PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Spears (ranked 2590 p4p, 2473 weight class) and Simon Maynard (ranked 299 p4p, 286 weight class). Simon Maynard will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Spears
vs
Maynard

179 cm
20
190
3 - 7 - 0

194 cm
27
193
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brandon Spears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Simon Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spears moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Spears swings for the body but Maynard moves out of range.
Maynard doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Spears looks to land a right hand but Maynard moved out of range.
Spears swinging wildly here.
Maynard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Spears connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Maynard looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spears misses with a wild body shot.
Spears throws a left and a right that both miss
and Spears takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Brandon Spears has been cut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maynard letting Spears take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maynard is trying to maintain a safe position but Spears gets an underhook and turns Maynard into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Maynard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spears misses with an elbow strike.
Spears definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Maynard avoids the elbow strike from Spears, against the cage.
Spears lands an elbow that stopped Maynard in his tracks for a moment.
Spears controlling the action here for a moment.
Maynard misses with a body punch.
Maynard tries to circle away but Spears has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Spears throws an elbow but it misses.
Maynard wants to break free but Spears has control.
Spears is working Maynard over against the cage.
Spears pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Maynard dodges an elbow strike from Spears.
Spears is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Spears comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maynard is looking to control Spears's arms but Spears gets an underhook and turns him. Now Maynard has his back to the cage.
Spears misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Spears just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maynard's brow.
Spears displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maynard up against the cage.
Spears throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard blocks an elbow strike.
Spears misses with a body punch.
Spears creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maynard's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maynard.
Spears gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spears looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maynard tries to break the clinch but Spears is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Spears.
Spears lands a damaging elbow.
Spears misses with an elbow strike.
Maynard is trying to break the clinch but Spears is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spears.
Maynard takes an elbow to the forehead.
Spears effectively controlling the action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spears.
Maynard blocks the elbow strike.
Maynard blocks the elbow strike.
Maynard tries to work over Spears's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maynard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maynard avoids a wild elbow strike from Spears.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spears lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maynard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spears.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Spears dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Spears's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Maynard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Spears sizes up Maynard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Spears fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spears lands a right hook to the body.
Maynard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Spears.

Maynard gets tackled into the cage by Spears. Spears maintains the clinch.
Spears lands an elbow inside that Maynard shrugs off.

Maynard is rocked!
Spears throws an elbow but it misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Spears as Maynard tries to tie him up.
Spears throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maynard can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spears is struggling to control the position.
Spears lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maynard is still on wobbly legs! Can Spears finish him?

It looks like Simon Maynard has been cut.
Maynard blocks an elbow strike.
Spears pressing his opponent against the cage.
Maynard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spears has him pressed against the cage.
Maynard dodges an elbow strike from Spears.
Maynard seems to have recovered his senses.
A frustrated look appears on Maynard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Spears.
Spears has Maynard pressed against the cage. He pushes Maynard back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Spears throws a beautiful elbow that sends Maynard crashing to the floor! Spears piles on the pressure with more strikes! Maynard is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Spears!
Brandon Spears tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.