PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Meadows (ranked 5120 p4p, 4431 weight class) and Devon Merchant (ranked 507 p4p, 470 weight class). Merchant is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by HonestKey- Pass. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Meadows
vs
Merchant

189 cm
23
275
3 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
260
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Meadows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Devon Merchant!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meadows looks to land a combination. Merchant sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Meadows lands a glancing blow to the side of Merchant's head.
Meadows is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Merchant.
Meadows throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Merchant counters with a nice double leg into side control. Meadows won't be happy with that.
Meadows is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Meadows sneaks back into half guard.
Merchant tries to pass the half guard into mount. Meadows knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Meadows avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Merchant.
Merchant takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Merchant not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Merchant missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Merchant slips a nice elbow through Meadows's hands, connecting with Meadows's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meadows blocking the ground and pound attempt from Merchant.
Merchant is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Merchant thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Merchant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Meadows defending well though.
Merchant seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Meadows blocking the ground and pound attempt from Merchant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Meadows avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Merchant.
Merchant lands with a punch from half guard.
Merchant thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Merchant throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Meadows taking some punishment here, with Merchant in his half guard.
Meadows taking some punishment here, with Merchant in his half guard.
Merchant throws a strike but Meadows avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Merchant looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Merchant with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meadows avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Merchant must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Merchant throwing strikes but missing.
Meadows wants to sweep but no luck.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Merchant accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Meadows throws out a loose jab but Merchant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Merchant drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Meadows defends it well.
Meadows looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Meadows takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Donk. Meadows catches Merchant right on the button with a cross.
Meadows fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Meadows falls off balance throwing a combination
and Merchant counters with a nice body shot.
Meadows throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Merchant. Meadows does a little dance to reset his feet.
Merchant takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Merchant lands an impressive looking overhand right. Meadows doesn't seem phased though.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Meadows lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Merchant has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Merchant and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Meadows cracks Merchant with a good jab.
Meadows throws a hook but Merchant blocks it.
Merchant misses with a hook.
Jay Meadows is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meadows defending well as Merchant loads up on a big left hand.
Merchant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meadows.
Meadows cracks Merchant with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meadows throws a looping overhand right but Merchant ducks down to avoid it.
Meadows throws a leg kick

and Merchant counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Merchant is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Merchant missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Merchant misses with a head shot. Meadows uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Merchant looking to pass the guard.
Merchant postures up and lands a big shot to Meadows's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Merchant loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Merchant is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Merchant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meadows working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Merchant.
Merchant throwing strikes but missing.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Meadows utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Merchant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A swing and a miss from Meadows.
The fighters circling - Meadows throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Merchant drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Meadows defends it well.
Meadows takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Merchant misses the shot to the body.
Merchant dodges the punch combination from Meadows.
Meadows lands with a shot to the body.
Meadows uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Merchant.
A lazy left from Meadows finds it's target.
Meadows throws out a powerful jab.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Merchant misses with a wild body shot.
Meadows misses the shot to the body.
Merchant with the counter takedown but Meadows avoids it easily.
Meadows looks to score with a jab to the body but Merchant is just out of range.
Merchant slips a jab and a cross from Meadows.
Merchant changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Meadows. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Meadows.
Meadows lands a really nice looking cross but Merchant seems unphased.
Merchant slips under a jab from Meadows.

Meadows gets caught flat footed, as Merchant shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Meadows can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Merchant controls the pace.
Merchant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Meadows keeping moving, preventing Merchant from controlling successfully.
Meadows working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Merchant.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Merchant stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Meadows swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Merchant with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Merchant postures up in Meadows's guard and throws a big left but Meadows blocks it.
Merchant looking to sit in guard and control but Meadows gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Merchant pulls Meadows in close to his closed guard and prevents Meadows from doing any damage or advancing position.
Meadows preventing the sweep.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Merchant is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Let's hope that Merchant 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.
Merchant wants to hit a sweep here but Meadows passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Merchant there!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jay Meadows will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Merchant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Merchant smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Meadows connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Merchant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meadows scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Meadows connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Merchant misses with a hook.
A nice combination there by Meadows.
Meadows misses with a series of wild punches.
Meadows ducks under a wild hook from Merchant.
Meadows misses with an uppercut. Merchant saw that one coming.
Meadows swings for the body but Merchant moves out of range.
Merchant ducks under a wild hook from Meadows.
Merchant drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Meadows defends it well.
Meadows ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Merchant moves away.
Nice body punch from Merchant.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Merchant moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meadows lands a glancing blow to the side of Merchant's head.
Meadows throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meadows cracks a nice hook into Merchant's ribs.
Merchant gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Meadows has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Merchant finds it's way round the side to connect with Meadows's head.
Merchant comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Meadows getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Merchant cracks Meadows with a right hand to the side of the head.

Merchant looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Meadows!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meadows tries to buck Merchant off but Merchant is having none of it.
Merchant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Meadows keeps working.
Devon Merchant has got the better of the ground game so far.
Merchant tries to score with some ground and pound. Meadows controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Merchant crashes against the mat.
Merchant in side control, throwing shots but Meadows defends.
Merchant moves into full mount!
Merchant lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Meadows hang on?

It looks like Jay Meadows has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meadows takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Merchant's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Devon Merchant!
Our winner, Devon Merchant, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.