PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Loyd Maywacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudius Calaeabius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Claudius Calaeabius acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Maywacker
vs
Calaeabius

162 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Loyd Maywacker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Claudius Calaeabius!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Calaeabius has Maywacker up against the cage in a clinch.
Calaeabius can't get the takedown.
Calaeabius tries for a takedown. No joy.
Maywacker drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Calaeabius gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Maywacker lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Calaeabius avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maywacker.
Maywacker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maywacker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Maywacker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Calaeabius does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calaeabius blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maywacker.
Maywacker with the ground and pound but Calaeabius uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Calaeabius working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maywacker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maywacker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Calaeabius wants to get back to his feet but Maywacker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Maywacker trying to control but Calaeabius is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Claudius Calaeabius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Calaeabius closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Maywacker has hold of Calaeabius's hands but Calaeabius slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Calaeabius sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maywacker defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maywacker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Calaeabius.
Calaeabius is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaeabius is thwarting Maywacker's attempts to control the position.
Maywacker tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Maywacker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Calaeabius thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Maywacker's head.
Maywacker wants to control but Calaeabius is keeping busy.
Calaeabius is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Calaeabius missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Calaeabius thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Calaeabius takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Calaeabius has eaten all the pies!
Maywacker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Maywacker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Calaeabius instigates a clinch.
Calaeabius wants a takedown but no success here.
Loyd Maywacker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Claudius Calaeabius.
Maywacker is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Calaeabius gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Maywacker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Calaeabius.

Calaeabius has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Maywacker clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Calaeabius has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Maywacker.
Calaeabius is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Maywacker. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Calaeabius. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Calaeabius gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Maywacker trying to control the position but Calaeabius manages to sink in the hooks.
Calaeabius softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Maywacker is trapped and Calaeabius is scoring with shots to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maywacker is trapped and Calaeabius is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Calaeabius connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Maywacker to escape the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calaeabius punches the canvas rather than the man.
Calaeabius loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Maywacker hold on?
Calaeabius is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Maywacker up.
Calaeabius lands with a hammerfist to the side of Maywacker's head.
Calaeabius somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Calaeabius punishes Maywacker with strikes from the back mount.
Maywacker wants to control his opponent's hands but Calaeabius gets his hands free.
Calaeabius scores with strikes from the back.
Calaeabius lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Maywacker hold on?!
Calaeabius landing with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claudius Calaeabius 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.

Maywacker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Maywacker clinches with his opponent.
Maywacker wants to take the fight to the mat but Calaeabius manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Maywacker is pressed up against the cage. Calaeabius has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Maywacker down to the mat. Maywacker avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Maywacker has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loyd Maywacker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Calaeabius has managed to clinch.
Maywacker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Calaeabius pulls his leg out and moves away.

Calaeabius shoots in and gets a takedown into Maywacker's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calaeabius throws a big elbow that misses.
Calaeabius stands up over Maywacker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Maywacker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Calaeabius in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Calaeabius working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaeabius loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Calaeabius scoring with punches to the head and body.
Maywacker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Calaeabius on the ground.
Maywacker trying to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Calaeabius rushes Maywacker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Calaeabius wants the takedown. Maywacker is fighting it off but Calaeabius persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Maywacker's guard against the cage.
Maywacker wants to sweep but no luck.
Maywacker trying to keep a closed guard but Calaeabius is proving a slippery customer.
Calaeabius throwing strikes but missing.
Calaeabius throws a strike but Maywacker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Maywacker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Calaeabius has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaeabius is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Maywacker is controlling him.

Calaeabius has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Maywacker is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Calaeabius is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Maywacker pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Maywacker wants a takedown.
Calaeabius tries to score a body lock takedown but Maywacker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maywacker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Calaeabius pulls his leg out and moves away.
Maywacker darts in looking for a takedown but Calaeabius gets double underhooks and turns Maywacker into the cage.

Calaeabius clinches with his opponent.

Calaeabius has Maywacker pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Calaeabius pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Maywacker tumbling to the mat - Calaeabius dives into Maywacker's guard.
Maywacker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Calaeabius is one step ahead there.
Calaeabius postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Maywacker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Calaeabius working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Maywacker's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Calaeabius accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Calaeabius is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calaeabius looking to pass the guard.
Calaeabius has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Calaeabius chips away with some ground and pound.
Calaeabius throws a big right hand that misses.
Maywacker is trying to control the position but Calaeabius postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Calaeabius rushes Maywacker and presses him up against the cage.
Calaeabius drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Maywacker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Calaeabius tries for a takedown but Maywacker manages to get underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Calaeabius is pressed up against the cage. Maywacker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Calaeabius down to the mat. Calaeabius avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Calaeabius instigates a clinch.

Calaeabius is trying to trip Maywacker. He has hold of a leg but Maywacker is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Calaeabius persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Calaeabius working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claudius Calaeabius showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Maywacker shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Calaeabius as he jumps to the side.

Calaeabius pushes Maywacker up against the cage in a clinch.
Calaeabius wants a takedown.
Maywacker drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Calaeabius gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Calaeabius is working for takedown but Maywacker is calmly controlling the position for now.
Maywacker is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Calaeabius pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loyd Maywacker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maywacker is looking to take this one to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Calaeabius tightens his grip and picks Maywacker up, before dumping him to the ground. Maywacker manages to land in guard.
Calaeabius distracts Maywacker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Calaeabius postures up.
Calaeabius throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Calaeabius lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaeabius throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Maywacker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Maywacker is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Calaeabius postures up.
Calaeabius landing with the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Calaeabius clinches with his opponent.

Maywacker is fighting off a takedown attempt but Calaeabius is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Maywacker to the mat. Maywacker regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Calaeabius trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Calaeabius working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Maywacker's head.
Calaeabius works over Maywacker with some ground and pound from guard.
Calaeabius lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maywacker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Maywacker tries to get out of the position.
Calaeabius scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaeabius scoring with some ground and pound.
Calaeabius throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Maywacker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Calaeabius throws a big right hand that misses.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Calaeabius moves into range and clinches up with Maywacker.

Calaeabius turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Calaeabius misses with the ground and pound.
Calaeabius lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Maywacker down.
Calaeabius lands a nice forearm strike.
Calaeabius cracks Maywacker with a big elbow.
Calaeabius with the ground and pound but Maywacker regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Calaeabius working the head and body with strikes.
Calaeabius missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maywacker regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Calaeabius.
Maywacker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Calaeabius.
Calaeabius postures up.
Maywacker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Calaeabius is one step ahead there.
Calaeabius throwing strikes but missing.
Calaeabius trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Calaeabius is looking to work some ground and pound but Maywacker has wrist control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Calaeabius drives through and clinches with Maywacker against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Calaeabius is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Maywacker is defending well.
Calaeabius wants to take the fight to the mat but Maywacker manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Maywacker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Calaeabius is defending well.

Calaeabius turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Calaeabius in side control, throwing shots but Maywacker defends.
Calaeabius scoring with punches from side control.
Maywacker can't do much from the bottom here.
Calaeabius working the head and body with strikes.
Calaeabius working the head with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Calaeabius lands a nice forearm strike.
Calaeabius is putting a hurting on Maywacker here, landing some big shots from side control.
Loyd Maywacker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Calaeabius working the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Claudius Calaeabius comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Calaeabius has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Claudius Calaeabius!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Claudius Calaeabius!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Claudius Calaeabius!

Claudius Calaeabius wins by unanimous decision!