Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: Lupe 6 Dirty
Date: Jun 09, 2018

#R1#
Hari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hari pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meida is out of range and Hari settles back down.
Meida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hari throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Meida cracks Hari with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meida cracks Hari with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.#CL#
Hari moves into the clinch.
Hari swings away with an uppercut that misses. #BC2#
Meida breaks the clinch.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hari looks for the body kick but Meida saw that one coming.
Meida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air. #CL#
Hari clinches with his opponent.
Hari tries a knee to the head but Meida blocks it.
Hari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meida's efforts to push away.
Hari has Meida pressed against the cage, preventing Meida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meida takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hari has Meida pressed against the cage, preventing Meida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hari lands an elbow just above Meida 's eye. #CUT#
It looks like Thiago Meida has been cut.#T1##BC2#
Meida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hari tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Hari fails to land with a series of punches.
Meida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meida moves into range and connects with a jab.
Meida misses with an uppercut. Hari saw that one coming.#CL#
Meida tries to keep at a distance but Hari has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hari throws a head punch that misses.
Meida is trying to push Hari away but Hari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#BC2#
Meida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Meida throws out the jab.
Hari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meida swats away the attempt to clinch by Hari.
Hari tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Hari throws a body kick that misses. #CL#
Hari moves into the clinch successfully.
Hari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meida blocks an uppercut. #TD#
Hari pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T2#
Meida trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've been hearing good reports from Hari's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hari throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hari striking off his back but it's not causing Meida any problems.
Meida is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Meida cracks Hari with a solid left hand.
Hari trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Hari tries to strike from the bottom.
Meida preventing the sweep.
Meida is working Hari over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Meida is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hari throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Meida wanted to stand there but Hari had control of the position.
Hari lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR##T3#
Hari working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hari chips away with some ground and pound.#ES2#
Meida has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Hari has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Hari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hari lands with a left to the head.
Meida working hard to break the clinch.
Hari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. #BC2#
Meida breaks the clinch.
Hari is looking to clinch.
Meida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Hari.
Meida swinging wildly here.
A lazy left from Meida finds it's target.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Hari.
Hari moves away from the strike by Meida.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hari throws a head kick but Meida moves out of range.
Hari misses with a two punch combination.
Hari tries to clinch but Meida moves out of range. #T4#
Meida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches. #CL#
Hari pushes Meida up against the cage in a clinch.
Meida is trying to push Hari away but Hari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Meida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hari working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hari scores with a shoulder strike.
Meida blocks an uppercut.
Meida blocking some punches. #BC2#
Meida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meida looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hari throws a head kick that misses.
Hari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meida throws a hook to the side of Hari's head but Hari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meida.
Meida misses with a straight right.
Meida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meida avoids a kick to the body.
Hari goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hari throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Hari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
Hari misses with an attempted mid kick.
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.
Meida closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Meida 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.
Meida looks to land a left hand but Hari moved out of range nicely.
Hari changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.#CL#
Hari moves into the clinch.
Hari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Meida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Meida working hard to break the clinch.
Meida is looking to break free of the clinch but Hari has double underhooks.
Harold Hari has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hari.
Hari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hari lands a hook that snaps the head of Meida backwards. #BC2#
Meida breaks the clinch. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hari misses with the head strike.
Meida is trying to push Hari away but Hari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Meida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#BC2#
Meida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harold Hari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meida blocks the body kick.
Hari is looking to clinch. #T1#
Meida uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Meida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meida with a nice cross.
Hari avoids a punch combination nicely.
Meida misses with an uppercut.
Hari moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Hari walks into a left hand. #CL#
Meida gets tackled into the cage by Hari. Hari maintains the clinch.
Meida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meida can't break the clinch.
Meida working hard to break the clinch.#BC2#
Meida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hari ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Hari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meida with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Meida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meida keeps the fight on the outside.
Hari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meida scores with a nice head shot.
Hari takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Meida paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meida.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely. #CL#
Hari has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meida takes a knee right on the jaw!
Meida is trying to force a seperation but Hari has the dominant position.#BC2#
Meida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meida. #CL#
Hari gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hari misses with an elbow strike.
Hari misses with an elbow over the top.#BC2#
Meida breaks from the clinch.
Hari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meida.
A big right from Meida misses.
Hari tries to clinch up.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.#T3#
Meida throws a looping overhand right but Hari ducks down to avoid it.
Meida works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hari tries to clinch up.
Meida swats away the attempt to clinch by Hari.#CL#
Hari has closed the distance and engaged Meida in a clinch.
Hari fails to pull guard.
Meida is trying to break free.
Meida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meida blocks the elbow strike.
Meida is trying to break the clinch but Hari is controlling him.#BC2#
Meida breaks from the clinch.
Meida blocks a head kick by Hari.
Hari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meida.
Meida connects with a right hand. Hari shakes it off.
Hari takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A slow jab from Meida misses its intended target.
Meida lands a jab to the head.
Meida is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Meida blocks a head kick by Hari. #T4#
Meida's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Meida duly obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meida swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hari walks into a left hand.
Hari lands a front kick.
Meida is breathing heavily.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hari is looking to clinch.
Hari tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Hari tries to clinch up but Meida circles away and keeps his distance.
Hari moves away from the strike by Meida.
Meida moves out of range of the body kick.
Hari staying out of range there.
And Hari counters with a quick kick to the body but Meida blocks it.#CL#
Hari closes the distance and clinches.
Hari misses with some punches.
Hari has Meida pressed against the cage, preventing Meida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hari lands an elbow inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hari lands a shoulder strike.
Meida is trying to break the clinch but Hari is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Meida slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meida moves out of range as Hari throws a body kick.
Hari tries to clinch but Meida moves out of range.
Meida keeps the fight on the outside.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hari.
Hari slips a jab from Meida.
A head kick misses from Hari.
Hari is looking to clinch.
Hari wants to clinch.
Meida lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hari moves away from the strike by Meida.
Hari moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Hari moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Hari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meida uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hari has time to react.#T1#
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meida swats away the attempt to clinch by Hari.
Hari wants to clinch.
Hari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meida.
Meida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hari's head backwards.
Hari tries to clinch but Meida moves out of range.
Thiago Meida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hari lands a nice looking body kick.
Meida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hari cracks a nice hook into Meida's ribs.#CL#
Meida tries to keep at a distance but Hari has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hari lands a left hand. #T2#
Hari looking to throw knees to the head but Meida is blocking nicely.
Hari has Meida pressed against the cage, preventing Meida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meida's efforts to push away.
Meida dodges an elbow strike from Hari.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hari.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hari gets through Meida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meida avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
Hari lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Meida backwards. #ROC#
Meida is rocked!
Hari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meida is still on wobbly legs! Can Hari finish him?
Hari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meida is trying to force a seperation but Hari has the dominant position.#BC2#
Meida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hari has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Meida finds it's way round the side to connect with Hari's head.
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meida seems to have recovered his senses.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Meida on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#T3#
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hari walks into a left hand.
Hari looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hari wants to clinch up but Meida keeps it at a distance.
Hari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meida jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Meida looks to land a combination but Hari avoids it well.
Hari appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Meida misses with an uppercut. Hari saw that one coming.
Hari fails with an attempt to clinch. #CL#
Hari instigates a clinch.
Hari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meida's efforts to push away.#BC2#
Meida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hari moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Meida misses with a few strikes there.
Meida keeps the fight on the outside.
Hari is looking to clinch but Meida is avoiding it.
Hari wants to clinch.
Hari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #T4#
Hari moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Hari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meida.
Hari is looking to clinch but Meida is avoiding it.
Hari thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Meida if he has to take too many more of those. #CL#
Hari has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meida blocking some punches.
Hari makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#KD#
Hari connects with a big uppercut there that sends Meida tumbling to the ground! Hari follows him down into his guard. #CUT#
That has opened up Thiago Meida's cut even more.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hari postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Meida's head off the mat! Meida is out! He's out! Hari jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Harold Hari!
A relieved looking Harold Hari thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: DARE 34
Date: Mar 24, 2018

