PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Krush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Meilindo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Krush is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Krush
vs
Meilindo

189 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Krush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Meilindo!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krush tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Meilindo moves into the clinch.
Krush is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meilindo is defending well for now.
Krush lands a nice shot to the body.

Meilindo gets control of Krush's arms and successfully pulls guard. Meilindo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Krush has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Meilindo is proving hard to escape from.
Krush has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Meilindo is adopting a defensive guard.
Krush wants to get up but he can't break Meilindo's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Meilindo seems keen to control Krush's posture.
Krush trying to stand up but can't free himself from Meilindo's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Meilindo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krush paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krush doesn't manage to clinch there - Meilindo circles away.
Meilindo tries to clinch but Krush moves away
and Krush counters with a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Krush.
Meilindo looks to clinch

and Krush counters by moving into the clinch.
Krush scores with a shoulder strike.
Meilindo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Krush smiles and moves away.
Krush moves to clinch but Meilindo breaks away

and Meilindo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Meilindo.
Krush pushes off an throws an elbow but Meilindo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meilindo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Krush walks away with a smile on his face. Meilindo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Krush throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meilindo.
Krush tries to clinch up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krush circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krush misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Krush missing with knees to the body.
Meilindo jumps guard but Krush stands there with Meilindo around his waist. Meilindo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Alexander Krush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Meilindo.
Meilindo tries to pull guard but Krush won't allow it.
Krush tries to throw a body punch but Meilindo avoids it by throwing Krush back against the cage.
Krush has Meilindo pressed against the cage, preventing Meilindo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krush missing with knees to the body.
Krush misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Krush lands a left hand.
Krush tries to land knees in the clinch but Meilindo avoids the damage to the body.
Meilindo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Krush smiles and moves away.
Krush throws a head kick that Meilindo semi-blocks.

Krush drives through and clinches with Meilindo against the cage.
Meilindo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Meilindo pulls guard.
Meilindo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Krush's guard.
Meilindo works over Krush with some ground and pound from guard.
Meilindo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meilindo throws and elbow that misses. Krush uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Meilindo's guard. Nice move by Krush!
Krush won't allow Meilindo to sweep him here.
Meilindo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Meilindo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Meilindo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meilindo scoring with strikes but Krush is staying in there.
Meilindo landing shots from mount.
Meilindo raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Meilindo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Meilindo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Krush.
Krush misses with a series of wild punches.
Meilindo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krush tries to close the distance and clinch but Meilindo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meilindo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meilindo looks to clinch
and Krush counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meilindo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krush doesn't manage to clinch there - Meilindo circles away.
Krush throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Krush tries to clinch but Meilindo moves out of range.

Krush clinches up against the cage.

Krush manages to break the clinch.
Krush tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Meilindo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krush fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krush fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krush tries to clinch there but Meilindo circles away.
Krush doesn't manage to clinch there - Meilindo circles away.
Meilindo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Meilindo keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krush. Meilindo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krush throws a head kick that misses.
Krush tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krush keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meilindo is looking to clinch but Krush is avoiding it.
Krush fails to land with a series of punches.
Meilindo tries to clinch up.
Krush tries to close the distance and clinch but Meilindo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krush tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Meilindo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Meilindo jumps guard but Krush stands there with Meilindo around his waist. Meilindo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Meilindo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Krush walks away with a smile on his face. Meilindo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krush moves to clinch but Meilindo breaks away

and Meilindo counters by moving into the clinch.
Krush lands a shoulder strike.
Krush gets through Meilindo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Meilindo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Krush just stands there and leans against the cage.
Alexander Krush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Meilindo.
Krush works on Meilindo's body with a couple of short punches.
Meilindo managing to block the knees to the body from Krush.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Meilindo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Krush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meilindo swats away the attempt to clinch by Krush.
Alexander Krush is winning the standup battle so far.
Meilindo swats away the attempt to clinch by Krush.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krush connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Krush dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Krush closes the distance and clinches.
Krush tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krush throws an elbow but misses.

Meilindo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krush fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meilindo swats away the attempt to clinch by Krush.
Krush tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meilindo wants to clinch.

Krush moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krush is trying to force a seperation but Meilindo has the dominant position.
Alexander Krush has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Meilindo jumps guard but Krush stands there with Meilindo around his waist. Meilindo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Krush lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meilindo is trying to force a seperation but Krush has the dominant position.
Krush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meilindo has him pressed against the cage.
Krush lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Krush looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Meilindo gets control of Krush's arms and successfully pulls guard. Meilindo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Meilindo pulls Krush in close to prevent any damage.
Meilindo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Krush is one step ahead there.
Roger Meilindo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Krush being controlled here momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Roger Meilindo has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Krush tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Meilindo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krush throws a head kick that half lands.
Meilindo is looking to clinch.
Meilindo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krush manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krush tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meilindo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krush is looking to clinch but Meilindo is avoiding it.

Krush closes the distance and clinches.
Meilindo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Meilindo tries to pull guard but Krush won't allow it.
Alexander Krush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Meilindo.

Krush manages to break the clinch.
Krush lands with a good body shot.
Krush wants to clinch up but Meilindo keeps it at a distance.

Krush drives through and clinches with Meilindo against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krush tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meilindo's elbow.
Krush scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Krush.
Krush misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Krush lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Meilindo backwards.
A body shot lands from Krush.
Meilindo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Meilindo prevents Krush from breaking the clinch.
Krush misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
Krush throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Meilindos head.
Krush lands a nice knee to the body.
Krush throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krush missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Meilindo blocks an elbow strike from Krush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krush is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meilindo is defending well for now.
Krush misses with a body punch.
Krush prevents Meilindo from breaking the clinch.
Meilindo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Krush smiles and moves away.
Krush tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meilindo paws at him with a jab and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Krush showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Krush 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Krush!