Tradition XL PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Hand Grenade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fook Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hand Grenade
vs
Man

173 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Hand Grenade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fook Man!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hand Grenade throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
Man moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Man clinches with his opponent.
Man has Hand Grenade pressed against the cage, preventing Hand Grenade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hand Grenade is trying to break the clinch but Man is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hand Grenade.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Man.
The referee is keeping an eye on Man - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hand Grenade wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Hand Grenade's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hand Grenade on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hand Grenade misses with a double jab.
Man throws a big counter head kick but Hand Grenade avoids it with no problem.
Hand Grenade just misses with a punch to the body.
Man has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hand Grenade is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Man thuds his shin into the meat of Hand Grenade's side.
We've been told by Hand Grenade's head coaches at V Elite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a leg kick.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hand Grenade misses with a straight left.
Man has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Fook Man has been cut.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hand Grenade crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Man - the referee stops the clock and Hand Grenade gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Man. Hand Grenade manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
An inside leg kick lands from Man.
Man throws a head kick that half lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Man.
Nice body kick there by Man.
Hand Grenade throws a hook but Man blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hand Grenade misses the shot to the body.
Man tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Man lands a nice looking body kick.
Hand Grenade is breathing heavily.
Hand Grenade is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.
Hand Grenade keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws the left hand but Hand Grenade avoids the punch easily.
Hand Grenade appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hand Grenade misses with a wild combination.
Hand Grenade misses with a few strikes there.
Hand Grenade takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Hand Grenade misses its intended target.
Man was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Man scores with a spinning back kick!
Hand Grenade drops his hands momentarily and Man takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Man lands with a nice combination. Hand Grenade backs away looking to recover.

Hand Grenade is rocked!
Hand Grenade circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Man. Hand Grenade falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fook Man!
An out of breath Fook Man thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
60%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew McGinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasilevskiy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vasilevskiy
vs
Matthew McGinn

179 cm
23
204 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

173 cm
26
219 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

GREEN!160
Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew McGinn!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasilevskiy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McGinn's hands.

It looks like Matthew McGinn has been cut.
Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasilevskiy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vasilevskiy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vasilevskiy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vasilevskiy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

McGinn closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Vasilevskiy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McGinn prevents a body shot from Vasilevskiy.
Vasilevskiy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGinn's elbow.
McGinn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vasilevskiy's defenses.
Vasilevskiy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vasilevskiy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGinn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McGinn crunches a lovely knee into Vasilevskiy's ribcage.
McGinn lands an elbow just above Vasilevskiy 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGinn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by McGinn.
McGinn landing knees to the head.
Vasilevskiy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasilevskiy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vasilevskiy lands a nice uppercut.
McGinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vasilevskiy blocks it with crossed arms.
McGinn connects with a knee to the head.

McGinn drops Vasilevskiy with a big knee straight up the middle! Vasilevskiy is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Vasilevskiy is rocked!

McGinn closes the distance and clinches.
Oh Vasilevskiy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGinn lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGinn is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Vasilevskiy tries to break McGinn's hands from around his neck, McGinn unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Vasilevskiy will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Matthew McGinn!
During a confident post fight interview, Matthew McGinn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
83%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sprawl Brawl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pitbull Lovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brawl
vs
Lovski

190 cm
21
260 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

193 cm
27
250 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Namunamu Clothing

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sprawl Brawl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pitbull Lovski!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brawl throws a body shot but no joy.
Brawl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lovski circles away quickly and effectively.

Lovski pushes Brawl up against the cage in a clinch.
Lovski looking to slow down the pace here.
Lovski tries to stall but Brawl uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lovski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brawl is keeping busy.
Brawl tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brawl blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brawl blocks an uppercut.
Brawl misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brawl throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovski.
I was talking to Brawl's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Brawl lands a nice uppercut.
Lovski is stalling here.
Lovski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brawl working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brawl.
Brawl tries to work over Lovski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brawl misses with the head strike.
Brawl can't find room to land a body shot as Lovski controls the action.
Lovski has a couple of punches blocked by Brawl.
Brawl lands a hook that snaps the head of Lovski backwards.
Lovski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brawl tries to throw a body punch but Lovski avoids it by throwing Brawl back against the cage.
Lovski missing with knees to the body.
Brawl fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Lovski.
Lovski tries to work over Brawl's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lovski looking to slow down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Brawl scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Lovski fails to land.
Brawl lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lovski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawl cracks Lovski with a nice body shot.
Brawl lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brawl lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brawl lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lovski backwards.

Lovski is rocked!
Brawl creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Lovski's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Lovski drops to his knees and Brawl pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sprawl Brawl!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
44%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zee Snore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tinashe Chukwuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tinashe Chukwuma is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Snore
vs
Chukwuma

195 cm
20
255 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

194 cm
20
258 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Namunamu Clothing

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zee Snore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tinashe Chukwuma!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chukwuma misses with a head kick.
Snore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snore swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A low kick from Chukwuma is predictable there
and Snore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A combination from Snore does no damage.
Chukwuma throws a front kick aimed at Snore's knee but Snore avoids it well.

