PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Sobchek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Mayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seth Mayes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sobchek
vs
Mayes

192 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Sobchek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Mayes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobchek lands a nice looking body shot.
Mayes looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sobchek tries a head kick but it misses.

Sobchek takes the fight into the clinch.
Sobchek scores with a knee to the head.
Sobchek lands an elbow inside that Mayes shrugs off.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mayes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sobchek lands an elbow just above Mayes 's eye.

It looks like Seth Mayes has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobchek.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobchek creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mayes's defenses.
Sobchek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobchek.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sobchek connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mayes's face.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Sobchek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Sobchek.
Sobchek lands a knee to the body.
Sobchek working Mayes over with knees to the body.
Sobchek lands a damaging elbow.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Sobchek.
Sobchek taking a breather.
Sobchek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sobchek working Mayes over with knees to the body.
Mayes takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sobchek lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Sobchek.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mayes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sobchek connects with a knee to the head.
Mayes letting Sobchek take a breather here.
Mayes takes an elbow to the temple.
Sobchek landing knees to the head.
Sobchek lands an elbow just above Mayes 's eye.
Sobchek lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayes is trying to drag Sobchek to the mat but Sobchek just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sobchek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mayes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Sobchek.
Sobchek stalls.
Mayes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Come on Sobchek - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sobchek lands a nice knee to the body.
Mayes tries to land knees in the clinch but Sobchek avoids the damage to the body.
Sobchek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobchek landing knees to the head.
Sobchek lands a good knee to the midsection. Mayes won't want to take too many of those.

Sobchek manages to break the clinch.
Mayes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sobchek. Sobchek obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sobchek with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sobchek, right into the meat.
Sobchek lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sobchek connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mayes. Mayes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Sobchek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seth Mayes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mayes takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Sobchek closes the distance and clinches.
Mayes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mayes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mayes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobchek.
Sobchek lands an elbow inside that Mayes shrugs off.

Sobchek breaks the clinch.
Mayes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mayes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sobchek. Sobchek obviously looking to wear him down.
Seth Mayes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sobchek lunges at Mayes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mayes's hand.
Sobchek looks to land a combination but Mayes avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sobchek instigates a clinch.
Sobchek lands a good knee to the midsection. Mayes won't want to take too many of those.
Sobchek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mayes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sobchek lands a knee to the body.
Mayes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sobchek gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sobchek takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sobchek lands an elbow inside that Mayes shrugs off.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mayes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sobchek stalling the fight.
Sobchek lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mayes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sobchek connects with a knee to the head.
Sobchek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mayes can do to turn this around?
Sobchek scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Sobchek.
Sobchek lands a nice elbow.
Mayes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Sobchek.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Sobchek leaning his opponent against the cage.

Sobchek breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek slips a straight right by Mayes.
Sobchek lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mayes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Walter Sobchek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sobchek blocks the body kick.

Sobchek rushes Mayes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sobchek gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sobchek lands an elbow inside.
Sobchek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sobchek scores with a knee to the head.
Sobchek lands a knee to the body.
Sobchek content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek crunches a lovely knee into Mayes's ribcage.
Mayes takes an elbow to the temple.
Sobchek crunches a lovely knee into Mayes's ribcage.
Mayes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sobchek effectively controlling the action here.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Walter Sobchek has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Sobchek manages to break the clinch.
Sobchek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mayes throws a sloppy head kick
and Sobchek counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sobchek connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sobchek.
Walter Sobchek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobchek paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Sobchek dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Seth Mayes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Sobchek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sobchek throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mayes.
Mayes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sobchek.
Sobchek moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mayes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sobchek - the referee stops the clock and Mayes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sobchek. Mayes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sobchek fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sobchek fakes the leg kick and cracks Mayes in the body.
Crunch! Sobchek slams his shin into Mayes's torso.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sobchek fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mayes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sobchek throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sobchek fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sobchek lands a front kick.
Sobchek is looking to clinch but Mayes is avoiding it.

Sobchek instigates a clinch.
Sobchek gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sobchek taking a breather.
Sobchek landing knees to the body.
Mayes takes an elbow to the temple.

Sobchek breaks the clinch.
Walter Sobchek is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sobchek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sobchek moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Sobchek lands but Mayes takes it in his stride.
Mayes misses with a double jab.
Sobchek with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sobchek tries to clinch but Mayes moves out of range.
Sobchek scoring well with a low kick there.
Sobchek throws a nice head kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Sobchek.
Mayes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sobchek jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sobchek. That's going to slow Mayes down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sobchek.
Sobchek fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mayes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mayes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sobchek - the referee stops the clock and Mayes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sobchek. Mayes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sobchek lands a front kick.
Mayes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mayes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sobchek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sobchek!
Mayes throws a body punch but Sobchek moves out of range.
Sobchek thumps Mayes with a low kick.

Sobchek gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sobchek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sobchek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sobchek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobchek lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Sobchek.
A knee to the head by Sobchek.
Sobchek landing knees to the head.
Sobchek lands a nice elbow.
Sobchek connects with a knee to the head.
Sobchek is struggling to control the position.

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

Sobchek closes the distance and pushes Mayes back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sobchek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Seth Mayes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mayes is trying to break the clinch but Sobchek is controlling him.
Sobchek scores with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Sobchek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sobchek 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:24
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Sobchek!