PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Ellacuria (ranked 1238 p4p, 2582 weight class) and Rudolf Meine (ranked 109 p4p, 228 weight class). Rudolf Meine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ellacuria
vs
Meine

183 cm
27
149
12 - 6 - 0

163 cm
26
155
13 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arturo Ellacuria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rudolf Meine!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellacuria ducks under a wild hook from Meine.
Ellacuria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Meine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ellacuria.

Meine has Ellacuria up against the cage in a clinch.
Ellacuria effectively controlling the action here.
Meine misses with some punches.
Meine misses with a hook to the ribs.

Meine drags the fight down to the ground.
Meine is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Meine throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ellacuria uses it to pass to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Meine can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meine is looking for a sweep.
Ellacuria is staying tight to Meine's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Meine wants to control but Ellacuria postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Meine is trying to improve his position.
Ellacuria is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Meine's shoulder. That is not cool.
Meine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Meine is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ellacuria off and has taken his back!

Meine is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Ellacuria knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Ellacuria for a finish.

Ellacuria fending off the submission attempt from Meine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellacuria trying to control the hands but Meine breaks the grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Meine has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Ellacuria has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Ellacuria really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ellacuria is trying to get back to his feet but Meine has full control of the position and if anything, Ellacuria has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Meine doesn't have the hooks in and Ellacuria manages to turn into his guard.

Meine looking for a guillotine here but Ellacuria defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meine is trying to keep Ellacuria in close.
Ellacuria controlling from the top position.
Ellacuria trying to control the position from guard on top but Meine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rudolf Meine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Good work by Ellacuria as he checks the leg kick.
Meine lands a body shot.
Ellacuria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ellacuria tries to clinch up.
Ellacuria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ellacuria throws a series of punches but Meine moves out of range.
Ellacuria walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Meine steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ellacuria.
Meine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ellacuria.
Meine loads up on a big right hand but Ellacuria slips the punch.
Ellacuria throws an overhand right that lands on Meine's shoulder, as Meine tries to avoid the shot.
Ellacuria moves away from the strike by Meine.
Meine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ellacuria.
Ellacuria is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ellacuria takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ellacuria scores with a nice head shot.
Ellacuria avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Good exchange - Ellacuria coming out on top.
Ellacuria is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellacuria displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Meine. Those never looked like landing.
Meine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Meine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ellacuria. Ellacuria obviously looking to wear him down.
Ellacuria looks to land a left hand but Meine moved out of range nicely.
Arturo Ellacuria is winning the standup battle so far.
Ellacuria lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ellacuria takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Meine circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ellacuria clinches up with Meine and pushes him back against the cage.
Ellacuria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Meine blocks it with crossed arms.

Meine successfully pulls guard.
Ellacuria has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Meine keeping full guard, as Ellacuria tries to pass.
Ellacuria is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Meine looking for a guillotine here but Ellacuria defends easily.
Meine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meine passes to full mount!
Meine tries to control but Ellacuria wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellacuria is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ellacuria is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ellacuria is trying desperately to improve position.
Meine looking to control and managing it successfully.
Meine fails to advance to Ellacuria's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ellacuria is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Meine takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Meine tries to control but Ellacuria wriggling away.
Meine works his way to his opponent's back.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
A lull in the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rudolf Meine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ellacuria tests Meine's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Ellacuria fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meine, pushing him back against the cage.

Meine successfully pulls guard.

Meine is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ellacuria is aware though and is defending well.
Meine wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Meine wants to control but Ellacuria passes easily into half guard.
Ellacuria trying to control the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meine trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Ellacuria manages to pass to mount!
Ellacuria will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellacuria avoids the attempt from Meine to control.
Meine might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ellacuria haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Meine is wriggling around trying to escape.
Arturo Ellacuria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Meine tries to hold on but Ellacuria pushes him away.
Meine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Meine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Meine has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Meine is in all sorts of trouble here.
Meine manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Meine trying to control from the bottom.
Meine is trying to get back to full guard.
Rudolf Meine has got the better of the ground game so far.
The fighters are battling for position here. Meine manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellacuria wants to get up but he can't break Meine's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Meine has his hands on Ellacuria's head, controlling the position.
Meine controls Ellacuria momentarily but Ellacuria frees himself.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ellacuria throws a looping overhand right but Meine ducks down to avoid it.
Meine wants to counter the offense by Ellacuria and move into the clinch position.
Meine throws a leg kick
letting Ellacuria counter with a right hand.
Good work by Ellacuria as he checks the leg kick.
Donk. Meine catches Ellacuria right on the button with a cross.
Meine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Meine digs a good hook to Ellacuria's body.
Meine throws a jab when Ellacuria was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ellacuria.
Meine throws a series of punches but Ellacuria avoids them all with ease.
Meine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ellacuria manages to avoid it.
Ellacuria throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Meine cracks Ellacuria with a good jab.
The fighters circling - Ellacuria throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meine dodges the punch combination from Ellacuria.
Ellacuria throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Meine wants to counter with a clinch but Ellacuria pushes him away.
Meine lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meine throws a body punch but Ellacuria moves out of range.
Meine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ellacuria throws a right hand that Meine ducks under and follows up with a left that Meine also avoids with ease.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Meine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Meine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ellacuria.
Ellacuria tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Meine is able to avoid easily.
Meine wants to counter the offense by Ellacuria and move into the clinch position.
Ellacuria throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

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 Arturo Ellacuria.
I think Meine 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!