Chukwuma gets tackled into the cage by Snore. Snore maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chukwuma.
Chukwuma misses with a knee strike.
Snore has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chukwuma.
Chukwuma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Snore misses with a body punch.
Chukwuma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snore avoids the elbow strike from Chukwuma, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Snore throws an elbow but misses.
Snore stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chukwuma pushes off an throws an elbow but Snore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Snore throws a punch but it's blocked by Chukwuma.
Snore is working Chukwuma over against the cage.
Snore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chukwuma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Zee Snore has been cut.
Snore throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Snore.
Snore throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chukwuma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Snore lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Snore misses with a punch on the inside.
Chukwuma trying to control the position but instead, Snore has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chukwuma into the cage.
Snore being controlled against the cage.
Chukwuma has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Snore seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Chukwuma can turn it around.
Chukwuma looking to stall.
Snore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chukwuma blocks an elbow strike from Snore.
Chukwuma blocks an elbow strike from Snore.
Chukwuma pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chukwuma with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chukwuma misses with a knee strike.
Snore slows down the pace here.
Snore scores with a shoulder strike.
Snore lands a shot to the body.
Snore lands an elbow just above Chukwuma 's eye.
Snore can't find room to land a body shot as Chukwuma controls the action.
Snore stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand 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!
Snore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snore is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Snore lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chukwuma misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Snore.
Chukwuma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chukwuma looking to stall.
Snore is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snore struggles to land a body shot inside as Chukwuma controls his hands.
Snore misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Snore.
Snore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chukwuma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chukwuma swings wildly with an uppercut but Snore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snore creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Snore blocks an uppercut.
Chukwuma lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Chukwuma.

Zee Snore's cut is getting worse.
Snore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chukwuma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Snore's brow.
Snore misses with an elbow over the top.
Chukwuma letting Snore take a breather here.
Chukwuma tries to break the clinch but Snore is controlling the position.
Chukwuma misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Snore.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chukwuma tries to work over Snore's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Snore lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chukwuma backwards.
Snore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Snore lands an elbow just above Chukwuma 's eye.

It looks like Tinashe Chukwuma has been cut.
A body shot lands from Snore.
Snore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snore misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Chukwuma to work.
Snore working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chukwuma.
Nice elbow from Chukwuma.
Snore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snore throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chukwuma.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Snore tries a body shot but Chukwuma blocks it.
Chukwuma is looking to control Snore's arms but Snore gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chukwuma has his back to the cage.
Snore tries a body shot but Chukwuma blocks it.
Chukwuma wants to break free but Snore has control.
A head punch on the inside from Chukwuma fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zee Snore dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Snore blocks the body kick.
Snore tried to counter with a leg kick but Chukwuma avoided it.
Chukwuma misses with a body shot
and Snore counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Snore with a nice cross.
Chukwuma misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Snore misses.
Chukwuma takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Snore on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chukwuma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chukwuma throws a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Snore checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chukwuma. That's going to slow Snore down.
Snore misses with a head kick.
Snore just misses with a punch to the body.

Snore clinches up against the cage.
Chukwuma blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snore taking a breather.
Snore takes an elbow to the temple.
Snore stalling the fight.
Chukwuma lands a nice elbow.
Snore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snore lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Snore will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chukwuma up against the cage.
Snore working aggressively here.
Chukwuma with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Zee Snore's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Snore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Snore lands a damaging elbow.
Chukwuma takes an elbow to the forehead.
Snore lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chukwuma lands a nice elbow.
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!
Chukwuma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Snore.
Snore struggles to land a body shot inside as Chukwuma controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chukwuma dodges an elbow strike from Snore.
Snore lands a nice uppercut.
Snore blocks the elbow strike.
Chukwuma blocks an elbow strike.
Snore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Snore throws an elbow but misses.
Chukwuma misses with the head strike.
Snore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chukwuma or not.
Snore pushes Chukwuma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Snore comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Chukwuma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Snore lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Snore.
Snore blocks an uppercut.
Snore avoids the elbow strike from Chukwuma, against the cage.
Snore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Snore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snore throws a punch but it's blocked by Chukwuma.
Chukwuma missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snore tries a body shot but Chukwuma blocks it.
Chukwuma avoids a wild elbow strike from Snore.
Chukwuma throws an elbow but it misses.
Chukwuma avoids a wild elbow strike from Snore.
Snore lands an elbow inside that Chukwuma shrugs off.
Snore misses with an elbow strike.
Snore avoids a wild elbow strike from Chukwuma.
Chukwuma lands an elbow just above Snore 's eye.

