PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikola Tesla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathers comes to the cage accompanied by Victory by Eminem. Nikola Tesla will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mathers
vs
Tesla

177 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

166 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marshall Mathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikola Tesla!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathers catches Tesla with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mathers misses with a wild body shot.
Tesla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tesla ducks under a wild hook from Mathers.
Mathers tries to bum rush Tesla with a series of wild strikes but Tesla uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tesla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tesla moves in looking to clinch but Mathers pushes him off.
Mathers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tesla tries to close the distance and clinch but Mathers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathers throws a hook but Tesla blocks it.
Mathers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tesla is out of range and Mathers settles back down.
Mathers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tesla.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers just misses with a punch to the body.
Mathers swinging wildly here.
Mathers misses the shot to the body.
Mathers scores with a jab to the head.
Marshall Mathers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mathers swinging wildly here.
Tesla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tesla avoids the body shot from Mathers.
Mathers lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers misses with a body shot.
Tesla dodges the punch combination from Mathers.
Tesla doesn't manage to clinch there - Mathers circles away.
Mathers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tesla manages to avoid it.
Mathers takes a swing at Tesla's ribcage but misses.
Mathers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tesla.
Mathers scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tesla has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tesla there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mathers misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers lands a nice looking body shot.
Mathers misses with the combination.
Mathers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tesla circles away quickly and effectively.
Mathers getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mathers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tesla circles away quickly and effectively.
Tesla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mathers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mathers uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tesla has time to react.
Mathers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Mathers misses.
Mathers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tesla circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Mathers.
Mathers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mathers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tesla circles away quickly and effectively.
Mathers keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tesla moves in looking to clinch but Mathers pushes him off.
Mathers is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mathers thows a body shot but no joy.
Tesla avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Mathers dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mathers throws a hook to the side of Tesla's head but Tesla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mathers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tesla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mathers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tesla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tesla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mathers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mathers misses with a body shot.
Tesla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mathers.
Mathers throws a body punch but Tesla moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla tries to close the distance and clinch but Mathers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mathers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tesla gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tesla tries to clinch up.
Tesla staying out of range there.
Tesla takes one to the chin there.
Tesla tries to close the distance and clinch but Mathers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mathers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers throws a series of strikes that have Tesla backpedaling.
Marshall Mathers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mathers tries to bum rush Tesla with a series of wild strikes but Tesla uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tesla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tesla is looking to clinch.
Mathers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tesla is looking to clinch.
Tesla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mathers throws a front kick aimed at Tesla's knee but Tesla avoids it well.
Mathers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mathers misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla blocks a low kick nicely.
Mathers misses with a few strikes there.
Tesla slips a jab from Mathers.
Mathers fails to land with a series of punches.
Mathers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mathers. Tesla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mathers looks to land a left hand but Tesla moved out of range nicely.
Tesla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mathers misses with a body shot.
Tesla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tesla doesn't manage to clinch there - Mathers circles away.
Mathers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tesla wants to clinch.
Mathers fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tesla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Mathers misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tesla moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Mathers dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tesla tries to clinch there but Mathers circles away.
A combination from Mathers does no damage.
Tesla is looking to clinch.
Mathers throws a series of punches but Tesla avoids them all with ease.
Tesla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mathers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tesla.
Mathers throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tesla tries to clinch up.
Tesla is looking to clinch.
Mathers lands a jab.
Mathers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tesla circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tesla.
Mathers throws a leg kick but Tesla sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mathers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tesla was well out of range. Poor timing from Mathers.
Tesla is looking to clinch.
Tesla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mathers misses with a looping left.
Mathers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tesla was well out of range. Poor timing from Mathers.
Mathers throws a low kick but Tesla avoids it.
Mathers looks to land a combination. Tesla sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tesla doesn't manage to clinch there - Mathers circles away.
Mathers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tesla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mathers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tesla circles away quickly and effectively.
Mathers swings for the body but Tesla moves out of range.
Nikola Tesla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tesla ducks under a wild hook from Mathers.
Mathers throws the kick towards the body but Tesla avoids it.
Mathers throws a hook but Tesla blocks it.
Mathers swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla misses with a few strikes there.
Tesla uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mathers.
Mathers throws a combination that misses

and Tesla counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tesla.
Mathers blocks an elbow strike.
Mathers presses Tesla against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marshall Mathers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mathers is stalling here.
Mathers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mathers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tesla has him pressed against the cage.
Mathers has Tesla pressed against the cage, preventing Tesla from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tesla is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mathers is defending well for now.
Tesla working hard to break the clinch.
Tesla misses with a knee to the head.
Tesla is trying to break the clinch but Mathers is controlling him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tesla looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mathers dodges an elbow strike from Tesla.
Tesla throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marshall Mathers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mathers 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marshall Mathers!