PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rory Markman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Meacham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Meacham has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Markman
vs
Meacham

178 cm
20
186 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
193 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

New York Style (10 Days-$10 Blowout) EVERYTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rory Markman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Meacham!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Meacham gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Markman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Markman stands up over Meacham, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Markman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Markman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Meacham looking for a guillotine here but Markman defends easily.

Meacham working for a triangle but Markman defends it easily.
Markman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Markman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Markman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Markman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Markman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Meacham's head.
Markman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Markman trying to control but Meacham is working from the bottom.
Markman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Meacham's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Markman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Markman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Markman is looking to work some ground and pound but Meacham has wrist control.
Markman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Markman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Meacham looking for a guillotine here but Markman defends easily.
Markman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Markman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Markman working some strikes from top position.

Meacham is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Markman is aware though and is defending well.
Markman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Markman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Markman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Meacham has his foot on Markman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Markman works his way back into a safe position though.
Meacham looks gassed!

Meacham looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Markman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Meacham's head.
Meacham keeping moving, preventing Markman from controlling successfully.
Markman landing some decent shots from guard.
Markman landing with the ground and pound.
Meacham being controlled here, momentarily.
Markman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Markman scoring with punches to the head and body.

Markman got a little sloppy there for a moment and Meacham has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Markman has managed to get both his arms back between Meacham's legs - danger averted.
Markman landing some decent shots from guard.
Markman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meacham keeping moving, preventing Markman from controlling successfully.
Markman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Markman lands a couple of elbows.

Meacham looking for a guillotine here but Markman defends easily.
Markman scoring with some ground and pound.
Markman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Markman wants to control from the top but Meacham keeps moving.
Markman stands up over Meacham, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Markman wants to control from the top but Meacham keeps moving.
Markman is really struggling to control Meacham but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Markman lands a couple of elbows.
Markman scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markman landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Markman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Markman distracts Meacham with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Markman trying to control but Meacham is working from the bottom.
Markman works over Meacham with some ground and pound from guard.
Markman stands up over Meacham, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Meacham has his foot on Markman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Markman works his way back into a safe position though.
Markman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Markman distracts Meacham with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Markman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Meacham keeping moving, preventing Markman from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Markman distracts Meacham with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Markman trying to control but Meacham is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Markman dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Markman scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Meacham is working to avoid the ground and pound but Markman connects with a decent elbow.
Markman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Meacham down.
Meacham tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Markman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Markman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Markman scores with punches from side control.
Meacham takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rory Markman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Meacham manages to get back to half guard.
Markman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Meacham looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Meacham looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Markman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Meacham is breathing heavily.
Markman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Meacham is looking to improve his position.

Meacham looking for submissions off his back.
Meacham on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Markman scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Meacham is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Markman pulls his head out easily.
Meacham is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Markman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Markman working the head and body with strikes.
Markman is trying to control the action in half guard but Meacham is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Markman wants to pass to mount but Meacham is defending the position.
Markman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Markman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Markman lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Meacham actively working from the bottom here.
Markman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Markman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Markman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Markman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Meacham does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Markman drops an elbow to the side of Meacham's head.
Markman slips a nice elbow through Meacham's hands, connecting with Meacham's forehead.
Markman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Meacham keeps working.
Markman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Markman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Meacham with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Markman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Markman working Meacham over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Meacham actively working from the bottom here.
Still in half guard, Markman seems content to control.
Markman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Meacham keeps working.
Markman lands strikes from half guard.
Markman controlling the action here.
Markman lands strikes from half guard.
Markman lands with a punch from half guard.
Meacham taking some punishment here, with Markman in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Markman there.

Meacham looking for submissions off his back.
Meacham is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Markman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Markman lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markman trying to control the action but Meacham is working from the bottom.
Markman working Meacham over with strikes.
Markman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Meacham can do to turn this around?
Meacham is in trouble now - Markman has advanced to mount!
Meacham is looking to get to half guard.
Markman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Meacham?
Markman landing shots from mount.
Markman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Markman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Meacham hang on?
Markman prevents Meacham from getting the reversal.
Markman scoring with strikes but Meacham is staying in there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Markman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Markman prevents Meacham from getting the reversal.
Markman scoring with strikes but Meacham is staying in there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Markman lands a heavy elbow.
Markman prevents Meacham from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Markman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Meacham gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Markman chips away with some ground and pound.
Markman trying to control the position from guard on top but Meacham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Markman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Markman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Meacham has his foot on Markman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Markman works his way back into a safe position though.
Markman working some strikes from top position.
Markman works over Meacham with some ground and pound from guard.
Markman landing with the ground and pound.
Markman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Markman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Markman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Markman with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Markman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Markman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Markman tries to free his leg and advance position but Meacham is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meacham has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Markman should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Meacham has tightened it up now! Markman should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Meacham!
John Meacham is the new middleweight champion!