PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Meat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cro copout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). copout comes into a darkened arena with his song building. you throw knee, i go home kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Meat
vs
copout

215 cm
20
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

219 cm
18
292 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Heavy Weight Nutrition (*Recovery 152 $50!)
Heavy Weight Nutrition (*Recovery 152 $50!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Meat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, cro copout!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Meat is defended easily by copout.

copout gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
copout looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Meat wants to control from the top but copout keeps moving.
Meat throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as copout works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
copout utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Meat throwing strikes from guard but copout blocks nicely.
Meat is looking to work some ground and pound but copout has wrist control.
Meat passes copout's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meat is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
copout avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Meat.
Meat with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
copout tries to get to full guard but Meat has control of the leg.
Meat missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Meat thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed copout's head.
Meat wants to pass the guard but copout is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meat seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but copout does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Meat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Meat shoots in for a takedown but copout shows good takedown defense.

Meat scores with a takedown into copout's guard.
copout looking to control.

Meat is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! copout is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! copout has escaped and now he's on top!
Meat is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meat 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.
copout trying to control but Meat is working from the bottom.
Meat is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Meat had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. copout is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Meat Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take copout's back instead.
Even with his hooks in, Meat manages to miss with strikes from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Meat misses with punches from the back.
copout trying to control the hands but Meat breaks the grip.
copout staying busy and making it hard for Meat to control.
copout covering up well and avoiding damage.
copout covering up well and avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Meat dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Meat shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has copout pinned against the cage. copout gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Meat darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Meat looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Meat is working hard here to advance position.
Meat wants to lay and pray for a moment but copout keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
copout wants to get back to full guard.
Meat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Meat seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Meat throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Meat thows a huge punch but copout dodges it nicely.
copout avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Meat.
Meat not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meat wants to free his trapped foot but copout is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Meat missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Meat throwing shots but copout is blocking nicely.
Meat trying to mount his opponent but copout defends it.
Meat throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Meat stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meat takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
copout regains full guard. Nicely done.
Meat postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Meat slips nicely into half guard.

Meat seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
copout is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meat wants to free his trapped foot but copout is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Meat trying to control from half guard but copout is working away.
Meat working over copout with some ground and pound. copout looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
copout wants to improve his position but Meat is controlling well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if copout can do anything to dispel that myth.
Meat not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
copout won't allow Meat to pass to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Meat 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

copout lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
copout keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Meat shoots in looking for a takedown. copout tries to sprawl out of it but Meat keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. copout manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Meat has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Meat. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Meat shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
copout tries to hold on but Meat postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Meat lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Justin Meat overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meat landing strikes from the mount and copout is in trouble!
copout is squirming around, avoiding Meat's attempts to control the action.

Meat looking for a guillotine from mount but copout is having none of it.
copout avoids a series of strikes thrown by Meat.
copout is in all sorts of trouble here.
Meat scoring with strikes but copout is staying in there.
Meat throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
copout avoids a series of strikes thrown by Meat.
Meat sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Meat lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
cro copout has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Meat breaks from copout's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Meat lands with some vicious ground and pound - can copout hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meat landing shots from mount.
Meat throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Meat looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
copout wants to hold on but Meat pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meat lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Meat lands a nice shot to the head.
Meat landing punches.
Meat landing strikes, looking to finish!
Meat landing shots from mount.
Meat working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meat landing shots from mount.
Meat breaks from copout's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Meat lands with some vicious ground and pound - can copout hang on?
copout tries to lock up and control but Meat gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Meat lands a heavy elbow.
Meat scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish copout?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
copout wants to control but Meat is having none of it.
Meat is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. copout can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Meat showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Meat, 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Meat!