PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Mayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and OMG Zulud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayo comes to the cage accompanied by Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever. Zulud comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bullet For My Valentine - Hit The Floor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mayo
vs
Zulud

170 cm
27
142 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

155 cm
27
144 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Legal High's [CBK]
Legal High's [CBK]

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Mayo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, OMG Zulud!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulud scores with a hook.
A slow jab from Mayo misses its intended target.
Mayo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zulud misses the jab.
Zulud throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zulud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mayo misses the jab.
Mayo looks to land a right hand but Zulud moved out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Zulud finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mayo takes a swing at Zulud's ribcage but misses.
Zulud throws a low kick but Mayo avoids it.
Zulud tries to clinch but Mayo moves out of range.
Zulud fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zulud swinging wildly here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zulud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulud thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zulud misses with a few strikes there.
Zulud ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mayo blocks the body kick.
Zulud uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayo.
Mayo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Zulud slams his shin into Mayo's torso.
Zulud delivers a nice body kick.
Zulud scores with a nice head shot.
Zulud is looking to land body kicks.
Zulud misses with a two punch combination.
Zulud lands a front kick.
Zulud defending well as Mayo loads up on a big left hand.
Zulud shoots for a takedown but Mayo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zulud turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zulud displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Zulud scores with a sloppy right hand. Mayo should have avoided that one.
Zulud takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zulud moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mayo misses with a wild body shot.
Mayo misses the jab.
Mayo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zulud throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mayo. Zulud does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zulud scores with a hook.
Zulud lunges at Mayo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mayo's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulud is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zulud slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zulud looks to land a combination. Mayo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mayo moves away from the strike by Zulud.
Mayo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chris Mayo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayo misses with a hook. Zulud ducked under it nicely.
Mayo throws a body punch but Zulud moves out of range.
Zulud connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zulud 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.
Zulud lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big right from Zulud misses.
That kick from Zulud tenderised Mayo's leg. Mayo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Zulud bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zulud avoids the body shot from Mayo.
Nice straight punches there by Zulud. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zulud.
Zulud lands a jab.
Mayo misses with an uppercut. Zulud saw that one coming.
Mayo throws a hook to the side of Zulud's head but Zulud sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mayo misses the shot to the body.
Mayo misses the jab.
Zulud swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mayo.
Mayo walks into a stiff left hand from Zulud.
Zulud tests Mayo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zulud throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zulud lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mayo takes a step back to recover.
Zulud slips under a jab.
Zulud with a jab.
Zulud cracks Mayo with a right hand to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Mayo.
Zulud steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayo.
Mayo misses with a hook.
Zulud bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mayo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zulud manages to avoid it.
Mayo loads up on a big right hand but Zulud slips the punch.
Mayo throws a jab when Zulud was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Zulud.
Zulud jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mayo moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayo throws a jab when Zulud was well out of range.
Zulud moves in looking to clinch but Mayo pushes him off.

Mayo gets tackled into the cage by Zulud. Zulud maintains the clinch.
Mayo has a couple of punches blocked by Zulud.
Mayo misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Mayo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zulud throws a head kick that misses.
Mayo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zulud sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zulud slips under a jab.
Zulud buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big left from Zulud misses.
Mayo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mayo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zulud.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mayo misses with a wild body shot.
Zulud is looking to slow Mayo down with leg kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Zulud misses the target.
Zulud paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zulud misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