Jeez, Zee Snore's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Chukwuma is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Snore is keeping busy.
Chukwuma misses with the head strike.
Snore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chukwuma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Snore's defenses.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tinashe Chukwuma!
Tinashe Chukwuma thanked the fans post fight for their support.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elvin Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Bwarnt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Mays
vs
Bwarnt

178 cm
27
196 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

185 cm
26
187 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

GREEN!160
KaotiK

GREEN!160
Namunamu Clothing

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 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elvin Mays!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Bwarnt!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mays misses with an uppercut
letting Bwarnt counter with a right hand.
Mays looks to land a right hand but Bwarnt moved out of range.
Mays uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bwarnt.
Mays misses with a shot to the body
and Bwarnt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bwarnt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bwarnt clobbers Mays with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mays misses with a hook to the body

and Bwarnt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bwarnt tries a body shot but Mays blocks it.
Mays throws a head punch that misses.
Bwarnt misses with a punch to the body.
Mays working aggressively here.
Bwarnt tries to throw a body punch but Mays avoids it by throwing Bwarnt back against the cage.
Mays tries to score a body lock takedown but Bwarnt shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Bwarnt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mays breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mays has managed to clinch.
Bwarnt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bwarnt prevents the takedown attempt.
Bwarnt scores with a shoulder strike.
Mays drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elvin Mays. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mays has a couple of punches blocked by Bwarnt.
Bwarnt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bwarnt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mayss head.
Mays working aggressively here.
Mays changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bwarnt fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mays misses with a shot to the body
and Bwarnt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mays misses with a hook
and Bwarnt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mays throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bwarnt is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bwarnt throws a hook to the side of Mays's head but Mays sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bwarnt lands a big shot that drops Mays! Can he finish him?

Mays is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bwarnt throws a big elbow that misses.
Oh Mays is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mays seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bwarnt wants to control from the top but Mays keeps moving.
Mays seems to have got his legs back now.
Mays is pulling down on Bwarnt's head to control his posture.
Mays utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bwarnt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bwarnt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Bwarnt drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bwarnt jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mays managing to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mays tries to close the distance and clinch but Bwarnt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bwarnt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays throws an overhand right that lands on Bwarnt's shoulder, as Bwarnt tries to avoid the shot.
Bwarnt steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mays.
Mays misses with a lunging right hand
and Mays takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mays tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bwarnt was well out of range. Poor timing from Mays.
Bwarnt slips under a jab from Mays.
Bwarnt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bwarnt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Mays misses its intended target.
Bwarnt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bwarnt slips a straight right by Mays.
Bwarnt steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mays.
Mays misses with a hook.
Mays sets himself, and Bwarnt steps forward looking for the clinch! Mays avoids it this time.
Mays misses the shot to the body.
Mays swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mays is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bwarnt's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mays misses with a body shot.
Mays looks to land a left hand but Bwarnt moved out of range nicely.
Mays throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bwarnt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bwarnt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mays misses with a body shot
and Mays takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mays paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mays throws the left hand but Bwarnt avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mays throws a shot to the body.
Bwarnt has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mays misses with a lunging right hand
and Bwarnt counters with a stiff right hand.
Bwarnt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Bwarnt dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mays fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bwarnt sprawls well initially but Mays persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mays sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bwarnt defending well though.
Bwarnt wants to get back to his feet.
Mays wants to pass to mount but Bwarnt is defending the position.
Bwarnt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bwarnt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mays.
Mays is stalling here. Bwarnt is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mays seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Bwarnt has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Mays 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.
Bwarnt trying to control the position but Mays is working away.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bwarnt working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An elbow from Bwarnt crashes against the mat.
Bwarnt working the ground and pound but Mays is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays is looking to regain half guard here but Bwarnt keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mays is not content to let Bwarnt control the position.
Mays tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mays is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bwarnt off and has taken his back!
Mays slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Mays is landing with strikes from the back.
Mays punishes Bwarnt with strikes from the back mount.
Mays punches Bwarnt on the ear.
Bwarnt is taking damage to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Bwarnt.
Mays scores with punches from the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bwarnt is trying to get back to his feet but Mays has full control of the position and if anything, Bwarnt has just worked his way into a worse spot.
A lull in the action here.
Bwarnt is trying to get back to his feet but Mays has full control of the position and if anything, Bwarnt has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Mays lands strikes to the head.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Mays controlling the positon.
Bwarnt wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Mays looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Mays has Bwarnt flattened out and is raining down punches.
Mays looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Elvin Mays overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bwarnt grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Bwarnt trying to get back to his feet but Mays is in full control for now.
Mays is punishing Bwarnt with some ground and pound.

Bwarnt is rocked!
Bwarnt wants to get back to his feet.
Can Bwarnt hold on?! Mays is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Bwarnt is still in real trouble! Can Mays finish him?
Mays is raining down hard shots and and Bwarnt has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Elvin Mays!
Elvin Mays retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Elvin Mays thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.