PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Garuda Meow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meow comes to the cage accompanied by Meow Mix Song | EDM Cat Remix. Palmer has chosen GSP - Not Impressed as his entrance music. The key to victory for Garuda Meow has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Meow
vs
Palmer

170 cm
19
160 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
28
170 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Bullet Proof System

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Garuda Meow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Palmer!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Palmer rushes Meow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Meow misses with a punch on the inside.
Palmer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Meow up against the cage.
Palmer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Palmer keeps control of Meow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Palmer lands a nice shot to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Palmer.
Meow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meow is trying to pull guard but Palmer turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer prevents Meow from breaking the clinch.
Palmer is pushing Meow up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Meow wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Palmer.
Meow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Decent striking displayed by Palmer there.
Meow throws an overhand right that lands on Palmer's shoulder, as Palmer tries to avoid the shot.

Palmer has Meow up against the cage in a clinch.
Palmer slows down the pace here.
Meow being controlled against the cage.
Meow wants to stall.
Meow tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Palmer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Palmer has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Meow seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Palmer can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Palmer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Meow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Palmer misses.
Meow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palmer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Palmer takes one to the chin there.
Meow dives in for a single leg takedown but Palmer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Palmer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meow with a body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garuda Meow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meow comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meow is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Meow just misses with a punch to the body.
Meow looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meow moves away.

Palmer has managed to clinch.
Meow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Palmer is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meow misses with a body punch.
Palmer is working Meow over against the cage.
Meow jumps guard but Palmer stands there with Meow around his waist. Meow gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Palmer as Meow tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palmer.
Meow is trying to break free.
Meow tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Palmer just stands there and leans against the cage.
Meow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palmer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Meow up against the cage.
Meow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Palmer blocking some punches.
Meow misses with a body punch.

Meow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Palmer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Meow misses with a wild body shot.
Palmer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meow.
Palmer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meow throws a body shot but no joy.
Palmer looks to throw the jab but Meow is out of range.
Meow feinted with a counter takedown.

Palmer moves into range and clinches up with Meow.
Palmer leaning his opponent against the cage.
Meow letting Palmer take a breather here.
Meow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Palmer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meow has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Palmer is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
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 Garuda Meow will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Meow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Meow throws out a loose jab but Palmer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Meow scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Palmer dodges the punch combination from Meow.
Meow connects with a body shot that sends Palmer's belly button to the back.
Meow misses the shot to the body.
Palmer lands a jab to Meow's midsection.
Meow swings for the body but Palmer moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Palmer! But no joy.
Meow connects with a single shot there.
Meow is looking to wear down Palmer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Meow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Palmer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmer content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Palmer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting on Palmer's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Meow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palmer.
Meow is looking to control Palmer's arms but Palmer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Meow has his back to the cage.
Meow blocks an elbow strike.
Palmer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Meow takes a shot to the head.

Meow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meow misses with a straight left.
Palmer misses with a straight right.
Meow feinted with a counter takedown.

Palmer rushes Meow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Meow takes a shot to the head.
Palmer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Meow wants to get back to striking at distance but Palmer won't allow it.
Meow misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meow tries a body shot but Palmer blocks it.
Palmer just leaning against Meow, taking a breather.
Meow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meow has had enough of the clinch but Palmer keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Meow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Palmer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Palmer has Meow pushed against the cage.

Meow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meow was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Palmer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meow with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Palmer cracks Meow with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meow swings for the body but Palmer moves out of range.

Meow gets tackled into the cage by Palmer. Palmer maintains the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Palmer as the two fighters clinch.
Palmer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meow's efforts to push away.
Palmer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Palmer stalling against the cage.
Meow goes for a takedown in the clinch but Palmer prevents it.
Meow tries to pull guard but Palmer forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Meow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palmer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Meow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Palmer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmer lands with a short shot to the head.
Palmer effectively controlling the action here.
Meow tries to throw a body punch but Palmer avoids it by throwing Meow back against the cage.
Meow struggles to land a body shot inside as Palmer controls his hands.
Palmer is stalling here.
Palmer leaning his opponent against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Meow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Palmer just leaning against Meow, taking a breather.
Meow tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmer digs a right hand underneath Meow's ribcage. Meow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago Palmer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Palmer throws a body shot but no joy.
Meow slips under a jab from Palmer.
Meow shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Palmer sprawls well. Palmer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Meow gets slowly back to his feet.

Palmer rushes Meow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Meow tries to throw a body punch but Palmer avoids it by throwing Meow back against the cage.
Palmer has Meow pressed against the cage, preventing Meow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Meow can't break the clinch.
Palmer misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer blocks an uppercut.
Meow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Palmer taking a breather.
Meow looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Palmer pressing his opponent against the cage.
Meow tries to circle away but Palmer has him pinned against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Palmer.
Palmer keeps control of Meow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meow.
Meow misses with some punches.
Santiago Palmer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Palmer stalling the fight.
Meow wants to get back to striking at distance but Palmer won't allow it.
Meow is trying to push Palmer away but Palmer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Meow tries to break the clinch but Palmer is controlling the position.
Palmer gets through Meow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palmer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Meow.
Palmer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Meow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Palmer stalling.
Palmer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Meows head.
Meow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meow takes a shot to the head.
Meow is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Meow tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Meow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Palmer takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice right hand lands inside from Palmer.
Meow managing to block the knees to the body from Palmer.
Meow tries to stall but Palmer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Palmer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Meow is trying to force a seperation but Palmer has the dominant position.
Meow tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stalling in the clinch from Palmer.
Palmer taking a breather.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Meow tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garuda Meow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palmer stalling against the cage.
Palmer slowing the pace effectively.
Palmer continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Palmer throws an elbow but misses.
Meow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Palmer slowing the pace effectively.
Palmer throws an elbow but it misses.
Meow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palmer pressing his opponent against the cage.
Meow is trying to break the clinch but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Santiago Palmer.
Meow takes a swing at Palmer's ribcage but misses.
Palmer scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Palmer throws a hook but Meow avoids it easily.
Meow throws a jab when Palmer was well out of range.
Garuda Meow is winning the standup battle so far.
Meow misses with a looping right.
Meow slips a jab from Palmer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago Palmer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Palmer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santiago Palmer!
Post fight, an emotional Santiago Palmer said 'Yeah I am gonna face the champ. Hey champ! Santiago Palmer is gonna smother you with a big blanket on your weak body! You better spar with a blanket or you will be done!'.