PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Constantinos Philippou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Mayfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayfield has chosen Dean Martin - Ain't That a Kick in the Head as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Philippou
vs
Mayfield

182 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

185 cm
35
190 lbs
26 - 18 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Constantinos Philippou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tyler Mayfield!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayfield dodges the punch combination from Philippou.

Philippou gets tackled into the cage by Mayfield. Mayfield maintains the clinch.

Mayfield breaks from the clinch.
Nice jab there from Mayfield.

Mayfield instigates a clinch.

Mayfield breaks from the clinch.
Mayfield scores with a push kick.
Mayfield scores with the left hand. Philippou knows he should have avoided that one.
Mayfield connects with a high kick.

It looks like Constantinos Philippou has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayfield avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mayfield scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Mayfield moves into the clinch.
Mayfield lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Philippou takes an elbow to the temple.
Mayfield lands a right hand.

Constantinos Philippou's cut is getting worse.

Mayfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Philippou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mayfield circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayfield lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Mayfield has Philippou up against the cage in a clinch.

Mayfield ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mayfield no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mayfield holds on and takes a little breather.

Mayfield is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Philippou is trying to pull guard but Mayfield has him pressed against the cage.

Mayfield breaks from the clinch.
Mayfield feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Philippou's calf.

Mayfield moves into range and clinches up with Philippou.
Philippou is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mayfield is defending well.
Mayfield is pressed up against the cage. Philippou has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mayfield down to the mat. Mayfield avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Constantinos Philippou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Philippou is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayfield lands a jab-cross combination.

Mayfield throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Philippou stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Mayfield follows into mount!

Philippou is rocked!
Philippou is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oh Philippou is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Philippou badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Mayfield around the waist but Mayfield pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Mayfield is the winner by TKO! Mayfield jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyler Mayfield!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tyler Mayfield made sure he mentioned STEEL PENN'S - STEEL TERROR: Video Proven 160Q, along with how happy he was to win his fight.