PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Lake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edwin Meadows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lake comes to the cage accompanied by Saliva - Super Star. Meadows has chosen Punky's Whips as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lake
vs
Meadows

184 cm
20
147 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrew Lake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edwin Meadows!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lake misses with a wild combination.
Lake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meadows.
Lake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Meadows gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Meadows lands a jab to the nose.
Lake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meadows.
Meadows defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lake.
Meadows swinging wilding here.
Meadows throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meadows takes a swing at Lake's ribcage but misses.
Meadows slips a straight right by Lake.
Horrible takedown by Lake or perhaps it was just good defense by Meadows which made him look bad.
Meadows throws an overhand right that lands on Lake's shoulder, as Lake tries to avoid the shot.
Meadows looks to land a combination but Lake avoids it well.
Lake misses with a wild body shot.
Meadows throws a series of punches but Lake avoids them all with ease.
Meadows staying out of range there.
Lake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Meadows lands with a nice combination. Lake backs away looking to recover.
Lake misses with a double jab.
Lake fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Lake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meadows tries a head kick but it misses.
Edwin Meadows is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meadows takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Horrible takedown by Lake or perhaps it was just good defense by Meadows which made him look bad.
A jab-cross combination lands for Meadows and sends Lake crashing to the mat! Meadows follows him down to the mat - Lake regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Lake is rocked!
Meadows perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Oh Lake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lake wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, if Meadows is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lake has a hand on Meadows's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Meadows takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Meadows prevents Lake from getting the reversal.
Lake seems to have got his legs back now.
Meadows controlling the pace for now.
Meadows prevents Lake from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meadows content just to control the position here.
Lake is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lake bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Meadows is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lake stops Meadows from standing up.
Lake trying to control but Meadows is working from the bottom.
Lake slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Meadows wants to sweep but no luck.
Meadows keeping full guard, as Lake tries to pass.
Meadows has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Meadows keeping moving, preventing Lake from controlling successfully.
Lake postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Meadows keeping moving, preventing Lake from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lake throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meadows works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Meadows has Lake pulled in close to control his posture.
Meadows keeping moving, preventing Lake from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Meadows is on top in guard.
Meadows wants to control from the top but Lake keeps moving.
Lake is trying to control the position but Meadows postures up.

Lake is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Meadows defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lake is breathing heavily.
Lake throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Meadows content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin Meadows dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Meadows throws a series of punches but Lake moves out of range.
Lake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meadows.
Andrew Lake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lake lands with a cross.
Lake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meadows.
Meadows throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lake sizes up Meadows with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Lake.
Lake lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Meadows connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lake tries to clinch but Meadows is having none of it.
Lake blocks a jab.

Lake clinches with his opponent.
Lake is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lake blocking some punches.
Lake changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Meadows fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Meadows gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lake to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Meadows is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meadows trying to control the action but Lake is working from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lake manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Meadows stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lake swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lake keeping moving, preventing Meadows from controlling successfully.
Meadows stopping the sweep attempt from Lake.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meadows wants to control from the top but Lake keeps moving.
Meadowsis looking to pass into half guard but Lake pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Lake is in guard.

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 looking for a sweep. Not yet Meadows, not yet.
Lake will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Meadows is trying to keep Lake in close.
Meadows seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Lake or perhaps it was just good defense by Meadows which made him look bad.

Meadows gets caught flat footed, as Lake shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lake trying to control the position from guard on top but Meadows is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meadows throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Meadows wants to get back to his feet but Lake is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Meadows bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lake's guard.
Meadows wants to control from the top but Lake keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meadows throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meadows pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lake is keeping the position for now.
Meadows looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Meadows trying to control but Lake is working from the bottom.
Meadows slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Lake throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lake wants to sweep here but Meadows controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Meadows tries to bum rush Lake with a series of wild strikes but Lake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meadows swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meadows takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Andrew Lake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lake shoots in looking for a takedown. Meadows tries to sprawl out of it but Lake keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Meadows manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Lake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lake shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Meadows pinned against the cage. Meadows gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Meadows misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lake staying out of range there.
Meadows lands with an uppercut that bounces Lake off the cage and back into rage.
Meadows ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Meadows looks to throw the jab but Lake is out of range.
Lake ducks right into an uppercut from Meadows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin Meadows showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Meadows with a jab.
Meadows swinging wilding here.
Lake looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Meadows is fending him off so far but Lake persists. Nope, Meadows circles away and we're back to standing.
Meadows displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meadows misses with a combination
and Lake counters with a series of strikes. Meadows will be more careful next time no doubt.
Meadows misses with a low kick.
Lake swinging wilding here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lake.
Lake shoots in for a double leg but Meadows sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Lake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meadows lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lake circles away quickly and effectively.
Meadows throws a combination. Lake tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lake walks straight into a right hand from Meadows - that's dropped him! Meadows jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Lake from any more punishment! Lake complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Edwin Meadows!