PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Hawtry (ranked 2041 p4p, 226 weight class) and Ulrik Meyer (ranked 2405 p4p, 266 weight class). Hawtry comes to the cage accompanied by The Rain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hawtry
vs
Meyer

182 cm
26
173 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

185 cm
35
180 lbs
26 - 14 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development
Sin City Allstars

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$100)

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 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Hawtry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ulrik Meyer!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hawtry. Hawtry circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Meyer misses with an uppercut. Hawtry saw that one coming.
Hawtry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
Hawtry lands a jab to the nose.
Meyer scores with a sloppy right hand. Hawtry should have avoided that one.
Meyer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hawtry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ulrik Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer throws a series of punches but Hawtry moves out of range.
Meyer lands with a cross.
Meyer works over Hawtry's head and body with a nice combination.
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!

Hawtry closes the distance and pushes Meyer back into the cage.
Hawtry is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

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

Hawtry moves into the clinch successfully.
Hawtry has Meyer pressed against the cage, preventing Meyer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawtry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meyer misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawtry has double underhooks.

Hawtry breaks from the clinch.
Meyer lands with a cross.
Hawtry misses the shot to the body.
Meyer misses with a body shot.
Ulrik Meyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hawtry throws a leg kick but Meyer checks it.
Hawtry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meyer.
Hawtry staying out of range there.
Hawtry attempts a counter takedown but Meyer avoids it well and moves away.
Hawtry shoots in but Meyer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hawtry misses with a looping left.
A nice side step and Meyer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hawtry throws a hook but Meyer avoids it easily.
Meyer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hawtry on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Meyer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hawtry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Meyer throws a jab but it's blocked by Hawtry.
Meyer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Meyer connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meyer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hawtry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
Meyer needs to keep his hands up - Hawtry had a free shot at his head there.
Meyer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Meyer walks into a straight right hand from Hawtry.
Meyer misses with a wild body shot.
Meyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hawtry.
Hawtry's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Meyer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hawtry scrambles back to his feet.
Hawtry throws a big shot that misses.

Hawtry rushes Meyer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Meyer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meyer jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Meyer misses with a double jab.
Meyer misses with a straight left.
Meyer slips a jab from Hawtry.
Meyer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hawtry had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hawtry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer throws a shot from downtown. Hawtry moves away and avoids it.
Meyer scores with a jab. Hawtry acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Meyer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawtry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Meyer lands a two punch combo.
Hawtry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meyer.
Hawtry on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Meyer tries a head kick but it misses.
Meyer throws the left hand but Hawtry avoids the punch easily.
Meyer throws the left hand but Hawtry avoids the punch easily.
Hawtry appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Meyer throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meyer throws a series of punches but Hawtry moves out of range.
Hawtry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Meyer throws an overhand right that lands on Hawtry's shoulder, as Hawtry tries to avoid the shot.

Hawtry drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hawtry trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry throwing strikes from guard but Meyer blocks nicely.
Hawtry has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Hawtry throws a big right hand that misses.
Hawtry 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.
Hawtry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meyer is keeping the position for now.
Meyer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hawtry is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hawtry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Meyer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawtry wants to pass the guard but Meyer is keeping the position.
Hawtry is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulrik Meyer dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Meyer feints and then cracks Hawtry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hawtry down.
Meyer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hawtry misses with a looping right.
Meyer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hawtry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That kick from Hawtry tenderised Meyer's leg. Meyer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Meyer takes one to the chin there.
Meyer throws an overhand right that lands on Hawtry's shoulder, as Hawtry tries to avoid the shot.
Ulrik Meyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyer slips under a jab from Hawtry.
Meyer thuds his right hand into Hawtry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hawtry walks into a jab.
Meyer blocks a jab.
Hawtry wants to slow Meyer down by chopping away at his legs.
Hawtry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meyer lands with a hook. Hawtry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawtry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Meyer cracks Hawtry with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer throws a combination. Hawtry tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Hawtry is rocked!
A slow jab from Meyer misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Hawtry.
Meyer misses with a leg kick

and Hawtry counters with a single leg into guard. Meyer didn't expect that.

