PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Baxter
vs
Mayhem

186 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
198 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teddy Baxter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baxter scoring well with a low kick there.

Baxter clinches.

Baxter breaks the clinch.
Mayhem throws a hook but Baxter blocks it.

Baxter moves into the clinch successfully.
Mayhem has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Baxter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Baxter drives through and clinches with Mayhem against the cage.

Baxter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mayhem wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Baxter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mayhem's efforts to push away.

Baxter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayhem scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Teddy Baxter has been cut.
Baxter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baxter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baxter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayhem throws out the jab.
Mayhem throws out a loose jab but Baxter uses good head movement to avoid it.

Baxter moves into range and clinches up with Mayhem.
Mayhem is trying to break the clinch but Baxter is controlling him.

Mayhem manages to break the clinch.
Mayhem missing with a left hand there. Baxter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Mayhem misses.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baxter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mayhem misses with an uppercut.
Baxter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayhem.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baxter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mayhem thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baxter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
Mayhem misses with a hook. Baxter ducked under it nicely.
John Mayhem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mayhem misses with a straight right.
Mayhem might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Baxter forces Mayhem back against the cage and clinches.
Mayhem is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mayhem is trying to force a seperation but Baxter has the dominant position.

Baxter breaks the clinch.
Mayhem jabs Baxter right on the nose. Baxter blinks but takes it well.
Mayhem looks gassed!
Baxter tries to clinch up.
Baxter lands with a kick to the temple. Mayhem shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Baxter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Baxter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baxter wants to clinch up but Mayhem keeps it at a distance.

Baxter has taken the fight to the clinch.

Baxter manages to break the clinch.
Mayhem scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Mayhem misses.
Baxter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Baxter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Baxter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baxter defending well as Mayhem loads up on a big left hand.

Baxter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Baxter manages to break the clinch.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baxter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baxter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mayhem blocks a head kick by Baxter.
Baxter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mayhem throws a hook but Baxter blocks it.
Baxter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baxter tries to clinch up but Mayhem circles away and keeps his distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mayhem.
Baxter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mayhem thuds his right hand into Baxter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Baxter is looking to clinch but Mayhem is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Mayhem misses the target.

Baxter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Baxter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baxter blocks a jab.
Mayhem keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter misses with a head kick.
Mayhem is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baxter.
A big left from Mayhem misses.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mayhem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
A jab from Mayhem misses.
Mayhem misses with a hook.

Baxter clinches.

Baxter breaks the clinch.
Mayhem lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Baxter at a distance.
Baxter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mayhem jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baxter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baxter slips under a jab from Mayhem.
Baxter is looking to clinch.
A jab from Mayhem misses.

Baxter moves into range and clinches up with Mayhem.

Baxter breaks the clinch.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
Baxter is looking to clinch.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mayhem paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayhem thuds his right hand into Baxter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Baxter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mayhem scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mayhem darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Teddy Baxter's cut is getting worse.
A slow jab from Mayhem misses its intended target.
Baxter walks into a left hand.
The crowd cheers as Mayhem lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baxter doesn't seem phased though.
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!
Mayhem throws a lazy right hand but Baxter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mayhem throws a hook but Baxter blocks it.
Baxter moves in looking to clinch but Mayhem pushes him off.
Baxter is looking to clinch but Mayhem is avoiding it.
Baxter catches Mayhem with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mayhem throws a jab but it's blocked by Baxter.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayhem scores with a sloppy right hand. Baxter should have avoided that one.
Baxter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayhem.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem moves out of range.

Mayhem tries to keep at a distance but Baxter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mayhem is trying to force a seperation but Baxter has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Mayhem will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Teddy Baxter's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
Baxter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Baxter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baxter has Mayhem pressed against the cage, preventing Mayhem from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Baxter manages to break the clinch.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mayhem looks to throw the jab but Baxter is out of range.
Baxter fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baxter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baxter misses with a head kick.

Baxter has closed the distance and engaged Mayhem in a clinch.

Baxter breaks from the clinch.
Mayhem scores with a jab to the head.
Baxter staying out of range there.
Jab from Mayhem.
Baxter misses with a head kick.

Baxter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mayhem wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Baxter has him pressed against the cage.

Mayhem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mayhem throws a shot from downtown. Baxter moves away and avoids it.
Mayhem throws the left hand but Baxter avoids the punch easily.
Mayhem throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayhem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baxter misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baxter has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Baxter there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mayhem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Baxter darts in and clinches Mayhem up against the cage.

Baxter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baxter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Teddy Baxter's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Baxter is looking to clinch.
Baxter moves in looking to clinch but Mayhem pushes him off.
Baxter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baxter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayhem misses with an uppercut.
Baxter tries to clinch up but Mayhem circles away and keeps his distance.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Baxter has closed the distance and engaged Mayhem in a clinch.
Baxter working hard to break the clinch.

Baxter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayhem misses with an uppercut.
Mayhem tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baxter was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayhem.
Baxter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baxter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with an uppercut.

Baxter gets a clinch.

Mayhem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mayhem looks to land a left hand but Baxter moved out of range nicely.
Mayhem misses with a looping right.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayhem circles away.
Mayhem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baxter is looking to clinch.

