PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Maxim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christian Maxim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Maxim
vs
Ryan

189 cm
22
196 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
29
199 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christian Maxim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christopher Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maxim pushes Ryan up against the cage in a clinch.
Maxim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maxim avoids a wild elbow strike from Ryan.
Ryan misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Maxim.
Ryan looking to throw knees to the head but Maxim is blocking nicely.
Ryan working aggressively here.
Ryan takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Christopher Ryan has been cut.
Ryan throws a knee to the head but misses.

Maxim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryan looks to score with a jab to the body but Maxim is just out of range.
Ryan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maxim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Maxim slips under a jab from Ryan.
Maxim throws a shot to the body.
Ryan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ryan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ryan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Maxim counters with a leg kick.
Ryan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxim fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab by Maxim.
The crowd cheers as Maxim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ryan doesn't seem phased though.
Ryan misses with a looping left.
Maxim cracks Ryan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice body punch from Maxim.
Maxim jabs Ryan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maxim paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maxim lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Maxim cracks Ryan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Maxim gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Maxim on the inside.
Maxim lands a body punch in the clinch.
Maxim lands a damaging elbow.
Maxim scores with a shot to the side of Ryan's head.

Ryan is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Maxim scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ryan is still on wobbly legs! Can Maxim finish him?
Maxim lands an elbow that stopped Ryan in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Maxim.
Ryan seems to have recovered his senses.
Maxim softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maxim cracks Ryan with a nice body shot.
Ryan looks gassed!
Maxim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ryan takes an elbow to the temple.
Maxim lands with a right to the head.
Maxim blocks a body shot from Ryan.
Maxim lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maxim creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maxim pushes Ryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Maxim on the inside.
A short right from Maxim on the inside.
Maxim creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ryan's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ryan drops to his knees and Maxim pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Maxim!
Christian Maxim very nearly forgot to thank CLOSING •‡• LION Clothing •‡• [LAST STOCK in 1DAY amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.