PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dadzis Meiers (ranked 3718 p4p, 4167 weight class) and Uriel Church (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dadzis Meiers has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Meiers
vs
Church

189 cm
25
214
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
214
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Knock Out Sups

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dadzis Meiers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Uriel Church!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meiers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Church as he jumps to the side.
Church drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Meiers defends it well.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Church.
Meiers tries to buck Church off but Church is having none of it.
Meiers can't do much from the bottom here.
Meiers prevents Church from moving into mount.
Meiers is looking for a sweep.
Meiers stops Church from passing to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meiers wants to control but Church postures up.
Meiers is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Church off and has taken his back!

Meiers looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Church taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dadzis Meiers!
During a confident post fight interview, Dadzis Meiers thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.