PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Decimus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mandrake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Meridius
vs
Mandrake

188 cm
19
216 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
212 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Decimus Meridius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Mandrake!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meridius blocks a head kick by Mandrake.
Meridius feinted with a counter takedown.
Mandrake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mandrake tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meridius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meridius has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mandrake.

Mandrake moves into range and clinches up with Meridius.
Mandrake is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Meridius breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mandrake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mandrake.

Mandrake clinches up with Meridius and pushes him back against the cage.

Mandrake manages to break the clinch.
Mandrake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mandrake looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mandrake's coach down at Sentinel Sparring was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Mandrake's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

Mandrake drops Meridius with a beautiful combination! Meridius stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Mandrake is looking for the KO!

It looks like Decimus Meridius has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Mandrake.
Mandrake misses with a kick to the body

and Meridius counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Meridius.
Meridius wants to control from the top but Mandrake keeps moving.
Meridius slips nicely into half guard.

Meridius maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Mandrake could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Meridius has cracked it and Mandrake is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Meridius!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Decimus Meridius!