PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brennan Calhoun (ranked 5154 p4p, 5155 weight class) and Simon Maynard (ranked 461 p4p, 462 weight class). Simon Maynard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Calhoun
vs
Maynard

171 cm
18
190
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
25
193
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brennan Calhoun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Simon Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maynard jabs at Calhoun's body.
Maynard feints and then cracks Calhoun's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Calhoun down.
Calhoun takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Brennan Calhoun has been cut.
Maynard scores with a sloppy right hand. Calhoun should have avoided that one.
A head kick by Maynard misses

so Calhoun counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Calhoun's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Maynard looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Maynard trying to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maynard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Calhoun content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Calhoun passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Calhoun controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Maynard tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Calhoun easily slips into full mount!
Calhoun lands a nice shot to the head.
Maynard is in a horrible position here. Calhoun smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Calhoun punishing his opponent with strikes.
Calhoun unloading with bombs!
Calhoun cracks Maynard with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Calhoun prevents Maynard from getting the reversal.
Calhoun definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Maynard tries to hold on but Calhoun postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun controlling his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maynard squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Maynard wants to hold on but Calhoun pushes him away.
Calhoun raining down shots from the mount!
Calhoun content just to control the position here.
Calhoun postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Maynard looks a forlorn figure.
Calhoun looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun looking to control and managing it successfully.
Calhoun scoring with strikes but Maynard is staying in there.
Maynard is in a horrible position here. Calhoun smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Maynard is rocked!
Calhoun lands a big elbow - Maynard is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Maynard is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Brennan Calhoun!