PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Spyde Radic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Mayfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayfield has chosen Its a great day - Paul Thorn as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Radic
vs
Mayfield

190 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spyde Radic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyler Mayfield!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayfield throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Radic.
Good exchange - Mayfield coming out on top.
Mayfield misses with a body shot.
Mayfield misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mayfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mayfield throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Radic throws a head kick that misses.
Radic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Radic tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Radic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mayfield throws a head kick but Radic moves out of range.

Mayfield closes the distance and clinches.
Mayfield lands a nice shot to the body.
Mayfield lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Radic.
Mayfield lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mayfield.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Radic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mayfield tries a knee to the head but Radic blocks it.
Mayfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Radic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Radic has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mayfield avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mayfield takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayfield with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mayfield lands a damaging elbow.
Mayfield lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Radic backwards.
Radic avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
Mayfield blocks an elbow strike from Radic.
Mayfield misses with a knee to the head.
Mayfield with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Mayfield.
Mayfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Radic blocks it with crossed arms.
Radic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayfield.
Mayfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radic throws an elbow but misses.
Radic misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radic throws an elbow but misses.
Radic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayfield avoids the damage to the body.
Mayfield looking to throw knees to the head but Radic is blocking nicely.
Radic trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield misses with a knee to the head.
Mayfield looks gassed!
Radic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Radic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mayfield misses with a knee strike.
Radic throws an elbow that misses.
Mayfield managing to block the knees to the body from Radic.
Mayfield tries to land knees in the clinch but Radic avoids the damage to the body.
Mayfield scores with a knee to the head.
Mayfield avoiding damage as Radic throws knees to the body.
Radic can't break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Mayfield.
Mayfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield lands with a right to the head.
Mayfield tries to land a knee to the head but Radic blocks with his arms.
Radic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayfield.
Mayfield scores with a knee to the head.
Mayfield connects with a knee to the head.
Radic trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield blocks an elbow strike from Radic.
Radic is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mayfield gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mayfield avoiding damage as Radic throws knees to the body.
Mayfield tries to land a knee to the head but Radic blocks with his arms.
Radic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayfield avoids the damage to the body.
Mayfield misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Radic.
Mayfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Radic's defenses.
Radic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayfield avoids the damage to the body.
Radic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Radic fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spyde Radic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Radic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Radic avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
Radic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mayfield gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mayfield with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Radic pushes off an throws an elbow but Mayfield leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Radic scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tyler Mayfield has been cut.
Radic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Radic misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mayfield throws a knee to the head but misses.

Radic breaks the clinch.
Radic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mayfield misses with a hook.
Radic takes a jab right on the kisser.

Radic fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mayfield sprawls well initially but Radic persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Mayfield is trying to get back to full guard.
Mayfield is trying to control but can't.

Radic stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Radic tries to clinch
and Mayfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Radic instigates a clinch.
Radic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayfield.
Mayfield misses with a knee strike.
Mayfield tries a knee to the head but Radic blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Radic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mayfield's brow.
Mayfield gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Radic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mayfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Radic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Radic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayfield makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mayfield with a knee to the head.
Radic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Radic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Radic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Mayfield - that landed with a thud.
Mayfield avoiding damage as Radic throws knees to the body.
Radic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Radic tries to land a knee to the head but Mayfield blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Radic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayfield avoids the damage to the body.
Mayfield lands a nice knee to the body.
Radic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Radic trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield avoids a wild elbow strike from Radic.
Radic missing with knees to the body.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jab from Mayfield.
Radic is looking to clinch but Mayfield is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mayfield looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Decent striking displayed by Mayfield there.
Radic looks to clinch

and Mayfield counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Radic avoiding damage as Mayfield throws knees to the body.
Mayfield landing knees to the head.
Mayfield misses with a knee strike.
Mayfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Radic's defenses.
Mayfield takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mayfield comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Radic fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mayfield blocks the elbow strike.
Mayfield lands with a short shot to the head.
Radic misses with a knee strike.
Mayfield with a knee to the head.
Mayfield is breathing heavily.
Radic missing with knees to the body.
Mayfield managing to block the knees to the body from Radic.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Radic as Mayfield tries to tie him up.

