PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Solar Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gray Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maynard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Young Jezzy- Lose my mind kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Solar Flair had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Flair
vs
Maynard

176 cm
28
171 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

172 cm
20
158 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Solar Flair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gray Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maynard connects with a nice looking jab.
Flair throws a big shot that misses.

Maynard pushes Flair up against the cage in a clinch.
Maynard can't get the takedown.
Flair prevents a takedown attempt there.

Flair breaks from the clinch.
Maynard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Flair swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maynard slips under a jab.
Flair takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Maynards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Gray Maynard has been cut.
Flair uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maynard.
Maynard throws a shot from downtown. Flair moves away and avoids it.
Maynard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Maynard looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Flair!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Maynard sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Flair can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Flair is looking to escape.
Maynard lands a big shot there that rocks Flair but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Maynard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maynard unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maynard throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Maynard.

Flair is rocked!
Maynard lands a big shot to the head and Flair winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Gray Maynard!
A pretty intense looking Gray Maynard took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.