PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Tilthammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayhem comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet With A Name by Nonpoint. Tilthammer is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Autumn - Suffer the wild dogs. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mayhem
vs
Tilthammer

186 cm
31
195 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

197 cm
40
214 lbs
42 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, John Mayhem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 16 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Felix Tilthammer!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mayhem feints and then cracks Tilthammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tilthammer down.
Nice defenses there by Tilthammer.

Mayhem instigates a clinch.
Tilthammer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayhem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mayhem throws a punch but it's blocked by Tilthammer.
Mayhem lands an elbow that stopped Tilthammer in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Felix Tilthammer has been cut.

Mayhem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mayhem blocks a low kick nicely.
Mayhem has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tilthammer finds it's way round the side to connect with Mayhem's head.
Tilthammer scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tilthammer moves out of range as Mayhem strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tilthammer, right into the meat.
Mayhem checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tilthammer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Tilthammer blocks the low kick.
Tilthammer misses with a head kick.
Mayhem blocks the body kick.
Mayhem misses with an uppercut. Tilthammer saw that one coming.
Mayhem chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mayhem lands a head shot.
Mayhem lands an overhand right.
Mayhem throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mayhem checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mayhem closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tilthammer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tilthammer throws out a loose jab but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tilthammer looks to land a left hand but Mayhem moved out of range nicely.
Mayhem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mayhem changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mayhem has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tilthammer finds it's way round the side to connect with Mayhem's head.
Tilthammer misses with a kick to the body.
Mayhem looks to land a right hand but Tilthammer moved out of range.
Tilthammer throws a head kick that misses.
Tilthammer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayhem.
Tilthammer tries to bum rush Mayhem with a series of wild strikes but Mayhem uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Mayhem. Those never looked like landing.
Mayhem throws a nice outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Mayhem misses.
Tilthammer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mayhem.
Mayhem bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tilthammer moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayhem lands a jab.
Mayhem pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tilthammer is out of range and Mayhem settles back down.
Tilthammer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mayhem sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tilthammer blocks a jab.
Tilthammer misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem throws out a loose jab but Tilthammer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mayhem staying out of range there.
Mayhem scores with a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tilthammer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut lands for Mayhem. That snapped Tilthammer's head back.
Mayhem throws a jab but it's blocked by Tilthammer.
Tilthammer throws a lazy right hand but Mayhem sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mayhem tests Tilthammer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mayhem thumps Tilthammer with a low kick.
Tilthammer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Mayhem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felix Tilthammer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tilthammer thows a leg kick but Mayhem checks it
and Mayhem counters with a low kick, right behind Tilthammer 's knee.
Mayhem takes a swing at Tilthammer's ribcage but misses.
John Mayhem is winning the standup battle so far.
Mayhem connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tilthammer's hands.
Mayhem throws a big shot that misses.
Mayhem throws a hook but Tilthammer blocks it.
Tilthammer throws a head kick that Mayhem semi-blocks.
Mayhem moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tilthammer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayhem.
Mayhem bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tilthammer's head.
Tilthammer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mayhem.
Tilthammer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice defenses there by Tilthammer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mayhem with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tilthammer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mayhem counters with a low kick, right behind Tilthammer 's knee.
Tilthammer is breathing heavily.
Mayhem scores with the left hand. Tilthammer knows he should have avoided that one.
Tilthammer ducks under a wild hook from Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a body punch but Tilthammer moves out of range.
Tilthammer ducks under a wild hook from Mayhem.
A good leg kick by Mayhem.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tilthammer lands a leg kick that knocks Mayhem off balance momentarily.
Mayhem lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mayhem tries a low kick but Tilthammer avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem feints and then cracks Tilthammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tilthammer down.
Tilthammer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tilthammer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tilthammer throws a low kick but Mayhem avoids it.
Mayhem feints and then cracks Tilthammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tilthammer down.
Tilthammer blocks a low kick nicely.
Mayhem checks a leg kick.
Mayhem with a jab.

That has opened up Felix Tilthammer's cut even more.
Tilthammer misses with a left hand

and Mayhem counters with a crisp right hand that drops Tilthammer! Mayhem lets Tilthammer back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Tilthammer is rocked!
Mayhem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tilthammer.
Tilthammer is still on wobbly legs! Can Mayhem finish him?
Tilthammer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tilthammer seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tilthammer blocks a leg kick.
Tilthammer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tilthammer connects with a solid leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Tilthammer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mayhem checks a leg kick nicely.
Mayhem connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tilthammer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Tilthammer misses the target.
Tilthammer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mayhem here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mayhem turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tilthammer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tilthammer has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Tilthammer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Good leg kick by Mayhem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mayhem connects with a single shot there.

The cut above Felix Tilthammer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Mayhem sends Tilthammer crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Mayhem is motioning to the referee to let Tilthammer up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Mayhem lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Tilthammer falls backwards - clearly groggy! Mayhem dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Mayhem!
John Mayhem seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.