PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cheney Meney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braga comes to the cage accompanied by Scars on Broadway-Serious. Cheney Meney is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Braga
vs
Meney

178 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyson Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cheney Meney!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga doesn't manage to clinch there - Meney circles away.
Braga walks into a straight right hand from Meney.
Meney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Meney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braga moves away.
Jab by Meney.
Braga shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meney but Meney pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Meney stuffs the takedown attempt from Braga. Braga gets slowly back to his feet.
Braga throws a combination that misses
and Meney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Braga thinking.
Braga tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Meney swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Braga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Braga shoots in for a double leg but Meney sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Meney catches Braga with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Braga forces Meney back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Meney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Meney is fending him off so far but Braga persists. Nope, Meney circles away and we're back to standing.
Meney lands with an overhand left.
A cross from Meney lands.
Braga checks the leg kick nicely there.
Meney scores with a decent looking hook.
Meney stuffs the takedown.
Meney lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Braga fails with the takedown.
Meney throws a one two combo.
Meney fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Meney stalks Braga and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Braga's face. Braga staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meney catches Braga with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Meney throws a good cross that connects.
Tyson Braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meney throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Braga will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Braga is breathing heavily.
Meney lands a nice hook to Braga's body. Braga takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Meney.
Meney keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Meney, as that shot connected.
Meney fails to land with a series of punches.
Braga takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Meney is looking to score with low kicks.
Meney is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Braga had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Braga or perhaps it was just good defense by Meney which made him look bad.
Meney misses with a series of wild punches.
Braga shoots in for a takedown but Meney shows good takedown defense.
Braga takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sloppy strikes from Meney. Those never looked like landing.
Meney throws a head kick that misses.
Braga looks to score with a jab to the body but Meney is just out of range.
Meney scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Meney scores with the left hand. Braga knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Braga shoots in for a takedown but Meney shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Meney scores with a jab.
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!
Meney lands with a right hand.
Meney scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A left and a right from Meney both land. Nice combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Meney. That snapped Braga's head back.
Meney ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Meney.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braga takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Braga. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Meney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cheney Meney dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Meney throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Braga stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Meney throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Meney lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Braga throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Meney's waist but Meney gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Braga off to one side.
Meney throws a shot to the body.
Braga needs to keep his hands up - Meney had a free shot at his head there.
Braga fails with the takedown
and Meney counters with a one-two to the body.
Meney lands with a shot to the body.
Cheney Meney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meney lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Meney.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meney scores with a jab.
Meney lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Braga is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga wants to clinch.
Braga takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Braga takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Meney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tyson Braga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danga de danga de dang - Meney scores with a four punch combination!
Meney lands a nice looking body shot.
Meney throws a series of punches but Braga avoids them all with ease.
Meney connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Meney throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
Meney connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Oh Braga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Braga misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Braga seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Braga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meney throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Braga crashing down! Braga tries to stagger back to his feet but Meney just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Braga asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cheney Meney!
A very excited looking Cheney Meney made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.