PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Remy Bonjasky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thijs Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bonjasky
vs
Meyer

193 cm
26
240 lbs
10 - 2 - 1

186 cm
27
267 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Remy Bonjasky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thijs Meyer!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonjasky misses with a looping left.
A good leg kick by Bonjasky.
Bonjasky pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meyer fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bonjasky avoids it really well and circles away.
Bonjasky lands a slapping body shot.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Remy Bonjasky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonjasky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bonjasky misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Bonjasky misses.
Bonjasky looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bonjasky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
Bonjasky throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
Bonjasky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Meyer looks to land a right hand but Bonjasky moved out of range.
Remy Bonjasky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonjasky throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Bonjasky is out of range.
Bonjasky cracks Meyer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that misses.
Meyer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Thijs Meyer has been cut.
Meyer avoids the head kick by Bonjasky.
Meyer dodges the punch combination from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meyer.
Bonjasky misses with a body shot.
Bonjasky misses with a series of wild punches.
Meyer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bonjasky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer dives in and grabs Bonjasky's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bonjasky pushes down on Meyer's head and hops out.
Good shot there by Bonjasky.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonjasky is just out of range.
Bonjasky pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Meyer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Meyer looks gassed!
Bonjasky cracks Meyer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bonjasky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bonjasky scores with a hook to the body. Meyer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bonjasky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonjasky takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Bonjasky does it's job there.
Bonjasky is looking to slow Meyer down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky lands with a kick to the temple. Meyer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Meyer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Both fighters circling a little - Bonjasky finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonjasky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonjasky throws a head kick but Meyer moves out of range.
Bonjasky misses with a wild combination.
Bonjasky lands a head kick. Meyer smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A swing and a miss from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
Bonjasky scores with a crisp jab that stopped Meyer in his tracks.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Bonjasky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky throws a push kick but Meyer slaps the foot to one side.
Meyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meyer misses with an uppercut. Bonjasky saw that one coming.
Bonjasky misses with a straight right.
Bonjasky is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jab, jab by Bonjasky - just one landing.
A head kick misses from Bonjasky.

Meyer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Meyer showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Bonjasky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thijs Meyer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bonjasky misses with a double jab.
Bonjasky scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bonjasky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bonjasky misses with a looping right.
Bonjasky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meyer.
Bonjasky stuffs the takedown.
Meyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meyer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bonjasky.
Meyer misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bonjasky looks to land a combination. Meyer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bonjasky lands with a kick to the ribs.
Meyer is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonjasky lands a two punch combo.
Bonjasky lands with a nice combination. Meyer backs away looking to recover.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bonjasky here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bonjasky paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bonjasky lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bonjasky takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
Bonjasky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bonjasky punishes Meyer's body with a nice straight punch.
Bonjasky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Bonjasky as he connects with a hook.
Bonjasky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Meyer can do to turn this around?
Bonjasky plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
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!
Meyer throws a body punch but Bonjasky moves out of range.
Bonjasky throws a right and a left that Meyer avoids nicely.
Bonjasky fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Meyer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky throws a series of punches but Meyer avoids them all with ease.
Remy Bonjasky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bonjasky lands a leg kick that knocks Meyer off balance momentarily.
Bonjasky cracks Meyer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meyer slips a jab and a cross from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky throws a low kick but it's checked well by Meyer.
Meyer blocks a head kick by Bonjasky.
Remy Bonjasky is winning the standup battle so far.
Meyer scores with a shot to the body.

Meyer closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Meyer lands in his opponent's guard.
Bonjasky wants to stand but Meyer is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bonjasky is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Meyer is controlling him.
Meyer content to stall in guard here.
Meyer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

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.
Bonjasky is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Meyer is controlling him.
Meyer forces his way into half guard.
Meyer not doing much here.
Meyer has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonjasky tries to buck Meyer off but he can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Bonjasky dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thijs Meyer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Meyer closes the distance and clinches up with Bonjasky, looking for a takedown. Meyer pushes Bonjasky against the cage but Bonjasky circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bonjasky fails to land with a series of punches.
Meyer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bonjasky uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
No joy there for Bonjasky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Meyer misses with a shot to the body
and Bonjasky counters with a nice leg kick.
Bonjasky thows a body shot but no joy.
Bonjasky misses with a body punch

so Meyer counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meyer controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Meyer won't allow Bonjasky to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Meyer 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 one minute gone in the round.
Meyer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bonjasky is wriggling around but Meyer manages to pass to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meyer looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Meyer stops Bonjasky from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Meyer passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bonjasky tries to buck Meyer off but he can't manage it.
Meyer controlling the pace for now.
Meyer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky wants to try and get back to his feet.
Meyer controlling his opponent.
Meyer landing punches.
Bonjasky's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Meyer controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meyer dominating with strikes here.
Remy Bonjasky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bonjasky is trying to stand up.
Meyer landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meyer looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thijs Meyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bonjasky 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Remy Bonjasky!