PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arska Paska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doadi Rafi Meldir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meldir has chosen Khala Ya Khala as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Doadi Rafi Meldir was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Paska
vs
Rafi Meldir

185 cm
27
222 lbs
8 - 6 - 2

193 cm
27
213 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arska Paska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doadi Rafi Meldir!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paska throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meldir.
A swing and a miss from Paska.

Paska closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Meldir working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paska goes for a takedown attempt but Meldir pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Meldir throws a right and a left that both miss.

Paska closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Meldir to the mat! Meldir manages to get full guard.
Meldir keeping full guard, as Paska tries to pass.
Meldir wants to stand but Paska is controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Meldir is on top in guard.
Meldir wants to control from the top but Paska keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paska is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Meldir wants to get up but he can't break Paska's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Meldir tries to free his leg and advance position but Paska is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Paska wants to get back to his feet but Meldir is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Meldir looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Meldir throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paska has a closed guard, preventing Meldir from standing up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Paska slips a jab and a cross from Meldir.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paska looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meldir tries to clinch up

and Paska counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Meldir's guard now.
Paska chips away with some ground and pound.
Meldir looking for a sweep. Not yet Meldir, not yet.
Meldir manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Paska manages to get himself to full guard.
Meldir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Paska swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meldir has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Paska is proving hard to escape from.
Meldir prevents Paska from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Paska shoots in but Meldir avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paska looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Meldir is looking to clinch.

Meldir moves into range and clinches up with Paska.
Meldir pushes Paska back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meldir scores a nice knee to the body.
Meldir lands a body punch in the clinch.
Meldir stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meldir lands a good knee to the midsection. Paska won't want to take too many of those.
Meldir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Meldir throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paskas head.
Meldir wants to stall.
Meldir gets through Paska's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meldir looking to slow down the pace here.
Meldir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paska's defenses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meldir stalling in the clinch but Paska improves position.
Meldir lands a right hand that snaps the head of Paska backwards.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Meldir prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arska Paska. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meldir scores with a shoulder strike.
Meldir cracks Paska with a nice body shot.
Meldir throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paskas head.
Good body shot from Meldir.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Doadi Rafi Meldir.
Meldir stalks Paska and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Paska's face. Paska staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Arska Paska has been cut.
Arska Paska is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left and a right from Meldir both land. Nice combination.
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!

Meldir rushes Paska and presses him up against the ropes.
Meldir working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Meldir.
Paska wants a takedown but no success here.
Meldir lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meldir softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Meldir breaks from the clinch.
Meldir with a jab.

Paska tries to keep at a distance but Meldir has taken the fight into the clinch.

Meldir manages to break the clinch.
Meldir scoring well with a low kick there.
Meldir shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Paska sprawls well. Paska wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Meldir gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meldir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Meldir closes the distance and pushes Paska back into the ropes.
Paska drops down looking for an ankle pick but Meldir pulls his leg out and moves away.
Meldir closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Meldir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Meldir scores with a jab to the head.

Paska gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Paska wants to stand up but Meldir is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Meldir decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Paska, up you get!

Paska is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Meldir's half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Meldir wants to control but Paska is keeping busy.
Paska seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meldir throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Paska wants to pass the guard but Meldir is defending well.
Paska seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Paska seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Meldir for as long as he can get away with.
Paska wants to control but Meldir is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meldir wants to improve his position but Paska is controlling well.
Paska looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doadi Rafi Meldir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arska Paska's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Meldir tries to clinch up.
Paska wants to clinch.
Meldir scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Paska fails with a takedown attempt.

Meldir moves into the clinch successfully.
Meldir stalling in the clinch but Paska improves position.
Meldir lands an elbow inside.

Meldir breaks the clinch.
Paska fails with a takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Meldir.
Meldir lands an elbow inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Meldir.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meldir makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Meldir breaks the clinch.

Meldir clinches with his opponent.
Paska trying to control the position but instead, Meldir has worked for underhooks and has pushed Paska into the ropes.

Meldir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meldir is looking to clinch.
Paska shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Meldir as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arska Paska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meldir doesn't manage to clinch there - Paska circles away.
Meldir lands with a nice combination. Paska backs away looking to recover.

Meldir has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meldir blocks a body shot from Paska.
Paska misses with a punch to the body.
Meldir working Paska over with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Meldir scores with a nice short uppercut.
Meldir lands an elbow just above Paska 's eye.
Meldir lands with a short shot to the head.
Meldir drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Paska gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Meldir scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Meldir - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meldir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Meldir looking for a takedown.
Meldir landing knees to the body.
Meldir lands a hook that snaps the head of Paska backwards.
Meldir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Paska drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Meldir gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paska misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Meldir.
Doadi Rafi Meldir seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Meldir gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Meldir content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Paska misses with a short punch on the inside.

Meldir breaks from the clinch.
Meldir tries to clinch but Paska is having none of it.
Meldir looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Paska.
Paska will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paska with a poor takedown
and Meldir counters with a left and a right that stings Paska.
Arska Paska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Meldir gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Meldir.
Paska working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meldir lands an elbow inside that Paska shrugs off.
Meldir lands a hook that snaps the head of Paska backwards.
Meldir wants to stall.
Paska avoiding damage.
Paska stalling in the clinch but Meldir improves position.
Meldir using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Meldir.
Paska takes an elbow to the temple.
Paska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paska looking for a takedown.
Meldir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Paska is keeping busy.
A short right from Meldir.
Meldir blocks an uppercut.

Meldir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Paska moves into the clinch.
Meldir blocks an uppercut.
Meldir lands an elbow just above Paska 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paska drops down looking for an ankle pick but Meldir pulls his leg out and moves away.

Paska tries to keep at a distance but Meldir has taken the fight into the clinch.
Paska is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Paska looking for a takedown.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Meldir creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meldir lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Meldir working Paska over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Paska.
Meldir drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Paska gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paska tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Meldir is fighting off a takedown attempt but Paska is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Meldir to the mat. Meldir regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Paska trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Meldir keeping moving, preventing Paska from controlling successfully.
Meldir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doadi Rafi Meldir comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Meldir has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doadi Rafi Meldir!