#R1#
Antoine throws a looping overhand right but Meida ducks down to avoid it.
Meida misses with an uppercut.
Antoine throws a series of punches but Meida avoids them all with ease.
Meida defending well as Antoine loads up on a big left hand.
Antoine ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Antoine throws a right hand that Meida ducks under and follows up with a left that Meida also avoids with ease.
Antoine misses with a wild body shot.
Antoine moves forwards but Meida connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Meida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meida takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Meida throws a lazy right hand but Antoine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Antoine throws a hook but Meida avoids it easily.
Antoine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meida.
A big left from Antoine misses.
Meida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Antoine.
Antoine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Antoine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab from Meida.
A left lands for Antoine.
Meida walks into a left hand.
Meida with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Antoine to score with a decent uppercut.#T1#
Meida connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Meida missing with a left hand there. Antoine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Despite the aggression on Antoine's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Antoine misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Meida misses.
Meida misses with a hook.
Meida displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Antoine lands a right hook to the body.
Meida moves out of range as Antoine strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Antoine.
Antoine throws a shot from downtown. Meida moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Meida misses its intended target.
Meida moves away from the strike by Antoine.
Antoine connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antoine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antoine misses with a double jab.
Antoine has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Antoine tries to bum rush Meida with a series of wild strikes but Meida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A shot to the liver by Antoine. Beautiful body shot.
Antoine pushing out the jab but it's not landing. #T2#
Antoine looks to throw the jab but Meida is out of range.
Antoine misses with a straight left.
Meida missing with a left hand there. Antoine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Antoine.
Meida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meida connects with a crisp jab.
Meida throws a lazy right hand but Antoine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Antoine tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big left from Meida misses.
Meida takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Antoine slips a jab from Meida.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Antoine! But no joy.
Meida tries to bum rush Antoine with a series of wild strikes but Antoine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC#
Meida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Meida throws a hook to the side of Antoine's head but Antoine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.#CL2#
Antoine drives through and clinches with Meida against the cage. #T3#
Antoine throws a punch but it's blocked by Meida.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Antoine.
Meida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Antoine has a couple of punches blocked by Meida.
Meida working hard to break the clinch.
Antoine is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Meida is keeping busy.
Antoine has a couple of punches blocked by Meida.
Meida wants to get back to striking at distance but Antoine won't allow it.
The referee calls for Antoine to work.
Meida's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Meida blocks a body shot from Antoine.
Meida is trying to break free.
Meida is trying to force a seperation but Antoine has the dominant position.
Meida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Antoine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Antoine misses with the head strike. #BC#
Meida manages to break the clinch.
Antoine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antoine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meida was well out of range. Poor timing from Antoine.#T4#
Decent striking displayed by Meida there.
Antoine throws a series of punches but Meida moves out of range.
Meida avoids the body shot from Antoine.
Antoine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Antoine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Meida tests Antoine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meida lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Meida swings widly with a right hand
and Antoine counters with a straight right hand.
Antoine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meida was well out of range. Poor timing from Antoine.
Meida is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Meida throws a head kick but Antoine moves out of range.
Antoine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Meida throws a big shot that misses.
Meida misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antoine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meida.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC#
Meida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab by Antoine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carter Antoine dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Antoine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Antoine takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Meida misses.
Nice cross by Meida.
Antoine throws a shot from downtown. Meida moves away and avoids it.
Antoine looks to score with a jab to the body but Meida is just out of range.
Meida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Antoine's head backwards.
Meida scores with a nice strike.
Meida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Antoine's head backwards.
Meida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Meida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Meida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Antoine.
Antoine misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antoine scores with a jab.
Carter Antoine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meida lands a jab to the nose.
Meida throws the left hand but Antoine avoids the punch easily.
Meida throws a hook but Antoine blocks it.
Antoine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.#ROC2#
Meida is rocked!#T1#
A looping hook to the body misses from Antoine. Meida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antoine looks to land a combination but Meida avoids it well.
Antoine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Meida.
Antoine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meida slips a jab and a cross from Antoine.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Antoine drops his hands momentarily and Meida takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Meida lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Antoine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Meida backs off Antoine throws a huge counter combo but Meida manages to avoid it all.
Antoine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Antoine throws a shot from downtown. Meida moves away and avoids it.
Antoine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meida.
Antoine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Antoine.
Antoine throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meida scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Meida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Meida connects with a jab.#T2#
Meida misses with an uppercut. Antoine saw that one coming.
Meida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Meida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss. #CL2#
Antoine closes the distance and clinches.
Antoine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Antoine manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Antoine has a couple of punches blocked by Meida. #BC#
Meida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meida is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Antoine misses with a hook. Meida ducked under it nicely.
Meida throws a one two combo. #CUT#
It looks like Carter Antoine has been cut.
Antoine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Meida misses the target.
Antoine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meida misses with a double jab
letting Antoine counter with a right hand.
Antoine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Antoine throws a right and a left that Meida avoids nicely. #T3#
A big right from Meida misses.
Meida throws the left hand but Antoine avoids the punch easily.#KD2#
Antoine lands a left and a right that send Meida crashing to the mat, dazed. Antoine thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Meida is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Antoine walks into a left hand.
Antoine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meida.
Antoine slips under a jab.
Antoine let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Meida throws a looping overhand right but Antoine ducks down to avoid it.
Meida seems to have got his legs back now.
Antoine swinging wildly here.
Meida misses with a few strikes there.
Antoine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Antoine throws a hook to the side of Meida's head but Meida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meida drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Meida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Antoine.
Meida misses with a hook
and Antoine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Meida thinking.
Antoine misses the shot to the body.
Meida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meida moves out of range as Antoine strikes.
Antoine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Antoine has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.#T4#
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Antoine.
Meida throws a hook to the side of Antoine's head but Antoine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meida catches Antoine with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Antoine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Antoine loads up on a big right hand but Meida slips the punch.
Antoine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meida throws a looping overhand right but Antoine ducks down to avoid it.
Antoine throws a body punch but Meida moves out of range.
Antoine misses the jab.
Antoine moves away from the strike by Meida.
Antoine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meida throws a shot from downtown. Antoine moves away and avoids it.
Antoine takes a swing at Meida's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antoine throws out a loose jab but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Antoine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Antoine swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Carter Antoine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Carter Antoine's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3##KD2#
Antoine drops Meida with a beautiful combination! Meida stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Antoine is looking for the KO!#CUT2#
It looks like Thiago Meida has been cut.
Meida scores with a nice right hand.
A left lands for Meida.
Antoine tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meida fails to land with a series of punches.
Meida misses with an uppercut. Antoine saw that one coming.
Meida misses with a straight right.
Meida takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Antoine defending well as Meida loads up on a big left hand.
Meida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meida looks to land a right hand but Antoine moved out of range.
Antoine misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Antoine misses.
Meida was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A telegraphed right hand from Meida misses the target.
Antoine moves out of range of the strikes.
Antoine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Antoine throws a looping overhand right but Meida ducks down to avoid it. #T1#
Meida tests Antoine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Antoine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meida.
Antoine blocks a jab.
Antoine cracks a nice hook into Meida's ribs.
Antoine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meida moves away.
Antoine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Antoine throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Antoine slips a jab and a cross from Meida.
Antoine misses with a wild body shot.
Antoine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Antoine. Those never looked like landing.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Antoine.
Antoine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meida misses with a looping left.
Antoine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meida moves away.
Antoine swinging wildly here.
Thiago Meida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Meida looks to land a combination but Antoine avoids it well.
Meida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carter Antoine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meida tries a head kick but it misses.
Antoine unleashes a big counter combination but Meida bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Antoine misses with a double jab.
Antoine works over Meida's head and body with a nice combination.
Antoine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Meida cracks Antoine with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Meida throws a jab when Antoine was well out of range.
Antoine throws a body punch but Meida moves out of range.
Meida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Antoine looks to throw the jab but Meida is out of range.
The fighters circling - Meida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meida throws a right hand that Antoine ducks under and follows up with a left that Antoine also avoids with ease.
Antoine closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Meida out cold! Meida corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Carter Antoine!
In his post fight interview, Carter Antoine started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: DARE 28
Date: Feb 14, 2018

#R1#
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.#T1#
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.#T2#
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.#T3#
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 #TD#
and Carmo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Carmo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T4#
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.#REVB#
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.#REVR#
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!
#R2#
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.

Event: DARE 23
Date: Jan 13, 2018

#R1#
Meida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nielsen walks into a jab.
Nielsen misses with a series of wild punches.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nielsen.
Meida lands with a straight right. Nielsen didn't see that one coming.
Nielsen staying out of range there.
Nielsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Meida jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nielsen misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nielsen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nielsen avoids the head kick by Meida.
Meida with a nice cross.
The fighters circling - Meida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nielsen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Meida momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meida throws a hook but Nielsen avoids it easily.#T1##TD2#
Nielsen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nielsen wants to pass to mount but Meida is defending the position.
Meida wants to control but Nielsen is keeping busy.
Nielsen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nielsen is keen to just control but Meida is a slippery customer.
Nielsen is pressing down on Meida's thigh, looking to free his foot. Meida is holding on for now.
Nielsen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Meida taking some punishment here, with Nielsen in his half guard.
Nielsen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nielsen looking to control but Meida is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Meida knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nielsen on the ground.
Meida in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. #T2#
Nielsen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nielsen with good strikes from the mount here!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nielsen with shots to the head and body - Meida looks very uncomfortable down there. #ROC2#
Meida is rocked!
Nielsen softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Meida is out cold! Nielsen jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven Kristian Nielsen!
After winning the bout, Sven Kristian Nielsen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 28, 2017

#R1#
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meida to score with a decent uppercut.
Meida connects with a jab.
Meida scores with a hook.
Silva goes for a double leg but Meida avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Meida continues to drive forward.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Meida stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Meida wants it to stay on the feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Meida misses the target.
Thiago Meida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Silva.
Meida cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Meida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Meida is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Meida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Meida displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meida fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Meida tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Meida with a hook.
Meida is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Meida cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.#ROC#
Silva is rocked!
Silva moves forwards but Meida connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Meida finish him?#T1#
Silva gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Meida gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Meida!
Thiago Meida thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: DARE 14
Date: Nov 18, 2017

#R1#
Meida connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mundi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mundi throws out a loose jab but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Meida misses.
Mundi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mundi.
Meida throws the left hand but Mundi avoids the punch easily.
Mundi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meida throws a hook but Mundi avoids it easily.
Mundi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meida with a body shot.
Meida throws a lazy uppercut
and Mundi counters with a straight right hand.#CUT2#
It looks like Thiago Meida has been cut.
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mundi.
Jab by Meida.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meida throws a big shot that misses.
Meida catches Mundi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mundi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Meida misses with a looping left.
Mundi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Meida.
Mundi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mundi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mundi throws a hook but Meida avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mundi. Meida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Meida slips a jab from Mundi.
Meida slips under a jab from Mundi.
Meida is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.#T1#
Meida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meida lands with a hook. Mundi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mundi throws a shot to the body.
Mundi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meida.
Meida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mundi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mundi swings for the body but Meida moves out of range.
Mundi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mundi looks to land a combination but Meida avoids it well.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mundi slips a straight right by Meida.
Mundi staying out of range there.
Meida misses with a straight left.
Mundi misses the jab.
Meida throwing a counter right hand but Mundi manages to avoid it.
Mundi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Meida, as that shot connected.
Mundi connects with a body shot.
Mundi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mundi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#CL2#
Mundi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meida, pushing him back against the cage.
Mundi lands with a short punch from the clinch. #T2#
Mundi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meida is looking to break free of the clinch but Mundi has double underhooks.
Mundi lands a nice shot to the body.
Meida working hard to break the clinch.
Meida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mundi misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Mundi.
Meida has had enough of the clinch but Mundi keeps him there for the moment.
Mundi tries to throw a body punch but Meida avoids it by throwing Mundi back against the cage.
Meida wants to get back to striking at distance but Mundi won't allow it.
Mundi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mundi cracks Meida with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Mundi - that landed with a thud.
Meida is trying to break the clinch but Mundi is controlling him.
Meida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Meida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mundi lands a nice uppercut.#T3#
Mundi cracks Meida with a nice body shot.
Mundi is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meida.
Meida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mundi digs a right hand into Meida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Meida's gas tank.
Meida is breathing heavily.
Mundi keeps control of Meida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mundi prevents Meida from breaking the clinch.
Mundi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mundi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mundi presses Meida against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.#KD2#
Mundi drops Meida onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Meida is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!#ROC2#
Meida is rocked!#BC2#
Mundi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oh Meida is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mundi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meida seems to have got his legs back now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Mundi. Meida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Meida throws a jab when Mundi was well out of range.
Mundi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Mundi misses its intended target. #CL2#
Mundi takes the fight into the clinch.
Mundi lands a hook to the side of the head.#T4#
A hook to the body from Mundi. #KD2#
Mundi drops Meida onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Meida is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Mundi creates a bit of distance for himself, with Meida pressed up against the cage and cracks Meida with a massive uppercut! Meida goes down! He's out cold! Wow, that was some serious power there by Mundi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gordon Mundi!
Gordon Mundi managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Red Light Coffeeshop, into his post fight interview.

