PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patches Meech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Socket Extender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meech kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is shear it maybe. Extender comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BOOM! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Meech
vs
Extender

183 cm
36
190 lbs
20 - 31 - 0

185 cm
27
190 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 20 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patches Meech!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Socket Extender!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Extender moves into range and clinches up with Meech.
Extender lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Meech backwards.
A body shot lands from Extender.
Extender lands a body punch.

Meech breaks from the clinch.
Meech looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Meech throws a right hand that Extender ducks under and follows up with a left that Extender also avoids with ease.

Extender closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Extender pushes Meech back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Meech is breathing heavily.

Extender has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Meech uses from the top position.

Extender has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Meech has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Extender ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Extender no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Extender wants to stand but Meech is controlling the position.

Meech gets to his feet - Extender follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meech lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Extender circles away quickly and effectively.
Meech keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Patches Meech seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meech misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Extender is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Meech misses with a double jab.
Extender throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Meech's head.
Meech moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Extender throws a head kick that misses.
Meech went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Extender shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Meech defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Extender ducks under a wild hook from Meech.
Extender unleashes a big counter combination but Meech bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Extender dodges the punch combination from Meech.
Meech throws a series of punches but Extender moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meech lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Meech misses with a few strikes there.
Extender slips a jab and a cross from Meech.
Extender ducks under a wild hook from Meech.
Meech lands a jab to Extender's midsection.
Meech misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meech will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Meech gets tackled into the cage by Extender. Extender maintains the clinch.

Extender manages to break the clinch.
Meech swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Extender avoids a punch combination nicely.
Extender blocks a jab.
Meech throws a series of punches but Extender avoids them all with ease.
Extender unleashes a big counter combination but Meech bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Extender looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Extender showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meech.
Meech misses with a jab, cross combination.
Despite the aggression on Extender's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Extender uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meech.
Meech missing with a left hand there. Extender was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Extender feints the counter takedown.
Meech looks to score with a jab to the body but Extender is just out of range.

Extender closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Meech did well to prevent Extender getting side control.

Meech kicks Extender off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Meech. Those never looked like landing.
Despite the aggression on Extender's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Extender takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Meech swinging wildly here.
Meech misses with a wild combination.
Extender shoots in but Meech avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patches Meech dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Meech lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Extender circles away quickly and effectively.

Extender closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Extender creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Meech is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Extender can do to turn this around?

Extender manages to break the clinch.
Meech throws out a loose jab but Extender uses good head movement to avoid it.
Extender displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Meech throws out the jab.
Extender keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meech misses with a double jab.
Meech misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meech pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Extender back to the cage. Meech follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Socket Extender has been cut.
Meech misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Extender will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Extender is breathing heavily.
Meech will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meech misses with the combination.
Meech throws a series of punches but Extender avoids them all with ease.
Meech looks to land a left hand but Extender moved out of range nicely.
Meech tries to bum rush Extender with a series of wild strikes but Extender uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meech misses with a few strikes there.
Meech throws a right and a left that Extender avoids nicely.
Extender dodges the punch combination from Meech.
Meech swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Extender counters with a shoot takedown. Meech fights it but they end up in guard.
Extender is looking to work some ground and pound but Meech has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meech avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Meech kicks Extender off and gets to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Extender gets a clinch.
Meech prevents a body shot from Extender.
Extender misses with a body punch.

Meech pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meech misses with a shot to the body

and Extender counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Meech breaks from the clinch.
Meech misses with a two punch combination.
Extender is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Extender moves into the clinch.
Extender lands a body shot in the clinch.

Meech breaks the clinch.
Meech misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Extender clinches.

Extender drags the fight down to the ground.

Extender scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Meech misses with a double jab.
Meech fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Extender looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Some wild striking there from Meech.

Meech gets tackled into the cage by Extender. Extender maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Meech breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Extender dodges the punch combination from Meech.
Meech stuffs the takedown.
Meech appears to be looking for a big counter.
Extender slips a jab and a cross from Meech.
Extender lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Meech gets tackled into the cage by Extender. Extender maintains the clinch.

Extender breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meech misses with a two punch combination.
Extender is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Meech throws a nice looking combination but Extender bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Extender throws a counter combo.
Sloppy strikes from Meech. Those never looked like landing.
Meech misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patches Meech dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Socket Extender's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Extender instigates a clinch.
Extender lands an elbow that stopped Meech in his tracks for a moment.
Meech blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Meech's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meech ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Extender moves away.
Meech misses with an uppercut.

Extender has Meech up against the cage in a clinch.
Extender can't find room to land a body shot as Meech controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Meech breaks from the clinch.
Meech stalks Extender and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Extender's face. Extender staggers backwards, shaken.
Extender takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Meech throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Extender counters by moving into the clinch.
Extender misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Extender doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Extender goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Extender jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Meech walks away with a smile on his face. Extender gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Extender clinches.
Extender looking to slow down the pace here.

Meech pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Meech does no damage.
Patches Meech is winning the standup battle so far.
Extender on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A combination from Meech does no damage.
Meech fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Extender looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Meech throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meech misses with an uppercut. Extender saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meech missing with a left hand there. Extender was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Extender throws a counter combo.
Good standup being displayed there by Meech as he connects with a hook.
Meech throws a combination that misses
and Extender counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Meech misses with a wild combination.
Extender slips a jab and a cross from Meech.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meech throws a left and a right that both miss

and Extender counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Extender.

Meech breaks the clinch.
Meech displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meech lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Extender circles away quickly and effectively.

Extender forces Meech back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Extender breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meech misses with a straight left.
A jab from Meech misses.
Meech keeps the fight on the outside.
Extender lands with a nice body kick.
Meech takes a swing at Extender's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Extender's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Meech swinging wildly here.
Meech misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meech throws a series of punches but Extender avoids them all with ease.
Socket Extender has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Extender avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Meech, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Meech throws a right and a left that both miss.
Extender throws a head kick that Meech semi-blocks.

It looks like Patches Meech has been cut.
Meech cracks Extender with a good jab.
Meech throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meech lands a really nice looking cross but Extender seems unphased.
Meech throws a hook but Extender blocks it.
Meech throws a right and a left that both miss.
Meech fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
No joy there for Meech, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Patches Meech is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Meech has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Extender.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patches Meech showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Meech, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patches Meech!
Patches Meech tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.