PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bill Clinton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Court Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clinton comes to the cage accompanied by one hitta quitta. Bill Clinton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Clinton
vs
Meyers

176 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

184 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bill Clinton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Court Meyers!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyers takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Clinton is looking to clinch but Meyers is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clinton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clinton closes the distance but Meyers moves to the side

and Meyers counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Meyers.
Meyers looking to pass the guard.
Meyers with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meyers working some strikes from top position.
Meyers is working Clinton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meyers stops Clinton from standing up.
Meyers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Meyers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Meyers scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Meyers's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Meyers must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Meyers working some strikes from top position.
Meyers works over Clinton with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers is in close to Clinton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Meyers is in close to Clinton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Meyers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Meyers working some strikes from top position.
Meyers works over Clinton with some ground and pound from guard.
Meyers wants to pass the guard but Clinton is keeping the position.
Meyers landing with the ground and pound.
Meyers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Meyers stops Clinton from standing up.
Meyers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Meyers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Clinton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Clinton is breathing heavily.
Meyers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meyers is working Clinton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Meyers is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Meyers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Meyers prevents Clinton from getting back to his feet.
Meyers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Meyers landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Meyers landing some decent shots from guard.
Meyers lands a couple of digs.
Meyers connects with a couple of short punches.
Meyers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Clinton working a defensive guard here.
Meyers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clinton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meyers is one step ahead there.
Meyers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers scoring with some ground and pound.
Meyers with a nice head shot there.
Meyers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Meyers working some strikes from top position.
Meyers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Meyers chips away with some ground and pound.
Meyers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Meyers working some strikes from top position.
Meyers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Meyers postures up and lands a big shot to Clinton's brow.
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!
Meyers with a nice head shot there.
Meyers stands up over Clinton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meyers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers lands a couple of elbows.
Clinton wants to stand but Meyers is controlling the position.
Meyers sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Clinton's guard.
Meyers landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Clinton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Meyers scores with a couple of nice shots.
Meyers working Clinton over with strikes.
Meyers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Meyers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Meyers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Meyers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clinton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Meyers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyers working the head and body with strikes.
Meyers is nestled in close to Clinton, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Meyers drops an elbow to the side of Clinton's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Court Meyers dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Meyers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Clinton as he jumps to the side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Meyers.
Clinton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Meyers drives through and clinches with Clinton against the cage.
Meyers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Meyers leaning against his opponent.

Meyers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Clinton as Meyers shoots in.
Bill Clinton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Court Meyers.
Clinton throws a good cross that connects.
Bill Clinton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Meyers gets a double leg takedown into Clinton's guard.
Meyers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Clinton controls Meyers momentarily but Meyers frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Meyers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Meyers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Meyers with a nice head shot there.
Meyers landing with the ground and pound.
Meyers landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meyers scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Meyers postures up.
Meyers stands up over Clinton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Meyers scoring with punches to the head and body.
Clinton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meyers is one step ahead there.
Meyers advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyers cracks Clinton with a big right hand but Clinton just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Meyers is working Clinton over with some ground and pound from side control.
Meyers lands a decent elbow from side control.
Meyers looks up at the clock and then as Clinton takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Meyers smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Meyers scores with a couple of short elbows.
Meyers cracks Clinton with a big right hand but Clinton just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Meyers working away.
Clinton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Meyers is working Clinton over with some ground and pound from side control.
Meyers lands a decent elbow from side control.
Clinton is working to avoid the ground and pound but Meyers connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers working the ground and pound from side control.
Meyers working the ground and pound.
Meyers cracks Clinton with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Meyers working the ground and pound.
Clinton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Meyers grinds an elbow into Clinton's temple.
Meyers works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Clinton taking punishment in the form of punches.
Clinton is working to avoid the ground and pound but Meyers connects with a decent elbow.
Meyers looks up at the clock and then as Clinton takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Meyers smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyers lands a decent elbow from side control.
Meyers scoring with punches and elbows.
Clinton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Meyers looks up at the clock and then as Clinton takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Meyers smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Clinton down.
Meyers in side control lands a decent elbow.
Clinton is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Meyers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Meyers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Meyers scores with a couple of short elbows.
Meyers landing a few strikes.
Meyers landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Clinton takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Clinton on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Meyers in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyers scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Clinton to see if he's OK.
Meyers scores with a couple of short elbows.
Clinton takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Court Meyers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Meyers shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Clinton napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Clinton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Meyers cracks Clinton with a big elbow.
Clinton is looking to reverse the position.
Meyers cracks Clinton with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Meyers scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Clinton to see if he's OK.
Clinton is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Meyers connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Clinton some visible discomfort.
Meyers lands a nice forearm strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clinton prevents Meyers from moving into mount.
Meyers working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Meyers landing a few strikes.
Meyers connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Clinton some visible discomfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers scoring with punches and elbows.
Meyers working the head with strikes.
Meyers cracks Clinton with a big elbow.
Clinton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Meyers scoring with punches from side control.
Meyers in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Meyers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Meyers working the head and body with strikes.
Meyers scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Clinton to see if he's OK.
Clinton taking a bit of punishment here - Meyers scoring with strikes.
Meyers working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyers works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Meyers lands a few punches from side control.
Clinton taking a bit of punishment here - Meyers scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Meyers cracks Clinton with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Meyers landing a few strikes.
Meyers working the head and body with strikes.
Meyers landing strikes.
Meyers scores with a couple of short elbows.
Meyers scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Clinton to see if he's OK.
Meyers is chipping away with strikes.
Court Meyers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Meyers landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Meyers grinds an elbow into Clinton's temple.
Meyers looks up at the clock and then as Clinton takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Meyers smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Clinton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Meyers connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Clinton some visible discomfort.
Meyers working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clinton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Meyers scoring with punches from side control.
Meyers working the ground and pound from side control.
Meyers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Meyers cracks Clinton with a big right hand but Clinton just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Meyers is chipping away with strikes.
Meyers connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Clinton some visible discomfort.
Clinton taking a bit of punishment here - Meyers scoring with strikes.
Meyers lands a few punches from side control.
Meyers cracks Clinton with an elbow. That is naaassty.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyers lands a decent elbow from side control.
Clinton on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Meyers scoring with punches and elbows.
Meyers cracks Clinton with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bill Clinton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Clinton down.
Meyers scoring with punches and elbows.
Clinton taking punishment in the form of punches.
Meyers working the head with strikes.
Meyers lands a nice forearm strike.
Meyers is putting a hurting on Clinton here, landing some big shots from side control.
Meyers working the ground and pound.
Meyers is chipping away with strikes.
Clinton manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Clinton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Meyers scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyers working Clinton over with strikes.
Meyers is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Court Meyers is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Meyers trying to control the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Court Meyers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Meyers winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 25:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Court Meyers!