
Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dog has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mejia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dog tries to circle away but Mejia has him pinned against the cage.
Dog blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dog is trying to break the clinch but Mejia is controlling him.
Dog can't break the clinch.
A short right from Dog.
Mejia wants a takedown but no success here.
Dog wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mejia has him pressed against the cage.
Dog lands with a short shot to the head.
Mejia takes a shot to the head.
Dog can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mejia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dog.
Dog wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dog scores with a shoulder strike.
Dog wants to get back to striking at distance but Mejia won't allow it.
Mejia lands an elbow just above Dog 's eye.

It looks like Alphaa Dog has been cut.
Dog misses with a punch on the inside.

Mejia manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Dog, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dog fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mejia takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dog is breathing heavily.
Dog misses with the combination.
Dog cracks Mejia with a good jab.
Dog fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mejia looks for a takedown but Dog sprawls well.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Dog. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Mejia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dog.
Dog looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dog throws a right hand that Mejia ducks under and follows up with a left that Mejia also avoids with ease.

Mejia darts in and clinches Dog up against the cage.
Dog lands a shoulder strike.
Mejia swings wildly with an uppercut but Dog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mejia.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dog working hard to break the clinch.
Dog swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alphaa Dog showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dog is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Donk. Dog catches Mejia right on the button with a cross.
Dog misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dog misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dog scores with a nice right hand.
Dog scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dog fails to land with a series of punches.
Dog throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dog fails to land with a series of punches.
Dog stalks Mejia and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mejia's face. Mejia staggers backwards, shaken.
Dog misses with a wild combination.
Dog tries to clinch but Mejia moves away

and Mejia moves into the clinch.
Dog lands an uppercut.
Dog takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dog lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mejia displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dog up against the cage.
Dog wants to get back to striking at distance but Mejia won't allow it.
Mejia keeps control of Dog as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dog wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mejia breaks the clinch.
Dog looks to land a combination but Mejia avoids it well.
Dog feints a jab promting Mejia to slip. Dog then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mejia slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dog swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dog misses with a double jab.
Dog tries to clinch but Mejia is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mejia.
Dog tries to bum rush Mejia with a series of wild strikes but Mejia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Dog darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mejia is pressing down on Dog's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Mejia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mejia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dog's guard.
Mejia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dog is looking to stand back up but Mejia counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dog.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog is trying to stand up here but Mejia is controlling him well.
Mejia is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dog avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mejia.
Mejia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dog defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mejia prevents Dog from standing back up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mejia in particular looking to stall.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Dog gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Mejia's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dog tries to stand but Mejia is controlling his head.
Mejia sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dog really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mejia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mejia slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Long Mejia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dog must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Dog avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alphaa Dog.
I've got Dog winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alphaa Dog!
Alphaa Dog decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.