Event: DARE X
Date: Oct 21, 2017

#R1#
Meida cracks Beefrock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meida looks to land a left hand but Beefrock moved out of range nicely.
Beefrock steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Meida.
Meida tries to bum rush Beefrock with a series of wild strikes but Beefrock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meida throws a hook but Beefrock avoids it easily.
Beefrock shoots for a takedown but Meida saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Meida keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Meida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beefrock changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Meida stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Meida wants it to stay on the feet.
Meida throwing a counter right hand but Beefrock manages to avoid it.
Thiago Meida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lump Beefrock.
Meida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!#CUT#
It looks like Lump Beefrock has been cut.
Beefrock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meida.
A jab from Meida finds it's way through Beefrock's defenses.
Beefrock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Beefrock is defended easily by Meida.
Good standup being displayed there by Meida as he connects with a hook.#T1#
Beefrock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meida to score with a decent uppercut.
Thiago Meida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut lands for Meida. That snapped Beefrock's head back.
Meida scores with a sloppy right hand. Beefrock should have avoided that one.
Beefrock misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Beefrock ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Beefrock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meida to score with a decent uppercut.
Meida cracks Beefrock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.#TD2#
Beefrock drives through with a takedown into guard.
Beefrock slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Meida working a defensive guard here.
Beefrock trying to control but Meida is working from the bottom.
Beefrock is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#T2#
Beefrock trying to control but Meida is working from the bottom.
Meida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meida pulls Beefrock in close to his closed guard and prevents Beefrock from doing any damage or advancing position.
Meida thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Beefrock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Meida wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Meida is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Beefrock is looking to improve his position.
Beefrock gets back to full guard.
Beefrock seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. #T3#
Beefrock is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Meida is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Meida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Beefrock seems keen to control Meida's posture.
Meida with a flurry of punches that miss.
Meida trying to control but Beefrock is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Beefrock is on top in guard. #REVB#
Beefrock wants to control from the top but Meida keeps moving.
Beefrock controls from within his opponent's guard.
Meida is controlling Beefrock's posture.#T4#
Meida striking off his back but it's not causing Beefrock any problems.
Meida tries to strike from the bottom.
Beefrock sitting in guard here, content to control.
Meida throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Meida working a defensive guard here. #SUB2#
Beefrock thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Beefrock throwing strikes but missing.
Meida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Meida trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beefrock unleashes a big counter combination but Meida bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Meida throws a hook but Beefrock blocks it.
Meida with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lump Beefrock's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Beefrock shoots for a takedown but Meida saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beefrock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beefrock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Meida scores with a jab to the head.
Meida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beefrock is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meida with a body shot.
Meida misses with a looping right.
Beefrock dodges the punch combination from Meida.
Beefrock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Meida cracks Beefrock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Meida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Meida throws a big shot that misses.
Meida tests Beefrock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Meida throws a jab when Beefrock was well out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head kick from Meida lands but Beefrock takes it in his stride. #T1#
Meida clobbers Beefrock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Beefrock shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Meida as he jumps to the side.
Beefrock tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meida stuffs the takedown attempt from Beefrock. Beefrock gets slowly back to his feet.
Thiago Meida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lump Beefrock.
Beefrock looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Beefrock is breathing heavily.
Meida connects with a looping right hand.
Meida feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Beefrocks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thiago Meida is winning the standup battle so far.
Meida throws a big shot that misses.
Meida misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Meida.
Meida cracks Beefrock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.#T2##TD2#
Beefrock shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Meida manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meida looking to hit a scissor sweep but Beefrock is one step ahead there.
Beefrock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meida is keeping the position for now.
Beefrock wants to control from the top but Meida keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Meida is on top in guard. #REVR#
Meida tries to free his leg and advance position but Beefrock is retaining full guard.
Beefrock keeping moving, preventing Meida from controlling successfully.
Meida trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Meida trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beefrock looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Beefrock keeping full guard, as Meida tries to pass. #T3#
Meida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Meida controlling from the top position.
Beefrock trying to keep a closed guard but Meida is proving a slippery customer.
Meida trying to stand up but can't free himself from Beefrock's guard.
Beefrock has his hands on Meida's head, controlling the position.
Let's hope that Beefrock has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Meida trying to control but Beefrock is working from the bottom. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Beefrock shoots in looking for a takedown but Meida manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Beefrock's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Meida throws a right hand that Beefrock ducks under and follows up with a left that Beefrock also avoids with ease.
A big left from Meida misses.
Meida lands an overhand right.
Meida is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Meida connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Meida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Meida tries to bum rush Beefrock with a series of wild strikes but Beefrock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beefrock shoots in for a takedown but Meida shows good takedown defense.
Beefrock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Meida scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beefrock in his tracks.
A telegraphed right hand from Meida misses the target.
Beefrock throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Meida cracks Beefrock with a right hand to the side of the head.
Beefrock staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lump Beefrock's cut.
That's time! Meida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beefrock scores with a one two! Meida had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Beefrock staying out of range there.
Meida bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beefrock's head.
Meida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beefrock can do to turn this around?
Meida looks to throw the jab but Beefrock is out of range.
Meida is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Beefrock closes the distance and clinches up with Meida, looking for a takedown. Beefrock pushes Meida against the cage but Meida circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Meida paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Beefrock has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Beefrock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meida.
Beefrock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fighters circling - Meida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beefrock lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Meida scores with a decent looking hook.
Lump Beefrock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meida lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Beefrock staying out of range there.
And Beefrock tries to counter it with a takedown but Meida pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beefrock shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meida sprawls well. Meida wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Beefrock gets slowly back to his feet.
Beefrock takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T1#
Meida throws a series of punches but Beefrock moves out of range.
Meida connects with a nice looking jab.
Meida misses with a straight left.
Beefrock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Beefrock fails with the takedown.
Thiago Meida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lump Beefrock.
Meida lands a glancing blow to the side of Beefrock's head.
Meida misses with a straight left.
And Beefrock tries to counter it with a takedown but Meida pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Beefrock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Meida throws out a loose jab but Beefrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meida sets himself, and Beefrock steps forward looking for the clinch! Meida avoids it this time.
Beefrock throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Meida throws a nice looking combination but Beefrock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beefrock shoots in for a takedown but Meida shows good takedown defense.
Meida scores with a jab.#T2#
Meida tests Beefrock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Meida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beefrock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Meida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meida throws a good cross that connects.
Meida connects with a looping right hand.
Meida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As Meida backs off Beefrock throws a huge counter combo but Meida manages to avoid it all.
Meida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beefrock takes a jab right on the kisser.
Meida lands a jab.
Meida looks to land a right hand but Beefrock moved out of range.
Meida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meida misses the jab.
Meida throws a hook but Beefrock avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Beefrock's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.#T3#
Nice sprawl there from Meida as Beefrock shoots in.
Beefrock looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Beefrock's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Meida connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beefrock scrambles back to his feet.
Beefrock tries to clinch up but Meida circles away and keeps his distance.
Lump Beefrock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thiago Meida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Beefrock shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
No joy there for Meida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beefrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meida manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Meida misses the target.
Meida smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Beefrock takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beefrock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beefrock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meida. #T4#
Meida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beefrock.
Beefrock slips a straight right by Meida.
Beefrock is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Meida throws out a loose jab but Beefrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meida sets himself, and Beefrock steps forward looking for the clinch! Meida avoids it this time.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Beefrock.
Beefrock tries to clinch up but Meida circles away and keeps his distance.
Beefrock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beefrock lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Meida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beefrock.
Beefrock is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut lands for Meida. That snapped Beefrock's head back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Meida.
Meida swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beefrock.
Beefrock shoots in looking for a takedown but Meida manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Beefrock's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beefrock connects with a solid leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Meida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Meida, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Meida!
Thiago Meida thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: KAMIKAZE 52: Dark Gate
Date: Sep 16, 2017

