PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milo Talon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Milo Talon enters the cage!

Maynard
vs
Talon

186 cm
28
185 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

180 cm
28
178 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Maynard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Milo Talon!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maynard misses with an uppercut.
Talon tries a head kick but it misses.
Maynard throws a lazy uppercut

and Talon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Maynard tries a knee to the head but Talon blocks it.
Maynard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Talon blocks it with crossed arms.
Talon misses with a punch on the inside.
Maynard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maynard is trying to stall.
Maynard definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Talon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maynard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Talon scores a nice knee to the body.
Maynard has a couple of punches blocked by Talon.
Maynard tries for a takedown. No joy.
Maynard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Talon.
Talon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Talon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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!
Maynard's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Maynard missing with knees to the body.
Maynard missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maynard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Talon lands a left hand.
Maynard blocks a body shot from Talon.
Talon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maynard is looking to break free of the clinch but Talon has double underhooks.
Maynard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Talon pulls his leg out and moves away.
Maynard blocks a head kick by Talon.
Nice straight punches there by Maynard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maynard.
Maynard looks to land a right hand but Talon moved out of range.

Talon takes the fight into the clinch.
Maynard is trying to maintain a safe position but Talon gets an underhook and turns Maynard into the cage.
Maynard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Talon.
Talon avoiding damage as Maynard throws knees to the body.
We've been informed that Talon has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Talon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Talon prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Maynard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maynard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Talon is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Talon lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talon lands a good knee to the midsection. Maynard won't want to take too many of those.
Maynard is breathing heavily.
Maynard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maynard wants to break free but Talon has control.
Talon cracks Maynard with a nice body shot.
Talon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Talon taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Talon.
Talon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Talon misses with a punch to the body.
Maynard takes a shot to the head.
Talon can't find room to land a body shot as Maynard controls the action.
Maynard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Talon.
A knee to the head by Talon.

Maynard is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Talon lands a big elbow that drops Maynard! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Maynard is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Milo Talon!
Milo Talon seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.