Baxter moves into range and clinches up with Mayhem.

Baxter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.

Baxter takes the fight into the clinch.

Baxter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baxter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayhem.
The fighters circling - Mayhem throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayhem circles away.
Baxter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayhem scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab from Mayhem.
Baxter is looking to clinch but Mayhem is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem moves out of range.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baxter moves out of range of the strikes.
Baxter ducks under a wild hook from Mayhem.
Mayhem misses with an uppercut. Baxter saw that one coming.
Baxter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
Baxter wants to clinch.
Baxter moves in looking to clinch but Mayhem pushes him off.

Baxter instigates a clinch.

Mayhem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mayhem misses with a hook.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem moves out of range.
Baxter defending well as Mayhem loads up on a big left hand.
Baxter wants to clinch up but Mayhem keeps it at a distance.
Baxter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mayhem throws a looping overhand right but Baxter ducks down to avoid it.
Baxter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayhem.

Baxter instigates a clinch.
Mayhem is trying to break the clinch but Baxter has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Baxter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baxter tries to clinch up.
Mayhem loads up on a big right hand but Baxter slips the punch.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayhem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Baxter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mayhem is trying to break the clinch but Baxter has him pressed against the cage.

Baxter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baxter slips under a jab from Mayhem.
A swing and a miss from Mayhem.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.

Baxter has closed the distance and engaged Mayhem in a clinch.

Baxter manages to break the clinch.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baxter tries to clinch up.
Baxter has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mayhem loads up on a big right hand but Baxter slips the punch.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayhem circles away.
Mayhem throws out a loose jab but Baxter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baxter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mayhem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baxter defending well as Mayhem loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Teddy Baxter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Teddy Baxter's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Baxter moves out of range as Mayhem strikes.
Mayhem circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circling - Mayhem throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Mayhem tries to keep at a distance but Baxter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mayhem wants to get back to striking at distance but Baxter won't allow it.

Baxter breaks the clinch.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayhem circles away.
Baxter tries to clinch there but Mayhem circles away.
John Mayhem seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baxter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mayhem fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mayhem throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Baxter on the side of the head.
Baxter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayhem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayhem just misses with a punch to the body.
Mayhem throws the left hand but Baxter avoids the punch easily.
Baxter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baxter tries to clinch up but Mayhem circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mayhem swats away the attempt to clinch by Baxter.
Mayhem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baxter moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mayhem throws a lazy right hand but Baxter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Baxter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mayhem is trying to break free.

Baxter breaks the clinch.
Mayhem just misses with a punch to the body.
Baxter wants to clinch.
Baxter moves in looking to clinch but Mayhem pushes him off.
Baxter throws a sloppy head kick and Mayhem moves out of range easily.
Mayhem thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mayhem throws a body punch but Baxter moves out of range.
Baxter wants to clinch up but Mayhem keeps it at a distance.
Baxter moves in looking to clinch but Mayhem pushes him off.
Baxter misses with a head kick.
Baxter walks into a straight right hand from Mayhem.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mayhem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mayhem connects with a jab.
Mayhem takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mayhem looks to land a right hand but Baxter moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxter tries to clinch up but Mayhem circles away and keeps his distance.
Baxter wants to clinch.
Baxter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Baxter closes the distance and clinches.
Mayhem is trying to break the clinch but Baxter has him pressed against the cage.

Baxter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayhem circles away.
Baxter ducks under a wild hook from Mayhem.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
Baxter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayhem scores with a crisp jab that stopped Baxter in his tracks.
Baxter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem is having none of it.
Baxter staying out of range there.
Baxter throws a sloppy head kick and Mayhem moves out of range easily.
Mayhem throws a hook but Baxter blocks it.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem moves out of range.
Mayhem throws the left hand but Baxter avoids the punch easily.
Mayhem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem misses with a looping left.
Mayhem throws a looping overhand right but Baxter ducks down to avoid it.

Mayhem tries to keep at a distance but Baxter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mayhem can't break the clinch.

Baxter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baxter slips a straight right by Mayhem.
Mayhem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Baxter moves into range and clinches up with Mayhem.

Baxter breaks from the clinch.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayhem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baxter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Baxter forces Mayhem back against the cage and clinches.
Mayhem working hard to break the clinch.
Mayhem wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mayhem wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Baxter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baxter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baxter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
Mayhem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mayhem looks to throw the jab but Baxter is out of range.
Mayhem is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baxter.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxter moves in looking to clinch but Mayhem pushes him off.
Mayhem stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mayhem keeps the fight on the outside.
Baxter tries to clinch there but Mayhem circles away.
A big right from Mayhem misses.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayhem circles away.
Baxter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Mayhem misses the target.
Baxter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mayhem loads up on a big right hand but Baxter slips the punch.
Baxter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mayhem.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baxter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayhem throws a hook to the side of Baxter's head but Baxter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baxter tries to clinch but Mayhem moves out of range.

Baxter rushes Mayhem and presses him up against the cage.

Baxter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mayhem looks to land a left hand but Baxter moved out of range nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Teddy Baxter.
I think Baxter 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!