PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bulkan Mayon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayon is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Soul to Squeeze by RHCP. Zhen Long has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Long
vs
Mayon

181 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bulkan Mayon!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mayon tries to keep at a distance but Long has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mayon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mayon darts in trying to clinch
and Long counters with a left and a right that stings Mayon.
Mayon clinches but Long breaks the clinch

and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Mayon blocks with his arms.
Mayon missing with knees to the body.
Mayon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mayon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mayon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Long blocks it with crossed arms.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Mayon is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mayon is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Mayon tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the cage.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long blocks an elbow strike.
Mayon is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Mayon is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mayon clinches but Long breaks the clinch
and Long counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayon tries to clinch up
enabling Long to counter with a crisp jab.
Long checks the leg kick nicely there.

Mayon pushes Long up against the cage in a clinch.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Mayon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Mayon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice left hand lands by Long.
Long avoids the elbow strike from Mayon, against the cage.
Mayon misses with a knee strike.
Long landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mayon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long is breathing heavily.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mayon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mayon lands an elbow that stopped Long in his tracks for a moment.
Mayon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long blocks an elbow strike from Mayon.
Mayon can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Long keeps control of Mayon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mayon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Long with a knee to the head.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mayon clinches up with Long and pushes him back against the cage.
Long avoids a wild elbow strike from Mayon.
Mayon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mayon.
Mayon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Long blocks the elbow strike.
Mayon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Mayon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Mayon.
Mayon misses with an elbow over the top.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Mayon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mayon!
Long throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mayon.
Mayon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Long circles away from the clinch attempt
and Long counters with a leg kick.
Mayon wants to clinch but Long slips to the side
and Long counters with a body kick that stops Mayon in his tracks momentarily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mayon misses with an elbow strike.

Mayon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mayon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mayon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mayon darts in trying to clinch
and Long counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mayon throws a head kick that misses.
Long blocks a head kick by Mayon.
Long checks a leg kick.
Long tries to clinch up but Mayon circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Long fails with an attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mayon.
Mayon throws a body kick the misses
and Long counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Mayon tries to keep at a distance but Long has taken the fight into the clinch.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Long tries a knee to the head but Mayon blocks it.
Mayon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mayon trying to land knees to the body.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mayon blocks it with crossed arms.
Mayon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mayon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mayon throws an elbow but misses.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Mayon tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the cage.
Long misses with a knee to the head.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Long tries to clinch there but Mayon circles away.
Mayon throws a head kick that misses.
Mayon looks to clinch

and Long counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhen Long dominated that round.
That's time! Long's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Long gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Mayon blocks with his arms.
Long has Mayon pressed against the cage, preventing Mayon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayon keeps the fight on the outside.

Long fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mayon, pushing him back against the cage.
Mayon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long prevents Mayon from breaking the clinch.
Mayon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mayon tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Mayon misses with a knee strike.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mayon throws an elbow but misses.
Mayon is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mayon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Long lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mayon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Long obliges.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mayon is trying to break free.
Mayon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mayon wants to break free but Long has control.
Mayon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mayon working hard to break the clinch.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Mayon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Long keeps control of Mayon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mayon.
Long blocks an elbow strike.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mayon keeps the fight on the outside.
Mayon throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Long counters with a head kick. That will keep Mayon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Long throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mayon on the side of the head.
Mayon pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mayon misses with a head kick.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mayon wants to clinch

and Long counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Long.
Long lands a knee to the head.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Mayon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
Mayon looking to throw knees to the head but Long is blocking nicely.
Mayon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mayon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mayon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Long has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayon missing with knees to the body.
Mayon landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mayon tries to score with a low kick but Long moves his leg out of the way.
Mayon throws a lazy head kick
and Long counters with a stiff right hand.
Zhen Long is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Long tries to clinch but Mayon is having none of it.
Mayon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Long counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bulkan Mayon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Long lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mayon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mayon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mayon clinches but Long breaks the clinch
letting Long counter with a right hand.
Long tries to clinch but Mayon is having none of it.
Mayon tries to clinch up

and Long holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Mayon manages to break the clinch.
Mayon misses with a head kick.

Long moves into the clinch.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Mayon wants to clinch

and Long counters by clinching up.
Mayon misses with a knee to the head.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long avoids a wild elbow strike from Mayon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Mayon blocks with his arms.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayon clinches but Long breaks the clinch
and Long counters with a series of strikes. Mayon will be more careful next time no doubt.

Mayon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mayon's efforts to push away.
Long takes a knee to the side of the body.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayon working hard to break the clinch.

Mayon breaks the clinch.
Mayon throws a sloppy head kick and Long moves out of range easily.
Long circles away from the clinch attempt
and Long counters with a three punch combo that has Mayon backing up. Mayon nods at Long to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mayon misses with a body kick.
Mayon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A lazy body kick from Mayon
and Long counters with a head kick.
Mayon misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhen Long dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mayon throws a leg kick
and Long counters with a left to the body.
Mayon tries a head kick but it misses.
Mayon tries to clinch

and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Long moves in looking to clinch but Mayon pushes him off.
Mayon keeps the fight on the outside.
Mayon wants to clinch but Long slips to the side

and Long counters by clinching up.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Mayon.
Mayon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mayon can't break the clinch.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.

Mayon breaks from the clinch.
Mayon tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayon looks to clinch
and Long counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mayon throws a head kick that misses
and Long counters with a head kick. That will keep Mayon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Long clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Long takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mayon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mayon missing with knees to the body.
Mayon tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayon tries to clinch but Long moves away
and Long counters with a series of strikes. Mayon will be more careful next time no doubt.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Long gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.

Mayon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Long has Mayon up against the cage in a clinch.
Long is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Mayon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Long blocks it with crossed arms.
Long is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayon is defending well for now.
Mayon lands an elbow inside that Long shrugs off.
Mayon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Long has Mayon pressed against the cage, preventing Mayon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mayon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Long has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayon has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Mayon is blocking nicely.
Mayon missing with knees to the body.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Long.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayon avoids the damage to the body.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Mayon breaks the clinch.

Long darts in and clinches Mayon up against the cage.
Long misses with a knee to the head.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Long avoids the head kick by Mayon.
Mayon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mayon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Long is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Long wants to clinch up but Mayon keeps it at a distance.
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.

Mayon closes the distance and pushes Long back into the cage.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mayon pushes Long up against the cage in a clinch.
Mayon misses with a knee strike.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long blocks an elbow strike from Mayon.
Long tries a knee to the head but Mayon blocks it.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mayon wants to get back to striking at distance but Long won't allow it.
Mayon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mayon keeps the fight on the outside.
Mayon looks to clinch

and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mayon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Mayon misses with a knee to the head.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Mayon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayon lands a nice looking kick to the body. Long takes a step back to recover.
Long blocks a head kick by Mayon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Long blocks a head kick by Mayon.
Mayon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Long counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mayon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mayon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Long tries to clinch up.
A head kick by Mayon misses
and Long counters with a big head kick but Mayon shrugs it off.
Long circles away from the clinch attempt
and Long counters with a left to the body.
Mayon throws a sloppy head kick

and Long counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Long.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayon lands an elbow just above Long 's eye.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Mayon blocks with his arms.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mayon blocks it with crossed arms.
Mayon throws an elbow that misses.
Mayon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bulkan Mayon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zhen Long is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mayon is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.

Mayon breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zhen Long showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Long has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zhen Long!