PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Mayfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archer Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayfield comes to the cage accompanied by Imperial March (Rage Mix). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mayfield
vs
Christian

185 cm
28
190 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

190 cm
22
194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyler Mayfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archer Christian!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christian connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Tyler Mayfield has been cut.
Mayfield scores with a head kick. Christian tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Mayfield clinches up against the cage.
Mayfield lands with a left to the head.
Mayfield is working Christian over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Mayfield - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Christian.
Mayfield misses with a punch to the body.
Mayfield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christian is defending well for now.
Mayfield trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield works on Christian's body with a couple of short punches.
Christian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mayfield can't find room to land a body shot as Christian controls the action.
Mayfield misses with a punch to the body.
Christian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Mayfield.
Christian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mayfield misses with a short punch on the inside.

Christian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tyler Mayfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mayfield lands with a cross.
Christian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mayfield moves away.
Mayfield avoids the body shot from Christian.

Mayfield clinches.
Christian looking to slow down the pace here.
Mayfield misses with a knee strike.
Mayfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mayfield pushes off an throws an elbow but Christian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mayfield landing knees to the body.
Mayfield tries to work over Christian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mayfield gets through Christian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mayfield tries a knee to the head but Christian blocks it.
Mayfield lands a knee to the body.
Mayfield throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Christians head.
Mayfield digs a right hand underneath Christian's ribcage. Christian let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Christian looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christian prevents a body shot from Mayfield.
Mayfield is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mayfield lands with a short shot to the head.
Mayfield lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Mayfield.
Mayfield tries to land knees in the clinch but Christian avoids the damage to the body.
Mayfield missing with knees to the body.
Mayfield with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mayfield works on Christian's body with a couple of short punches.
Mayfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Christian is looking to break free of the clinch but Mayfield has double underhooks.
Christian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mayfield lands a shot to the body.
Mayfield scores a nice knee to the body.
Mayfield misses with a body punch.
Mayfield pressing his opponent against the cage.
Christian blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Mayfield scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mayfield tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right hand to the body from Mayfield.
Mayfield tries to work over Christian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Christian just leaning against Mayfield, taking a breather.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Christian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Christian wants to break free but Mayfield has control.

Christian breaks the clinch.
Christian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mayfield scores with a jab.
Christian looks to land a combination but Mayfield avoids it well.
Christian misses with a hook. Mayfield ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mayfield lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Christian thows a body shot but no joy.
Christian takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mayfield slips a jab from Christian.
A cross from Mayfield lands.
Mayfield takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Christian scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Christian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mayfield.
Mayfield works the jab nicely.
Christian shoots in for a takedown but Mayfield shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Christian cracks Mayfield with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayfield looks to throw the jab but Christian is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mayfield blocks a jab.
Mayfield connects with a right hand. Christian shakes it off.
Mayfield lands a glancing blow to the side of Christian's head.
Christian misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Mayfield dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Mayfield's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mayfield cracks Christian with a right hand to the side of the head.
Christian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayfield lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mayfield lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Christian looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayfield is just out of range.
Christian is looking to score with low kicks.
Christian misses with a two punch combination.
Mayfield misses with an uppercut.
Mayfield tries to clinch but Christian is having none of it.
Archer Christian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christian keeps the fight on the outside.
Christian tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mayfield scores with a one two! Christian had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Christian just misses with a punch to the body.
Christian misses with a wild combination.
Mayfield connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mayfield throws a right and a left that Christian avoids nicely.

