PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mayger Mayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juam Arellano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayne comes into the arena with Suikoden 2 OST (the entire thing) blaring out of the sound system. Juam Arellano has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mayne
vs
Arellano

195 cm
19
240 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

205 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mayger Mayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juam Arellano!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Mayne.
No luck for Arellano with that takedown attempt.
Mayne lands with a nice body punch.
Arellano looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Mayne drops Arellano with a right and a left! Mayne comes rushing in but Arellano regains his composure and manages to keep Mayne in guard.

Arellano is rocked!

It looks like Juam Arellano has been cut.
Mayne controlling from the top position.
Arellano is still in real trouble! Can Mayne finish him?
Mayne would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Mayne gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Arellano seems to have recovered his senses.
Mayne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mayne looks for the body kick but Arellano saw that one coming.
Arellano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayne.
Mayne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arellano closes the distance and clinches up with Mayne, looking for a takedown. Arellano pushes Mayne against the cage but Mayne circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Arellano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mayne misses with a series of wild punches.
Arellano ducks straight into an uppercut from Mayne and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Arellano maanges to regain guard straight away.
Mayne stays in close to Arellano's body and controls the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Arellano is working an open guard so Mayne takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arellano fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mayger Mayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juam Arellano.
Mayne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arellano throws out a loose jab but Mayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arellano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayne.
Mayne keeps the fight on the outside.
Arellano misses with a looping right.
Mayne misses with a double jab.
No luck for Arellano with that takedown attempt.
Mayne thuds his right hand into Arellano's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mayne misses with a few strikes there.
Mayne clobbers Arellano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mayne misses with a double jab.
Arellano moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mayne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mayne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mayne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayne throws a series of punches but Arellano avoids them all with ease.
Arellano has a takedown stuffed.
Mayger Mayne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arellano.
Arellano slips a straight right by Mayne.
Mayne misses with a few strikes there.
Mayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arellano manages to avoid it.
Mayne throws an overhand right that lands on Arellano's shoulder, as Arellano tries to avoid the shot.
Horrible takedown by Arellano or perhaps it was just good defense by Mayne which made him look bad.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from Mayne misses.
Mayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arellano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mayger Mayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juam Arellano's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mayne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arellano shoots in but Mayne avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mayger Mayne is winning the standup battle so far.
Mayne moves out of range as Arellano strikes.
Arellano needs to keep his hands up - Mayne had a free shot at his head there.
Arellano slips under a jab from Mayne.
Mayne throws a nice looking combination but Arellano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mayne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mayne throws a nice looking combination but Arellano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mayger Mayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayne throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayne misses with a hook. Arellano ducked under it nicely.
Mayne misses with a few strikes there.
Mayne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mayger Mayne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arellano.
Mayne looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Arellano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayne.
Mayne throws a right and a left that Arellano avoids nicely.
Arellano throws a jab when Mayne was well out of range.
Arellano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayne.
Arellano closes the distance and clinches up with Mayne, looking for a takedown. Arellano pushes Mayne against the cage but Mayne circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Good exchange - Mayne coming out on top.
Arellano avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Mayne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mayne.
Arellano throws a body punch but Mayne moves out of range.
Arellano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayne.
Arellano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mayne throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Mayne misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellano throws a sloppy body shot
and Mayne counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Arellano feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Arellano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mayne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Arellano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Arellano postures up in Mayne's guard and throws a big left but Mayne blocks it.
Mayne looking for a sweep. Not yet Mayne, not yet.

Mayne pushes Arellano off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Mayne misses with a wild combination.
Arellano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayne swinging wilding here.
Mayne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arellano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mayne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arellano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Arellano instigates a clinch.
Arellano goes for a takedown attempt but Mayne pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mayger Mayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juam Arellano.
Mayne looks to land a combination but Arellano avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mayger Mayne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juam Arellano's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Arellano shoots in but no luck this time.
Mayne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arellano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Mayne.
Arellano slips a jab and a cross from Mayne.
Arellano slips a jab and a cross from Mayne.
Mayne looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arellano checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Arellano rushes Mayne and presses him up against the cage.
Arellano has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mayne avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mayne tries to stall but Arellano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mayne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Arellano has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Arellano scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mayne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayne lands a head shot.
Mayne throws a series of strikes that have Arellano backpedaling.
Arellano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mayne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arellano changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mayne tries to avoid it but Arellano manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mayne to the ground. Mayne escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mayger Mayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juam Arellano.
Mayne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mayne!
Arellano misses with a shot to the body
letting Mayne counter with a right hand.
Mayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Mayne missing with a left hand there. Arellano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayne looks to land a left hand but Arellano moved out of range nicely.
No joy there for Mayne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mayne misses with the combination.

Mayne gets caught flat footed, as Arellano shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Arellano landing with the ground and pound.
Arellano trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Arellano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mayne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Arellano trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mayne wants to get back to his feet but Arellano is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arellano postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Arellano postures up and lands a big shot to Mayne's brow.
Arellano trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mayne lands with a right and another and another! Arellano is in big trouble! Mayne lands again and this time it's lights out for Arellano! A quality knockout there for Mayne.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mayger Mayne!