Radic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Radic throws a head kick but Mayfield moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayfield swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Radic defending well as Mayfield loads up on a big left hand.
Radic is looking to clinch.
Radic closes the distance but Mayfield moves to the side
and Mayfield counters with a right hand to the body.
Radic moves away from the strike by Mayfield.
Mayfield scores with a jab to the jaw.
Radic throws a sloppy head kick and Mayfield moves out of range easily.
Radic clinches but Mayfield breaks the clinch

and Mayfield holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mayfield with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Radic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Mayfield.

Radic manages to pull guard.
Radic controlling Mayfield's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Mayfield gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Radic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mayfield.
Radic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mayfield is looking to chop away at Radic's legs.
Radic blocks a jab.
Mayfield takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mayfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Radic wants to land a leg kick but Mayfield is out of range.
Mayfield fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Radic.
Spyde Radic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mayfield has managed to clinch.
Radic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayfield avoids the damage to the body.
Mayfield managing to block the knees to the body from Radic.
Mayfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mayfield tries a knee to the head but Radic blocks it.
Radic is trying to break the clinch but Mayfield has him pressed against the cage.
Radic blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Radic.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mayfield.
Radic can't break the clinch.
Mayfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Radic is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mayfield gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Radic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayfield avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mayfield works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mayfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Radic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayfield avoids the damage to the body.
Mayfield taking a breather.
Mayfield lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mayfield lands with a short shot to the head.
Radic managing to block the knees to the body from Mayfield.
A knee to the head by Mayfield.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radic throws an elbow but misses.
Radic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayfield.
Radic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Radic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mayfield takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Radic throws an elbow that misses.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Radic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mayfield has him pressed against the cage.
Radic takes an elbow to the temple.
Mayfield tries to land a knee to the head but Radic blocks with his arms.
Radic tries to score a body lock takedown but Mayfield shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spyde Radic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mayfield lands a knee to the body.
Mayfield lands a damaging elbow.
Radic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Mayfield showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tyler Mayfield's cut.
That's time! Radic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Mayfield listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Radic moves away from the strike by Mayfield.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mayfield.
Radic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mayfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mayfield tries to clinch up.
Mayfield takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Radic tries to clinch there but Mayfield circles away.
Radic misses with a low kick.
Radic tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Radic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tyler Mayfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Radic moves in looking to clinch but Mayfield pushes him off.
Mayfield throws a head kick but Radic moves out of range.
Radic pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayfield blocks a head kick by Radic.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mayfield connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Radic tries to clinch up.
Tyler Mayfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayfield throws a head kick that misses
and Radic counters with a thumping low kick.
Radic throws a head kick that misses
and Mayfield connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mayfield lands a really nice looking cross but Radic seems unphased.
Mayfield lands with a right hand.
Radic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mayfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Radic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mayfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Radic.
Mayfield lunges at Radic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Radic's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mayfield stuffs the takedown.
Radic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mayfield throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Radic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mayfield's head.
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!
Both fighters circling a little - Radic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Radic throws a lazy head kick

and Mayfield moves into the clinch.
Tyler Mayfield seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Radic manages to pull guard.
Mayfield wants to stand but Radic has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Spyde Radic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Radic wriggles free and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayfield lands a really nice looking cross but Radic seems unphased.
Radic tries to clinch but Mayfield is having none of it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Radic.
Mayfield throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Radic.
Radic tries to clinch up but Mayfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyler Mayfield seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice cross by Mayfield.
Mayfield misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Radic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Mayfield misses.
Mayfield uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Radic slips under a jab.
Radic is looking to land body kicks.
Mayfield looks to throw the jab but Radic is out of range.
Radic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayfield.
Radic shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spyde Radic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mayfield listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mayfield, as that shot connected.
Mayfield connects with the punch.
A nice combination there by Mayfield.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Radic tries to clinch but Mayfield is having none of it.
Mayfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Radic.
Mayfield tries to clinch but Radic is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Mayfield comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mayfield winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Mayfield!