#R1#
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Meida checks a leg kick.
Meida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Adrian. Adrian circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Adrian.
Adrian steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Meida.#CL2#
Adrian has closed the distance and engaged Meida in a clinch.
Adrian has a couple of punches blocked by Meida.
Meida managing to block the knees to the body from Adrian.
Adrian gets through Meida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#BC#
Meida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL2#
Adrian takes the fight into the clinch.
Meida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adrian misses with a punch on the inside.
Adrian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meida's elbow. #BC#
Meida manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Meida.
Adrian misses with a kick to the body.
Meida's corner calls for a 1-2. Meida obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adrian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Meida wants to break free but Adrian has control. #T1#
Meida dodges an elbow strike from Adrian. #BC#
Meida manages to break the clinch.
Adrian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meida looks to land a left hand but Adrian moved out of range nicely.
Adrian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Adrian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meida.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adrian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meida missing with a left hand there. Adrian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adrian moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Meida is looking to counter punch.
Meida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meida swats away the attempt to clinch by Adrian.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meida rushes in with a sloppy looking punch #CL2#
and Adrian counters into the clinch. Nicely done. #BC#
Meida breaks from the clinch.
Adrian moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Meida connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Adrian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T2#
Adrian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adrian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adrian on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Meida keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Meida misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meida misses with a looping left.
Adrian scoring well with a low kick there.
Meida on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Meida catches Adrian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Adrian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adrian ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Adrian doesn't manage to clinch there - Meida circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Meida on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#CL2#
Adrian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC#
Meida breaks the clinch.
Adrian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Adrian doesn't manage to clinch there - Meida circles away.
Adrian tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Adrian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meida manages to avoid it.
Meida lands a nice shot that snaps Adrian's head back.
Meida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.#CL2#
Meida tries to keep at a distance but Adrian has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meida can't break the clinch. #T3##BC#
Meida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meida throws a shot from downtown. Adrian moves away and avoids it.
Adrian moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Adrian slips a straight right by Meida.
Adrian is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely. #CL2#
Adrian closes the distance and clinches.
Meida avoiding damage as Adrian throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Adrian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Meida has had enough of the clinch but Adrian keeps him there for the moment.
Adrian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meida is defending well for now.#BC#
Meida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Meida was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Adrian tries to clinch up but Meida circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Meida misses the target.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adrian is trying to counter with his kicks.
Adrian moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Adrian thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Meida if he has to take too many more of those.
Adrian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meida looks to land a right hand but Adrian moved out of range.#T4#
Adrian is looking to clinch.
Adrian misses with a head kick.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Meida misses.
Meida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Adrian both land. Nice combination.
A big right from Meida misses.
Meida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meida throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Adrian.
Adrian misses with a wild body shot.
Adrian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meida.
Adrian wants to clinch up but Meida keeps it at a distance.
Crunch! Adrian slams his shin into Meida's torso.
Meida misses with a hook.
Adrian lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A punch combination from Adrian misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adrian tries to clinch there but Meida circles away.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Thiago Meida will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Adrian tries to clinch but Meida moves out of range.
Meida throws a jab when Adrian was well out of range.
Adrian ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Adrian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meida.
Meida connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Adrian.
Meida pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Adrian back to the cage. Meida follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Adrian wants to clinch.
Meida throws an off balance right hand
and Adrian counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Adrian moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
Yo Adrian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Meida misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adrian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Meida throws out the jab.
Adrian replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Meida blocks it well.
Adrian scores with a nice body kick.
Meida connects with a nice looking jab.
Adrian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meida manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adrian connects with a right hand. Meida shakes it off.
Adrian looks to score with a jab to the body but Meida is just out of range.#T1##CL2#
Adrian moves into the clinch successfully.
Meida is trying to force a seperation but Adrian has the dominant position.
Meida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adrian has him pressed against the cage.
Meida tries to circle away but Adrian has him pinned against the cage.
Adrian struggles to land a body shot inside as Meida controls his hands.
Meida managing to block the knees to the body from Adrian.
Adrian manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment. #BC#
Meida manages to break the clinch.
Meida throws a big shot that misses.
As Meida backs off Adrian throws a huge counter combo but Meida manages to avoid it all.#CL2#
Adrian pushes Meida up against the cage in a clinch.
Meida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adrian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meida avoids it.
Meida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adrian has him pressed against the cage.
Adrian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Adrian scores a nice knee to the body.
Adrian pressing his opponent against the cage.
Adrian looking to stall. #T2#
Adrian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meida avoiding damage as Adrian throws knees to the body.
Adrian has Meida pressed against the cage.
Adrian lands a nice elbow from the clinch. #CUT2#
It looks like Thiago Meida has been cut.
Meida managing to block the knees to the body from Adrian.
Meida is trying to push Adrian away but Adrian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adrian can't find room to land a body shot as Meida controls the action.
Meida is trying to break free.
Meida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adrian wants to stall.
Adrian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Meida is trying to force a seperation but Adrian has the dominant position.#BC#
Meida breaks from the clinch. #T3#
Adrian ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Adrian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adrian fails with an attempt to clinch. #CL2#
Adrian moves into the clinch.
Meida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adrian has him pressed against the cage.
Adrian tries to land knees in the clinch but Meida avoids the damage to the body.
Adrian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Meida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Meida is trying to force a seperation but Adrian has the dominant position.
Adrian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adrian utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Adrian connects with a knee to the head.
Adrian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yo Adrian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Meida managing to block the knees to the body from Adrian.
Adrian is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Meida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adrian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meida's efforts to push away.#T4#
Adrian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meida is defending well for now.
Come on Adrian - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Adrian missing with knees to the body.
Adrian missing with knees to the body. #BC#
Meida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Adrian does no damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meida misses with an uppercut. #CL2#
Adrian gets a clinch.
Adrian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adrian working aggressively here.
Adrian dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Adrian looking to stall.
Adrian tries to land knees in the clinch but Meida avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yo Adrian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
That's time! Meida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R3#
Meida loads up on a big right hand but Adrian slips the punch.
Adrian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meida keeps the fight on the outside.
Adrian tries to clinch up but Meida circles away and keeps his distance.
Adrian wants to clinch.
Adrian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adrian is looking to clinch but Meida is avoiding it.
Adrian takes a jab right on the kisser.
Meida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meida looks to land a right hand but Adrian moved out of range.
Thiago Meida is winning the standup battle so far.#CL2#
Adrian clinches up with Meida and pushes him back against the cage.
Adrian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meida.
Meida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adrian putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Meida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Meida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adrian misses with the head strike. #T1#
Adrian tries a body shot but Meida blocks it.
Knees to the body from Adrian.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Meida has had enough of the clinch but Adrian keeps him there for the moment.
Adrian throws a punch but it's blocked by Meida.
Meida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adrian obliges.
Adrian is trying to maintain a safe position but Meida gets an underhook and turns Adrian into the cage.
Adrian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Adrian.
Meida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adrian stalls.
Adrian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meida. #BC#
Meida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adrian lands a nice shot to the body.
Meida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adrian.#CL2#
Adrian closes the distance and clinches.#T2##BC#
Meida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adrian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adrian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Meida's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adrian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Adrian works the jab nicely.#CL2#
Adrian instigates a clinch.
Meida blocks an uppercut. #BC#
Meida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meida throws a hook to the side of Adrian's head but Adrian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adrian.
Meida misses with a series of wild punches.
Meida misses with a straight left.
Adrian wants to clinch.
Adrian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt. #T3#
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meida throws an overhand right that lands on Adrian's shoulder, as Adrian tries to avoid the shot.
Adrian tries to clinch up but Meida circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adrian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adrian wants to clinch.
Meida looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Adrian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adrian swings for the body but Meida moves out of range.
Meida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adrian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meida.
Adrian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meida.
Adrian is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Meida rather than just go for the knockout.
Adrian slips under a jab from Meida.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adrian takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss! #T4#
Adrian looks to land a body kick but Meida moved away.
Meida misses with a two punch combination.
Meida is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Adrian is looking to clinch but Meida is avoiding it.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adrian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Meida lands a jab to the head.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Adrian.
Meida misses with a straight left.
Some bone on bone action there as Meida checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Adrian wants to clinch.#CL2#
Adrian pushes Meida up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adrian missing with knees to the body.
Adrian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Adrian utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Adrian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yo Adrian really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
That's time! Meida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R4#
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Adrian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Adrian - that will leave a mark! #CL2#
Adrian forces Meida back against the cage and clinches.
Adrian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meida.
Adrian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Adrian.
Adrian misses with a body punch.
Meida blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adrian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meida avoids it.
Meida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Adrian.
Adrian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adrian pushes Meida back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nice body punch from Adrian.
Adrian lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Adrian.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adrian manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment. #T1#
Adrian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meida is defending well for now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Adrian is trying to stall.
Meida blocking some punches.
Adrian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adrian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Meida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meida tries to circle away but Adrian has him pinned against the cage.#BC#
Meida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adrian tries to clinch but Meida moves out of range.
Meida uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Adrian has time to react.
Adrian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adrian misses with a few strikes there.
Meida on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.#T2#
Adrian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adrian wants to clinch up but Meida keeps it at a distance.
Meida works over Adrian's head and body with a nice combination.
Meida moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Meida misses with a hook
and Adrian counters with a three punch combo that has Meida backing up. Meida nods at Adrian to acknowledge the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meida misses with a hook.
Adrian throws a right and a left that Meida avoids nicely.
Adrian swings for the body but Meida moves out of range.
Meida throws a shot from downtown. Adrian moves away and avoids it.
Meida throws a lazy right hand but Adrian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adrian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Meida misses.
Adrian tries to clinch there but Meida circles away.
Adrian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meida keeps the fight on the outside.
Meida misses with an uppercut. Adrian saw that one coming.
Adrian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adrian tries to score with a low kick but Meida moves his leg out of the way.#T3#
Adrian tries to clinch up.
Meida lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Adrian backs up against the cage.
Meida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adrian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adrian throws a leg kick but Meida checks it.
Adrian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adrian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meida misses with a hook.
Adrian wants to counter the offense by Meida and move into the clinch position.
Adrian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meida.
Meida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adrian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Meida swats away the attempt to clinch by Adrian.
Nice cross by Meida.
Meida throws a lazy right hand but Adrian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adrian tries to counter with a clinch but Meida shakes him off and moves away.
Adrian slips a jab from Meida.#T4#
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Meida misses.
Adrian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meida.
Meida takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meida throws a hook to the side of Adrian's head but Adrian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adrian steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Meida.
Meida scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adrian in his tracks.
Meida slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.#CL2#
Adrian has closed the distance and engaged Meida in a clinch.
Adrian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Meida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adrian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adrian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meida tries to break the clinch but Adrian is controlling the position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Meida can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adrian.
Adrian scores with a hook to the body.
Meida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Yo Adrian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
#R5#
A punch combination from Meida misses.
Meida will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Meida throws a looping overhand right but Adrian ducks down to avoid it. #CL2#
Adrian forces Meida back against the cage and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Adrian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meida.
Adrian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meida's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Adrian tries to stall but Meida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Adrian has Meida pressed against the cage, preventing Meida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.#BC#
Meida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good exchange - Meida coming out on top.
Adrian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adrian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meida with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adrian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adrian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adrian fails in his attempt to clinch. #CL2#
Adrian has Meida up against the cage in a clinch. #BC#
Meida breaks the clinch. #T1#
Meida loads up on a big right hand but Adrian slips the punch.#CL2#
Adrian darts in and clinches Meida up against the cage.
Meida is trying to break the clinch but Adrian has him pressed against the cage. #BC#
Meida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adrian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meida misses with a straight right.
Meida misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Adrian misses.
Meida keeps the fight on the outside.
Adrian ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Adrian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adrian connects with a solid leg kick.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adrian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adrian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adrian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meida stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thiago Meida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Meida throws a lazy right hand but Adrian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adrian swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Adrian tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Adrian tries to clinch there but Meida circles away.
Meida swats away the attempt to clinch by Adrian.#CL2#
Adrian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meida working hard to break the clinch.
Adrian lands a right hand.
Meida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adrian has Meida pressed against the cage, preventing Meida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Adrian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#BC#
Meida breaks from the clinch.
Adrian tries to clinch up but Meida circles away and keeps his distance.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Adrian.
Adrian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T3#
Adrian doesn't manage to clinch there - Meida circles away.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adrian throws a nice looking combination but Meida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Meida misses.
Adrian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adrian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Meida wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Meida cracks Adrian with an open hand slap.
Adrian moves away from the strike by Meida.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adrian wants to clinch.
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt. #CL2#
Adrian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adrian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adrian missing with knees to the body.
Adrian swings wildly with an uppercut but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4#
Adrian stalling in the clinch but Meida improves position.
Adrian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meida's efforts to push away.
Adrian is looking to control Meida's arms but Meida gets an underhook and turns him. Now Adrian has his back to the cage.
Adrian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Meida blocks it with crossed arms.
Yo Adrian is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Adrian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meida is trying to break free.
Meida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meida lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adrian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meida's efforts to push away.
Meida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adrian lands with a right to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thiago Meida.
I think Adrian has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 47:49
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 47:48
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yo Adrian!
Yo Adrian seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: KAMIKAZE 49: Drug
Date: Sep 08, 2017

#R1#
Meida misses with a straight right.
Hammarskjold with the counter takedown but Meida avoids it easily.
Hammarskjold ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Hammarskjold tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hammarskjold is trying hard to land a takedown here. Meida sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. #TD2#
Hammarskjold gets a takedown into half guard.
Hammarskjold missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hammarskjold is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hammarskjold working over Meida with some ground and pound. Meida looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hammarskjold lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hammarskjold landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. #ROC2#
Meida is rocked!
Hammarskjold unloads with some huge strikes here! Meida is out! Hammarskjold wins by brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alfred Hammarskjold!
A very excited looking Alfred Hammarskjold rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

Event: KAMIKAZE 41: Guns
Date: Jul 28, 2017

#R1#
Hammouche with a hook.
Hammouche throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good exchange - Meida coming out on top.
Meida jabs Hammouche right on the nose. Hammouche blinks but takes it well.
Hammouche misses with a wild combination.
Meida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Meida cracks Hammouche with a good jab.
Hammouche swinging wildly here.
Meida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hammouche.
Meida listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammouche throws a hook to the side of Meida's head but Meida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Meida was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Meida takes a jab right on the kisser.
Meida looks to throw the jab but Hammouche is out of range.
Hammouche misses with a low kick as Meida jumps back.
Hammouche swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#T1#
Hammouche finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hammouche has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Meida ducks under a wild hook from Hammouche.
Hammouche misses with a looping left.
Meida moves away from the strike by Hammouche.
Hammouche throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hammouche swings for the body but Meida moves out of range.
Hammouche takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Meida scores with a nice strike.
Meida tests Hammouche's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hammouche takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Meida thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Hammouche misses.
Hammouche takes one to the chin there.
Hammouche throws the left hand but Meida avoids the punch easily.
Meida slips under a jab.
Meida lands a nice shot that snaps Hammouche's head back. #ROC2#
Hammouche is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Meida engages and cracks Hammouche with a massive lead left hook - Hammouche tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Meida is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thiago Meida!
A victorious Thiago Meida thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: KAMIKAZE 35: Gold Chain
Date: Jul 02, 2017

