PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucio Francisco Carmo (ranked 4323 p4p, 143 weight class) and Thiago Meida (ranked 4101 p4p, 130 weight class). Carmo comes to the cage accompanied by Rolling Stones - Paint it, Black. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Francisco Carmo
vs
Meida

193 cm
26
287 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

210 cm
30
285 lbs
18 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucio Francisco Carmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Meida!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meida throws a hook to the side of Carmo's head but Carmo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carmo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Carmo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Meida scores with a jab to the jaw.
Carmo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meida catches Carmo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Carmo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carmo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meida misses with a hook.
Carmo half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Meida connects with a jab.
Carmo throws the left hand but Meida avoids the punch easily.
Carmo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Carmo moves out of range of the strikes.
Carmo attempts a counter takedown but Meida avoids it well and moves away.
Meida throws the left hand but Carmo avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carmo.
Carmo throws a body punch but Meida moves out of range.
Carmo on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carmo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meida.
Meida feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Carmos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Meida lands a really nice looking cross but Carmo seems unphased.
Carmo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meida.
Meida has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jab from Meida.
Carmo walks into a jab.
Carmo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
No joy there for Carmo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Meida is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Meida scores with a nice strike.
A jab from Meida does it's job there.
Meida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carmo.
Thiago Meida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carmo throws out a loose jab but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meida scores with a jab. Carmo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Meida lands a jab to the head.
Carmo slips a jab from Meida.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carmo tries to move into range but Meida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Meida.
Nice defenses there by Carmo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meida sizes up Carmo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Meida lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Carmo misses with a double jab.
Carmo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Carmo misses with an uppercut. Meida saw that one coming.
Meida connects with a nice looking jab.
Meida might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A big right from Meida misses.
Carmo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Meida loads up on a big right hand but Carmo slips the punch.
Carmo tries to counter with a takedown but Meida is quick to defend against it.
Carmo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meida throws an overhand right that lands on Carmo's shoulder, as Carmo tries to avoid the shot.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Carmo.
Nice jab there from Meida.
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carmo.
Carmo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meida sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carmo lands with a nice body punch.
Carmo ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Carmo tries to bum rush Meida with a series of wild strikes but Meida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carmo ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Carmo tries to counter with a takedown but Meida is quick to defend against it.
Meida scores with a hook.
Meida lands a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Meida.
The fighters circling - Meida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meida throws an overhand right that lands on Carmo's shoulder, as Carmo tries to avoid the shot.
Carmo throws a nice looking combination but Meida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Meida! But no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Carmo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Meida takes one to the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Meida!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meida throws an off balance right hand

and Carmo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Carmo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meida keeping moving, preventing Carmo from controlling successfully.
Carmo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carmo wants to control from the top but Meida keeps moving.
Meida lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Carmo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meida is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meida trying to control but Carmo is working from the bottom.
Carmo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carmo misses with a few strikes there.
Carmo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meida but Meida pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice uppercut there from Meida.
Thiago Meida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carmo throws a hook but Meida blocks it.
Carmo avoids the head kick by Meida.
Carmo half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Carmo ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Carmo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meida.
A decent looking cross lands there for Meida.
Meida getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Meida throws a head kick but Carmo moves out of range.
Carmo changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carmo lands with a big left! Meida is wobbled badly! Carmo comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Meida to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lucio Francisco Carmo!
Lucio Francisco Carmo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.