PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Otto Maddox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Todd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maddox comes to the cage accompanied by Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maddox
vs
Todd

185 cm
23
195 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

190 cm
24
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Revolution Fatigues

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Otto Maddox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marco Todd!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maddox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Marco Todd has been cut.
Maddox clobbers Todd with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Maddox throws a jab when Todd was well out of range.
Maddox misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Maddox throws a right and a left that Todd avoids nicely.
Otto Maddox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maddox tries to clinch up but Todd circles away and keeps his distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maddox lands with a nice body punch.
Maddox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Todd as Maddox shoots in.
Todd takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Maddox lands with an overhand left.
Maddox tries to clinch up but Todd circles away and keeps his distance.
Todd throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maddox wants to clinch but Todd slips to the side
and Todd counters with a nice leg kick.
Maddox tries to close the distance and clinch but Todd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Todd tries a head kick but it misses.
Marco Todd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maddox takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Maddox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Todd can pounce on him.
Todd turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Todd scores with a jab. Maddox acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maddox dodges the punch combination from Todd.
Todd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maddox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Todd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maddox.
A nice inside leg kick there by Todd. That's going to slow Maddox down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maddox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Todd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Maddox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox is trying to maintain a safe position but Todd gets an underhook and turns Maddox into the cage.
Todd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Todd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maddox looking to stall.
A right hook to the body lands for Todd.
Maddox trying to control the position but instead, Todd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maddox into the cage.
Todd scores with a shoulder strike.
Todd misses with a punch on the inside.
Todd scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Todd swings wildly with an uppercut but Maddox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maddox's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maddox blocks an uppercut.
Maddox throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox lands with a short shot to the head.
Maddox is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Todd working aggressively here.
Todd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maddoxs head.
Todd is looking to control Maddox's arms but Maddox gets an underhook and turns him. Now Todd has his back to the cage.
Maddox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maddox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maddox misses with some punches.
Todd misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maddox.
Maddox blocking some punches.
Maddox struggles to land a body shot inside as Todd controls his hands.
Todd swings wildly with an uppercut but Maddox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Todd lands a left hand.
Todd swings wildly with an uppercut but Maddox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd stalls.
Todd blocks a body shot from Maddox.
Maddox misses with a punch on the inside.
Todd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maddox misses with a punch on the inside.
Maddox misses with a punch on the inside.
Todd throws a punch but it's blocked by Maddox.
Todd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maddoxs head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maddox.
Maddox blocks an uppercut.
Todd prevents a body shot from Maddox.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Todd.
Maddox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Todd swings wildly with an uppercut but Maddox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd throws a head punch that misses.
Todd swings wildly with an uppercut but Maddox uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marco Todd will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marco Todd's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Todd tries to bum rush Maddox with a series of wild strikes but Maddox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maddox jabs Todd to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maddox checks a leg kick nicely.
Todd fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maddox.
Maddox gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Todd counters with a nice leg kick.
Todd looks to land a combination. Maddox sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
No joy there for Todd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maddox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maddox blocks a head kick by Todd.

Maddox clinches.
Maddox misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Todd.
A body shot lands from Maddox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Maddox.
Todd prevents a body shot from Maddox.
Todd throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Todd throws a punch but it's blocked by Maddox.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maddox.
Todd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maddox backwards.
Todd takes a shot to the head.

Todd breaks from the clinch.
Jab by Todd.
Maddox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Maddox throws a hook but Todd blocks it.
Todd throws a low kick but it's checked well by Maddox.
Maddox looks to score with a jab to the body but Todd is just out of range.
Todd throws a body punch but Maddox moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good exchange - Todd coming out on top.
Marco Todd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Todd lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox misses with a hook. Todd ducked under it nicely.

Todd tries to sprawl but Maddox drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Maddox throwing shots but Todd is blocking nicely.
Maddox throwing shots but Todd is blocking nicely.
Todd avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maddox.
Todd won't allow Maddox to pass to mount.
Maddox not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Todd regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Maddox.
Todd wants to stand up but Maddox is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox throws a big right hand that misses.
Maddox throwing strikes from guard but Todd blocks nicely.
Maddox trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maddox in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maddox pushing down on Todd's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Maddox scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Maddox wants to lay and pray for a moment but Todd keeps working.
Maddox wants to free his trapped foot but Todd is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Todd tries to kick Maddox off but Maddox keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Maddox works his foot free and advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maddox with shots to the head and body - Todd looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Maddox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marco Todd's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Maddox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maddox checks a low kick from Todd.
Maddox cracks Todd with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Maddox with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Todd to score with a decent uppercut.
Todd throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Maddox misses with a body shot.
Todd doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maddox checks the leg kick.
Maddox throws a lazy uppercut
and Todd counters with an inside leg kick.
Todd displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Maddox.
Maddox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Todd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Todd lands a leg kick that knocks Maddox off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maddox fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Todd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice jab there from Maddox.
Todd throws a quick inside leg kick.
Todd throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maddox's head.
Maddox wants to clinch up but Todd keeps it at a distance.
Marco Todd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Todd tests Maddox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maddox tries to clinch up.
Todd lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maddox thows a body shot but no joy.
Maddox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Todd moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Todd lands a leg kick that knocks Maddox off balance momentarily.
Maddox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Todd throws a nice inside leg kick.
Todd lands a leg kick that knocks Maddox off balance momentarily.
Todd swinging wildly here.
Todd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Todd moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Maddox needs to keep his hands up - Todd had a free shot at his head there.
Maddox tries to close the distance and clinch but Todd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Maddox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maddox lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Todd lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Maddox.
Todd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Todd.
Maddox tries a body shot but Todd blocks it.
Maddox lands with a short shot to the head.
Maddox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maddox tries to stall but Todd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Todd pushes Maddox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Todd.
Todd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maddox blocking some punches.
Maddox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maddox can't find room to land a body shot as Todd controls the action.
Todd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maddox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Todd gets through Maddox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Todd manages to break the clinch.
Maddox misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Maddox.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Todd keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otto Maddox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Todd lands with a kick to the temple. Maddox shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Todd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Todd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Maddox fails with the takedown.
Todd tests Maddox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Todd connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Todd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maddox blocks a head kick by Todd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Todd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Todd 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Todd!
A very excited looking Marco Todd made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.