#R1#
Meida lands a nice shot that snaps Santana's head back.
Meida lands with a right hand.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santana stuns Meida with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santana looks to throw the jab but Meida is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Meida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Santana on the side of the head.
Santana throws a hook but Meida avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Santana lands an impressive looking overhand right. Meida doesn't seem phased though.
Meida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santana.
Meida moves away from the strike by Santana.
Meida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santana is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jab, jab by Meida - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meida manages to avoid it.
Santana throws a shot from downtown. Meida moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Meida on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've been informed that Santana has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Santana throws a shot from downtown. Meida moves away and avoids it.
Santana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Meida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santana throws a hook to the side of Meida's head but Meida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santana scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Meida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santana.
Meida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santana.#T1#
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Meida.
Meida jabs Santana right on the nose. Santana blinks but takes it well.
Santana throws out a loose jab but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santana takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Meida is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Santana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meida blocks a jab.
Meida lands a jab to the nose.
Santana misses with a straight right.
Santana lands a lovely overhand right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Meida.
Meida moves out of range of the strikes.
Meida is looking to counter punch.
Jab from Meida.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santana misses with a hook.
As Santana looks to move away, Meida throws a big counter combo but Santana just gets out of the way.
Meida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santana on the side of the head.
Meida 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.
Santana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meida.
Meida is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Meida connects with a right hand. Santana shakes it off.
Meida is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Santana misses with a straight right.
Meida throwing a counter right hand but Santana manages to avoid it.
Santana throws a lazy right hand but Meida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meida 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. #T2#
Meida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santana.
Santana missing with a left hand there. Meida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santana is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Meida defending well as Santana loads up on a big left hand.
Meida with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santana. Meida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Meida scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Santana swings for the body but Meida moves out of range.
Meida connects with the punch.
Meida catches Santana with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Santana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Meida misses its intended target.
Santana appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Santana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meida takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Meida with a hook.
Santana misses the jab.
A big left from Santana misses.
Meida moves out of range of the strikes.
Santana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Meida connects with a nice looking jab.
Decent striking displayed by Meida there.#T3#
Santana ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Santana is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meida with a body shot.
Santana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meida.
Santana throws a body shot but no joy.
Meida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santana throws out the jab.
Santana takes one to the chin there.
Meida lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Santana throws a big shot that misses.
Santana avoids the head kick by Meida.
Meida slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santana throws a hook to the side of Meida's head but Meida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab from Meida.
Meida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Santana misses the target.
Meida cracks Santana with a good jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meida lands a glancing blow to the side of Santana's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Meida, as that shot connected.
Santana tries to bum rush Meida with a series of wild strikes but Meida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santana moves out of range as Meida strikes.
The fighters circling - Santana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meida lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.#T4#
Santana misses with an uppercut. Meida saw that one coming.
Meida scores with a nice right hand.
Meida looks to land a left hand but Santana moved out of range nicely.
Santana misses the shot to the body.
Santana stuns Meida with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice cross by Meida.
Meida moves out of range as Santana strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Meida on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Meida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santana.
Meida staying out of range there.
Santana has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Meida throws a series of punches but Santana avoids them all with ease.
A cross from Meida lands.
Meida bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Meida keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santana misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Meida misses.
Meida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meida is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Meida moves away from the strike by Santana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
A slow jab from Santana misses its intended target.
Santana takes a swing at Meida's ribcage but misses.
Santana misses the jab.
Santana misses with a hook.
Santana takes one on the button.
Meida throws a head kick but Santana moves out of range.
Meida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santana can do to turn this around?
Santana slips under a jab.
Santana throws a looping overhand right but Meida ducks down to avoid it.
Meida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santana on the side of the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Meida, as that shot connected.
Santana looks to land a right hand but Meida moved out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Meida there.
A big left from Santana misses.
Meida keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Meida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Santana. Santana circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meida.
Meida connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Santana with a nice cross.
Meida scores with a decent looking hook.
Meida moves away from the strike by Santana. #T1#
A head kick misses from Meida.
Meida moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Santana misses.
Thiago Meida is winning the standup battle so far.
Meida getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Meida blocks a jab.
Meida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santana.
Meida moves out of range as Santana strikes.
Meida throws a series of punches but Santana moves out of range.
Santana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meida slips under a jab from Santana.
Meida throws a series of punches but Santana avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Meida finds it's way through Santana's defenses.
Nice cross by Meida.
Santana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santana misses with a straight right.
A cross from Meida lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santana's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Meida connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Santana scrambles back to his feet.
Meida throws a lazy right hand but Santana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santana moves forwards but Meida connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Meida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santana on the side of the head. #T2#
Santana moves forwards but Meida connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Meida moves out of range of the strikes.
Meida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Santana misses.
Nice defenses there by Meida.
Meida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santana.
Meida slips a straight right by Santana.
Meida slips under a jab from Santana.
Meida bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Meida moves out of range as Santana strikes.
A lazy left from Meida finds it's target.
Meida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santana.
Santana misses with a wild body shot.
Santana throws a body punch but Meida moves out of range.
Meida throwing a counter right hand but Santana manages to avoid it.
Meida feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Santanas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Santana lands a nice shot to the body.
Meida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santana.
Santana looks to throw the jab but Meida is out of range. #T3#
Meida uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Santana has time to react.
Santana takes a swing at Meida's ribcage but misses.
Meida works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Santana takes one to the side of the head.
A cross from Meida lands.
Santana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santana walks into a straight right hand from Meida.
Santana closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Meida with a nice cross.
Meida tests Santana's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santana misses with a looping left.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Santana might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Meida has got the better of the exchanges.
Meida moves out of range as Santana strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meida ducks under a wild hook from Santana.
Meida lands a nice shot that snaps Santana's head back.
Santana walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Santana walks into a left hand.
Meida misses with a looping left.
Meida scores with a jab. Santana acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Meida fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.#T4#
Santana moves out of range of the strikes.
Santana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santana loads up on a big right hand but Meida slips the punch.
Santana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meida moves away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Meida.
Meida connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Meida misses with a straight right.
Meida ducks under a wild hook from Santana.
Santana throws a body punch but Meida moves out of range.
Meida connects with a jab.
Santana throws an overhand right that lands on Meida's shoulder, as Meida tries to avoid the shot.
Santana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Meida lands.
Santana jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Meida does it's job there.
Santana misses with an uppercut. Meida saw that one coming.
Santana throws a jab but it's blocked by Meida.
Meida fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida dominated that second round.
That's time! Meida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
A big left from Santana misses.
No joy there for Meida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santana throws a hook but Meida blocks it.
Santana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meida manages to avoid it.
Meida lands the left hand.
Santana loads up on a big right hand but Meida slips the punch.
Santana throws an overhand right that lands on Meida's shoulder, as Meida tries to avoid the shot.
Meida staying out of range there.
Meida throwing a counter right hand but Santana manages to avoid it.
Santana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Meida lands a nice shot that snaps Santana's head back.
Santana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meida moves away from the strike by Santana.
Santana throws a body punch but Meida moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santana's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Meida connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Santana scrambles back to his feet.
Meida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santana.
Meida connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fighters circling - Santana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santana takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Meida dips to his left and cracks Santana with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meida scores with a punch to the head.
Santana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meida.#T1#
Santana swings for the body but Meida moves out of range.
A slow jab from Meida misses its intended target.
Santana throws a jab when Meida was well out of range.
Meida throws out a powerful jab.
Meida scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Santana misses with a straight right.
Meida swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santana.
Meida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Santana misses with a straight left.
Santana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meida.
Meida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santana's head backwards.
Santana throws a lazy right hand but Meida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santana moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A left lands for Meida.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santana tries to move into range but Meida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Santana takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Santana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meida was well out of range. Poor timing from Santana.
Meida is looking to counter punch.
Nice shot by Meida.#ROC#
Santana is rocked!
Santana jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rayborn Santana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Santana throws a shot from downtown. Meida moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Meida wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Santana walks into a straight right hand from Meida.
Santana takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Meida connects with a single shot there.
Meida moves away from the strike by Santana.
Meida lands an overhand right.
Santana moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Meida lands a glancing blow to the side of Santana's head.
Santana is still on wobbly legs! Can Meida finish him?
Santana's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Meida connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Santana scrambles back to his feet.
Nice shot lands for Meida.
Meida ducks under a wild hook from Santana.
Meida rushes Santana and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Santana is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Meida piles on the pressure and Santana crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Meida!
Thiago Meida seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: KAMIKAZE 25: Arena On Fire!
Date: Jun 04, 2017

#R1#
Meida shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.#TD#
Arnaboldi gets a takedown into half guard.
Meida is staying active underneath Arnaboldi , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Meida wants to control but Arnaboldi is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB#
Meida is defending against the submission attempts here by Arnaboldi . #SUB#
Arnaboldi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Meida is staying active underneath Arnaboldi , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arnaboldi prevents Meida from improving his position.#SUB#
Arnaboldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Meida defends it well.
Meida is looking to improve his position. #T1##SUB#
Arnaboldi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Meida sees it coming and defends easily.
Meida misses with some strikes from the bottom. #SUB#
Arnaboldi is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Meida doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Arnaboldi .
Meida has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Arnaboldi is working away from the top position though.#SUB#
Arnaboldi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Meida is just riding it out for now. Arnaboldi eventually gives up the hold. #SUB#
Arnaboldi is trying to work for a kimura but Meida is defending well. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.#SUB#
Arnaboldi is looking for a kimura but Meida is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Arnaboldi to get the leverage.
Meida moves into full guard.
Meida throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Arnaboldi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meida is keeping the position for now.
Meida looking for a sweep. Not yet Meida, not yet.
Meida keeping moving, preventing Arnaboldi from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Arnaboldi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Arnaboldi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Meida is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Arnaboldi trying to control the position from guard on top but Meida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
Meida bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Arnaboldi 's guard. #REVB##SUB#
Meida got a little sloppy there for a moment and Arnaboldi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Meida has managed to get both his arms back between Arnaboldi 's legs - danger averted.
Meida looking to pass the guard.
Meida wants to control from the top but Arnaboldi keeps moving. #SUB#
Arnaboldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Meida gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Arnaboldi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Meida throwing strikes from guard but Arnaboldi blocks nicely. #SUB#
Arnaboldi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Meida is aware though and is defending well.
Meida wants to control from the top but Arnaboldi keeps moving.
Arnaboldi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Meida tries to free his leg and advance position but Arnaboldi is retaining full guard. #T4#
Meida trying to control but Arnaboldi is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Arnaboldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Arnaboldi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Meida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. #SUB#
Arnaboldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Meida trying to control the position from guard on top but Arnaboldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Arnaboldi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Meida defends well.#SUB#
Arnaboldi has his foot on Meida's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Meida works his way back into a safe position though.
Arnaboldi keeping moving, preventing Meida from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Meida trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Meida trying to control the position from guard on top but Arnaboldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meida wants to pass the guard but Arnaboldi is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huberto Arnaboldi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Nice sprawl there from Arnaboldi as Meida shoots in.
No luck for Meida with that takedown attempt.
Arnaboldi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Meida shoots in for a double leg but Arnaboldi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Huberto Arnaboldi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Meida.
Arnaboldi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Arnaboldi wants it to stay on the feet.
Huberto Arnaboldi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meida shoots in for a takedown but Arnaboldi shows good takedown defense.
Meida shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Arnaboldi as he avoids it easily. #TD2#
Meida closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Arnaboldi struggling a bit here.
Meida tries to score with some ground and pound. Arnaboldi controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Arnaboldi regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Arnaboldi actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Arnaboldi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Arnaboldi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meida seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Arnaboldi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Arnaboldi moves into full guard.
Meida trying to control the position from guard on top but Arnaboldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T1##SUB#
Meida got a little sloppy there for a moment and Arnaboldi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Meida has managed to get both his arms back between Arnaboldi 's legs - danger averted.#SUB#
Arnaboldi looking for a guillotine here but Meida defends easily.
Arnaboldi keeping moving, preventing Meida from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Arnaboldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Meida can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Meida throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. #SUB#
Arnaboldi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #SUB#
Arnaboldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Meida tries to free his leg and advance position but Arnaboldi is retaining full guard. #T2##SUB#
Arnaboldi is looking for a triangle but Meida pushes his legs off easily. #SUB#
Arnaboldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Meida trying to control the position from guard on top but Arnaboldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meida sitting in guard here, content to control. #SUB#
Arnaboldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Meida throwing strikes from guard but Arnaboldi blocks nicely.
Arnaboldi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Meida controls the pace.
Arnaboldi is trying to control the position from the bottom. #SUB#
Meida avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Arnaboldi keeping moving, preventing Meida from controlling successfully. #T3#
Meida tries to free his leg and advance position but Arnaboldi is retaining full guard.
Meida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Meida must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Arnaboldi keeping moving, preventing Meida from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Arnaboldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle. #SUB#
Meida is posturing up here but Arnaboldi has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Meida tries to roll out but it's too tight and Meida has to tap! Slick submission there by Arnaboldi !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Huberto Arnaboldi !

