PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marshal Mayhem (ranked 663 p4p, 641 weight class) and Two Moons (ranked 85 p4p, 81 weight class). Two Moons has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mayhem
vs
Moons

178 cm
19
157
7 - 2 - 0

172 cm
26
165
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marshal Mayhem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Two Moons!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem works the jab nicely.
Nice defenses there by Mayhem.
Moons throws a shot from downtown. Mayhem moves away and avoids it.
Mayhem misses with a hook.
Moons throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mayhem is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Moons moves out of range of the strikes.
Moons slips a jab from Mayhem.
Marshal Mayhem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Mayhem as he connects with a hook.
Moons uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.

Moons has closed the distance and engaged Mayhem in a clinch.
Mayhem swings wildly with an uppercut but Moons uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mayhem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Moons clinches.
Mayhem working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Mayhem fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem lands a hook that snaps the head of Moons backwards.
Moons doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moons prevents a body shot from Mayhem.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moons.
Moons cracks Mayhem with a nice body shot.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mayhem tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mayhem tries a body shot but Moons blocks it.
Moons lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Moons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moons lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Moons misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moons blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Mayhem.
Mayhem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mayhem blocks an uppercut.
Moons lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Moons tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
Mayhem blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moons throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayhem.
Mayhem takes a shot to the head.
Moons prevents a body shot from Mayhem.
Moons tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moons has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mayhem seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Moons can turn it around.
Moons throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayhem.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moons.
Moons misses with some punches.
Mayhem tries a body shot but Moons blocks it.
Mayhem lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Moons.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moons scores with a nice hook to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Moons.
Mayhem lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mayhem digs a right hand into Moons's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moons's gas tank.
Moons lands a right hand.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mayhem can't find room to land a body shot as Moons controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem lands a hook that snaps the head of Moons backwards.
Mayhem works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moons.
Moons throws a head punch that misses.
Moons has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.
Mayhem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mayhem swings wildly with an uppercut but Moons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moons misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moons swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mayhem throws a punch but it's blocked by Moons.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moons.
Moons misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mayhem.
Mayhem scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moons tries to throw a body punch but Mayhem avoids it by throwing Moons back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Moons fails to land.
Moons tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moons misses with some punches.
Mayhem gets through Moons's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mayhem lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moons backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mayhem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Mayhem misses.
Mayhem misses with a wild combination.
Mayhem lands a jab to Moons's midsection.
Moons tries to clinch but Mayhem moves out of range.
Mayhem lands a right hook to the body.
Mayhem misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marshal Mayhem will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Moons misses with an uppercut
and Mayhem counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Moons displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayhem throws out the jab.
Mayhem throws a poor cross that misses
and Moons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Moons on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mayhem throws a lazy right hand but Moons sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moons lands with a good body shot.
Moons tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mayhem paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Moons instigates a clinch.
Moons has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Mayhem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mayhem just misses with a punch to the body.
Mayhem waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moons.
Mayhem is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mayhem cracks a nice hook into Moons's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moons takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moons throws a big shot that misses.
Mayhem throws the left hand but Moons avoids the punch easily.
Moons tries to counter by closing the distance.
A shot to the body from Mayhem misses
and Moons counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Moons misses.
Mayhem throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moons avoids the body shot from Mayhem.
Mayhem digs a good body shot into Moons's ribs.
Moons looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moons takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Moons keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moons steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mayhem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem looks to score with a jab to the body but Moons is just out of range.
Mayhem's jab looks to have found its range, popping Moons under the eye.
Moons misses with a looping left.
A shot to the body from Mayhem misses
and Moons counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mayhem with a nice cross.
Mayhem walks into a straight right hand from Moons.
Moons fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayhem takes a swing at Moons's ribcage but misses.
Mayhem swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Moons.
Moons misses with a hook. Mayhem ducked under it nicely.
Mayhem swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Moons misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mayhem counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mayhem fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moons manages to avoid it.
Moons lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Moons's head.
Mayhem misses with a straight left.
Mayhem looks to land a right hand but Moons moved out of range.
Moons lands with a nice combination. Mayhem backs away looking to recover.
Mayhem clobbers Moons with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A shot to the body from Mayhem misses
and Moons counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big right from Mayhem misses.
Mayhem misses with a right hand
and Moons counters with a straight right hand.
Mayhem clobbers Moons with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mayhem digs a good hook to Moons's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moons is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mayhem.
Moons rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mayhem moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem just misses with a punch to the body.
Moons throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a body punch but Moons moves out of range.
Mayhem jabs at Moons's body.
Mayhem lands a lovely overhand right.
Moons throws a big shot that misses.
Mayhem scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Moons takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mayhem looks to score with a jab to the body but Moons is just out of range.
Marshal Mayhem is winning the standup battle so far.
Mayhem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mayhem loads up on a big right hand but Moons slips the punch.
Mayhem sets himself, and Moons steps forward looking for the clinch! Mayhem avoids it this time.
Mayhem stuns Moons with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshal Mayhem dominated that second round.
That's time! Mayhem's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Mayhem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moons keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mayhem takes a swing at Moons's ribcage but misses.
Mayhem throws a body shot but no joy.
Moons tries to counter with a clinch but Mayhem shakes him off and moves away.
Mayhem throws a jab when Moons was well out of range.
Nice jab there from Mayhem.

Moons takes the fight into the clinch.
Mayhem blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moons misses with a punch to the body.
Two Moons seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Moons tries to throw a body punch but Mayhem avoids it by throwing Moons back against the cage.
Mayhem scores with a shot to the side of Moons's head.
Mayhem prevents a body shot from Moons.
Moons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mayhem misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Mayhem.
Moons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Mayhem manages to break the clinch.
Moons darts in trying to clinch
and Mayhem counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mayhem takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mayhem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moons swings widly with a right hand
and Mayhem counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mayhem misses with a right hand
and Moons counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mayhem thinking.
Mayhem stuns Moons with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mayhem scores with a jab.
Mayhem throws a hook but Moons avoids it easily.
Marshal Mayhem is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moons misses with a hook.
Moons avoids the body shot from Mayhem.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Moons! But no joy.
Moons moves out of range as Mayhem strikes.
Moons wants to counter the offense by Mayhem and move into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mayhem scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Moons scores with a shot to the body.

Moons drives through and clinches with Mayhem against the cage.
Moons can't find room to land a body shot as Mayhem controls the action.
Moons throws a head punch that misses.
Mayhem tries to pull guard but Moons holds him up against the cage and eventually Mayhem drops back down to his feet.
Moons misses with a punch on the inside.
Mayhem misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moons blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Moons fails to land.
Moons misses with some punches.
Moons lands an uppercut.
Mayhem prevents a body shot from Moons.
Moons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mayhem.
Mayhem lands with a short shot to the head.
Moons throws a head punch that misses.
Mayhem blocking some punches.
Mayhem lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moons working aggressively here.
Two Moons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moons lands a hook that snaps the head of Mayhem backwards.
Moons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mayhem swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moons struggles to land a body shot inside as Mayhem controls his hands.
Moons throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayhem.
Mayhem blocks an uppercut.
Moons tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Mayhem scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moons has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.
Mayhem works on Moons's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mayhem.
Mayhem lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moons.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marshal Mayhem.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mayhem, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marshal Mayhem!
An out of breath Marshal Mayhem thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.