PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ashwin Tyson (ranked 893 p4p, 1781 weight class) and Anton Meshkov (ranked 120 p4p, 227 weight class). Anton Meshkov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Tyson
vs
Meshkov

195 cm
23
275
8 - 2 - 0

195 cm
24
245
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Savage Fightwear
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ashwin Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Meshkov!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson swings for the body but Meshkov moves out of range.
Meshkov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tyson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meshkov.
Tyson tries to clinch there but Meshkov circles away.
Meshkov loads up on a big right hand but Tyson slips the punch.
Tyson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Meshkov!
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tyson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meshkov.
Meshkov throws a lazy uppercut
and Tyson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyson throws a push kick but Meshkov slaps the foot to one side.
Tyson misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Meshkov! But no joy.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Meshkov avoids it well.
Meshkov defending well as Tyson loads up on a big left hand.
Tyson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meshkov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tyson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Meshkov misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson throws a hook to the side of Meshkov's head but Meshkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meshkov looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meshkov digs a good hook to Tyson's body.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Meshkov avoids nicely.
Tyson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tyson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tyson loads up on a big right hand but Meshkov slips the punch.
Tyson avoids the body shot from Meshkov.
Tyson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meshkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyson moves away.

Meshkov gets tackled into the cage by Tyson. Tyson maintains the clinch.
Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Meshkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyson misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Meshkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyson tries to work over Meshkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson misses with a body punch.
Tyson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Meshkov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meshkov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tyson's head backwards.

Tyson takes the fight into the clinch.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for Meshkov.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Meshkov moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Meshkov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tyson tries to clinch up.

Tyson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Meshkov lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyson slips under a jab from Meshkov.
Tyson is looking for a counter combo.
Meshkov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice body punch from Meshkov.
A cross from Meshkov lands.
Tyson throws a head kick that misses.
Tyson throws a right hand that Meshkov ducks under and follows up with a left that Meshkov also avoids with ease.
Tyson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meshkov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Meshkov throws a hook but Tyson blocks it.
Meshkov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Meshkov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Meshkov avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meshkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyson was well out of range. Poor timing from Meshkov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Meshkov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Tyson misses its target.
Tyson throws a front kick aimed at Meshkov's knee but Meshkov avoids it well.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch but Meshkov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Tyson clinches with his opponent.

Meshkov breaks the clinch.
Meshkov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tyson slips a straight right by Meshkov.
Tyson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meshkov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crunch! Tyson slams his shin into Meshkov's torso.
Tyson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meshkov misses with an uppercut.
Meshkov misses with an uppercut.
Tyson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Tyson takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meshkov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ashwin Tyson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Meshkov is just out of range.
Tyson takes a swing at Meshkov's ribcage but misses.
Meshkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyson manages to avoid it.
It looked like Tyson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tyson lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Anton Meshkov has been cut.
Tyson misses with a wild body shot.
Meshkov defending well as Tyson loads up on a big left hand.
Tyson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Meshkov counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson fakes the leg kick and cracks Meshkov in the body.
Tyson throws a lazy head kick
and Meshkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyson scores with the left hand. Meshkov knows he should have avoided that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tyson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meshkov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyson.
Ashwin Tyson is winning the standup battle so far.
Meshkov throws out a loose jab but Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Tyson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tyson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meshkov throws the left hand but Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Ashwin Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson tries to clinch but Meshkov moves out of range.
Ashwin Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Meshkov.
Meshkov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meshkov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tyson swinging wildly here.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meshkov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyson throws a head kick but Meshkov moves out of range.
Tyson connects with a leg kick.
Meshkov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meshkov lunges at Tyson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tyson's hand.
Meshkov stuns Tyson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Meshkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyson moves away.
Tyson walks into a stiff left hand from Meshkov.
Tyson lands with a hook. Meshkov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tyson under the eye.
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!
Meshkov scores with a hook to the body. Tyson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tyson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meshkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meshkov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyson slips under a jab from Meshkov.
Tyson is looking to clinch.
Meshkov throws a good cross that connects.
Tyson moves out of range as Meshkov strikes.
Tyson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Meshkov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Meshkov tests Tyson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tyson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meshkov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tyson.
Tyson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tyson.
Meshkov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Tyson breaks the clinch.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Meshkov is just out of range.
Good exchange - Meshkov coming out on top.
Tyson scores with a kick to the midsection.
A left lands for Meshkov.
Tyson tries to clinch up.
Meshkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyson scores with a head kick.
Meshkov moves out of range of the body kick.
Meshkov punishes Tyson's body with a nice straight punch.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tyson has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyson tries to work over Meshkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A frustrated look appears on Meshkov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tyson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tyson tries a body shot but Meshkov blocks it.
Tyson lands with a short shot to the head.
Meshkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meshkov can't break the clinch.
Meshkov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tyson scores with a hook to the body.
Meshkov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tyson prevents Meshkov from breaking the clinch.

Meshkov breaks the clinch.
Tyson slips under a jab.
Tyson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It seemed like Meshkov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ashwin Tyson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anton Meshkov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tyson throws a sloppy body shot
and Meshkov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Meshkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meshkov lands a slapping body shot.
Tyson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Meshkov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Meshkov sizes up Tyson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Meshkov moves out of range of the body kick.
Meshkov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Meshkov throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyson.
Meshkov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meshkov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Meshkov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meshkov slips a jab and a cross from Tyson.
Meshkov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tyson has Meshkov up against the cage in a clinch.
Tyson tries a body shot but Meshkov blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson lands with a right to the head.
Tyson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meshkov can't find room to land a body shot as Tyson controls the action.
Meshkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tyson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meshkov's efforts to push away.
Meshkov is trying to break the clinch but Tyson is controlling him.
Meshkov has a couple of punches blocked by Tyson.

Meshkov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Meshkov cracks Tyson with a good jab.

Tyson clinches with his opponent.

Tyson breaks the clinch.
Tyson slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov throws a shot to the body.
Tyson tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by Tyson - just one landing.
Tyson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tyson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meshkov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tyson under the eye.
Tyson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tyson wants to clinch.
Meshkov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tyson misses with a body shot.

Tyson forces Meshkov back against the cage and clinches.
Tyson presses Meshkov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Meshkov is trying to force a seperation but Tyson has the dominant position.
A short left from Tyson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson keeps control of Meshkov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meshkov blocks an uppercut.
Meshkov is trying to break the clinch but Tyson is controlling him.
Tyson misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Tyson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Tyson breaks the clinch.
Tyson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Meshkov counters with a nice body shot.
Ashwin Tyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meshkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyson.
A jab from Meshkov misses.
A head kick misses from Tyson.
Meshkov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Meshkov.
Tyson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Meshkov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson misses the shot to the body.
Tyson throws out a loose jab but Meshkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Meshkov avoids them all with ease.
Meshkov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Meshkov finds it's target.
Tyson wants to clinch but Meshkov slips to the side
and Tyson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meshkov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Meshkov takes a swing at Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Tyson tries to clinch up but Meshkov circles away and keeps his distance.
Meshkov throws the left hand but Tyson avoids the punch easily.
A right-left combo lands from Tyson.
Nice shot lands for Meshkov.
Meshkov takes a swing at Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Anton Meshkov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Meshkov misses the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anton Meshkov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tyson 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ashwin Tyson!
Ashwin Tyson gave a mention to Brooklyn Apothecary in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).