Event: OFC 284: Daghammar vs Urai
Date: May 14, 2017

#R1#
Wyatt misses with a looping left.
Wyatt has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 5 Star Spar Bazaar OFC in the buildup to the fight.
Wyatt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meida was well out of range. Poor timing from Wyatt.
Wyatt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Wyatt misses.
Wyatt misses with a hook
and Meida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wyatt misses the shot to the body.
Meida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meida connects with a crisp jab.
Meida misses with a left hand
and Wyatt counters with a right hand to the body.
Wyatt shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Meida eats them both and turns towards Wyatt to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wyatt tries to work over Meida's front leg with a kick but Meida checks it.
Meida is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wyatt with a body shot.
Meida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wyatt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt is looking to score with low kicks.
Meida let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wyatt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Meida.
Wyatt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.#T1#
Wyatt misses with a hook.
Wyatt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wyatt scores with a decent looking hook.
Wyatt pounces like a tiger and cracks Meida with a vicious hook! Meida is down but not out! Wyatt follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Derp Wyatt!
Derp Wyatt thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: OFC 279: Viceroy vs Wyatt
Date: Apr 22, 2017

#R1#
Usyk with a jab.
A slow jab from Meida misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Usyk on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Usyk swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Meida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Meida looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A big right from Usyk misses.
Meida swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Usyk misses with a right hand
and Meida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Usyk tries to clinch but Meida moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Meida on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Usyk tries to clinch
and Meida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Meida looks to throw the jab but Usyk is out of range.
Usyk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Meida counters with a straight right hand.
Usyk's jab looks to have found its range, popping Meida under the eye.#T1#
Usyk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Usyk misses with a double jab
and Meida counters with a stiff right hand.
Meida has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.#KD#
Usyk catches Meida napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Meida to the canvas!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#ES2#
The fighters are working up against the cage. Meida manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Usyk lands a nice shot to the body.
Usyk lands an elbow inside that Meida shrugs off. #CUT#
It looks like Thiago Meida has been cut.
Our sources have told us that Usyk has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Usyk lands an elbow inside. #ROC#
Meida is rocked!
Usyk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Usyk lands a body shot.
Meida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meida misses with a punch to the body.
Meida avoids a wild elbow strike from Usyk.
Meida avoids a wild elbow strike from Usyk.
Usyk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Meida blocks it with crossed arms. #BC#
Usyk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance. #T2#
Usyk misses with an uppercut.
Usyk lands a right hook to the body.
Usyk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meida.#KD#
Usyk lands a big shot that drops Meida! Can he finish him?
Meida is still in real trouble! Can Usyk finish him?#ES2#
Meida is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Meida seems to have recovered his senses.
Meida pushes Usyk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Usyk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meida takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Usyk tries to work over Meida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Usyk misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Meida. #T3#
Usyk lands a damaging elbow.
Meida misses with a punch on the inside.
Meida lands a hook that snaps the head of Usyk backwards. #BC#
Usyk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Usyk misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Meida releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Oleksandr Usyk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Usyk.
A low kick from Usyk misses
and Meida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Usyk misses with a straight right.
Meida checks the leg kick.#KD2#
Meida drops Usyk with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Usyk looks back up at him and smiles so Meida waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed. #ROC2#
Usyk is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh Usyk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Usyk throws a shot to the body.
Usyk seems to have got his legs back now.
Usyk wants to clinch.#T4#
Meida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Usyk.#CL#
Usyk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Usyk lands an elbow that stopped Meida in his tracks for a moment.
Meida dodges an elbow strike from Usyk.
Meida misses with some punches.
Meida throws a punch but it's blocked by Usyk.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Usyk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Meida's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meida throws a head punch that misses.
Usyk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Usyk lands an elbow inside.
Usyk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oleksandr Usyk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Usyk.
Meida looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Meida misses with a lunging right hand
and Usyk counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Meida falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Oleksandr Usyk!

Event: OFC 273: War Wounds
Date: Apr 01, 2017

#R1#
Jetstrean misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Meida! But no joy.
Jetstrean throws a jab when Meida was well out of range.
A nice side step and Meida releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jetstrean throws a quick inside leg kick.
Meida avoids the head kick by Jetstrean.
Meida connects with a single shot there.#CUT2#
It looks like Sam Jetstrean has been cut.
Jetstrean throws a sloppy head kick
and Meida counters with a nice uppercut.
Sam Jetstrean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#KD2#
Meida drops Jetstrean with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Jetstrean looks back up at him and smiles so Meida waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed. #ROC2#
Jetstrean is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jetstrean misses the shot to the body.
Oh Jetstrean is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head kick by Jetstrean misses
and Meida counters with a huge left! Jetstrean is in big trouble! He's backing up but Meida isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Jetstrean from any more damage. A dominating finish by Meida!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Meida!
Thiago Meida decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: OFC 268: Unchained
Date: Mar 15, 2017

#R1#
Meida connects with a nice looking jab. #CUT2#
It looks like Big Tow has been cut.
Tow fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tow shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Meida as he jumps to the side.
Meida is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tow with a body shot.#TD#
Tow gets a takedown into half guard.#SUB#
Tow is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tow winds up and cracks Meida with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tow stops Meida from getting back to his feet. #SUB#
Tow is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Meida doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meida is refusing to be controlled, as Tow sits in half guard.
Tow 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.
Meida wants to get back to his feet.#T1##SUB#
Tow is working for a kimura but Meida is defending it quite comfortably.
Meida blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tow.
Meida avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tow.
Tow is looking to take a break and control but Meida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Tow is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Meida doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tow.
Tow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Meida is not content to let Tow control the position.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.#ES2#
Meida manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Tow keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage. #TD#
Tow manages to pull guard.
Meida wants to stand but Tow has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tow looking for a sweep. Not yet Tow, not yet.
Tow is trying to keep Meida in close.
Meida must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Tow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Meida is trying to stand back up but Tow is controlling him #SUB#
Tow is trying to work for a kimura but Meida is defending well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tow connects with a nice short shot to Meida's temple. #T3#
Tow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tow stops Meida from getting back to his feet. #ES2#
Meida has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Tow is on him like a limpet, forcing Meida back against the cage.
Meida lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tow jumps guard but Meida turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Tow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tow tries to pull guard but Meida won't allow it.
Tow tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Meida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tow is trying to pull guard but Meida has him pressed against the cage.
Tow fails to pull guard.
Meida lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tow is breathing heavily.
Tow tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Meida scores with a shoulder strike.
Meida lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meida misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meida.
Meida lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tows head. #T4#
Meida gets through Tow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meida lands an uppercut.
Meida lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tow backwards.
Meida softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Meida as the two fighters clinch. #BC2#
Meida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tow shoots in but no luck this time.
Meida throws out a counter right but Tow avoids it with no problem.
Meida lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tow shoots and misses
and Meida counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Tow out cold! What a finish! Meida is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thiago Meida!
Thiago Meida decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: CCR 71
Date: Feb 24, 2017

#R1#
Milne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Meida under the eye.
Meida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Milne scores with a three punch combo!
Milne fakes the leg kick and cracks Meida in the body.
A swing and a miss from Milne.
Milne tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Meida doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Milne blocks a head kick by Meida.
A little feinted left hand from Milne on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Milne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Meida momentarily.
Meida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Milne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Meida misses with a hook
letting Milne counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Milne throws a big shot that misses.
Meida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Milne has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Meida misses with a combination
and Milne counters with an outside leg kick.
Milne tries a head kick but it misses.
Thiago Meida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milne misses with a body punch
and Meida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#T1#
Meida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Milne.
Meida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Milne.
Milne listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Meida scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Milne 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.
Meida misses with an uppercut
and Milne counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Meida misses with a hook to the body
and Milne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#KD#
Milne sends Meida crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Milne is motioning to the referee to let Meida up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!#ROC#
Meida is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Milne fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Meida square on the jaw! Damn, Meida is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harry Milne!
During a confident post fight interview, Harry Milne thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: CCR 68
Date: Feb 03, 2017

#R1#
Meida misses with a left hand
and Zolner counters with a nice uppercut.
Meida throws a shot from downtown. Zolner moves away and avoids it.
Zolner ducks under a wild hook from Meida.
Zolner with a poor takedown
and Meida counters with a stiff right hand. #CUT#
It looks like Timur Zolner has been cut.
Meida throws a hook but Zolner avoids it easily.
Meida throws a jab but it's blocked by Zolner.
As Meida backs off Zolner throws a huge counter combo but Meida manages to avoid it all.
Nice shot by Zolner.
Meida seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Zolner misses with a hook.
Zolner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zolner throws a hook but Meida avoids it easily.
It looked like Meida was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zolner.
Zolner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Meida throws a big shot that misses.
Meida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zolner manages to avoid it.
Meida on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zolner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Meida is fending him off so far but Zolner persists. Nope, Meida circles away and we're back to standing.
Zolner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.#T1#
Meida punishes Zolner's body with a nice straight punch.
Meida throws a looping overhand right but Zolner ducks down to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Meida.
Zolner shoots and misses
and Meida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thiago Meida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timur Zolner.
Meida stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Meida wants it to stay on the feet.
Zolner walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Meida swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thiago Meida!
Thiago Meida decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: CCR 64 LHW GP Round 2
Date: Jan 06, 2017