OMG Zulud dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mayo throws a hook to the side of Zulud's head but Zulud sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zulud throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zulud throws a head kick but Mayo moves out of range.
Mayo ducks under a wild hook from Zulud.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zulud.
Mayo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zulud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mayo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zulud lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mayo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mayo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zulud steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayo.
Zulud waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayo.
Zulud misses with a body shot.
Zulud fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mayo manages to avoid it.
Zulud fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mayo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Mayo misses its intended target.
Mayo slips a straight right by Zulud.
Mayo throws a hook but Zulud avoids it easily.
Jab by Zulud.
Mayo lands a jab to Zulud's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulud slips a jab from Mayo.
Mayo misses the jab.
Zulud throws a combination. Mayo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Zulud throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mayo.
Mayo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to the body from Zulud misses
and Zulud takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the liver by Mayo. Beautiful body shot.
Mayo misses with a straight left.
Zulud throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zulud throws a shot from downtown. Mayo moves away and avoids it.
Zulud scores with a punch to the head.
Zulud looks to land a right hand but Mayo moved out of range.
Zulud shoots for a takedown but Mayo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zulud slips under a jab.
Mayo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zulud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zulud throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zulud connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zulud misses with an uppercut. Mayo saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mayo.
Zulud throws a hook but Mayo avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Zulud throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zulud looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mayo is fending him off so far but Zulud persists. Nope, Mayo circles away and we're back to standing.
Mayo staying out of range there.
Mayo misses with an uppercut.
Mayo keeps the fight on the outside.
Mayo throws a big shot that misses.
Mayo throws out a loose jab but Zulud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mayo staying out of range there.
Zulud fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zulud.
OMG Zulud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayo scores with a nice head shot.
Mayo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zulud. Zulud obviously looking to wear him down.
Mayo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zulud throws out the jab.
Zulud connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zulud has a takedown stuffed.
Chris Mayo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of OMG Zulud.
Zulud with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Zulud finds it's way through Mayo's defenses.
Mayo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mayo misses with an uppercut.
Mayo moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Zulud.
Mayo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zulud moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mayo looks to score with a jab to the body but Zulud is just out of range.
Jab by Zulud.
Zulud blocks a jab.
Zulud falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mayo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mayo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zulud connects with a crisp jab.
Mayo thows a body shot but no joy.
Zulud slips a jab from Mayo.
Zulud moves out of range of the strikes.
Zulud fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulud lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zulud darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mayo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zulud throws a hook but Mayo blocks it.
Zulud fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zulud comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zulud throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Mayo.
Zulud throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zulud throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mayo on the side of the head.
Zulud lands a jab.
Zulud connects with a right hand. Mayo shakes it off.
Mayo slips under a jab from Zulud.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mayo moves out of range as Zulud strikes.
Mayo throws the left hand but Zulud avoids the punch easily.
Jab, jab by Zulud - just one landing.
Zulud lands a right hook to the body.
A big left from Mayo misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

OMG Zulud showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Zulud throws out a powerful jab.
Zulud throws a hook but Mayo avoids it easily.
Zulud misses with a leg kick
enabling Mayo to counter with a crisp jab.
Mayo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zulud throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mayo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mayo throws an overhand right that lands on Zulud's shoulder, as Zulud tries to avoid the shot.
OMG Zulud seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Zulud.
Mayo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zulud throws a hook but Mayo avoids it easily.
Zulud connects with a jab.
Zulud lands a really nice looking cross but Mayo seems unphased.
Mayo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zulud.
Nice uppercut there from Zulud.
Mayo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zulud throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zulud connects with a single shot there.
Mayo throws a jab but it's blocked by Zulud.
Zulud lands with a thumping leg kick.
A shot to the body from Mayo misses
and Zulud counters with a leg kick.
Zulud throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mayo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulud falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mayo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zulud throws a hook but Mayo blocks it.
Zulud bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mayo's head backwards.
Zulud throws a body punch but Mayo moves out of range.
Zulud tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mayo counters with a stiff right hand.
Mayo ducks under a wild hook from Zulud.
Mayo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zulud to score with a decent uppercut.
Zulud throws the left hand but Mayo avoids the punch easily.
Zulud missing with a left hand there. Mayo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zulud misses with a hook.
Mayo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mayo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Mayo misses.
A big right from Mayo misses.

Zulud closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Zulud.
Mayo is trying to break the clinch but Zulud is controlling him.
Mayo throws a punch but it's blocked by Zulud.
Zulud lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chris Mayo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayo has Zulud pressed against the cage.
A short left from Zulud.
Mayo wants to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zulud lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zulud lands with a short shot to the head.
Zulud lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mayo backwards.
Mayo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zulud scores with a shoulder strike.
Zulud throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zulud lands an elbow inside that Mayo shrugs off.

Mayo is rocked!
Zulud has a couple of punches blocked by Mayo.
Oh Mayo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zulud throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayo.
Zulud pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Mayo! Zulud unloads with more strikes and Mayo sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). OMG Zulud!