Meyer pushes Hawtry off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Hawtry misses with an uppercut.
Meyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Meyer misses.
Meyer digs a good body shot into Hawtry's ribs.
Meyer throws a right and a left that Hawtry avoids nicely.
Hawtry looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Meyer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hawtry takes one to the chin there.
Meyer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hawtry. Hawtry circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hawtry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Meyer throws out the jab.
Meyer lands a jab to the head.
Hawtry dips to his left and cracks Meyer with an uppercut!
Hawtry scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry avoids the head kick by Meyer.
Hawtry looks to land a left hand but Meyer moved out of range nicely.
Meyer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Meyer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hawtry takes one on the button.
Hawtry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jab from Hawtry.
Meyer swings for the body but Hawtry moves out of range.
Hawtry appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hawtry loads up on a big right hand but Meyer slips the punch.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from Hawtry.
Hawtry lands the left hand.
Meyer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A slow jab from Meyer misses its intended target.
Meyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawtry.
Meyer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Meyer misses with a few strikes there.
Hawtry looks to land a combination but Meyer avoids it well.
Meyer lands a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawtry moves away.
Hawtry misses the jab.
A low kick from Meyer is predictable there

and Hawtry counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Meyer wants to stand but Hawtry is controlling the position.
Meyer is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hawtry cracks Meyer with a solid left hand.
Hawtry not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hawtry wants to control from the top but Meyer keeps moving.
Charles Hawtry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hawtry prevents Meyer from getting back to his feet.
Hawtry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meyer is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hawtry scores with a leg kick.
Meyer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hawtry on the side of the head.
Hawtry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meyer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawtry.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meyer scores with the left hand. Hawtry knows he should have avoided that one.
Meyer throws a hook to the side of Hawtry's head but Hawtry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hawtry ducks under a wild hook from Meyer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyer slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulrik Meyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The crowd cheers as Meyer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hawtry doesn't seem phased though.
A slow jab from Meyer misses its intended target.
Meyer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Meyer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Meyer avoids the body shot from Hawtry.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Hawtry is out of range.
Meyer scores with a hook.
Meyer lands a jab to the head.
Meyer lands a jab.
Meyer missing with a left hand there. Hawtry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Hawtry shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Meyer napping and manages to drive through into side control!
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!
Hawtry controls the position.

Hawtry is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Meyer is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hawtry with the ground and pound but Meyer regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawtry is stalling here. Meyer is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hawtry seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Meyer has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hawtry is looking to regain half guard here but Meyer keeps moving and retains side control.

Meyer decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hawtry to his feet.
Hawtry loads up on a big right hand but Meyer slips the punch.
Meyer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meyer misses with a hook. Hawtry ducked under it nicely.
Hawtry takes one to the side of the head.
Meyer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Meyer throws a right hand that misses

and Hawtry counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawtry grinds an elbow into Meyer's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawtry is trying to ground and pound but Meyer uses the momentary lack of control by Hawtry to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hawtry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Meyer's head.
Hawtry stalling.
Hawtry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hawtry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Meyer's head.
Hawtry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry is trying to control the action in half guard but Meyer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hawtry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Meyer won't allow Hawtry to pass to mount.
Hawtry is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Hawtry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Charles Hawtry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawtry trying to control but Meyer is working from the bottom.
Hawtry working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Meyer's head.
Meyer wants to stand up but Hawtry is controlling him.
Hawtry forces his way into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry lands with a punch from half guard.
Meyer wants to get back to his feet.
Ulrik Meyer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hawtry not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Meyer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Meyer looks to land a combination but Hawtry avoids it well.
Meyer throws the left hand but Hawtry avoids the punch easily.
Hawtry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Meyer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Meyer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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!
Meyer shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hawtry eats them both and turns towards Meyer to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hawtry swinging wildly here.
Meyer looks like he wants to counter punch here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ulrik Meyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Meyer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ulrik Meyer!
Ulrik Meyer decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Charles Hawtry stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fuck you all, ya pricks!!'.