PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franziskus Meier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and This Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Franziskus Meier has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Meier
vs
Guy

210 cm
23
287 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Franziskus Meier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, This Guy!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meier looks to land a right hand but Guy moved out of range.

Guy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meier, pushing him back against the cage.
Guy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meier backwards.
Guy slows down the pace here.

Guy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Guy misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Meier.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Guy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meier is looking to break free of the clinch but Guy has double underhooks.

Guy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Guy moves into the clinch.
Guy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Meier wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Meier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Guy misses with a body shot.
Meier cracks Guy with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Guy looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Meier finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meier throws a jab when Guy was well out of range.
Guy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Meier throws a right hand that Guy ducks under and follows up with a left that Guy also avoids with ease.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch but Meier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guy was well out of range. Poor timing from Meier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Guy moves out of range of the leg kick from Meier.
Guy slips under a jab from Meier.

Guy closes the distance and pushes Meier back into the cage.
Meier wants to break the clinch but can't.
Guy is struggling to control the position.
Meier is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Meier's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Guy lands a body punch.
Meier has had enough of the clinch but Guy keeps him there for the moment.

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

Guy has closed the distance and engaged Meier in a clinch.

Meier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meier takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Meier is breathing heavily.

Guy moves into the clinch successfully.
Meier is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Meier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Meier wants to break the clinch but can't.
Guy has Meier pressed against the cage.
Guy prevents Meier from breaking the clinch.

Meier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Guy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good shot there by Meier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Guy.
Meier throws out a loose jab but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meier throws a hook but Guy blocks it.
Meier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Decent striking displayed by Meier there.
Meier is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Meier misses with a hook. Guy ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Meier.
Guy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meier has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
BOOM! Meier lands a beautiful left hook that drops Guy. Guy tries to recover but Meier is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Guy lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franziskus Meier!