PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Addai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayweather comes to the cage accompanied by CCR - Bad Moon Rising. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mayweather
vs
Addai

182 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Hell's Balls Nutrition

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyrone Mayweather!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Addai!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Addai fails to land the takedown.
Mayweather takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mayweather tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Addai paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Addai is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mayweather's half guard.

Addai is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Addai seems to be looking for submissions.

Addai is trying to work for a kimura but Mayweather is defending well.
Addai stops Mayweather from getting back to his feet.
Addai drops an elbow to the side of Mayweather's head.

Addai is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Addai is working for a submission of some sort.
Mayweather knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Addai on the ground.
Addai looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mayweather throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mayweather wants to sweep here but Addai controlling him for the moment.
Mayweather looking to control.
Mayweather looking for a sweep. Not yet Mayweather, not yet.
Mayweather avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mayweather trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mayweather wants to clinch up but Addai keeps it at a distance.

Addai is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mayweather's half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather looks like he's trying to stand up.

Addai is working for a submission of some sort.
Mayweather flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mayweather wants to get back to full guard.

Addai is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Mayweather has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mayweather is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Addai's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Addai's back!
Mayweather scores with punches to the body.
Mayweather trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Addai turns into Mayweather and is now in his guard.
Mayweather scores with a nice shot.

Addai drops back looking for a leg! Mayweather is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mayweather manages to kick Addai off! Addai jumps back into Mayweather's guard.

Addai is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Mayweather uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Addai keeps the fight on the outside.
Addai shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mayweather sprawls well. Mayweather wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Addai gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mayweather lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mayweather lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Addai is rocked!
Mayweather displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Addai.
Tyrone Mayweather has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Addai.
Mayweather wants to clinch up but Addai keeps it at a distance.
Mayweather moves in looking to clinch but Addai pushes him off.
Mayweather tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Addai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mayweather looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mayweather tries to close the distance and clinch but Addai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Mayweather dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Addai swats away the attempt to clinch by Mayweather.
Mayweather doesn't manage to clinch there - Addai circles away.

Addai drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mayweather takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mayweather is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Addai off and has taken his back!
Addai turns into Mayweather and is now in his guard.

Addai has gone for a leg lock! Mayweather slips out almost immediately though and dives into Addai's guard.
Mayweather wants to control from the top but Addai keeps moving.
Mayweather thows a big elbow that misses.
Addai is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Addai trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Mayweather working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Addai's head.
Mayweather is in close to Addai's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mayweather landing some decent shots from guard.

Addai throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Addai is looking for a triangle but Mayweather pushes his legs off easily.
Mayweather working some strikes from top position.
Mayweather throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Addai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mayweather has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mayweather scoring with some ground and pound.

Addai is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mayweather is aware though and is defending well.
Mayweather wants to control from the top but Addai keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Addai looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mayweather wants to stand but Addai has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mayweather wants to clinch.
Tyrone Mayweather seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayweather doesn't manage to clinch there - Addai circles away.
Mayweather tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Addai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mayweather tries to clinch up.
Mayweather tries to clinch up but Addai circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayweather tries to clinch there but Addai circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mayweather looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Addai throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mayweather's waist but Mayweather gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Addai off to one side.
Mayweather stuffs the takedown attempt from Addai. Addai gets slowly back to his feet.

Addai shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mayweather is trying to defend but Addai finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mayweather trying to control from the bottom.
Mayweather striking from half guard on the bottom.

Addai is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Mayweather has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather trying to control from the bottom.

Addai is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Mayweather makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Mayweather is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayweather tries to clinch but Addai is having none of it.
Addai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Addai swats away the attempt to clinch by Mayweather.
Mayweather stuffs the takedown attempt from Addai. Addai gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Addai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mayweather is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayweather moves in looking to clinch but Addai pushes him off.
Addai fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mayweather doesn't manage to clinch there - Addai circles away.
Mayweather tries to clinch but Addai is having none of it.
Mayweather throws a hook to the side of Addai's head but Addai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayweather tries to clinch up but Addai circles away and keeps his distance.

Addai changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mayweather looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mayweather wants to get back to his feet.
Mayweather scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Addai is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mayweather has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mayweather throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
You can see the frustration on Mayweather's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Addai is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mayweather knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mayweather is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Addai is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mayweather sees it coming and defends easily.
Mayweather gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mayweather throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Addai is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Addai wants to pass the guard but Mayweather is keeping the position.
Addai won't allow Mayweather to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mayweather tries to clinch up but Addai circles away and keeps his distance.

Addai feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mayweather wants to stand but Addai is controlling the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Addai drops back looking for a leg! Mayweather is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mayweather manages to kick Addai off! Addai jumps back into Mayweather's guard.
Addai wants to pass the guard but Mayweather is keeping the position.

Addai drops back, looking for a kneebar! Mayweather looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Mayweather looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Mayweather!
Mayweather in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mayweather working the head and body with strikes.
Addai gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Mayweather is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Addai has hold of Mayweather's hands but Mayweather slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Addai is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Mayweather pulls his head out easily.
Mayweather working over Addai with some ground and pound. Addai looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Addai misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mayweather slips a nice elbow through Addai's hands, connecting with Addai's forehead.
Mayweather landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Addai actively working from the bottom here.
Mayweather lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mayweather connects with a nice short shot to Addai's temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joseph Addai.
I think Addai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Addai!