PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tim Meyer (ranked 5554 p4p, 4193 weight class) and Robert With (ranked 239 p4p, 189 weight class). Tim Meyer is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Meyer
vs
With

188 cm
24
142
5 - 0 - 0

177 cm
26
144
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert With!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Topper Green and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
With throws a lazy right hand but Meyer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
With sizes up Meyer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
With tests Meyer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Meyer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
With lands with a hook. Meyer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Tim Meyer has been cut.
With showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meyer.
With missing with a left hand there. Meyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
With takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from With.

Meyer throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. With was covering up waiting for the punch and Meyer finishes the takedown easily into guard.
With is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Meyer dives into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

With really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Meyer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Meyer tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meyer looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Meyer decides to stand back up. Meyer steps back and let's With get back to his feet.
With slaps away a takedown attempt from Meyer, before circling back to the center of the mat.
With scores with a jab to the jaw.
Meyer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
With throws a jab but it's blocked by Meyer.
Meyer throws a right and a left that With avoids nicely.
Meyer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meyer throws a front kick aimed at With's knee but With avoids it well.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from With.
A big left from With misses.
Meyer slips under a jab from With.
Meyer seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Robert With seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from With.
With lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
With looks to land a right hand but Meyer moved out of range.
Meyer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from With.
Meyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as With throws out the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meyer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from With finds it's way round the side to connect with Meyer's head.
Meyer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
With lands a nice shot that snaps Meyer's head back.
Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but With swats him away and circles back towards the center.
With swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Meyer shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. With manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
With wants to get back to his feet but Meyer passes into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if With can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Meyer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Meyer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Meyer is working for a submission of some sort.
Meyer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but With does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
With is looking to escape.
Meyer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Meyer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
With has hold of Meyer's hands but Meyer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Meyer stalling.
With is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Meyer scores with a couple of nice shots.
With is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Meyer scores with a couple of nice shots.
With keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Meyer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Robert With dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Meyer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Meyer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from With.
A decent looking cross lands there for With.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Meyer is defended easily by With.
With swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab lands there for With.
With has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
With scores with a jab to the body.
With throws an overhand right that lands on Meyer's shoulder, as Meyer tries to avoid the shot.
Meyer moves out of range of the strikes.
With stuffs the takedown attempt from Meyer. Meyer gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With throws a hook but Meyer blocks it.
With works Meyer's body with a nice hook.
Nice body punch from With.
Meyer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with With but With pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Robert With seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from With misses the target.
With misses with a looping left.
Meyer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice takedown defense from With. No joy for Meyer on that attempt.
With throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
With throws a hook but Meyer blocks it.
With scores with a nice head shot.
Nice jab there from With.
With swings widly with a right hand

and Meyer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Meyer.
A short right from With on the inside.
With misses with the head strike.
Meyer wants a takedown.
With lands a hook that snaps the head of Meyer backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With throws a punch but it's blocked by Meyer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but With is controlling him.
With working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With swings wildly with an uppercut but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
With misses with some punches.
With lands a nice uppercut.
Meyer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables With to keep the fight standing.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Meyer goes for a takedown attempt but With pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
With with a hook.
With throws a good cross that connects.

Meyer is rocked!
With might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
With throws a hook to the side of Meyer's head but Meyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oh Meyer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Meyer up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs With from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Meyer's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Robert With!