PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mornington Crescent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sheldon Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia has chosen Bleed It Out as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crescent
vs
Maia

180 cm
27
193 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

185 cm
25
193 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Adam's NORTHERN WILD
Real Fighters Nutrition

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 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mornington Crescent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sheldon Maia!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crescent fails to land the takedown.
Mornington Crescent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crescent lands a nice looking body shot.
Crescent swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crescent.

Crescent darts in and clinches Maia up against the cage.
Crescent lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maia backwards.
Crescent goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maia digs a right hand underneath Crescent's ribcage. Crescent let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crescent blocks a body shot from Maia.
Maia stalling.
Maia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crescent or not.
Crescent misses with a punch on the inside.
Crescent misses with a punch on the inside.
Maia can't get the takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crescent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crescent throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maias head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crescent has a couple of punches blocked by Maia.
Crescent lands a body shot in the clinch.
Crescent cracks Maia with a nice body shot.
Maia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crescent pushes Maia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crescent.
Maia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maia blocking some punches.
Maia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crescent misses with some punches.
Crescent tries a body shot but Maia blocks it.
Maia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crescent misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crescent misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maia misses with a punch to the body.
Maia is looking to control Crescent's arms but Crescent gets an underhook and turns him. Now Maia has his back to the cage.
Crescent misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crescent digs a right hand into Maia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maia's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crescent throws a punch but it's blocked by Maia.
Crescent misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crescent working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crescent.
Crescent makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maia is looking to control Crescent's arms but Crescent gets an underhook and turns him. Now Maia has his back to the cage.
Maia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crescent misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Maia.
Maia blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent lands with a short shot to the head.
Maia throws a head punch that misses.
Crescent fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maia lands a hook that snaps the head of Crescent backwards.
Maia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Maia.
A right handed body shot lands from Crescent.
Crescent tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crescent lands with a light punch inside.
Crescent misses with the head strike.
Crescent lands with a left to the head.
Crescent misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maia struggles to land a body shot inside as Crescent controls his hands.
Maia has a couple of punches blocked by Crescent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Crescent scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crescent throws a punch but it's blocked by Maia.
Crescent misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crescent lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Crescent swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crescent swings wildly with an uppercut but Maia uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crescent.
Crescent misses with a body punch.
Maia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maia prevents a body shot from Crescent.
Maia blocks a body shot from Crescent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crescent misses with a punch on the inside.
Maia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crescent backwards.
Crescent working aggressively here.
Crescent has a couple of punches blocked by Maia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Donk. Crescent catches Maia right on the button with a cross.
Crescent works Maia's body with a nice hook.
Crescent tries to close the distance and clinch but Maia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crescent misses with a wild combination.
Crescent throws a sloppy body shot
and Maia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crescent shoots in for a takedown but Maia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick
and Crescent counters with a nice leg kick.
Maia tests Crescent's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crescent to score with a decent uppercut.
Maia takes a jab right on the kisser.
Maia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maia avoids the body shot from Crescent.
Maia misses the shot to the body.
Sheldon Maia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Crescent lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A clash of legs there as Maia blocks the low kick.

Crescent closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Crescent works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Crescent scores with punches from side control.
Maia taking a bit of punishment here - Crescent scoring with strikes.
Crescent lands a nice forearm strike.
Crescent has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maia wants to control but Crescent postures up.
Crescent working the body and head with strikes.
Maia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Crescent in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent trying to control the position but Maia is working away.

Crescent tries for a kimura but Maia is defending well.
Maia is trying to get back to half guard.
Maia takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The strikes coming from Crescent are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia manages to work his way to half guard, despite Crescent's best efforts.
Crescent with the ground and pound but Maia uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Crescent scoring with some ground and pound.
Crescent trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Crescent trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Crescent landing some decent shots from guard.
Maia looking for a sweep. Not yet Maia, not yet.

Maia is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Crescent defends well.
Crescent with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crescent wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Maia holds on and takes a little breather.
Crescent wants to pass the guard but Maia is keeping the position.
Crescent missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Crescent trying to move into half guard but instead Maia has managed to sweep!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Crescent is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Maia defends well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crescent wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Maia is now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mornington Crescent dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Crescent drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Maia keeping full guard, as Crescent tries to pass.
Maia wants to sweep here but Crescent controlling him for the moment.
Crescent postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Crescentis looking to pass into half guard but Maia pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Maia is in guard.
Maia preventing the sweep.

Maia gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Maia avoids the body shot from Crescent.
Crescent lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crescent tries to clinch there but Maia circles away.
Crescent takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maia slips a jab and a cross from Crescent.
Maia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Maia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crescent jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crescent digs a good body shot into Maia's ribs.

Crescent moves into the clinch successfully.
Crescent swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maia tries to work over Crescent's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maia stalling.
Crescent misses with the head strike.
Crescent lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maia is trying to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Crescent fails to land.
Crescent tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Crescent fails to land.
Crescent blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crescent.
Crescent throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maias head.
Maia is struggling to control the position.
Maia digs a right hand into Crescent's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crescent's gas tank.
Maia lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia is stalling here.
Crescent swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crescent throws a head punch that misses.
Maia tries a body shot but Crescent blocks it.
Crescent letting Maia take a breather here.
Maia working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Maia.
Maia struggles to land a body shot inside as Crescent controls his hands.
Crescent misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mornington Crescent has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Maia tries to throw a body punch but Crescent avoids it by throwing Maia back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crescent's elbow.
Crescent working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crescent tries a body shot but Maia blocks it.
Crescent lands a left hand.
Crescent struggles to land a body shot inside as Maia controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Crescent.
A head punch on the inside from Maia fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crescent throws a head punch that misses.
Maia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sheldon Maia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crescent misses with the head strike.
Crescent tries to throw a body punch but Maia avoids it by throwing Crescent back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia lands a body shot.
Crescent misses with the head strike.
Mornington Crescent is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crescent lands with a left to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mornington Crescent showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crescent has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mornington Crescent!
A victorious Mornington Crescent thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.