PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Meaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Lisnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liam Meaney had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Meaney
vs
Lisnar

183 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Meaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Lisnar!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meaney connects with a jab.
Lisnar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meaney bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lisnar's head backwards.
Lisnar tries to move into range but Meaney moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lisnar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Liam Meaney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meaney ducks under a wild hook from Lisnar.
Meaney fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lisnar on the side of the head.
Meaney with a hook.
Meaney lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lisnar drops Meaney with a left right combo! Lisnar follows him down to the ground into side control.

Meaney is rocked!

It looks like Liam Meaney has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lisnar decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Oh Meaney is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lisnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meaney throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lisnar.
Meaney seems to have got his legs back now.
Lisnar misses with a low kick.
Lisnar throws a looping overhand right but Meaney ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Meaney there.
Lisnar waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Meaney. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Meaney to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Lisnar wants to get up but he can't break Meaney's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meaney throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Meaney looking for a guillotine here but Lisnar defends easily.

Meaney had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Lisnar is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Meaney Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Lisnar's back instead.

Lisnar is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Meaney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lisnar looks to land a combination but Meaney avoids it well.
Meaney scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Meaney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Lisnar.
Lisnar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meaney avoids the body shot from Lisnar.
Lisnar tries to bum rush Meaney with a series of wild strikes but Meaney uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lisnar looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Meaney both land. Nice combination.
Meaney misses with an uppercut. Lisnar saw that one coming.
Lisnar looks to land a left hand but Meaney moved out of range nicely.
Meaney connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lisnar's hands.
Lisnar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Meaney is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Meaney misses with a wild combination.
Meaney takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Meaney lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice defenses there by Meaney.
Meaney is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Meaney throws a right and a left that Lisnar avoids nicely.
Meaney throws a series of punches but Lisnar avoids them all with ease.
A cross from Meaney lands.
Meaney paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Meaney throws a nice looking combination but Lisnar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lisnar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meaney throws a series of punches but Lisnar moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Meaney.
Nice defenses there by Lisnar.
Meaney throws a series of punches but Lisnar moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lisnar takes a swing at Meaney's ribcage but misses.
Lisnar loads up on a big right hand but Meaney slips the punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Lisnar. That snapped Meaney's head back.
Meaney takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Meaney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lisnar misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Meaney.
A telegraphed right hand from Meaney misses the target.
Meaney is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lisnar looks to score with a jab to the body but Meaney is just out of range.
Lisnar looks to throw the jab but Meaney is out of range.

Lisnar has managed to clinch.
Meaney jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lisnar walks away with a smile on his face. Meaney gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lisnar throws a hook but Meaney blocks it.
Meaney looks to land a combination but Lisnar avoids it well.
Lisnar missing with a left hand there. Meaney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meaney throws a combination that misses
and Lisnar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lisnar thows a body shot but no joy.
Lisnar moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Meaney tries to keep at a distance but Lisnar has taken the fight into the clinch.

Lisnar manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meaney slips a jab from Lisnar.
Meaney lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lisnar backs up against the cage.
Lisnar lands a jab to Meaney's midsection.
Lisnar lands with a straight right. Meaney didn't see that one coming.
Meaney ducks under a wild hook from Lisnar.
Lisnar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meaney's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Meaney duly obliges.
Meaney bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meaney throws a right hand that Lisnar ducks under and follows up with a left that Lisnar also avoids with ease.
Meaney slips under a jab from Lisnar.
Meaney closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Good work by Meaney as he checks the leg kick.
Lisnar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lisnar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lisnar lands a right hook to the body.
Meaney is working the combinations to good effect here.
Meaney throws a right hand that Lisnar ducks under and follows up with a left that Lisnar also avoids with ease.
Lisnar throws a nice looking combination but Meaney bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Lisnar.
Meaney misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Lisnar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Liam Meaney's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Meaney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liam Meaney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good standup being displayed there by Meaney as he connects with a hook.
Meaney displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lisnar lands a nice shot that snaps Meaney's head back.
Lisnar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lisnar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice cross by Meaney.
Meaney misses with a two punch combination.
Meaney throws a nice looking combination but Lisnar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lisnar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lisnar ducks under a wild hook from Meaney.
A combination from Meaney does no damage.
Lisnar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Meaney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lisnar.
Meaney looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lisnar steps into range and cracks Meaney with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Meaney flops backwards and Lisnar dives into his guard looking to finish!

Lisnar stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lisnar misses with an uppercut. Meaney saw that one coming.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lisnar looks to throw the jab but Meaney is out of range.
Meaney looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lisnar connects with a nice cross there... Meaney is looking wobbly and Lisnar recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Meaney to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Lisnar jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Michael Lisnar!