PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cigano Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Silva comes into the arena with Mama Said Knock You Out-LL Cool J blaring out of the sound system. Meyers has chosen Halloween Theme as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Da Silva
vs
Meyers

187 cm
28
265 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
270 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cigano Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mikey Meyers!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Meyers takes the fight into the clinch.
Meyers has Da Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Da Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Meyers is leaning against Da Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Meyers manages to break the clinch.

Meyers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Da Silva gets underhooks to prevent Meyers's takedown attempt.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
Meyers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Meyers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Da Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Meyers has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Da Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cigano Da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Meyers.
Da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Meyers won't allow it.

Meyers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meyers misses with a double jab
enabling Da Silva to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers shoots in and drives through. Da Silva sprawls well.
Meyers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meyers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meyers tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Meyers throws a one two combo.

Meyers has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meyers lands with a right to the head.

Meyers turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Meyers manages to end up in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Meyers cracks Da Silva with a big elbow.
Da Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva parries the strikes from Meyers easily there. Meyers is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Da Silva to escape.
Meyers trying to control the action but Da Silva is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers working the ground and pound but Da Silva is defending the strikes.
Meyers working the head with strikes.
Da Silva prevents Meyers from improving position.
Meyers tries to score with some ground and pound. Da Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Meyers working the ground and pound but Da Silva is defending the strikes.
Da Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Da Silva tries to get out of the position.
Meyers tries to advance to mount but can't.
Meyers trying to control the position but Da Silva is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers taking a break here but Da Silva is having none of it and regains half guard.
Meyers wants to free his trapped foot but Da Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Meyers thows a huge punch but Da Silva dodges it nicely.
Da Silva is not content to let Meyers control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Meyers tries to pass the half guard into mount. Da Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Meyers looks to land a strike but Da Silva avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Meyers looking to sit in guard and control but Da Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Da Silva won't allow Meyers to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Da Silva throwing strikes from guard but Meyers blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Meyers dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Meyers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Meyers wants to clinch up but Da Silva keeps it at a distance.
Meyers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Da Silva's waist but Da Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Meyers off to one side.
Da Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Meyers rushes Da Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Da Silva is trying to break free.
Da Silva is trying to break free.

Meyers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Meyers moves into the clinch.

Meyers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meyers circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers shoots for a takedown but Da Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Meyers moves in looking to clinch but Da Silva pushes him off.
Da Silva throws a right and a left that Meyers avoids nicely.
Meyers misses with a body shot.
Mikey Meyers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyers fails to land with a series of punches.
Meyers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Da Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Meyers wants to clinch up but Da Silva keeps it at a distance.

Da Silva tries to keep at a distance but Meyers has taken the fight into the clinch.
Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cigano Da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Meyers.

Da Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meyers misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Da Silva.
Meyers is breathing heavily.
Meyers takes a swing at Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Meyers tries to clinch up but Da Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Meyers darts in and clinches Da Silva up against the cage.
Da Silva tries to circle away but Meyers has him pinned against the cage.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Meyers is controlling him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Meyers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Meyers has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meyers is working Da Silva over against the cage.
Meyers lands a nice shot to the body.

Meyers manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Meyers darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Meyers is stalling here. Da Silva is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Meyers seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Da Silva has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Da Silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Da Silva 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.
Da Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of Meyers's head but Meyers avoids it well.
Da Silva 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.
Da Silva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Meyers is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Da Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Meyers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Da Silva.
The ground and pound from Da Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Da Silva is trying to ground and pound but Meyers uses the momentary lack of control by Da Silva to regain half guard.
Da Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meyers tries to get to full guard but Da Silva has control of the leg.
Mikey Meyers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Da Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mikey Meyers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Meyers lands a two punch combo.
Meyers cracks Da Silva with an open hand slap.
Da Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meyers fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Da Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Meyers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Da Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meyers throws an overhand right that lands on Da Silva's shoulder, as Da Silva tries to avoid the shot.

Meyers has taken the fight to the clinch.
Meyers tries to throw a body punch but Da Silva avoids it by throwing Meyers back against the cage.
Meyers goes for a takedown in the clinch but Da Silva prevents it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meyers tries to work over Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meyers misses with an elbow strike.
Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Da Silva gets underhooks to prevent Meyers's takedown attempt.
Cigano Da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Meyers.
Meyers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A frustrated look appears on Da Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Meyers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Meyers has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Meyers has double underhooks.

Meyers gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Meyers trying to control from Da Silva's half guard. Da Silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Da Silva keeping moving, preventing Meyers from controlling successfully.
Mikey Meyers is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers postures up in Da Silva's guard and throws a big left but Da Silva blocks it.
Meyers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Da Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Meyers throwing strikes from guard but Da Silva blocks nicely.
Meyers looking to sit in guard and control but Da Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Da Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva gets to his feet. Meyers looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Meyers fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Meyers tries to clinch up but Da Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Da Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Meyers drives through and clinches with Da Silva against the cage.

Meyers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Meyers rushes Da Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Meyers lands a takedown into guard.
Meyers looking to sit in guard and control but Da Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva wants to get up but he can't break Meyers's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Da Silva wants to get up but he can't break Meyers's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Da Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Da Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Meyers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Da Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cigano Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikey Meyers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Meyers has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

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