PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Angel Concepcion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Concepcion kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Descent. Mays has chosen Wretches & Kings as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Concepcion
vs
Mays

170 cm
30
155 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

174 cm
31
167 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Angel Concepcion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Virgil Mays!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Concepcion with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Concepcion. Mays does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mays looks to score with a jab to the body but Concepcion is just out of range.
Mays looks to score with a jab to the body but Concepcion is just out of range.
Mays thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mays works Concepcion's body with a nice hook.
Mays swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mays scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mays blocks a head kick by Concepcion.
Mays swings for the body but Concepcion moves out of range.
Mays takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Virgil Mays has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Concepcion drops his hands momentarily and Mays takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Concepcion blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays misses with a straight right.
Mays misses with a hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mays.
Concepcion throws a jab but it's blocked by Mays.
Mays uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Concepcion has time to react.
Virgil Mays is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Concepcion closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Concepcion lands with a right to the head.

Concepcion breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mays throws a body punch but Concepcion moves out of range.
Mays throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Mays. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays thows a body shot but no joy.
Mays misses with a wild body shot.
Concepcion tries to clinch
and Mays makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Concepcion. Those never looked like landing.
Concepcion walks into a jab.
Mays tries to land a leg kick but Concepcion saw it coming and moves away.
Concepcion moves away from the strike by Mays.
Mays cracks Concepcion with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Concepcion misses.
Concepcion tries to land a leg kick but Mays saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concepcion misses with a wild combination.
Concepcion throws a right hand that Mays ducks under and follows up with a left that Mays also avoids with ease.
Mays looks to score with a jab to the body but Concepcion is just out of range.
Mays misses with a wild body shot.
Concepcion throws a combination that misses
and Mays counters with a nice uppercut.

Concepcion fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mays, pushing him back against the cage.
Mays fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Concepcion struggles to land a body shot inside as Mays controls his hands.
Concepcion is struggling to control the position.
Mays prevents Concepcion from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Concepcion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mays tries to throw a body punch but Concepcion avoids it by throwing Mays back against the cage.
Concepcion is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mays gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Concepcion misses with a body punch.
Mays misses with some punches.
Mays tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Concepcion's elbow.
Mays lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Concepcion.

Mays's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circling - Mays throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mays comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, jab by Mays - just one landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Concepcion tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mays swivels and escapes.
Mays keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgil Mays dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Virgil Mays's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Concepcion tries to clinch up.
Mays throws an off balance right hand
and Concepcion counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mays. Concepcion does a little dance to reset his feet.
Virgil Mays seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Concepcion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Concepcion darts in trying to clinch
and Mays counters with a stiff right hand.
Concepcion moves in looking to clinch but Mays pushes him off.
Concepcion throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mays misses with a wild body shot.
Concepcion throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concepcion dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Concepcion fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mays, pushing him back against the cage.
Mays tries to throw a body punch but Concepcion avoids it by throwing Mays back against the cage.
Concepcion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Concepcion breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Concepcion fails with an attempt to clinch.
Concepcion takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mays throws a right hand that misses
and Concepcion counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mays circles away from the clinch attempt.
Concepcion misses with a low kick.
Mays misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Concepcion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Concepcion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mays moves away.
Concepcion tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mays swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Concepcion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Concepcion gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mays.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mays looks to score with a jab to the body but Concepcion is just out of range.
Mays on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mays throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Concepcion counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Mays's guard now.
Concepcion tries to free his leg and advance position but Mays is retaining full guard.
Concepcion stopping the sweep attempt from Mays.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mays bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Concepcion's guard.
Mays tries to free his leg and advance position but Concepcion is retaining full guard.
Mays postures up in Concepcion's guard and throws a big left but Concepcion blocks it.
Concepcion is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mays wants to control from the top but Concepcion keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mays working some strikes from top position.
Concepcion wants to sweep but no luck.
Mays keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Concepcion's head.
Concepcion manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mays manages to get himself to full guard.
Mays keeping full guard, as Concepcion tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mays is on top in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mays landing with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Concepcion has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Mays has passed into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angel Concepcion dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Virgil Mays's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A jab from Concepcion does it's job there.
Concepcion feints and then cracks Mays's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mays down.
Some wild striking there from Concepcion.
Concepcion moves away from the strike by Mays.
Concepcion misses with a series of wild punches.
Mays throws a lazy uppercut

and Concepcion counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Concepcion misses with a punch on the inside.
Concepcion looking to slow down the pace here.
Mays lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mays doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Concepcion lands a hook that snaps the head of Mays backwards.
Mays misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Concepcion wants to break free but Mays has control.
Concepcion looking for a takedown.
Concepcion tries to throw a body punch but Mays avoids it by throwing Concepcion back against the cage.
Mays lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Concepcion backwards.
Concepcion is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mays tries a body shot but Concepcion blocks it.
Mays lands with a light punch inside.
Mays swings wildly with an uppercut but Concepcion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Concepcion is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mays is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Concepcion has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mays avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mays misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mays misses with a body punch.
Concepcion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Concepcion.
Mays can't find room to land a body shot as Concepcion controls the action.
A body shot lands from Mays.
Concepcion wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angel Concepcion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Concepcion lands a hook that snaps the head of Mays backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mays.
Concepcion misses with the head strike.
Concepcion is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mays is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Concepcion throws an elbow but misses.
Concepcion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mays's elbow.
Concepcion is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays being controlled against the cage.
Concepcion struggles to land a body shot inside as Mays controls his hands.
Mays blocks a body shot from Concepcion.
Mays misses with a punch to the body.
Mays doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Concepcion manages to break the clinch.
Mays bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Concepcion staying out of range there.
Concepcion looks to land a right hand but Mays moved out of range.
Mays throws a shot to the body.
Concepcion throws a nice looking combination but Mays bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Concepcion fails in his attempt to clinch.
Concepcion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Concepcion closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mays throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mays scores with a hook to the body. Concepcion takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mays swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Concepcion tries to close the distance and clinch but Mays swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Concepcion shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Concepcion misses with a low kick.
Concepcion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mays.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Virgil Mays.
I think Mays 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Virgil Mays!
During a confident post fight interview, Virgil Mays thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.