PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between johnny concrete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reverend Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maynard has chosen TooL - Sober as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

concrete
vs
Maynard

190 cm
21
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, johnny concrete!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reverend Maynard!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maynard blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick misses from concrete.
Maynard throws the kick towards the body but concrete avoids it.
A combination from concrete does no damage.
Maynard scores with a leg kick.
Maynard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
concrete tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Maynard rushes concrete and presses him up against the cage.
Maynard lands an elbow inside that concrete shrugs off.
Maynard stalls.
Maynard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through concrete's defenses.

It looks like johnny concrete has been cut.
concrete is trying to break the clinch but Maynard is controlling him.
concrete dodges an elbow strike from Maynard.
concrete is looking to break free of the clinch but Maynard has double underhooks.
Maynard looks to throw an elbow but misses.

concrete escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maynard lands a nice leg kick that just misses concrete's sensitive parts.
Maynard tries to close the distance and clinch up but concrete swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
concrete throws a right and a left that Maynard avoids nicely.
concrete pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maynard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Maynard. concrete shrugs it off though.
concrete is breathing heavily.

Maynard lands a big head kick that sends concrete tumbling to the mat! Maynard takes a step backwards and waves concrete back to his feet - he wants the finish!

concrete is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maynard throws a head kick that misses.
Oh concrete is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maynard throws a leg kick but concrete sees it coming and checks it nicely.
concrete seems to have got his legs back now.
A combination from concrete does no damage.
A solid body kick from Maynard.
Maynard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maynard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maynard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reverend Maynard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
concrete takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Maynard has closed the distance and engaged concrete in a clinch.
Maynard slowing the pace effectively.
Maynard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from concrete.
concrete avoiding damage as Maynard throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maynard.
concrete fails to pull guard.
concrete blocks an elbow strike from Maynard.
concrete can't break the clinch.
Maynard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite concrete's efforts to push away.
Maynard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
concrete wants a takedown.
Maynard misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maynard.
concrete blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maynard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Maynard continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from concrete.
concrete is looking to break free of the clinch but Maynard has double underhooks.
Maynard stalling against the cage.
Maynard prevents concrete from breaking the clinch.
concrete has had enough of the clinch but Maynard keeps him there for the moment.
Maynard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
concrete tries to pull guard but Maynard won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for johnny concrete. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maynard stalls.
concrete is trying to break free.
Maynard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maynard stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
concrete has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Maynard is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Maynard tries to land knees in the clinch but concrete avoids the damage to the body.
concrete is trying to break the clinch but Maynard is controlling him.
Maynard's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Reverend Maynard.

concrete bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Maynard is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on concrete's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
concrete takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maynard trying to hold on to concrete's head to control him but concrete postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reverend Maynard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on johnny concrete's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

concrete swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
concrete throws a series of punches but Maynard moves out of range.
concrete misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
concrete misses with a kick to the body
and Maynard counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Maynard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
concrete throws a series of punches but Maynard avoids them all with ease.
concrete throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maynard counters with a head kick.

johnny concrete's cut is getting worse.
concrete misses with a double jab
and Maynard counters with a nice low kick that buckles concrete's knee momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maynard!
concrete takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
johnny concrete is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maynard throws a nice outside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maynard.

Jeez, johnny concrete's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Maynard scores with a head kick.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at johnny concrete's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Reverend Maynard!
Reverend Maynard is the new middleweight champion!