PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between denis meacham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewis Harrington acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

meacham
vs
Harrington

188 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

188 cm
23
205 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, denis meacham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Lewis Harrington!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington tries to clinch but meacham moves out of range.
Harrington tries to clinch but meacham is having none of it.
Harrington lands with a nice body punch.
Harrington fails with an attempt to clinch.

meacham drops Harrington with a beautiful combination! Harrington stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - meacham is looking for the KO!

Harrington is rocked!

It looks like Lewis Harrington has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harrington is still on wobbly legs! Can meacham finish him?
meacham thuds a left hand into Harrington's body.
Harrington seems to have recovered his senses.
Harrington is looking to clinch but meacham is avoiding it.
Harrington fails to land the takedown.
Harrington throws a head kick but meacham moves out of range.
meacham keeps the fight on the outside.
meacham lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harrington at a distance.
Harrington looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

meacham gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
meacham is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
meacham taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for meacham.
meacham lands with a left to the head.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but meacham avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from meacham.
Harrington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but meacham has him pressed against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from meacham.
meacham lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from meacham.
A left hand lands to the body for meacham.
meacham is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Harrington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harrington is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harrington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
meacham pressing his opponent against the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
meacham lands a shot to the body.
meacham stalling in the clinch.
Harrington is trying to force a seperation but meacham has the dominant position.
meacham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harrington is keeping busy.
meacham dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
meacham lands a body punch.
Harrington is trying to work for a single leg takedown but meacham pulls him back up using the underhooks.
denis meacham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lewis Harrington.
meacham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
meacham manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Harrington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by meacham.
meacham swings away with a body shot that misses

so Harrington counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Harrington is fighting to break meacham's control of his arms but meacham is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Harrington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
meacham knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harrington on the ground.
Harrington trying to control the position from guard on top but meacham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harrington tries to free his leg and advance position but meacham is retaining full guard.
meacham is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Harrington trying to control but meacham is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
meacham seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Harrington looking to sit in guard and control but meacham gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harrington manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrington wants to control the pace but meacham is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

denis meacham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lewis Harrington's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Harrington shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts meacham as he jumps to the side.
Harrington wants to clinch
and meacham counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harrington looks to clinch
and meacham counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harrington's knee momentarily.
Lewis Harrington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrington tries to clinch but meacham moves away
and meacham makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
meacham dips to his left and cracks Harrington with an uppercut!

meacham feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Harrington sprawling to the canvas! Harrington rolls over backwards and springs off the ropes and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can meacham finish him?!
Harrington is breathing heavily.
meacham scoring well with a low kick there.
meacham drops Harrington with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Harrington! meacham dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). denis meacham!