PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Gaunce (ranked 4935 p4p, 426 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 5197 p4p, 431 weight class). Gaunce kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Special Ops. Mike Tyson looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Gaunce
vs
Tyson

195 cm
21
230 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Likes comics

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rob Gaunce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gaunce shoots in and bounces Tyson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tyson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Gaunce looking to pass the guard.
Gaunce sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gaunce stands up from Tyson's guard - Gaunce perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gaunce closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Gaunce jumps into guard, dragging Tyson to the mat.
Gaunce is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Gaunce lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Gaunce advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gaunce stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Gaunce drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tyson tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
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!
Gaunce postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tyson looks a forlorn figure.

Tyson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Gaunce.
Gaunce sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is in a horrible position here. Gaunce smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gaunce takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gaunce will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gaunce cracks Tyson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gaunce looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tyson taking shots to the head.
Gaunce controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaunce lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gaunce controlling the position easily from mount.
Gaunce fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gaunce controlling his opponent.
Gaunce with shots to the head and body - Tyson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gaunce working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Gaunce dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gaunce feints and as Tyson raises his hands in defense, Gaunce changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tyson wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Gaunce manages to pass to side control.

Gaunce working over Tyson with some ground and pound. Tyson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tyson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gaunce scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gaunce sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Gaunce is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaunce seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Gaunce stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Gaunce will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Gaunce moves into the clinch.

Tyson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Gaunce is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Tyson to the mat. Tyson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Tyson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gaunce. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Gaunce stands up from Tyson's guard - Gaunce perhaps looking for a knockout.

Gaunce changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tyson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tyson tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyson tries to hold on but Gaunce postures up.
Gaunce controlling from mount.
Gaunce has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Gaunce lands with some strikes.
Gaunce tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaunce has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tyson's face.
Gaunce fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gaunce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tyson can do to turn this around?
Gaunce is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tyson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Tyson is rocked!
Rob Gaunce overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gaunce looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tyson is still in real trouble! Can Gaunce finish him?

Gaunce is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tyson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tyson shrugs it off.
Tyson seems to have recovered his senses.
Gaunce definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gaunce lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gaunce raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gaunce postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Tyson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Gaunce and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rob Gaunce!
After the fight, Rob Gaunce was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.