PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Repe Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Meredith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meredith has chosen Four Kicks as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sorsa
vs
Meredith

172 cm
22
157 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
153 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Repe Sorsa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Meredith!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meredith tries to clinch up but Sorsa circles away and keeps his distance.
Sorsa checks the leg kick.
Meredith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sorsa stuffs the takedown.
Meredith moves in looking to clinch but Sorsa pushes him off.
Meredith ducks under a wild hook from Sorsa.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sorsa is trying to push Meredith away but Meredith has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sorsa is looking to control Meredith's arms but Meredith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sorsa has his back to the cage.
Sorsa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meredith has him pressed against the cage.
Meredith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sorsa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Meredith tries to land knees in the clinch but Sorsa avoids the damage to the body.
Meredith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Meredith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sorsa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Meredith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith keeps control of Sorsa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.
Meredith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sorsa's face.

It looks like Repe Sorsa has been cut.
Sorsa tries a body shot but Meredith blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.
Meredith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sorsa managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Meredith taking a breather.
Meredith scores with a shot to the side of Sorsa's head.
Sorsa avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith lands an elbow inside.
Meredith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sorsa blocks it with crossed arms.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Sorsa is looking to control Meredith's arms but Meredith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sorsa has his back to the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Meredith obliges.
Meredith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Meredith.
Meredith misses with an elbow strike.
Sorsa taking a breather.
Meredith lands an elbow inside.
Sorsa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sorsa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sorsa is breathing heavily.
Sorsa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meredith with a knee to the head.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sorsa.
Nice elbow from Meredith.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sorsa up against the cage.
Sorsa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sorsa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sorsa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meredith misses with a knee strike.
Meredith looking to throw knees to the head but Sorsa is blocking nicely.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the head but Sorsa blocks with his arms.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sorsa.
Meredith lands a knee to the body.
Sorsa is trying to break free.
Sorsa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sorsa tries to break free but Meredith pushes him back against the cage.

Sorsa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sorsa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meredith tries to clinch up.
Meredith tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meredith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meredith tries to bum rush Sorsa with a series of wild strikes but Sorsa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meredith closes the distance and clinches up with Sorsa, looking for a takedown. Meredith pushes Sorsa against the cage but Sorsa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Meredith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meredith has a takedown stuffed.
Repe Sorsa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Meredith.
Sorsa throws a combination. Meredith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Chris Meredith has been cut.
Sorsa swats away the attempt to clinch by Meredith.
Meredith tries to clinch up.
Meredith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meredith fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sorsa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Meredith somewhat.
Sorsa swinging wildly here.
Sorsa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sorsa keeps the fight on the outside.
Sorsa throws a right hand that Meredith ducks under and follows up with a left that Meredith also avoids with ease.
Meredith doesn't manage to clinch there - Sorsa circles away.
Meredith lands a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Sorsa.
Sorsa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Meredith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sorsa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chris Meredith will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sorsa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Meredith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Meredith lands a knee to the body.
Sorsa avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.
The referee calls for Meredith to work.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.
Sorsa avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Sorsa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sorsa is trying to break the clinch but Meredith has him pressed against the cage.
Sorsa takes an elbow to the temple.
Meredith with a knee to the head.
Meredith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Meredith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.
Meredith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sorsa has had enough of the clinch but Meredith keeps him there for the moment.
Sorsa avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice elbow from Meredith.
Meredith lands a good knee to the midsection. Sorsa won't want to take too many of those.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Meredith as Sorsa tries to tie him up.
Meredith avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith scores a nice knee to the body.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sorsa.
Nice body punch from Meredith - that landed with a thud.
Meredith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sorsa managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Sorsa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Sorsa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith is pushing Sorsa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.

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.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.

Sorsa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meredith wants to clinch.
Meredith moves in looking to clinch but Sorsa pushes him off.
Meredith wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Sorsa misses.
Meredith fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sorsa checks it well.
Meredith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sorsa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chris Meredith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch but Sorsa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Meredith.
Meredith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sorsa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sorsa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Sorsa tries to keep at a distance but Meredith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meredith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Meredith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sorsa is trying to break free.
Meredith taking a breather.
Sorsa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Sorsa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Meredith stalling against the cage.
Sorsa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sorsa working hard to break the clinch.
Meredith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sorsa's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Meredith gets underhooks to prevent Sorsa's takedown attempt.
Sorsa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sorsa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meredith works on Sorsa's body with a couple of short punches.
Meredith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sorsa blocks it with crossed arms.
Meredith tries to land knees in the clinch but Sorsa avoids the damage to the body.
Sorsa managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Sorsa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sorsa.
Sorsa avoids a wild elbow strike from Meredith.
Meredith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Meredith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meredith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sorsa's efforts to push away.
Sorsa avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.

Sorsa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Meredith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sorsa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Meredith shoots in but Sorsa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sorsa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meredith throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sorsa's waist but Sorsa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Meredith off to one side.
Meredith fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Repe Sorsa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Meredith.
Sorsa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sorsa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sorsa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meredith.
Meredith will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sorsa misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sorsa misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meredith tries to clinch up but Sorsa circles away and keeps his distance.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sorsa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meredith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meredith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sorsa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sorsa tries to bum rush Meredith with a series of wild strikes but Meredith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meredith doesn't manage to clinch there - Sorsa circles away.
Meredith misses with a head kick.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sorsa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sorsa misses with a double jab.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch but Sorsa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Meredith misses.

That's two 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.
Sorsa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Meredith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sorsa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meredith was well out of range. Poor timing from Sorsa.
Meredith tries to clinch up but Sorsa circles away and keeps his distance.
Meredith throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch but Sorsa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sorsa tries to keep at a distance but Meredith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meredith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sorsa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sorsa blocking some punches.

Sorsa breaks from the clinch.
Sorsa circles away from the clinch attempt.

Meredith forces Sorsa back against the cage and clinches.
Sorsa is trying to drag Meredith to the mat but Meredith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sorsa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the head but Sorsa blocks with his arms.
Sorsa is trying to break the clinch but Meredith has him pressed against the cage.
Meredith with a knee to the head.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Sorsa can't break the clinch.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.
Sorsa managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Meredith stalls.
Sorsa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Repe Sorsa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sorsa avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sorsa tries to break the clinch but Meredith is controlling the position.
Sorsa managing to block the knees to the body from Meredith.
Sorsa avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.

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.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sorsa.
Sorsa avoids a wild elbow strike from Meredith.
Sorsa wants to get back to striking at distance but Meredith won't allow it.
Sorsa lands with a light punch inside.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but Sorsa blocks it.

Sorsa has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Meredith clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Sorsa is not going to allow Meredith to sit and survive in this position.
Meredith tries to escape the position.
Meredith trying to control the action but Sorsa just sinks the hooks in.

And that's the end of the fight!
Repe Sorsa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Meredith 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Meredith!