PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faria comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stevie B - Spring Love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Lucas Faria has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hugo Meyer's chin.

Meyer
vs
Faria

178 cm
24
144 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
31
154 lbs
11 - 21 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Faria!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faria misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meyer walks into a left hand.
Faria looks to land a combination but Meyer avoids it well.
Faria misses with a series of wild punches.

Faria closes the distance and clinches.
Meyer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Meyer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Faria.

Faria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faria defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Meyer.
Faria lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Faria.
Faria has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Meyer is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Faria looks to land a combination but Meyer avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faria will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Faria looks winded!
Meyer avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meyer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Meyer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Faria avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
I was talking to Meyer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Faria stops a takedown attempt from Meyer.
Meyer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Faria smiles and moves away.
Lucas Faria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Faria misses with a few strikes there.
Faria circles away from the clinch attempt.
Faria misses with a jab, cross combination.
Faria swinging wildly here.

Meyer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Meyer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Meyer dodges the punch combination from Faria.
Meyer is trying hard to land a takedown here. Faria sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meyer fails to land the takedown.
Faria misses with a series of wild punches.
Faria scores with a nice right hand.
Faria closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Faria misses.

Meyer throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Faria was covering up waiting for the punch and Meyer finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Meyer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Faria is keeping the position for now.
Meyer trying to control the position from guard on top but Faria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meyer is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer wants to control from the top but Faria keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No joy there for Faria, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Faria dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Meyer blocks a head kick by Faria.

Faria clinches with his opponent.
Meyer tries to pull guard but Faria won't allow it.
Meyer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Faria avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Meyer is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Faria is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Faria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faria throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
Meyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Faria.
Meyer shoots in for a takedown but Faria shows good takedown defense.
Faria scoring well with a low kick there.
Meyer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Faria but Faria pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria throws a series of punches but Meyer avoids them all with ease.
Faria is breathing heavily.
Meyer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Faria.
Lucas Faria is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meyer shoots for a takedown but Faria saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Meyer darts in looking for a takedown but Faria gets double underhooks and turns Meyer into the cage.
Meyer tries to pull guard but Faria won't allow it.

Faria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faria misses with a double jab

and Meyer counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Faria gets underhooks to prevent Meyer's takedown attempt.
Faria is pressed up against the cage. Meyer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Faria down to the mat. Faria avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Faria misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faria tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hugo Meyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meyer dives in for a single leg takedown but Faria sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Faria manages to break the clinch.
Faria misses with a wild combination.
Meyer tries to clinch but Faria moves out of range.
Meyer shoots in but no luck this time.
Lucas Faria seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meyer misses with a low kick.
Faria slaps away a takedown attempt from Meyer, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Faria tries to bum rush Meyer with a series of wild strikes but Meyer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meyer looks for a takedown but Faria sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria misses with a few strikes there.
Faria misses with a double jab.
Meyer goes for a double leg but Faria avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Faria continues to drive forward.
Meyer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Meyer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Faria is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Meyer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Faria gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Faria stops a takedown attempt from Meyer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Faria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meyer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Faria misses with a double jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Faria!
Meyer dodges the punch combination from Faria.
Meyer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Faria swivels and escapes.
Faria connects with a high kick.
Faria scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Meyer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Faria showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Faria misses with a wild combination.

Meyer gets tackled into the cage by Faria. Faria maintains the clinch.
Meyer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Faria to keep the fight standing.
Faria has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Meyer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Faria prevents it.
Meyer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Faria avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Faria takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Faria gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Meyer struggles to land a body shot inside as Faria controls his hands.

Faria pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faria tries to bum rush Meyer with a series of wild strikes but Meyer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Faria has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Faria throws a left and a right that both miss
and Meyer counters with a three punch combo that has Faria backing up. Faria nods at Meyer to acknowledge the strikes.
Faria displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Meyer.
Faria misses with the combination.

Meyer closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Faria quickly recovers to half guard.
Lucas Faria is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is trying to control the action in half guard but Faria is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Faria is looking to escape.
Meyer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Faria does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Meyer is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Meyer is working for a submission of some sort.
Meyer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Faria keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Meyer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Faria sees it coming and defends easily.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Faria throws a right and a left that Meyer avoids nicely.
Faria displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Meyer.
Faria leaves Meyer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A left and a right from Faria both land. Nice combination.
Faria's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Faria duly obliges.
Meyer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Meyer is defended easily by Faria.
Faria keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Faria throws a series of punches but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Faria avoids it really well and circles away.
Hugo Meyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Faria throws a head kick that Meyer semi-blocks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Faria comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Faria 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 26:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Faria!
Our winner, Lucas Faria, 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.