#R1#
Pavelic checks a leg kick.
Pavelic dodges the punch combination from Meida.
Meida throws a combination that misses
and Pavelic counters with a left to the body.
Meida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pavelic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've been informed that Pavelic has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Meida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pavelic dodges the punch combination from Meida.
Meida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pavelic tries a head kick but it misses.
Pavelic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Meida looks to land a body kick but Pavelic moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavelic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Meida has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pavelic throws a leg kick but Meida checks it.
A combination from Meida does no damage.
Meida on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pavelic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meida's sensitive parts. #T1#
Meida throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pavelic counters with a leg kick. #CL2#
Pavelic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pavelic.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pavelic looking to throw knees to the head but Meida is blocking nicely.
Still in the clinch, Pavelic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pavelic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Meida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pavelic lands a knee to the head.
Pavelic misses with the head strike.
Meida prevents a body shot from Pavelic.
Pavelic lands with a light punch inside.
Meida is trying to push Pavelic away but Pavelic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pavelic tries to land knees in the clinch but Meida avoids the damage to the body.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but Meida blocks with his arms. #T2#
Meida takes a shot to the head.
Pavelic prevents Meida from breaking the clinch.
Pavelic presses Meida against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.#BC#
Meida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meida tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Meida throws a one two combo.
Meida misses with the combination.
Pavelic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pavelic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Meida checks it well. #KD2#
Pavelic lands a big head kick that sends Meida tumbling to the mat! Pavelic takes a step backwards and waves Meida back to his feet - he wants the finish!#CUT2#
It looks like Thiago Meida has been cut.
Pavelic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pavelic misses with a head kick.
Meida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pavelic feints a counter leg kick.#T3#
Pavelic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meida.
Pavelic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pavelic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pavelic throws a sloppy head kick and Meida moves out of range easily.
Pavelic thows a leg kick but Meida checks it
and Meida counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pavelic throws a low kick, looking for Meida's leg but Meida calmly moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Meida.
Pavelic throws a low kick, looking for Meida's leg but Meida calmly moves out of range.
Pavelic digs a good hook to Meida's body.
Meida misses with the combination.
Meida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pavelic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meida is looking to counter punch.#T4#
Pavelic tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavelic sizes up Meida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Pavelic.
Meida seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pavelic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Meida throws a chopping leg kick but Pavelic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pavelic walks into a jab.
Pavelic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meida went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Meida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pavelic can pounce on him.
Pavelic throws a sloppy head kick and Meida moves out of range easily.
Pavelic throws a body shot but no joy.
Meida appears to be looking for a big counter.
Pavelic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Meida swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pavelic counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meida misses with a wild combination.
Pavelic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ante Pavelic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Pavelic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Meida counters with a left and a right that stings Pavelic.
Meida connects with a solid leg kick.
Meida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pavelic circles away quickly and effectively.
Ante Pavelic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meida swinging wildly here.
Pavelic connects with a solid leg kick.
Pavelic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meida went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Meida misses with a two punch combination.
Pavelic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meida misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavelic misses with a low kick.
Meida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Some wild striking there from Meida.
A little jabbing left from Pavelic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#T1#
A telegraphed right hand from Meida misses the target.
Pavelic connects with a solid leg kick.
Pavelic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pavelic throws a big shot that misses.
Pavelic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meida throws a series of punches but Pavelic moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Meida.
Pavelic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meida moves away.
A quick step to the side and Meida tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pavelic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Meida does no damage.
Thiago Meida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pavelic tried to score with a low kick but Meida checks it.
Meida on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sloppy strikes from Meida. Those never looked like landing. #T2#
Pavelic tries to clinch up.
Meida tries to bum rush Pavelic with a series of wild strikes but Pavelic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pavelic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavelic misses with a low kick.
Meida goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Meida misses with a leg kick
and Pavelic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Meida's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pavelic throws a leg kick but Meida sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pavelic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Meida's calf.
Pavelic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Meida misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Meida.
Meida falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pavelic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pavelic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Meida in his tracks. #T3#
Pavelic tries a head kick but it misses.
Meida swinging wildly here.
Pavelic wants to slow Meida down by chopping away at his legs.
Pavelic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pavelic slips a jab and a cross from Meida.
Meida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pavelic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Meida's calf.
Meida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pavelic is looking to clinch.
Pavelic throws a leg kick but Meida checks it.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pavelic misses with a looping left.
Meida is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Meida blocks a head kick by Pavelic.
Meida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pavelic.
Meida tries to bum rush Pavelic with a series of wild strikes but Pavelic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#T4#
Pavelic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Meida. Those never looked like landing.
Pavelic slips under a jab from Meida.
Pavelic cracks the inside of Meida's front leg. #CL2#
Pavelic has managed to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pavelic trying to land knees to the body. #BC#
Meida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Meida does no damage.
Pavelic throws a head kick that misses
and Meida counters with a right hand to the body.
Pavelic 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.
Pavelic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Meida. That did some damage!
Pavelic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Meida throws a looping overhand right but Pavelic ducks down to avoid it.
Pavelic flicks out a counter leg kick but Meida steps away.
Pavelic moves out of range of the body kick from Meida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Thiago Meida will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thiago Meida's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Meida misses with the combination.
Pavelic throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pavelic.
Meida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pavelic.
Pavelic checks the leg kick.
Meida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pavelic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavelic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pavelic throws a body shot but no joy.
Pavelic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pavelic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meida.
Meida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pavelic.
Pavelic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.#T1#
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pavelic.
Pavelic misses with a low kick.
Meida throws a right hand that Pavelic ducks under and follows up with a left that Pavelic also avoids with ease.
Meida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meida feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pavelic's calf.
Pavelic throws a head kick that misses.
Pavelic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meida appears to be looking for a big counter.
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt.
No joy there for Meida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pavelic appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Meida swinging wildly here.
Pavelic lands with a kick to the temple. Meida shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Meida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pavelic manages to avoid it.
Pavelic doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.#T2#
Meida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pavelic throws a looping overhand right but Meida ducks down to avoid it.
A punch combination from Meida misses.
Pavelic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pavelic appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meida feints a jab promting Pavelic to slip. Meida then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pavelic slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Meida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pavelic.
Pavelic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pavelic.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pavelic.
Pavelic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meida misses with a two punch combination.
Meida misses with a few strikes there. #T3#
Pavelic misses with a low kick as Meida jumps back.
Meida went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pavelic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pavelic slips a jab and a cross from Meida.
Pavelic was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pavelic. Meida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pavelic scores with a hook.
Meida misses with a double jab.
A little jabbing left from Pavelic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pavelic throws a jab when Meida was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Meida checks a leg kick.
Meida's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Pavelic misses with a leg kick
and Meida counters with a body kick that stops Pavelic in his tracks momentarily.
Meida misses with a wild combination.
Pavelic throws a sloppy head kick and Meida moves out of range easily.
Pavelic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pavelic throws a quick inside leg kick. #T4#
Pavelic slips a jab and a cross from Meida.
Meida misses with a double jab
and Pavelic counters with a thumping low kick.
Pavelic avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meida clobbers Pavelic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pavelic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meida moves away.
Meida throwing a counter right hand but Pavelic manages to avoid it.
Pavelic throws a head kick but Meida moves out of range.
Meida misses with a body kick.
Meida takes a shot to the body in his stride.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ante Pavelic.
Well Pavelic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!

Event: CCR 61
Date: Dec 16, 2016

#R1#
Minasian dodges the punch combination from Meida. #CL#
Minasian darts in and clinches Meida up against the cage.
Meida prevents the takedown attempt.
Minasian misses with a punch on the inside.
Meida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Minasian takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Minasian fails to land.
Minasian prevents Meida from breaking the clinch.
Meida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Minasians head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minasian gets through Meida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Minasian working aggressively here.
Minasian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Meida tries to circle away but Minasian has him pinned against the cage.#T1#
Minasian wants to take the fight to the mat but Meida manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Meida is trying to push Minasian away but Minasian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Minasian goes for a takedown in the clinch but Meida prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Levon Minasian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Minasian changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Meida fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Minasian tries to score a power double leg takedown but Meida sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Minasian somewhat.
Meida connects with a looping right hand.
No joy there for Meida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Minasian throws an overhand right that lands on Meida's shoulder, as Meida tries to avoid the shot.
Minasian shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Meida counters with a nice uppercut. #T2#
Minasian fails to land the takedown.
Meida scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Meida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Minasian.
Minasian fails with the takedown.
Meida throws a counter combo.
Thiago Meida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#TD#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Meida enables Minasian to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Meida manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meida is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Minasian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Meida keeping full guard, as Minasian tries to pass.
Minasian is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#T3#
Minasian scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Minasian's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Meida keeping full guard, as Minasian tries to pass.
Minasian stops Meida from standing up.
Minasian wants to control from the top but Meida keeps moving.
Minasian might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Minasian makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Meida wants to get back to his feet but Minasian is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Minasian trying to control but Meida is working from the bottom.
Minasian passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Minasian lands a few punches from side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Meida tries to escape but Minasian is in control. #ES2#
Meida bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
An inside leg kick from Minasian misses.
Donk. Minasian catches Meida right on the button with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Meida.
Meida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Minasian feinted with a counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
Minasian misses with a hook
and Meida counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice takedown defense from Meida. No joy for Minasian on that attempt.
Meida looks to land a combination but Minasian avoids it well.
Minasian takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Meida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Minasian tries to clinch but Meida is having none of it.
Minasian dives in and grabs Meida's left leg, looking for a takedown. Meida pushes down on Minasian's head and hops out.
Meida throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Minasian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meida leaves Minasian with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Levon Minasian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Minasian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meida jabbing away but nothing is landing. #T1#
Meida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Minasian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Minasian shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Meida as he avoids it easily.
Meida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A combination from Meida does no damage. #KD2#
Meida lands a left and a right that send Minasian crashing to the mat, dazed. Meida thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!#CUT2#
It looks like Levon Minasian has been cut.
Minasian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meida falls off balance throwing a combination #TD#
and Minasian counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meida is staying active underneath Minasian, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Meida on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Meida is looking to escape.
Minasian scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Minasian trying to control from half guard but Meida is working away.
Meida avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Minasian. #T2#
Minasian thows a huge punch but Meida dodges it nicely.
Meida really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Minasian. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#SUB#
Minasian is looking for a kimura but Meida is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Minasian to get the leverage.
Minasian prevents Meida from standing back up.
Minasian thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Meida's head.
Meida wants to get back to his feet.
Minasian moves nicely into side control.
Minasian tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Minasian creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Minasian misses with the ground and pound.
Levon Minasian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Minasian lands some shots froms side control.
Meida prevents Minasian from moving into mount. #SUB#
Minasian wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Meida, who protects the arm well. #T3##SUB#
Minasian working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Minasian trying to control the position but Meida is working away.
Minasian working the ground and pound but Meida is defending the strikes.
Minasian tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Meida is being controlled here.
Minasian in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Minasian's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Minasian throws an elbow but Meida slips to the side and avoids it well.#T4#
Minasian is looking to take a break and control but Meida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Meida wants to get back to his feet but Minasian drags him back down.
An elbow from Minasian crashes against the mat.
Meida wants to get back to his feet but Minasian drags him back down.
The strikes coming from Minasian are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Minasian wants to control but Meida is keeping him busy.
Minasian in side control lands a decent elbow.
Minasian creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Minasian tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Minasian is chipping away with strikes.
Meida wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Levon Minasian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Levon Minasian's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3##TD#
Minasian fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Meida sprawls well initially but Minasian persists and gets the takedown into half guard. #ES2#
Meida manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Minasian keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Meida is pressed up against the cage. Minasian has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Meida down to the mat. Meida avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Thiago Meida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#TD#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Meida enables Minasian to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Meida manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Minasian stops Meida from standing up.
Minasian wants to control from the top but Meida keeps moving.
Minasian is looking to work some ground and pound but Meida has wrist control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Minasian throws a big right hand that misses.
Minasian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Minasian trying to control the position from guard on top but Meida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.#T1#
Minasian sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Meida's guard.
Minasian wants to pass to mount but Meida is defending the position.
Minasian wants to lay and pray for a moment but Meida keeps working.
Minasian stops Meida from getting back to his feet. #SUB#
Meida is defending against the submission attempts here by Minasian.
Ground and pound from Minasian. #T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Minasian is trying to control. Meida wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. #SUB#
Minasian is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Meida defends it well.
Meida is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Minasian scores with a couple of nice shots.
Minasian is looking to advance position but Meida won't allow it.
Meida looks like he's trying to stand up.
Minasian 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.
Minasian wants to take a breather but Meida is having none of it.
Meida is trying to stand back up but Minasian is controlling him #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Meida looks to land a combination but Minasian avoids it well. #T3#
Meida shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Minasian eats them both and turns towards Meida to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Meida throws a leg kick but Minasian sees it coming and checks it nicely. #TD#
Minasian shoots in and bounces Meida off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Meida wants to get back to his feet but Minasian is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Minasian pushes down on Meida's leg and manages to get into half guard.#SUB#
Minasian is trying to work for a kimura but Meida is defending well.
Minasian throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. #T4#
Minasian thows a huge punch but Meida dodges it nicely.
Minasian thows a huge punch but Meida dodges it nicely.
Minasian lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Meida regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Minasian.
Meida wants to get back to his feet but Minasian is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Minasian trying to control but Meida is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Meida wants to stand and escape but Minasian is having none of it.
Minasian trying to control but Meida is working from the bottom.
Meida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Levon Minasian showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Minasian has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Levon Minasian!
Levon Minasian thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: LEGACY! 76
Date: Jul 20, 2016