Mayfield has Christian up against the cage in a clinch.
Christian blocks a body shot from Mayfield.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian prevents a body shot from Mayfield.
Mayfield tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Christian's elbow.
Mayfield landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Christian is breathing heavily.
Mayfield scores with a shoulder strike.
Mayfield lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mayfield with a knee to the head.
Christian avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
Mayfield misses with a knee to the head.
Christian takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Mayfield.
Mayfield crunches a lovely knee into Christian's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mayfield trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Christian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christian avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Mayfield has a couple of punches blocked by Christian.
Mayfield is leaning against Christian and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mayfield throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mayfield lands a nice knee to the body.
Mayfield pushes Christian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tyler Mayfield has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mayfield lands a right hand that snaps the head of Christian backwards.
Mayfield lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mayfield digs a right hand into Christian's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Christian's gas tank.
Mayfield is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christian can do to turn this around?
Mayfield makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Christian avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
Mayfield lands a nice uppercut.
Mayfield tries to throw a body punch but Christian avoids it by throwing Mayfield back against the cage.
Christian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Christian blocks a body shot from Mayfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mayfield tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Christian's elbow.
Mayfield misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayfield lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Christian wants to break free but Mayfield has control.
Mayfield tries to land a knee to the head but Christian blocks with his arms.
Mayfield tries to throw a body punch but Christian avoids it by throwing Mayfield back against the cage.
Mayfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Christian is trying to break the clinch but Mayfield has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Mayfield.
A head punch on the inside from Mayfield fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Mayfield.
Nice body punch from Mayfield - that landed with a thud.
Christian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christian wants to break free but Mayfield has control.
Mayfield tries to land knees in the clinch but Christian avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Mayfield.
Mayfield throws an elbow but it misses.
Christian avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Mayfield as the two fighters clinch.
Christian tries to circle away but Mayfield has him pinned against the cage.
Mayfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christian leaning his opponent against the cage.
Christian is trying to push Mayfield away but Mayfield has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mayfield works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Christian working hard to break the clinch.
Mayfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Christian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayfield lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Mayfield dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Mayfield's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Mayfield forces Christian back against the cage and clinches.
Mayfield trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mayfield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christian is defending well for now.
Mayfield misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Christian.
Mayfield trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Christian controls his hands.
Christian is trying to stall.
Mayfield pushes Christian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Christian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayfield gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mayfield lands an elbow that stopped Christian in his tracks for a moment.
Mayfield trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Christian avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
Mayfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Mayfield fails to land.
Christian is trying to break the clinch but Mayfield is controlling him.
Christian is trying to break the clinch but Mayfield is controlling him.
Mayfield lands a nice shot to the body.
Mayfield tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Christian's elbow.
Mayfield gets through Christian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mayfield lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Christian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mayfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Christian controls his hands.
Mayfield lands a left hand that snaps the head of Christian backwards.
Mayfield lands a nice knee to the body.
Mayfield digs a right hand into Christian's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Christian's gas tank.
Mayfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Christian avoids it.
Mayfield misses with a punch to the body.
Mayfield misses with a punch to the body.
Christian working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christian is trying to break the clinch but Mayfield has him pressed against the cage.
Mayfield lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Christian.
Mayfield can't find room to land a body shot as Christian controls the action.
Christian prevents a body shot from Mayfield.
Mayfield misses with the head strike.
Mayfield connects with a nasty looking knee right to Christian's face.
Mayfield can't find room to land a body shot as Christian controls the action.
Mayfield tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Christian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mayfield connects with a nasty looking knee right to Christian's face.
Mayfield trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield can't find room to land a body shot as Christian controls the action.
Christian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mayfield throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield looking to throw knees to the head but Christian is blocking nicely.
Christian is trying to break the clinch but Mayfield is controlling him.
Mayfield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christian is defending well for now.

Christian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Christian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christian jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Christian misses the shot to the body.
Christian misses with a combination
and Mayfield connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Christian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Christian ducks under a wild hook from Mayfield.
Christian lands with a shot to the body.
Christian misses with a hook.
Mayfield tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Christian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mayfield takes one to the chin there.
Mayfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mayfield thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Mayfield.

Christian shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Mayfield regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Christian.
Christian chips away with some ground and pound.
Archer Christian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christian stands and throws Mayfield's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Mayfield is trying to get back to half guard.
Mayfield regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Christian is looking for a kimura here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tyler Mayfield.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mayfield, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight for Tyler Mayfield!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Tyler Mayfield!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Tyler Mayfield!

Tyler Mayfield wins by unanimous decision!