PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robert Mayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mayer
vs
Black

190 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robert Mayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Black!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Ben Watson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayer scores with a sloppy right hand. Black should have avoided that one.
Mayer misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice shot lands for Black.
Black takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Black looks to land a left hand but Mayer moved out of range nicely.
Black keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mayer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mayer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black lands with a hook. Mayer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Black connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayer tries a head kick but it misses.

Mayer shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Black napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mayer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mayer working away.
The referee asks Mayer politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Mayer prefers to stall for the moment though.

Mayer is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Black is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Black can't do much from the bottom here.
Black is looking for a sweep.
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.
Black prevents Mayer from moving into mount.
Black is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mayer has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Black tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mayer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Mayer tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mayer has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Black tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mayer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Black keeps trying to improve his position.
Mayer trying to control the action but Black is working from the bottom.
Black is looking to regain half guard here but Mayer keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black struggling a bit here.
Black really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mayer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mayer is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Black will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Black is looking for a sweep.

Mayer thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Mayer has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jab from Black.
Mayer tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Black defends well and Mayer ends up having to push Black into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Black swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Mayer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mayer is breathing heavily.
Jab from Black.
Mayer dives in and grabs Black's left leg, looking for a takedown. Black pushes down on Mayer's head and hops out.
Black stuffs the takedown attempt from Mayer. Mayer gets slowly back to his feet.
Mayer tries to close the distance and clinch but Black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice shot lands for Black.
Black sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Black throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mayer on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joe Black will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mayer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Black lands the left hand.
Mayer looks for a takedown but Black sprawls well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mayer.
Black looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mayer fails with a takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Black on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Mayer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayer dives in for a single leg takedown but Black sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Black lands a slapping body shot.
Black has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Black lands with a slapping head kick.
Black connects with a single shot there.

Mayer is rocked!
Joe Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black steps in with a hook that catches Mayer right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Black follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Mayer looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Black!