PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Style (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Unforgiven kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Style
vs
Mathers

184 cm
24
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Style!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Mathers!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Style tries a head kick but it misses.
Style misses with a low kick.
Style ducks under a wild hook from Mathers.
Mathers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Tim Style has been cut.
Mathers walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mathers jabs Style right on the nose. Style blinks but takes it well.
A swing and a miss from Mathers.
A solid leg kick lands there for Style.
Mathers connects with a right hand. Style shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers looks to score with a jab to the body but Style is just out of range.
Style pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mathers is out of range and Style settles back down.
Mathers shoots in and drives through. Style sprawls well.
Style feints and then cracks Mathers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mathers down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Style.
Mathers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Style throws a solid leg kick but Mathers takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Style.
Style lands a head kick!
Tim Style seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Style walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mathers checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Style.
Mathers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Style dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mathers. That did some damage!
Mathers just misses with a punch to the body.
Mathers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mathers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Style.
A slow jab from Mathers misses its intended target.
Mathers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mathers circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Style.
Style throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mathers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Style lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Mathers misses.
Mathers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Style wants to clinch up but Mathers keeps it at a distance.
Mathers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Style circles away quickly and effectively.
Mathers blocks a head kick by Style.
Style showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mathers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers fails to land with a series of punches.
Style plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mathers avoids the head kick by Style.
A good leg kick by Style.
Mathers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mathers throws a series of punches but Style moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mathers throws a lazy right hand but Style sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mathers misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tim Style will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tim Style'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.

Style shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tim Style is winning the standup battle so far.
Style tries to score with a low kick but Mathers moves his leg out of the way.
Style lands a head kick. Mathers smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Style throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mathers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Style misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Style.
Mathers lands with a hook. Style tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mathers checks a low kick from Style.
Marshall Mathers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mathers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Style pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mathers is out of range and Style settles back down.
Mathers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Style.
A slapping leg kick lands for Style.
A combination from Mathers does no damage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Style.
Style tries to score with a low kick but Mathers moves his leg out of the way.
Style feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mathers's calf.
Mathers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mathers misses with a wild combination.
Mathers checks a leg kick.
Mathers walks into a straight right hand from Style.
Mathers looks to land a combination but Style avoids it well.
Mathers throws a shot from downtown. Style moves away and avoids it.
Mathers's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Style.
Style throws a leg kick which misses Mathers's front leg but catches the back leg as Mathers tries to avoid it.
Style buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Style avoids the body shot from Mathers.
Style connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Style blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Style there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Style lands with a slapping head kick.
Style lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A nice leg kick lands there from Style.
Mathers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Style misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Style attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mathers digs a good body shot into Style's ribs.
Style fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Mathers does no damage.
Style lands a head kick!
Style scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Style throws a low kick, looking for Mathers's leg but Mathers calmly moves out of range.
Mathers throws the left hand but Style avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Style dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Style's cut.
That's time! Style's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Style connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Style throws a nice inside leg kick.
Style lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A telegraphed right hand from Mathers misses the target.
Mathers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Style lands with a thumping leg kick.
Style buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mathers looks to land a combination but Style avoids it well.
Mathers shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Style but Style pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers takes a kick to the side of the head.
Style slips under a jab from Mathers.
Style throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Style is looking to slow Mathers down with leg kicks.
Style swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mathers misses with a few strikes there.
Mathers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Style. Style obviously looking to wear him down.
Style with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Style there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mathers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mathers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Style.
Style dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mathers. That did some damage!
Style throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mathers missing with a left hand there. Style was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Style scores with a nice right hand.
Style wants to land a leg kick but Mathers is out of range.
Style connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Style chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mathers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Style.
Mathers takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Style connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Style, right into the meat.
Nice uppercut there from Style.
Mathers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Style, right into the meat.
Mathers 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.
Mathers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Style lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Style.
An inside leg kick from Style misses.
Style throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mathers throws the left hand but Style avoids the punch easily.
Style throws and low kick but Mathers moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Mathers misses the target.
Style scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Style showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Style has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Style!