PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gheorghe Lazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Meridius
vs
Lazar

185 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maximus Meridius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gheorghe Lazar!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lazar shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Meridius manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lazar is in close to Meridius's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Meridius seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Meridius wants to sweep but no luck.
Lazar being controlled here momentarily.
Lazar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meridius works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lazar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Meridius's head.
Meridius is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meridius is nestled in close to Lazar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Meridius lands strikes from half guard.
Meridius looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lazar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Meridius drops an elbow to the side of Lazar's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meridius controlling the action here.
Meridius seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lazar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Meridius has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Lazar looking for submissions off his back.
Lazar is trying to control but Meridius passes into side control!
Lazar looking for a sweep but Meridius has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Meridius working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Meridius prevents Lazar from getting the reversal.
Lazar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Meridius trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meridius landing strikes from the mount.
Meridius blocks Lazar's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Meridius landing punches.
Meridius with good strikes from the mount here!

Lazar is rocked!
Meridius looking to control and managing it successfully.
Meridius looking to control but Lazar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Meridius! Lazar is hurt baaadly! Meridius is firing away with more strikes - Lazar is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maximus Meridius!
Maximus Meridius took some time post fight to say the following; 'Are you entertained? Are you not entertained?!?!?'.