PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pai Mei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pai Mei could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derrick Justice's chin.

Mei
vs
Justice

190 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pai Mei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derrick Justice!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Justice moves forwards but Mei connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mei cracks Justice with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mei avoids the body shot from Justice.
Mei looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mei moves away.
Mei throws a looping overhand right but Justice ducks down to avoid it.
Mei moves into range and connects with a jab.
Justice tries to bum rush Mei with a series of wild strikes but Mei uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mei fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Justice takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mei. Justice does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mei misses with a wild body shot.
Justice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mei takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mei lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mei scores with a punch to the head.
Justice on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mei lands a two punch combo.
Mei scores with a decent looking hook.
Mei scores with a jab to the body.
Justice misses with a looping left.
Mei scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Justice doesn't seem bothered though.
Mei throws a one two combo.
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!
Mei throws a jab when Justice was well out of range.
Justice swings widly with a right hand
and Mei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Justice takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mei swinging wildly here.
A nice side step and Justice releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mei works Justice's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mei throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Justice stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mei throws the left hand but Justice avoids the punch easily.
Mei misses with an uppercut.
Justice throws a hook but Mei blocks it.
Justice misses with a few strikes there.
Mei misses with a right hand
and Justice makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fighters circling - Mei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Justice punishes Mei's body with a nice straight punch.
Donk. Mei catches Justice right on the button with a cross.
Justice takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mei lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Justice at a distance.
Mei takes one to the side of the head.
Mei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Justice.
Mei slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Justice! But no joy.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Justice swings wildly with an uppercut but Mei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justice lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mei.
Justice effectively controlling the action here.
Justice tries to throw a body punch but Mei avoids it by throwing Justice back against the ropes.
Mei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mei misses with a punch on the inside.
Mei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A body shot lands from Mei.
Mei blocking some punches.
Justice is looking to control Mei's arms but Mei gets an underhook and turns him. Now Justice has his back to the ropes.
Justice taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Mei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mei lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Justice has Mei pressed against the ropes.
Mei lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mei misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Mei.
Justice blocking some punches.
Mei tries to throw a body punch but Justice avoids it by throwing Mei back against the ropes.
Mei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by Mei.
Justice can't find room to land a body shot as Mei controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mei.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mei lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Mei.
Mei throws a punch but it's blocked by Justice.
Justice is trying to maintain a safe position but Mei gets an underhook and turns Justice into the ropes.
Mei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Justice prevents a body shot from Mei.
Mei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Justice doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Justice misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Mei.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by Mei.
Justice blocks an uppercut.
Mei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mei throws a head punch that misses.
Mei tries to throw a body punch but Justice avoids it by throwing Mei back against the ropes.
Justice lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mei trying to stall but Justice improves his position.
Mei working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mei cracks Justice with a nice body shot.
Mei throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mei misses with a punch to the body.
Mei prevents a body shot from Justice.
Mei lands with a short shot to the head.
Justice misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mei as Justice tries to tie him up.
Justice tries a body shot but Mei blocks it.
Mei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mei.
Mei prevents a body shot from Justice.
Mei working aggressively here.
Justice blocks a body shot from Mei.
Mei misses with a punch on the inside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Mei.
Mei tries to throw a body punch but Justice avoids it by throwing Mei back against the ropes.
Mei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mei presses Justice against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Justice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Justice taking a breather.
Justice is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
A hook to the body from Justice.
Justice is stalling here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mei.
Justice wants to stall.
Mei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mei lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mei struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Justice lands a hook that snaps the head of Mei backwards.
Mei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Justice blocks an uppercut.
Justice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Mei tries a body shot but Justice blocks it.
Mei misses with a punch on the inside.
Justice tries to throw a body punch but Mei avoids it by throwing Justice back against the ropes.
Justice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Justice lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Mei fails to land.
Mei blocks an uppercut.
Mei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Justice can't find room to land a body shot as Mei controls the action.
Justice works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Justice misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mei misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Justice content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Justice misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Justice.
Justice has a couple of punches blocked by Mei.
Justice looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Justice doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mei scores with a shot to the side of Justice's head.
A head punch on the inside from Justice fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Justice.
Mei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justice.
Justice looking to slow down the pace here.
Mei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pai Mei dominated that round.
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!

Mei blocks a low kick nicely.
Justice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justice takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Justice throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mei stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Justice uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mei.
Mei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Justice looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Justice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Justice tries to clinch but Mei is having none of it.
Mei misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mei scores with a shot to the body.
Mei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Justice has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Justice ducks under a wild hook from Mei.
Mei lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Justice misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice swinging wildly here.
Mei takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mei works over Justice's head and body with a nice combination.
The fighters circling - Mei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mei throws a jab when Justice was well out of range.
Mei misses the shot to the body.

Justice clinches up against the ropes.
Mei lands with a left to the head.
Justice scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Justice can do to turn this around?
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Justice.
Mei misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Justice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mei.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mei misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mei.
Mei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pai Mei has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mei misses with a punch on the inside.
Mei blocks an uppercut.
Justice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mei tries to work over Justice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mei lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Justice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mei fails to land.
Justice throws a head punch that misses.
Justice is trying to maintain a safe position but Mei gets an underhook and turns Justice into the ropes.
Justice misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mei tries to work over Justice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Justice has a couple of punches blocked by Mei.
A head punch on the inside from Justice fails to land.
Justice tries a body shot but Mei blocks it.
Justice is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Justice swings wildly with an uppercut but Mei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justice stalling the fight.
Mei lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Justice pushes Mei back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Justice leaning against his opponent.
Mei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mei lands a left hand that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Justice misses with some punches.
Justice taking a breather.
Mei misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mei tries to throw a body punch but Justice avoids it by throwing Mei back against the ropes.
Justice gets through Mei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mei gets through Justice's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mei can't find room to land a body shot as Justice controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Justice.
Justice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Justice working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Justice 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.
Justice misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mei scores with a shoulder strike.
Mei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Justice lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mei backwards.
Mei struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
Mei scores with a shoulder strike.
Justice blocking some punches.
Justice digs a right hand into Mei's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mei's gas tank.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Justice stalling in the clinch but Mei improves position.
Justice scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mei works on Justice's body with a couple of short punches.
Mei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Justice stalling in the clinch.
Justice has a couple of punches blocked by Mei.
Mei tries to work over Justice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Justice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Justice.
Justice working aggressively here.
Mei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Justice prevents a body shot from Mei.
Mei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Justice tries a body shot but Mei blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mei lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Justice or not.
Mei misses with the head strike.
Justice prevents a body shot from Mei.
Justice scores with a shot to the side of Mei's head.
Mei scores with a hook to the body.
Justice is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Mei fails to land.
Mei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Justice's elbow.
Justice scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mei presses Justice against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Justice is trying to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mei.
A short uppercut from Justice.
A short uppercut from Mei.
Mei lands a left hand.

Justice is rocked!
Mei lands a right hand that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Derrick Justice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justice is still on wobbly legs! Can Mei finish him?

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justice.
Justice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mei misses with the head strike.
Mei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Justice.
Mei unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Justice! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Mei is unloading with more strikes now! Justice drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pai Mei!
Our winner, Pai Mei, 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.