PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Maudsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Tang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Maudsley
vs
Tang

190 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
191 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Maudsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Tang!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maudsley throws a right hand that Tang ducks under and follows up with a left that Tang also avoids with ease.
Maudsley throws a lazy uppercut
and Tang counters with a two punch combo.
Tang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sloppy strikes from Maudsley. Those never looked like landing.
Maudsley misses with a hook to the body
and Tang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maudsley.
Nice defenses there by Tang.
Maudsley loads up on a big right hand but Tang slips the punch.
Maudsley throws a nice looking combination but Tang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tang walks into a stiff left hand from Maudsley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tang moves out of range as Maudsley strikes.
Tang takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maudsley lands a head shot.
Tang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maudsley.
Maudsley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tang.
Robert Maudsley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maudsley lands with an overhand left.
Maudsley throws a nice looking combination but Tang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maudsley lands with a shot to the body.
Maudsley misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley throws a shot from downtown. Tang moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Maudsley misses.
Tang moves out of range of the strikes.
Maudsley throws a jab when Tang was well out of range.
Maudsley misses with a hook. Tang ducked under it nicely.
Maudsley scores with a hook.
Tang takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Maudsley misses with a left hand
and Tang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maudsley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Maudsley as he connects with a hook.
Tang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maudsley throws out the jab.
Tang takes one to the side of the head.
Maudsley throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maudsley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tang was well out of range. Poor timing from Maudsley.
Maudsley misses with a right hand
and Tang counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tang slips under a jab.
Maudsley throws a right hand that Tang ducks under and follows up with a left that Tang also avoids with ease.
Maudsley throws a right and a left that Tang avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley with a nice cross.
Maudsley misses with a wild body shot.
Maudsley throws an overhand right that lands on Tang's shoulder, as Tang tries to avoid the shot.
Maudsley is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Maudsley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maudsley throws a series of punches but Tang avoids them all with ease.
A lazy left from Maudsley finds it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maudsley looks to land a right hand but Tang moved out of range.
Maudsley lands a nice hook to Tang's body. Tang takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maudsley throws an overhand right that lands on Tang's shoulder, as Tang tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Maudsley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Maudsley throws a nice looking combination but Tang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maudsley lands a jab to the nose.
Tang has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tang there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab from Maudsley.
Maudsley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maudsley misses with a left hand
and Tang counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maudsley missing with a left hand there. Tang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maudsley throws a shot from downtown. Tang moves away and avoids it.
Robert Maudsley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maudsley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maudsley.
Maudsley throws out a loose jab but Tang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maudsley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maudsley thows a body shot but no joy.
Maudsley throws a lazy uppercut
and Tang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maudsley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maudsley connects with a looping right hand.
Maudsley misses with a lunging right hand
and Tang counters with a nice body shot.
Maudsley misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Maudsley. That snapped Tang's head back.
Maudsley misses with a left hand
and Tang counters with a left and a right that stings Maudsley.
Maudsley looks to land a left hand but Tang moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tang blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Tang.
Tang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maudsley scores with a jab to the head.
Tang needs to keep his hands up - Maudsley had a free shot at his head there.
Maudsley throws a poor cross that misses
and Tang counters with a two punch combo.
Maudsley cracks Tang with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tang ducks under a wild hook from Maudsley.
Maudsley just misses with a punch to the body.
Maudsley swings widly with a right hand
and Tang counters with a three punch combo that has Maudsley backing up. Maudsley nods at Tang to acknowledge the strikes.
Maudsley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tang on the side of the head.
Maudsley misses with a two punch combination.
Maudsley misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maudsley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maudsley misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Maudsley dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A jab lands there for Maudsley.
Maudsley misses with a hook. Tang ducked under it nicely.
Tang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Maudsley throws a poor cross that misses
and Tang counters with a nice body shot.
Tang staying out of range there.
Maudsley misses with a looping left.
Maudsley misses with an uppercut
letting Tang counter with a right hand.
Maudsley thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maudsley misses with a series of wild punches.
Tang staying out of range there.
Maudsley throws a big shot that misses.
Maudsley misses with a shot to the body
and Tang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tang dodges the punch combination from Maudsley.
Maudsley scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maudsley connects with a nice looking jab.
Maudsley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Maudsley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tang walks into a straight right hand from Maudsley.
Tang slips a straight right by Maudsley.
Tang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tang has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tang gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maudsley misses with a wild body shot.
Robert Maudsley is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tang moves away from the strike by Maudsley.
Maudsley connects with a right hand. Tang shakes it off.
Maudsley fails to land with a series of punches.
Maudsley moves into range and connects with a jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Tang might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Maudsley has got the better of the exchanges.
Maudsley misses with an uppercut. Tang saw that one coming.
Tang ducks under a wild hook from Maudsley.
Maudsley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tang counters with a three punch combo that has Maudsley backing up. Maudsley nods at Tang to acknowledge the strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maudsley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tang takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Tang is rocked!
Tang takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tang is still on wobbly legs! Can Maudsley finish him?
Tang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maudsley lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Tang falls backwards - clearly groggy! Maudsley dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Maudsley!
Robert Maudsley bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.