#R1#
Sloppy strikes from Meida. Those never looked like landing.
Fukumatsu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Million Dollar Performance Center in the buildup to the fight.
Fukumatsu lands a slapping body shot.
Fukumatsu looks to throw the jab but Meida is out of range.
Meida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fukumatsu on the side of the head.
Fukumatsu throws a body shot but no joy.
Meida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fukumatsu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fukumatsu is looking to counter punch.
A combination from Meida does no damage.
Fukumatsu works over Meida's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice straight punches there by Fukumatsu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu misses with a looping right.
Fukumatsu lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fukumatsu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meida.
Meida unleashes a big counter combination but Fukumatsu bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Fukumatsu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meida.
Meida scores with a decent looking hook.
Fukumatsu scores with a jab to the body.
Meida misses with a two punch combination. #CL#
Fukumatsu gets a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu misses with a shot to the kidneys. #T1#
Fukumatsu lands a body shot.
Meida looks winded!
Fukumatsu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fukumatsu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meida.
Fukumatsu can't find room to land a body shot as Meida controls the action.
Fukumatsu tries a body shot but Meida blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Meida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fukumatsu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meida's efforts to push away.
Fukumatsu cracks Meida with a nice body shot.
Fukumatsu tries a body shot but Meida blocks it. #BC2#
Meida breaks from the clinch.
Meida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meida misses with a series of wild punches.
Fukumatsu looks to land a left hand but Meida moved out of range nicely.
Meida throws a counter combo.#T2#
Meida throws a lazy right hand but Fukumatsu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fukumatsu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu takes a swing at Meida's ribcage but misses.
Meida throws a right and a left that Fukumatsu avoids nicely.
Meida fails to land with a series of punches.
Meida has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice body punch from Fukumatsu.
Meida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu misses the shot to the body.
Fukumatsu misses with a body shot.
Ozutsu Fukumatsu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
Fukumatsu pushes Meida up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fukumatsu jumps guard but Meida stands there with Fukumatsu around his waist. Fukumatsu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fukumatsu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fukumatsu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meida blocking some punches.
Fukumatsu lands with a light punch inside. #T3#
Fukumatsu tries to pull guard but Meida holds him up against the cage and eventually Fukumatsu drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ozutsu Fukumatsu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fukumatsu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meida or not.
Meida tries to break free but Fukumatsu pushes him back against the cage.
Fukumatsu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Meida tries to circle away but Fukumatsu has him pinned against the cage.
Fukumatsu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meida prevents a body shot from Fukumatsu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meida's elbow.
Fukumatsu working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu lands a shoulder strike.
Fukumatsu lands with a light punch inside. #T4#
Fukumatsu lands a shot to the body.
Fukumatsu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Meida.
A short left from Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu is working Meida over against the cage.
Fukumatsu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Meida takes a shot to the head.
Fukumatsu digs a right hand into Meida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Meida's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fukumatsu struggles to land a body shot inside as Meida controls his hands.
Fukumatsu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fukumatsu can't find room to land a body shot as Meida controls the action.
Fukumatsu works on Meida's body with a couple of short punches.
Fukumatsu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fukumatsu pushes Meida back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fukumatsu lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ozutsu Fukumatsu dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Fukumatsu scores with a body shot.
Fukumatsu lands a nice hook to Meida's body. Meida takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fukumatsu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As Fukumatsu backs off Meida throws a huge counter combo but Fukumatsu manages to avoid it all.#CL#
Fukumatsu clinches up against the cage.
Fukumatsu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fukumatsu throws a punch but it's blocked by Meida.
Fukumatsu lands with a light punch inside.
Fukumatsu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fukumatsu lands a nice shot to the body.
Fukumatsu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fukumatsu misses with a punch to the body.
Meida is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fukumatsu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fukumatsu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meida.
Fukumatsu swings wildly with an uppercut but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fukumatsu misses with a shot to the kidneys. #T1#
Fukumatsu swings wildly with an uppercut but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fukumatsu misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fukumatsu.
Fukumatsu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meida's elbow.
Meida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fukumatsu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fukumatsu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Meida backwards.
Fukumatsu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meida's elbow.
Fukumatsu throws a punch but it's blocked by Meida.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meida.
Fukumatsu tries to work over Meida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fukumatsu struggles to land a body shot inside as Meida controls his hands. #T2##KD#
Fukumatsu drops Meida with a big right hand! Fukumatsu charges in looking to finish - Meida manages to keep Fukumatsu in his guard and seems to have recovered somewhat. #ROC#
Meida is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fukumatsu connects with a couple of short punches.
Meida is still in real trouble! Can Fukumatsu finish him?
Fukumatsu loads up on a big left hand. Meida felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Fukumatsu looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Meida can't hide his disappointment, as Fukumatsu celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ozutsu Fukumatsu!
A relieved looking Ozutsu Fukumatsu thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: UPF 50: Ramazanov - Jules
Date: May 21, 2016

#R1#
Mancini lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meida circles away quickly and effectively.
Meida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Matteo Mancini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meida stalks Mancini and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mancini's face. Mancini staggers backwards, shaken.#CUT#
It looks like Matteo Mancini has been cut.
Meida ducks under a wild hook from Mancini.
Meida swings away with a body shot that misses
and Meida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mancini rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mancini dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Meida. That did some damage!
Mancini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meida is looking for a counter combo.
Meida circles away from the clinch attempt
and Meida counters with a nice uppercut.
Meida lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mancini takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mancini tries to close the distance and clinch but Meida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mancini.
Meida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mancini moves away.
Meida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meida throws a hook but Mancini blocks it.
Mancini now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mancini throws a lazy right hand but Meida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#T1#
Mancini takes one to the side of the head.
Mancini fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Meida avoids it really well and circles away.
Meida shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mancini swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mancini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Meida throws a right hand that Mancini ducks under and follows up with a left that Mancini also avoids with ease.
Mancini misses with a two punch combination.
Mancini sizes up Meida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Meida slips a jab and a cross from Mancini.
Meida lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mancini looks to land a combination but Meida avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meida displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mancini.
Meida swinging wildly here.
Mancini thows a leg kick but Meida checks it #KD#
and Meida counters with a crisp one two that drops Mancini! Meida thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Mancini to his feet! Mancini is in big trouble!#T2#
Mancini throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meida connects with a looping right hand. #ROC#
Mancini is rocked!
Meida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mancini tries to clinch up.
Mancini throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Meida was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.#CL2#
Mancini rushes Meida and presses him up against the cage.#BC2#
Mancini escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Meida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mancini.
Jab from Meida.
Mancini doesn't manage to clinch there - Meida circles away.
Meida throws a right and a left that Mancini avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Meida. Those never looked like landing. #CL2#
Mancini drives through and clinches with Meida against the cage. #BC2#
Mancini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T3#
Meida tries to bum rush Mancini with a series of wild strikes but Mancini uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meida throws a combination. Mancini tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Meida swinging wildly here.
Meida throws a right hand that Mancini ducks under and follows up with a left that Mancini also avoids with ease.#TD2#
Mancini closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Meida quickly recovers to half guard.#SUB2#
Mancini is working for submissions here but there's nothing on. #SUB2#
Mancini is looking for a kimura here.
Mancini is nestled in close to Meida, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Meida is staying active underneath Mancini, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mancini wants to pass the guard but Meida is defending well. #T4#
Meida tries to kick Mancini off in order to stand up. Mancini Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An elbow from Mancini crashes against the mat.
Meida wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Meida gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Mancini controlling from the full mount.
Mancini sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!#SUB2#
Mancini jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Meida manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meida is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mancini has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Thiago Meida will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matteo Mancini's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Mancini slips a jab and a cross from Meida.
Meida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mancini misses with a leg kick.
Meida looks to land a combination but Mancini avoids it well.
Mancini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meida lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Meida ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thiago Meida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mancini throws the left hand but Meida avoids the punch easily.
Mancini fails to land with a series of punches.
Meida went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mancini moves in looking to clinch but Meida pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Meida misses the target.
Mancini attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mancini fails with the takedown.
Mancini misses with a hook to the body
and Meida counters with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Mancini misses its intended target. #T1#
Mancini looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mancini is breathing heavily.
Mancini moves out of range of the body kick.
Mancini throws a hook to the side of Meida's head but Meida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meida seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Mancini shoots in for a double leg but Meida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Thiago Meida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matteo Mancini.
Meida looks to land a combination but Mancini avoids it well.
Meida misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Meida. Those never looked like landing.
Mancini throws a jab but it's blocked by Meida.
As Mancini looks to move away, Meida throws a big counter combo but Mancini just gets out of the way.
Mancini tries to clinch there but Meida circles away.
Meida is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sloppy strikes from Meida. Those never looked like landing.
Mancini keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mancini drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Meida defends it well.
Mancini wants to clinch up but Meida keeps it at a distance.
Mancini with a poor takedown
and Meida counters with a two punch combo.
Thiago Meida is winning the standup battle so far.
Meida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mancini.
It looked like Meida was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.#T2#
Meida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mancini throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Mancini looks to move away, Meida throws a big counter combo but Mancini just gets out of the way.
A slow jab from Mancini misses its intended target.
Mancini takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Meida has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Thiago Meida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meida throws a right hand that Mancini ducks under and follows up with a left that Mancini also avoids with ease.
Mancini tried to score with a low kick but Meida checks it.
It looked like Meida was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Meida scores with a three punch combo!
Mancini throws a right and a left that Meida avoids nicely.
Mancini throws a solid leg kick but Meida takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mancini.
Danga de danga de dang - Meida scores with a four punch combination!
Mancini is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meida is looking for a counter combo.
Meida throws a wild combination but nothing lands. #KD#
Meida lands a left and a right that send Mancini crashing to the mat, dazed. Meida thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Mancini is still on wobbly legs! Can Meida finish him?
Mancini throws a looping overhand right but Meida ducks down to avoid it. #T3#
Meida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mancini can do to turn this around?
Mancini tries to clinch up.
Mancini seems to have recovered his senses.
Mancini connects with a nice looking jab.
Mancini tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mancini throws out a loose jab but Meida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mancini throws a looping overhand right but Meida ducks down to avoid it.
Meida tests Mancini's chin there with a solid looking shot.#CUT#
That has opened up Matteo Mancini's cut even more.
Meida looks to land a combination but Mancini avoids it well.
Meida displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mancini.
Meida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mancini takes a head kick and keeps coming. #TD2#
Mancini closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Meida quickly recovers to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mancini is keen to just control but Meida is a slippery customer.
Mancini is nestled in close to Meida, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mancini with the ground and pound but Meida uses the opportunity to regain guard. #T4#
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mancini's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mancini wants to control from the top but Meida keeps moving.
Meida utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mancini lands a couple of digs.
Meida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Meida preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mancini won't allow Meida to get back to his feet. #ES#
Meida manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mancini throws a punch but it's blocked by Meida.
Mancini tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Meida smiles and moves away.
Meida is working the combinations to good effect here.
Meida fails to land with a series of punches.
Mancini thuds a left hand into Meida's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Meida dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matteo Mancini's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Mancini misses with a double jab. #CL2#
Mancini gets a clinch.
Mancini working aggressively here.
Meida wants to get back to striking at distance but Mancini won't allow it.
Mancini with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mancini working aggressively here.
Meida working hard to break the clinch.
Mancini pushes Meida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mancini using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Meida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meida can't break the clinch.
Mancini has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Meida is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mancini lands an uppercut.
Mancini has Meida pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Meida manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. #T1##BC#
Meida manages to break the clinch.
Meida throws a series of punches but Mancini moves out of range.
Meida gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mancini misses with a hook.
Meida gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mancini.
Meida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mancini.
A big right from Mancini misses.
Meida looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mancini throws a right hand that misses
and Meida counters with a series of strikes. Mancini will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mancini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mancini throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meida.
Mancini takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Meida slips under a jab from Mancini.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meida defending well as Mancini loads up on a big left hand.
Meida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Meida swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mancini.
Matteo Mancini has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Mancini lands with a hook. Meida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mancini misses the jab.
Mancini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meida throws a big counter combination but Mancini scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Meida. Those never looked like landing.
Meida throws a nice looking combination but Mancini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little jabbing left from Mancini on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Meida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Meida as Mancini shoots in.
Thiago Meida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matteo Mancini.
Mancini cracks Meida with a good jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mancini.
Mancini tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Meida defends well and Mancini ends up having to push Meida into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Mancini shoots in looking for a takedown but Meida manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mancini's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Meida throws a series of strikes that have Mancini backpedaling. #KD#
Meida drops Mancini with a beautiful combination! Mancini stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Meida is looking for the KO!
Mancini is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Meida just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Mancini has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thiago Meida!
In his post fight interview, Thiago Meida started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

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