PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaba Meshdej (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edan De Farias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Meshdej
vs
De Farias

190 cm
21
218 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

188 cm
22
218 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

V-Mask Clothing + 70% laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kaba Meshdej!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edan De Farias!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by De Farias or perhaps it was just good defense by Meshdej, which made it look bad.
Meshdej leaves De Farias with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
De Farias shoots and misses

and Meshdej counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kaba Meshdej has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edan De Farias.
De Farias is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Meshdej is controlling him.
De Farias can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Meshdej controls the pace.
De Farias looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Meshdej scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meshdej working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of De Farias's head.
Meshdej throwing strikes but missing.
Meshdej trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meshdej working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of De Farias's head.
De Farias has momentary wrist control but Meshdej slips an elbow through the middle.
De Farias preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

De Farias is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Meshdej has De Farias pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De Farias manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
De Farias wants to break free but Meshdej has control.
A short right from De Farias on the inside.
Meshdej throws a punch but it's blocked by De Farias.

De Farias ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. De Farias no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Meshdej not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meshdej postures up in De Farias's guard and throws a big left but De Farias blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

De Farias is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
De Farias controls Meshdej momentarily but Meshdej frees himself.
De Farias keeping full guard, as Meshdej tries to pass.

De Farias has an active guard here but Meshdej has managed to pass into half guard.
Meshdej sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Farias defending well though.
Meshdej not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Meshdej sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Farias defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meshdej is thwarting De Farias's attempts to control the position.
De Farias is not content to let Meshdej control the position.
De Farias trying to hold on to Meshdej's head to control him but Meshdej postures up.
Meshdej missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Meshdej is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Meshdej seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but De Farias does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Meshdej is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Meshdej wants to take a breather but De Farias is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Meshdej performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Meshdej is trying to control the action in half guard but De Farias is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Meshdej throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Farias counters with a nice kick to the body.
Edan De Farias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Farias closes the distance and clinches up with Meshdej, looking for a takedown. De Farias pushes Meshdej against the cage but Meshdej circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
De Farias shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Meshdej as he jumps to the side.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Meshdej takes the fight into the clinch.
Meshdej lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Meshdej closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Meshdej lands in his opponent's guard.
Meshdej trying to control but De Farias is working from the bottom.
Meshdej throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meshdej landing with the ground and pound.
Meshdej cracks De Farias with a solid left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meshdej is working De Farias over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Meshdej is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Farias can do to turn this around?
Meshdej postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Farias looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meshdej lands a couple of decent looking shots.
De Farias with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Meshdej can't handle though.
Meshdej has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De Farias is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

De Farias looking for a guillotine here but Meshdej defends easily.
Kaba Meshdej overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Farias is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Meshdej is controlling him.
Meshdej trying to control but De Farias is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Meshdej showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Meshdej tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Farias was well out of range. Poor timing from Meshdej.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Farias.
De Farias thuds a left hand into Meshdej's body.

De Farias scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Meshdej looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meshdej trying to control from the bottom.
Meshdej is looking for a sweep. De Farias is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Meshdej has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. De Farias is working away from the top position though.
De Farias wants to pass to mount but Meshdej is defending the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
De Farias throws a wild body kick that Meshdej sees coming a mile off.
De Farias looks to throw the jab but Meshdej is out of range.
Meshdej misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meshdej takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Meshdej shoots in for a double leg but De Farias sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
De Farias tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Meshdej defends well and De Farias ends up having to push Meshdej into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Meshdej.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

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

De Farias closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De Farias lands in his opponent's guard.
Meshdej working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Edan De Farias will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Meshdej shoots for a double leg takedown but De Farias sprawls well. He's pushed Meshdej's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Meshdej fails in his attempt to clinch.

De Farias closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Meshdej did well to prevent De Farias getting side control.
Meshdej is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meshdej trying to get back to full guard but De Farias takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Meshdej is looking to get to half guard.
Meshdej looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Farias looking to break Meshdej's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Meshdej remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise De Farias will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

De Farias is persistently looking for the submission but Meshdej is defending it well.
Meshdej manages to reverse the position and now he's in De Farias's guard. Nice work there by Meshdej.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Meshdej accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meshdej trying to control but De Farias is working from the bottom.
De Farias is trying to keep Meshdej in close.
Meshdej is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

De Farias is looking for a triangle but Meshdej pushes his legs off easily.
Meshdej pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Farias is keeping the position for now.
De Farias wants to improve his position but instead Meshdej has moved into half guard.
Meshdej landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Farias keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
De Farias trying to control from the bottom.
Meshdej trying to control from De Farias's half guard. De Farias has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
De Farias is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Meshdej throws a big elbow that misses.
Meshdej wants to control from the top but De Farias keeps moving.
Meshdej controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Meshdej tries to free his leg and advance position but De Farias is retaining full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Meshdej stuffs the takedown.
Meshdej shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Farias pinned against the cage. De Farias gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

De Farias gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
An elbow from De Farias crashes against the mat.
Meshdej manages to get back to half guard.
De Farias is looking to take a break and control but Meshdej is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edan De Farias comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Farias has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edan De Farias!