PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey Talbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clayton Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Talbott
vs
Maynard

181 cm
20
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Geoffrey Talbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clayton Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Maynard. Talbott shrugs it off though.
Talbott takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Talbott will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Maynard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maynard lands a lovely overhand right.
Maynard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Maynard lands a glancing blow to the side of Talbott's head.
Clayton Maynard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maynard throws a low kick but Talbott avoids it.
As Maynard looks to move away, Talbott throws a big counter combo but Maynard just gets out of the way.

Maynard clinches with his opponent.
Maynard has Talbott pressed against the cage.
Talbott being controlled against the cage.

Maynard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Talbott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maynard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Talbott misses with a takedown attempt
and Maynard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Maynard. That snapped Talbott's head back.
No joy there for Maynard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maynard is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Maynard leaves Talbott with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geoffrey Talbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Talbott throws out a loose jab but Maynard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Talbott cracks the inside of Maynard's front leg.
A jab lands there for Maynard.

Talbott is rocked!
Maynard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Maynard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oh Talbott is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Maynard clinches with his opponent.
A right hook to the body lands for Maynard.
Maynard lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Talbott to his knees! Maynard keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clayton Maynard!