PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Meyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jithin Kundoor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jithin Kundoor looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Meyers
vs
Kundoor

202 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Meyers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jithin Kundoor!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kundoor gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kundoor looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Meyers cracks Kundoor with a solid left hand.
Meyers postures up and lands a big shot to Kundoor's brow.
Meyers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kundoor has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Tokyo Totally Gym + Sauna. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Meyers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Meyers cracks Kundoor with a solid left hand.
Meyers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Meyers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kundoor's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Meyers's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Meyers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyers scoring with some ground and pound.
Meyers works over Kundoor with some ground and pound from guard.
Meyers scoring with punches to the head and body.

Meyers stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Kundoor avoids the body shot from Meyers.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meyers dives in and scores a takedown into Kundoor's guard.

Meyers gets to his feet - Kundoor follows without any prompting.
Meyers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kundoor.

Meyers shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Meyers was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Meyers lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kundoor down.
Kundoor is trying to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.
Kundoor taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers lands an elbow.

Meyers has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Kundoor is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Meyers yanks on the arm and Kundoor is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Meyers.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcus Meyers!