PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Peter Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damn Van Clawed Jon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Maynard
vs
Van Clawed Jon

195 cm
34
218 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

210 cm
21
270 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Very quick

World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Maynard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damn Van Clawed Jon!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clawed Jon clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Clawed Jon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Maynard misses with an elbow strike.
Clawed Jon struggles to land a body shot inside as Maynard controls his hands.
Clawed Jon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maynard backwards.

It looks like Peter Maynard has been cut.
Maynard pushes off an throws an elbow but Clawed Jon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Maynard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Damn Van Clawed Jon has been cut.
Maynard blocks an uppercut.
Clawed Jon scores with a hook to the body.
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!
Maynard is trying to stall.
Clawed Jon has a couple of punches blocked by Maynard.
Clawed Jon swings wildly with an uppercut but Maynard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maynard throws an elbow but it misses.
Clawed Jon lands a nice shot to the body.
Maynard blocks a body shot from Clawed Jon.
Maynard with a knee to the head.
Clawed Jon can't find room to land a body shot as Maynard controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard is struggling to control the position.
Clawed Jon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maynard taking a breather.
Maynard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maynard avoiding damage.
Clawed Jon is working Maynard over against the ropes.
Maynard is breathing heavily.
Clawed Jon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maynard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clawed Jon is keeping busy.
Clawed Jon avoiding damage as Maynard throws knees to the body.
Maynard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maynard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maynard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clawed Jon avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Maynard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clawed Jon's brow.
Clawed Jon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Clawed Jon misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawed Jon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clawed Jon tries a body shot but Maynard blocks it.
Maynard tries a knee to the head but Clawed Jon blocks it.
Maynard missing with knees to the body.
Clawed Jon tries to throw a body punch but Maynard avoids it by throwing Clawed Jon back against the ropes.
Maynard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maynard tries to stall but Clawed Jon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Maynard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clawed Jon avoids a wild elbow strike from Maynard.
Maynard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clawed Jon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clawed Jon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maynard's elbow.
Clawed Jon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clawed Jon avoiding damage as Maynard throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maynard utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Clawed Jon avoids a wild elbow strike from Maynard.
Maynard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clawed Jon avoiding damage as Maynard throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damn Van Clawed Jon dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Clawed Jon tries to clinch
and Maynard counters with an outside leg kick.
Maynard throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Clawed Jon.
Clawed Jon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Maynard counters with a thumping low kick.

Maynard clinches with his opponent.
Clawed Jon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maynard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maynard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clawed Jon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maynard's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Clawed Jon fails to land.
Clawed Jon avoiding damage as Maynard throws knees to the body.
Clawed Jon can't find room to land a body shot as Maynard controls the action.
Clawed Jon scores with a shot to the side of Maynard's head.
Clawed Jon takes an elbow to the temple.
Maynard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clawed Jon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clawed Jon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clawed Jon misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard lands a damaging elbow.
Maynard lands an elbow just above Clawed Jon 's eye.

That has opened up Damn Van Clawed Jon's cut even more.
Maynard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maynard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clawed Jon up against the ropes.
Clawed Jon misses with some punches.
Maynard trying to land knees to the body.
Clawed Jon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maynard is keeping busy.
Maynard lands a knee to the head.
Maynard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maynard blocks an uppercut.
Clawed Jon misses with a punch to the body.
Clawed Jon swings wildly with an uppercut but Maynard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damn Van Clawed Jon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maynard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Damn Van Clawed Jon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawed Jon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maynard tries to land knees in the clinch but Clawed Jon avoids the damage to the body.
Clawed Jon swings wildly with an uppercut but Maynard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clawed Jon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maynard's elbow.
Clawed Jon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Maynard here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Clawed Jon misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Clawed Jon - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maynard lands an elbow that stopped Clawed Jon in his tracks for a moment.
Maynard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maynard tries a knee to the head but Clawed Jon blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Clawed Jon.
Clawed Jon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maynard misses with a knee strike.
Clawed Jon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clawed Jon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clawed Jon misses with a punch to the body.
Clawed Jon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Maynard dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Clawed Jon moves to clinch but Maynard breaks away
and Maynard counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Clawed Jon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Maynard scores with a nice right hand.
Clawed Jon tries to clinch up

and Maynard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maynard.
Clawed Jon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clawed Jon misses with some punches.
Clawed Jon avoiding damage as Maynard throws knees to the body.
Maynard lands a knee to the body.
Clawed Jon tries to throw a body punch but Maynard avoids it by throwing Clawed Jon back against the ropes.
Maynard blocking some punches.
Clawed Jon misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Clawed Jon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maynard lands a knee to the head.

Damn Van Clawed Jon's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maynard.
Clawed Jon misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clawed Jon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maynard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clawed Jon's face.
Maynard lands a knee to the body.
Maynard slowing the pace effectively.
Clawed Jon can't find room to land a body shot as Maynard controls the action.
Maynard missing with knees to the body.
Maynard throws an elbow but it misses.
Clawed Jon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clawed Jon lands with a left to the head.
Clawed Jon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maynard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maynard tries to stall but Clawed Jon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clawed Jon.
Clawed Jon scores with a shoulder strike.
Clawed Jon takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maynard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawed Jon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clawed Jon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maynard has Clawed Jon pressed against the ropes, preventing Clawed Jon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clawed Jon lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clawed Jon works on Maynard's body with a couple of short punches.
Clawed Jon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maynard.
Clawed Jon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maynard's elbow.
Clawed Jon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maynard's elbow.
Clawed Jon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Clawed Jon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maynard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clawed Jon lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maynard controlling the action here for a moment.
Maynard taking a breather.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damn Van Clawed Jon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Clawed Jon has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damn Van Clawed Jon!
An out of breath Damn Van Clawed Jon thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.