Rounds going to end with Meek dominating the ground there. Again, he frees himself just enough to drop some punches. Now Meek rakes his forearm across Mein's neck and he is putting his entire being on. Crowd liked that, even though it's a Canadian taking those flush.
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Now Meek gets enough room to throw a series of shirt right hands into Mein's head. For a moment looked like he was transitioning to side control, but Mein recovers. He continues to wedge his knee into the frustrated Mein's arm, and hold him there.
Not sure many thought he'd be the aggressor on a takedown, from the sample size we've seen from his Euro fights. Meek showing some wrinkles by keeping on top. Miragliotta seems satisfied though that there's an effort to make something happen, so we continue. Not a lot of action here, as Mein is forcing a stalemate. Mein now snatches his neck and holds him close, as he operates from half guard. He is going to work, as Mein is trying to scramble up. He just scooped up Mein and dumped him in on the canvas. Some blood under Mein's nose, and Meek now opening up a volley on him on the fence. Solid combo there from Meek, who lands on the second shot. He comes out quick, thundering shots on Mein on the fence, and Mein circles out. Round 2: Meek asks crowd to get lively, and it does. A couple of kicks on the break from Meek. They tie up on the fence, and Meek leaning his weight in. Meek tries to track him down and land a flying knee, but misses - crowd loves it. Caught mostly arms, and Mein lands a nice one-two! Wild sequence, and Meek lands a big shot and Mein now smiles. Meek pops up and tries to decapitate Mein wit ha head kick. Now he has Meek on one knee, and he's working from his back. Mein waits for Meek to commit to a lunging strike, grabs him by the waist and drives him down on the fence. Huge right forearm crashes home for Mein, and Meek smiles. And he's winging bombs! He is throwing against Mein on the fence, and landing, as Mein now ducks under for a takedown. But he is able to escape a north-south position and stand up. A lot of people wondered if Meek's Achilles Heel might be the ground, and here we are. But he is able to correct himself and he's into side control. Meek now gets tackled in the middle, and Mein's momentum nearly cost him the top position. They trade in the middle, Meek with his head down and gunning. Meek with a leg kick now, and Mein immediately grabs a single-leg and spins Meek down. Leg kick and a smile from Mein, and a whiff my Meek. Third man in the cage is Dan Miragliotta. Mein returning from retirement, Meek rolling into his debut with momentum after knocking out Rousimar Palhares. Round 1: Alright, first fight on the main card should be a goody. More Coverage: UFC 206 Results | UFC news Mein, who is returning from retirement, will face Meek, who is making his UFC debut, on the main card. Emil Meek, a welterweight bout at Saturday night's UFC event at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. *Vergara missed the flyweight limit and will be fined 30 percent of his purse.įor more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 212.TORONTO – This is the UFC 206 live blog for Jordan Mein vs. The full UFC Fight Night 212 weigh-in results included: The same venue hosts Saturday’s card, which streams on ESPN+. The weigh-ins took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Prior to the weigh-ins, it was announced that due to weight-cutting issues for Askar Askarov (14-1-1 MMA, 3-1-1 UFC), his flyweight bout against Brandon Royval (14-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) was canceled, which brings the event to 11 total fights.Īlexa Grasso (125.5) and Viviane Araujo (126) made weight without issue. Vergara was three pounds over at 129 and will be fined 30 percent of his purse, but the fight will go on. CJ Vergara (10-3-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) missed weight for his flyweight bout on the prelims against Tatsuro Taira (11-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC).
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