PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Escobar (ranked 4663 p4p, 3364 weight class) and Braden Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Escobar
vs
Meyers

177 cm
18
151
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
151
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pedro Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Braden Meyers!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Meyers.
Escobar misses with a series of wild punches.
Escobar has his takedown stuffed
and Meyers counters with a straight right hand.
Escobar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Meyers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Escobar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar fails with the takedown
and Meyers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Nice jab there from Meyers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar throws a predictable looking body shot
and Meyers counters with a body kick that stops Escobar in his tracks momentarily.
Meyers paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Escobar tries to move into range but Meyers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Meyers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Escobar's head backwards.
Escobar fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meyers with a nice cross.
Meyers jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Meyers clinches.
Escobar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Meyers just stands there and leans against the cage.
Meyers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Meyers just stands there and leans against the cage.

Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Meyers is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Escobar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

Meyers shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Escobar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meyers is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Meyers from controlling successfully.
Meyers engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Meyers from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Escobar controlling the position.

Escobar working for a triangle but Meyers defends it easily.
Escobar is pulling down on Meyers's head to control his posture.

Escobar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Meyers is aware though and is defending well.
Meyers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Escobar being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers looking to pass the guard.

Escobar is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Meyers has his hands clasped together but Escobar extends and breaks Meyers's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Escobar.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pedro Escobar!