PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sheamus Meallan (ranked 3005 p4p, 63 weight class) and Diyorbek Nurudinov (ranked 5994 p4p, 188 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Meallan
vs
Nurudinov

178 cm
27
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

195 cm
29
270 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sheamus Meallan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diyorbek Nurudinov!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meallan swinging wildly here.
Meallan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meallan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Meallan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nurudinov darts in looking for a takedown but Meallan gets double underhooks and turns Nurudinov into the cage.
Meallan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Meallan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A nice combination there by Meallan.
Nurudinov looks to score with a jab to the body but Meallan is just out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Meallan enables Nurudinov to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Meallan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Meallan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nurudinov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meallan controlling Nurudinov's posture.
Meallan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nurudinov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Meallan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nurudinov stopping the sweep attempt from Meallan.
Meallan is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurudinov throwing strikes from guard but Meallan blocks nicely.
Nurudinov throwing strikes but missing.
Meallan trying to control the position here.
Meallan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nurudinov stands up over Meallan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nurudinov throws a big right hand that misses.
Meallan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nurudinov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meallan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nurudinov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Meallan is controlling Nurudinov's posture.
Nurudinov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Meallan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nurudinov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Meallan lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Nurudinov wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Meallan stands up and waves to Nurudinov to follow him.
Meallan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nurudinov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nurudinov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Meallan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meallan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nurudinov misses with a wild body shot.
Nurudinov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Meallan avoids it really well and circles away.
A big left from Meallan misses.
Nurudinov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meallan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Nurudinov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurudinov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Meallan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nurudinov's head.
Meallan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sheamus Meallan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diyorbek Nurudinov.
Nurudinov dives in for a single leg takedown but Meallan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sheamus Meallan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nurudinov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meallan.
Nurudinov shoots in for a double leg but Meallan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Meallan connects with a right hand. Nurudinov shakes it off.

It looks like Diyorbek Nurudinov has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meallan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice defenses there by Nurudinov.
Nurudinov misses with an uppercut.
Nurudinov shoots for a takedown but Meallan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nurudinov looks winded!
Meallan jabs at Nurudinov's body.
Nice shot by Meallan.
Meallan cracks Nurudinov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

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

Sheamus Meallan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diyorbek Nurudinov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Meallan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nurudinov manages to avoid it.
Meallan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Meallan lands with a straight right. Nurudinov didn't see that one coming.
Nurudinov is still on wobbly legs! Can Meallan finish him?
Meallan misses with a body shot.
Nurudinov seems to have recovered his senses.
Meallan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nurudinov was well out of range. Poor timing from Meallan.
Meallan leaves Nurudinov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Meallan misses the target.
Meallan throws out a powerful jab.
Nurudinov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meallan misses with a hook.
Meallan throws a lazy right hand but Nurudinov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meallan takes a swing at Nurudinov's ribcage but misses.
And Nurudinov tries to counter it with a takedown but Meallan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Meallan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Meallan misses with an uppercut. Nurudinov saw that one coming.
Nurudinov throws out a counter right but Meallan avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurudinov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Meallan punishes Nurudinov's body with a nice straight punch.
Meallan looks to land a combination. Nurudinov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Meallan looks to land a combination. Nurudinov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
and Meallan counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Nurudinov! He's just covering up as Meallan starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sheamus Meallan!
A relieved looking Sheamus Meallan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.