PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Allistair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximiliano Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meridius is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Turn Down for What . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Allistair
vs
Meridius

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damian Allistair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maximiliano Meridius!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allistair throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meridius dodges the punch combination from Allistair.
Allistair misses with a series of wild punches.
Allistair misses with a two punch combination.
Meridius dodges the punch combination from Allistair.
Meridius wants to counter the offense by Allistair and move into the clinch position.
Meridius shoots in looking for a takedown but Allistair manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Meridius's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allistair fails to land with a series of punches.
Allistair connects with a nice looking jab.
Damian Allistair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allistair misses with a hook
and Meridius counters with a left and a right that stings Allistair.
Allistair throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Meridius counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allistair throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Meridius counters by clinching up.

Allistair breaks the clinch.
Allistair connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Allistair throws a series of punches but Meridius avoids them all with ease.
Allistair sets himself, and Meridius steps forward looking for the clinch! Allistair avoids it this time.
Allistair gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Meridius.
Allistair throws a right hand that Meridius ducks under and follows up with a left that Meridius also avoids with ease.
Allistair throws a combination that misses
and Meridius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Meridius finds it's way through Allistair's defenses.

Meridius clinches with his opponent.
Meridius works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Allistair drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Meridius gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Allistair is breathing heavily.
Meridius manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Allistair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allistair throws a combination that misses

and Meridius counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Allistair has Meridius pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Meridius manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Meridius content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Meridius slows down the pace here.
Meridius scores with a nice hook to the head.
Allistair drops down looking for an ankle pick but Meridius pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damian Allistair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meridius scores with a nice head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meridius looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice shot lands for Meridius.

Allistair is rocked!
Allistair throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Meridius counters by clinching up.
Oh Allistair is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Meridius working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Meridius fails to land.
Allistair seems to have got his legs back now.
Meridius lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Allistair backwards.

Meridius scoops up Allistair onto his shoulder and slams him to the mat! Oh, Allistair is hurt! Meridius smells blood and finishes the fight with a barage of punches! A highlight reel finish there for Meridius!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Maximiliano Meridius!
Our winner, Maximiliano Meridius, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.