PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marshal Mayhem (ranked 2094 p4p, 2003 weight class) and Spencer Williams (ranked 200 p4p, 192 weight class). Mayhem comes to the cage accompanied by Friday Night remixed by Astrophysics. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mayhem
vs
Williams

178 cm
29
157
22 - 10 - 0

172 cm
29
140
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

The Natural Order
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshal Mayhem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spencer Williams!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams's coach down at Cope's was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Williams's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sloppy strikes from Mayhem. Those never looked like landing.
Williams thuds a left hand into Mayhem's body.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mayhem sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mayhem ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big right from Mayhem misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Mayhem does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mayhem stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mayhem moves forwards but Williams connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mayhem listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mayhem takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayhem.
Mayhem scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from Mayhem.
Mayhem scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mayhem.
Mayhem has been working on his boxing with his coaches at House of 1000 Corpses in the buildup to the fight.
Mayhem connects with a good right hand that stumbles Williams. Williams circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mayhem fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Williams on the side of the head.
Williams throws a right hand that Mayhem ducks under and follows up with a left that Mayhem also avoids with ease.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mayhem.
Williams unleashes a big counter combination but Mayhem bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mayhem jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big left from Mayhem misses.
Mayhem throws a big shot that misses.
Williams scores with a sloppy right hand. Mayhem should have avoided that one.
Williams takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Mayhem misses.
Mayhem misses the jab.
Spencer Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mayhem checks it well.

Williams shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mayhem napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Williams taking a breather here.
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.
You can see the frustration on Mayhem's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mayhem tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Williams wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Williams wants to control but Mayhem is keeping him busy.
Mayhem is trying to escape the position but Williams is controlling the position.
Mayhem struggling a bit here.
Mayhem is looking to regain half guard here but Williams keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a strike aimed at the side of Mayhem's head but Mayhem avoids it well.
Williams trying to control the action but Mayhem is working from the bottom.
Mayhem tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Williams wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mayhem sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Mayhem is staying active underneath Williams, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mayhem tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Williams is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Williams slips under a jab from Mayhem.
Mayhem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
An attempted straight right counter from Mayhem misses the target.
Mayhem getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Williams misses with a left hand
enabling Mayhem to counter with a crisp jab.
Mayhem misses with a low kick.
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Nice shot by Williams.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mayhem, as that shot connected.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Mayhem's head but Mayhem sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marshal Mayhem will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mayhem fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Williams on the side of the head.
Mayhem looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Mayhem throws a shot to the body.
Mayhem scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A big right from Williams misses.
Mayhem throws a hook but Williams avoids it easily.
Williams throws a hook but Mayhem blocks it.
Williams throws a body punch but Mayhem moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Mayhem.
Mayhem ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams misses with a hook
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mayhem.
A jab from Williams misses.
Williams pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice cross by Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams stalks Mayhem and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mayhem's face. Mayhem staggers backwards, shaken.
Mayhem scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mayhem throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Mayhem misses the target.
Mayhem jabs Williams right on the nose. Williams blinks but takes it well.
Mayhem takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice body kick there by Williams.
Mayhem misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut there from Mayhem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mayhem misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mayhem misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mayhem sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the body from Mayhem misses
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Mayhem misses its intended target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mayhem has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mayhem and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Mayhem connects with a body shot.
Mayhem keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marshal Mayhem is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mayhem takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mayhem misses with a straight right.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Williams misses with a kick to the body
and Mayhem counters with a straight right hand.
Mayhem scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mayhem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem throws a hook but Williams avoids it easily.
Williams drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mayhem defends it well.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayhem.
Mayhem missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams slips under a jab from Mayhem.
Williams cracks Mayhem with a good jab.
Williams throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mayhem throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Mayhem finds it's way through Williams's defenses.
Williams lands with a right hand.
Mayhem throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
And Williams tries to counter it with a takedown but Mayhem pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams connects with a body shot that sends Mayhem's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams moves out of range as Mayhem strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Mayhem throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mayhem swings widly with a right hand
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Mayhem checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mayhem slips a straight right by Williams.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mayhem.
A decent looking cross lands there for Williams.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mayhem cracks Williams with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mayhem misses with a straight left.
Williams has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Mayhem counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
A low kick from Williams is predictable there
and Mayhem counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mayhem connects with the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marshal Mayhem dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Williams fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mayhem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mayhem cracks Williams with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Williams motions for Mayhem to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Mayhem.
Mayhem was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Marshal Mayhem is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams slips a straight right by Mayhem.
Mayhem lunges at Williams with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Williams's hand.
Williams moves away from the strike by Mayhem.
Williams swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Williams with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Williams, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Williams is predictable there
and Mayhem counters with a stiff right hand.
Mayhem blocks the body kick.
Mayhem throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Mayhem misses with a straight left.
Mayhem throws a leg kick that misses.
Williams doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mayhem throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Williams slips a jab from Mayhem.
Nice body kick from Williams.
Williams misses with a double jab.
Mayhem scores with a shot to the body.
Mayhem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Mayhem counters with a straight right hand.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Mayhem is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Mayhem lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mayhem tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayhem.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayhem takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mayhem takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams defending well as Mayhem loads up on a big left hand.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayhem.
Mayhem moves forwards but Williams connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A lazy body kick from Williams
and Mayhem counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayhem.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mayhem misses with a straight right.
Mayhem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams misses the jab.
Mayhem misses with a left hand
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Mayhem checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mayhem throwing a counter right hand but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Mayhem counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Mayhem slips a jab from Williams.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mayhem manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Mayhem. That snapped Williams's head back.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mayhem.
Nice body punch from Mayhem.
Mayhem waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
Williams connects with a leg kick.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mayhem is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Williams.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mayhem throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Williams on the side of the head.
Williams moves out of range as Mayhem strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem scores with a nice head shot.
Williams thumps Mayhem with a low kick.
Mayhem throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mayhem is able to avoid easily.
Mayhem waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
A nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mayhem walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Williams bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Williams moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Spencer Williams.
I think Mayhem has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marshal Mayhem!
Marshal Mayhem was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.