PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Buzz Meeks (ranked 1703 p4p, 228 weight class) and Chong Tay (ranked 3290 p4p, 353 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Meeks
vs
Tay

185 cm
31
202 lbs
14 - 9 - 1

150 cm
27
210 lbs
15 - 17 - 1

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

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 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Buzz Meeks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chong Tay!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tay misses with a series of wild punches.
Meeks throwing a counter right hand but Tay manages to avoid it.

Meeks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tay is trying to break the clinch but Meeks has him pressed against the ropes.
Tay blocking some punches.
Meeks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tays head.
Tay wants to break free but Meeks has control.
A nice left hand lands by Meeks.
Meeks working aggressively here.
Meeks lands with a right to the head.
Meeks lands with a short shot to the head.
Meeks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tay has had enough of the clinch but Meeks keeps him there for the moment.
Meeks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meeks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meeks trying to land knees to the body.

Tay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tay misses with a two punch combination.

Meeks gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Meeks lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meeks swings wildly with an uppercut but Tay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meeks lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tay has had enough of the clinch but Meeks keeps him there for the moment.
Tay is trying to force a seperation but Meeks has the dominant position.
I was talking to Meeks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meeks.
Tay tries to break the clinch but Meeks is controlling the position.
Tay wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tay wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meeks.
Tay tries to break the clinch but Meeks is controlling the position.
Tay wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Meeks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meeks scores with a hook to the body.
Meeks is leaning against Tay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Meeks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tay tries to break the clinch but Meeks is controlling the position.
Meeks lands a hook that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Still in the clinch, Meeks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Meeks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Meeks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Meeks pushes Tay back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meeks keeps control of Tay as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meeks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meeks.
Tay looks winded!
Meeks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meeks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meeks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Meeks prevents Tay from breaking the clinch.
Meeks lands an uppercut.
Meeks lands a hook that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Meeks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Meeks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meeks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Meeks.
Meeks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meeks digs a right hand into Tay's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tay's gas tank.
Tay prevents a body shot from Meeks.
Meeks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Tay is trying to push Meeks away but Meeks has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short uppercut from Meeks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meeks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Tay pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tay fails to land with a series of punches.

Meeks drives through and clinches with Tay against the ropes.
Meeks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buzz Meeks dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Meeks clinches up against the ropes.
Meeks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tays head.
Meeks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tay can do to turn this around?
Still in the clinch, Meeks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tay wants to get back to striking at distance but Meeks won't allow it.
Tay blocking some punches.
Meeks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Meeks digs a right hand underneath Tay's ribcage. Tay let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tay wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Meeks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tay tries to break the clinch but Meeks is controlling the position.
Tay wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tay tries to break free but Meeks pushes him back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tay.
Meeks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Meeks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meeks gets through Tay's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tay has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short left from Meeks.

Tay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tay takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Meeks clinches up with Tay and pushes him back against the ropes.
Tay is breathing heavily.
Meeks lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meeks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meeks.
Meeks digs a right hand into Tay's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tay's gas tank.
Meeks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meeks lands a hook that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Meeks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tay backwards.
Meeks lands a shoulder strike.
Meeks scores with a shot to the side of Tay's head.

Tay is rocked!
Meeks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tay is still on wobbly legs! Can Meeks finish him?
Meeks tries to work over Tay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meeks working aggressively here.
Tay seems to have recovered his senses.
Meeks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tay's efforts to push away.
Meeks scores a nice knee to the body.
Meeks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meeks pushes Tay back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meeks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meeks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Meeks.
Meeks pushes Tay back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meeks pushes Tay back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Meeks digs a right hand into Tay's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tay's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meeks lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Meeks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Meeks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meeks cracks Tay with a nice body shot.
Meeks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Meeks on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Meeks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Meeks.
Meeks is leaning against Tay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Meeks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meeks breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Tay with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Tay looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Tay get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Buzz Meeks!
In his post fight interview, Buzz Meeks started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.