PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mayger Mayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Busey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayne comes to the ring accompanied by Suikoden 2 OST (the entire thing). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Mayne
vs
Busey

195 cm
21
240 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
225 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mayger Mayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gary Busey!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Busey moves into range and clinches up with Mayne.
Mayne is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Busey gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mayne goes for a takedown attempt but Busey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mayne looks to throw the jab but Busey is out of range.
Busey needs to keep his hands up - Mayne had a free shot at his head there.
Mayne lands a jab to Busey's midsection.
Busey wants to clinch.
Mayne takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mayne works the jab nicely.
Mayger Mayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Busey looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mayne misses with a straight left.
Mayne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Busey. Mayne shrugs it off though.
Mayne lands a with a good body shot.
Busey lands a front kick.
Mayne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mayne throws a big shot that misses.
Mayne steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Busey. That one must have hurt.
Mayne is breathing heavily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Busey. Mayne shrugs it off though.
Busey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Busey lands a head kick!

It looks like Mayger Mayne has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Busey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body kick there by Busey.
Mayne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Busey throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Busey tries a head kick but it misses.
Mayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Busey moves away.
Busey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Busey.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Busey explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mayne blocks a head kick by Busey.
Busey lands a head kick. Mayne smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A head kick misses from Busey.

Mayne darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Busey regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Mayne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mayne advances position into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayne in side control, throwing shots but Busey defends.
Mayne throwing strikes but Busey manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Mayne manages to work his way to half guard, despite Busey's best efforts.
Mayne has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Busey is working away from the top position though.
Mayne is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayne wants to improve his position but Busey is controlling well.
Mayne 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.
Mayne is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mayne wants to control but Busey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Busey decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Busey forces Mayne back against the ropes and clinches.
Mayne looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mayger Mayne. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mayne gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Mayne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Busey swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayne throws a big right hand that misses.

Busey is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Mayne wants a takedown.
Busey stops a takedown attempt from Mayne.
Busey is trying to break free.
Mayne goes for a takedown attempt but Busey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mayne has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Busey.
Busey throws a sloppy head kick and Mayne moves out of range easily.
Busey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayne.
Busey tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mayne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Busey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Busey throws a sloppy head kick and Mayne moves out of range easily.
A lazy left from Mayne finds it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Busey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mayger Mayne's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mayne shoots in for a takedown but Busey shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Mayne shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mayne won't allow Busey to get back to his feet.
Mayne passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes there by Mayne.
Mayne prevents Busey from escaping the position.
Busey defending against the ground and pound.
Mayne looks up at the clock and then as Busey takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mayne smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mayne landing a few strikes.
Busey pushes Mayne away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mayne gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayne cracks Busey with a big right hand but Busey just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayne is chipping away with strikes.

Mayne is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Busey is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Mayne thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mayne throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mayne postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ground and pound from Mayne seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Busey is trying to get back to his feet.
Busey parries the strikes from Mayne easily there. Mayne is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Busey to escape.
Mayne scoring with punches and elbows.
Mayne lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Busey is trying to get back to his feet.
Mayne throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Busey is trying to get back to his feet.
Busey defending against the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mayne tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mayne has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Mayne working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Busey wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Mayne shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mayne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mayne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mayne looking to pass the guard.
Mayne stops Busey from standing up.
Mayne scoring with some ground and pound.
Mayne lands a couple of digs.
Busey is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mayne is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mayger Mayne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mayger Mayne's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Busey is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Busey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Busey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Busey misses with a head kick.
Mayne throws a right and a left that Busey avoids nicely.
Busey throws a sloppy head kick and Mayne moves out of range easily.
Busey throws a wild body kick that Mayne sees coming a mile off.
Mayne thows a body shot but no joy.
Mayne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Busey fails in his attempt to clinch.

Mayne drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mayne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mayne throwing strikes from guard but Busey blocks nicely.
Mayne stops Busey from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mayne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mayne drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mayne jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mayne postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Busey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mayne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mayne throws a strike but Busey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Busey is looking to stand up but Mayne won't let him.
Mayger Mayne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mayne is trying to control the position but Busey postures up.

Mayne is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mayne has control of Busey's left arm, preventing Busey from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mayne is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mayne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayne makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Busey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mayne connects with a couple of short punches.
Busey is looking to stand up but Mayne isn't so interested in that idea.
Mayne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mayne is working Busey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayne is in close to Busey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Busey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mayne scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mayne tries to free his leg and advance position but Busey is retaining full guard.

Mayne drops back looking for a leg! Busey is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Busey manages to kick Mayne off! Mayne jumps back into Busey's guard.
Mayne is looking to work some ground and pound but Busey has wrist control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mayger Mayne showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mayne has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mayger Mayne!