PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Knox Yodsenklai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guus Meeuwis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yodsenklai comes to the cage accompanied by Traditional Wai Kru. The key to victory for Knox Yodsenklai has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Yodsenklai
vs
Meeuwis

175 cm
28
165 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

167 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Knox Yodsenklai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Guus Meeuwis !
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meeuwis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Meeuwis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Meeuwis shoots in and gets a takedown into Yodsenklai's guard.
Meeuwis is looking to pass into half guard but Yodsenklai pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Yodsenklai is in guard.
Meeuwis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Meeuwis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yodsenklai.

Meeuwis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Meeuwis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yodsenklai's guard.
Meeuwis is looking to pass into half guard but Yodsenklai pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Yodsenklai is in guard.

Meeuwis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yodsenklai scoring with some ground and pound.

Meeuwis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yodsenklai defends it easily.
Yodsenklai in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeuwis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Meeuwis wants to sweep but no luck.
Yodsenklai in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yodsenklai trying to control but Meeuwis is working from the bottom.
Yodsenklai throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yodsenklai throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meeuwis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yodsenklai pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meeuwis is keeping the position for now.
Yodsenklai sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Meeuwis is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Yodsenklai has his hands clasped together but Meeuwis extends an breaks Yodsenklai's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Meeuwis .

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Guus Meeuwis !