PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrej Sharko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fenton Meeks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fenton Meeks has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andrej Sharko's chin.

Sharko
vs
Meeks

176 cm
22
161 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

171 cm
26
160 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrej Sharko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fenton Meeks!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meeks closes the distance but Sharko moves to the side
and Sharko counters with a leg kick.
Meeks tries to clinch but Sharko moves away
and Sharko counters with a straight right hand.
Sharko misses with a two punch combination.
Meeks darts in trying to clinch
and Sharko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Meeks misses with a jab to the body

and Sharko counters with a shoot takedown. Meeks fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meeks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Meeks wants to stand and escape but Sharko is having none of it.
Meeks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sharko is fighting to break Meeks's control of his arms but Meeks is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sharko stops Meeks from standing up.
Sharko throwing strikes but missing.
Sharko trying to control but Meeks is working from the bottom.
Sharko throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sharko thows a big elbow that misses.
Sharko is in close to Meeks's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sharko thows a big elbow that misses.
Sharko postures up in Meeks's guard and throws a big left but Meeks blocks it.
Meeks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sharko.
Sharko is looking to work some ground and pound but Meeks has wrist control.
Sharko 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.
Sharko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sharko advances position into side control!
Sharko working the head and body with strikes.
Meeks prevents Sharko from moving into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Meeks sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Meeks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sharko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sharko works his way into side control.
Sharko throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Meeks stops Sharko from passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharko throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sharko misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Meeks is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Meeks taking a bit of punishment here - Sharko scoring with strikes.
Sharko scoring with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Meeks's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The strikes coming from Sharko are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Meeks is looking for a sweep.
Sharko prevents Meeks from escaping the position.
Meeks looks gassed!
Sharko scores with punches from side control.
The ground and pound from Sharko seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sharko misses with the ground and pound.

Sharko tries for a kimura but Meeks is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meeks takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meeks avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sharko.

Sharko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Meeks knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sharko creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Meeks sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sharko in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sharko trying to control the position but Meeks is working away.
Meeks is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Sharko looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Meeks can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharko landing a few strikes.
Sharko landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sharko throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sharko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sharko in side control, throwing shots but Meeks defends.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Meeks can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sharko working the ground and pound from side control.
Sharko grinds an elbow into Meeks's temple.
Meeks is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sharko connects with a decent elbow.
Sharko working the ground and pound but Meeks is defending the strikes.
Meeks gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Meeks bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Sharko uses the cage to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meeks takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrej Sharko dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Meeks looks to clinch

and Sharko counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sharko is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Meeks is trying desperately to improve position.
Sharko pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sharko landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sharko trying to control but Meeks is having none of it.
Sharko raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sharko with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharko with the ground and pound from mount.

Sharko is working for a guillotine from mount but Meeks frees his head quite easily.

Sharko with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sharko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Meeks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeks slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Meeks is breathing heavily.
Sharko trying to control from half guard but Meeks is working away.
Sharko throwing shots but Meeks is blocking nicely.
Sharko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sharko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Meeks defending well though.
Sharko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sharko wants to pass the guard but Meeks is defending well.
Meeks has hold of Sharko's hands but Sharko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sharko lands a nice short elbow.

Sharko looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sharko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Meeks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sharko looks to land a strike but Meeks avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sharko stands up over Meeks, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sharko throwing strikes from guard but Meeks blocks nicely.
Sharko throwing strikes from guard but Meeks blocks nicely.
Sharko landing with the ground and pound.
Meeks working a defensive guard but Sharko manages to pass into side control anyway.
Sharko working the ground and pound.
Meeks is trying to control Sharko's posture but Sharko avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meeks is looking to regain half guard here but Sharko keeps moving and retains side control.
Sharko misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sharko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Meeks can do to turn this around?
Meeks is trying to improve his position.
Sharko working the head and body with strikes.
Sharko postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sharko creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Sharko is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Meeks is trying to escape and Sharko transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Meeks is forced to tap! Nice work there by Sharko! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andrej Sharko!