PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laph Roaig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roaig has chosen The Doors - Alabama song as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Meyers
vs
Roaig

187 cm
24
198 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

191 cm
25
198 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charlie Meyers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Laph Roaig!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Meyers scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Meyers is trying to control the action in half guard but Roaig is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Meyers wants to pass the guard but Roaig is defending well.
Roaig is trying to stand.
Meyers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Roaig looks like he's trying to stand up.
Roaig won't allow Meyers to pass to mount.
Meyers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Meyers trying to control the action but Roaig is working from the bottom.
Meyers stops Roaig from getting back to his feet.

Meyers is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Roaig sees it coming and defends easily.
Roaig tries to kick Meyers off but Meyers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Meyers is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Roaig has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Roaig does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Meyers tries to pass to full mount but Roaig defends it.
Roaig tries to kick Meyers off but Meyers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Meyers is trying to work for a kimura but Roaig is defending well.
Roaig looks like he's trying to stand up.
Roaig tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Meyers manages to move to mount!
Roaig is trying to stand up.

Meyers has control of Roaig's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Roaig regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roaig trying desperately to get to his feet.
Meyers unloading with bombs!
Roaig tries to buck Meyers off but he can't manage it.
Meyers has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Meyers working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyers trying to control but Roaig is having none of it.
Roaig is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Meyers looking to control but Roaig is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Meyers landing strikes from the mount and Roaig is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers lands a big elbow.
Meyers drops a big elbow. That's hurt Roaig! More shots from Meyers and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Meyers!