PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Engelbert Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Favisa Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Thriller. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Meyer

199 cm
20
295 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Engelbert Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Favisa Meyer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meyer connects with a high kick.
Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meyer dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meyer circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Meyer pinned against the cage. Meyer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Meyer!
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Meyer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones closes the distance but Meyer moves to the side
and Meyer counters with a nice body kick.
Jones is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones misses with a double jab

and Meyer counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones tries to pull guard but Meyer holds him up against the cage and eventually Jones drops back down to his feet.
Jones stops a takedown attempt from Meyer.
Meyer lands a shot to the body.
Meyer is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.
Engelbert Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Favisa Meyer.
Meyer is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.

Jones has Meyer pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jones pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Meyer tumbling to the mat - Jones dives into Meyer's guard.
Meyer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jones throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Meyer tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Jones flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Meyer trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Meyer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Meyer lands a big shot there that rocks Jones but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jones throwing hammer fists to the chest of Meyer. What's that going to do exactly?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meyer controlling the pace for now.

Meyer has hold of Jones's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jones manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Meyer wants to get back to his feet but Jones is holding on tight.
Meyer scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Meyer looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Jones swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Meyer blocks Jones's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Meyer dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meyer with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones throwing hammer fists to the chest of Meyer. What's that going to do exactly?
Meyer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Meyer wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but Meyer has a good base and remains in mount.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
Meyer looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Meyer takes Jones's back, avoiding a couple of desperation strikes from the bottom.
Jones manages to reverse the position and now he's in Meyer's guard. Nice work there by Jones.

Meyer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Meyer trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Favisa Meyer 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.

Meyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.

Meyer gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Meyer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Meyer's head.
Jones stands up over Meyer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones working some strikes from top position.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jones lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Meyer blocks nicely.
Meyer looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is in close to Meyer's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Meyer is keeping the position.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Meyer's brow.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Meyer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones lands a couple of elbows.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a combination
and Meyer counters with a one-two to the body.
Jones tries for a takedown but Meyer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meyer sprawls well. Meyer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Engelbert Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Meyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Favisa Meyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meyer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Meyer wants it to stay on the feet.
Meyer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Meyer lands a nice looking body kick.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Meyer shows good takedown defense.
Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meyer closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Meyer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Meyer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to clinch but Meyer is avoiding it.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Meyer counters with a nice uppercut.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Meyer keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.

Jones pulls Meyer into guard.
Meyer passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Jones is staying active underneath Meyer, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Meyer blocks the strikes from Jones.
Jones punching from the bottom.
Jones makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is striking from the bottom but Meyer uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Jones missing with punches from the bottom.
Jones missing with punches from the bottom.
Jones flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jones striking from half guard on the bottom.
Jones landing rabbit punches to the side of Meyer's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.

Meyer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jones sees it coming and defends easily.
Jones landing strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Engelbert Jones dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jones with a poor takedown
and Meyer counters with a big head kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Jones misses with a combination

and Meyer counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Meyer walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Engelbert Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meyer scores with a nice strike.
Meyer wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Meyer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Meyer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Meyer lands with a kick to the temple. Jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Meyer clinches.
Meyer tries for a takedown. No joy.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones tries to clinch but Meyer moves away
and Meyer counters with a head kick. That will keep Jones thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Meyer was covering up waiting for the punch and Jones finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones lands a couple of elbows.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Meyer has wrist control.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Meyer is trying to keep Jones in close.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Meyer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Meyer has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meyer sprawls well. Meyer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones misses with a takedown
and Meyer counters with a nice kick to the body.

Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Meyer is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.

Meyer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Meyer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones 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.
Meyer taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones working over Meyer with some ground and pound. Meyer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Meyer is trying to stand up here but Jones is controlling him well.
Meyer taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones winds up and cracks Meyer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Meyer taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.

Meyer kicks off Jones and gets to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Meyer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Meyer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Meyer's hands, connecting with Meyer's forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Engelbert Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Engelbert Jones!