PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mitsuyo Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All or Nothing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nothing has chosen Vegan Reich - The Way It Is as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Maeda
vs
or Nothing

170 cm
35
142 lbs
28 - 22 - 0

175 cm
41
117 lbs
16 - 39 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitsuyo Maeda!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 39 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, All or Nothing!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maeda closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nothing did well to prevent Maeda getting side control.
Maeda drops an elbow to the side of Nothing's head.
Maeda not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nothing has hold of Maeda's hands but Maeda slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nothing is trying to maintain the position but Maeda is very close to passing his half guard.
Maeda has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Maeda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Maeda thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nothing's head.
Maeda missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nothing is trying to maintain the position but Maeda is very close to passing his half guard.
Maeda thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nothing is holding on to half guard well.
Maeda wants to control but Nothing is keeping him busy.
Maeda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maeda wants to take a breather but Nothing is having none of it.
Nothing has his hands clasped together around Maeda's back. He's all about the action.
Maeda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nothing with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nothing defending well though.
Maeda is trying to control the action in half guard but Nothing is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maeda missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maeda thows a huge punch but Nothing dodges it nicely.
Maeda throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Nothing's hands, connecting with Nothing's forehead.

Nothing is rocked!
Maeda looks to land a strike but Nothing avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nothing wants to sweep but no luck.
Nothing trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda looking to sit in guard and control but Nothing gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Maeda wants to stand and escape but Nothing is having none of it.
Maeda pulls Nothing in to control the position.

Mitsuyo Maeda has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Maeda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maeda showed some decent athleticism there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Nothing's hands, connecting with Nothing's forehead.
Nothing avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maeda.
Maeda thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nothing's head.
Maeda controlling the action here.
Nothing wants to control but Maeda is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuyo Maeda dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Maeda scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nothing is trying to get back to full guard.
Maeda lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Maeda lands with a punch from half guard.
Maeda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maeda wants to free his trapped foot but Nothing is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Maeda is trying to control the action in half guard but Nothing is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maeda not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda content to control rather than advance.
Nothing is refusing to be controlled, as Maeda sits in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Maeda throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Nothing to regain full guard.
Maeda connects with a couple of short punches.
Nothing is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Maeda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nothing trying to keep a closed guard but Maeda is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda throwing strikes from guard but Nothing blocks nicely.
Maeda cracks Nothing with a solid left hand.
Nothing is still in real trouble! Can Maeda finish him?
Maeda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nothing seems to have recovered his senses.
Maeda postures up.
Maeda trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nothing keeping moving, preventing Maeda from controlling successfully.
Nothing preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda throws an elbow that misses. Nothing uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Maeda's guard. Nice move by Nothing!
Nothing must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Maeda wants to stand but Nothing is controlling the position.
Maeda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Maeda is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Maeda keeping full guard, as Nothing tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Good standup being displayed there by Maeda as he connects with a hook.

Maeda looking to score a takedown here. Nothing is defending well but Maeda drives through and ends up in Nothing's guard.
Maeda wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.
Nothing avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Maeda throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maeda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuyo Maeda dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Maeda shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nothing tries to roll over but Maeda keeps him under control.
Maeda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nothing with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maeda throwing shots but Nothing is blocking nicely.
Maeda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maeda wants to control but Nothing is keeping him busy.
Maeda slips a nice elbow through Nothing's hands, connecting with Nothing's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nothing does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nothing keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nothing keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nothing is trying to get back to full guard.
Maeda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maeda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nothing's head.
Maeda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maeda wants to take a breather but Nothing is having none of it.
Maeda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nothing can do to turn this around?
Nothing blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maeda.
Maeda landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Maeda wants to control but Nothing is keeping him busy.
Maeda throwing shots but Nothing is blocking nicely.
Maeda winds up and cracks Nothing with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Maeda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nothing defending well though.
Maeda drops an elbow to the side of Nothing's head.
Maeda winds up and cracks Nothing with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Maeda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Maeda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nothing blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maeda.
Maeda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Maeda scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maeda lands a nice short elbow.
Maeda throwing shots but Nothing is blocking nicely.
Maeda prevents Nothing from improving his position.
Nothing is staying active underneath Maeda, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maeda takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maeda thows a huge punch but Nothing dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Maeda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuyo Maeda clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Maeda shoots in and bounces Nothing off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Maeda advances to half guard.
Maeda has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Maeda is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nothing can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Maeda postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Nothing badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Maeda around the waist but Maeda pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Maeda is the winner by TKO! Maeda jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitsuyo Maeda!
Mitsuyo Maeda is the new bantamweight champion!
Mitsuyo Maeda really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Milwaukee's Best 160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.