PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boryslav Margera (ranked 1674 p4p, 1091 weight class) and Tyson Hargrave (ranked 202 p4p, 135 weight class). Hargrave has chosen Mastodon - High Road as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Margera
vs
Hargrave

175 cm
21
160
6 - 1 - 0

172 cm
23
155
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boryslav Margera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Hargrave!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Margera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Margera gets through Hargrave's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Margera scores with a shot to the side of Hargrave's head.
Margera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hargrave avoids it.
Margera swings wildly with an uppercut but Hargrave uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Hargrave.
Hargrave jumps guard but Margera stands there with Hargrave around his waist. Hargrave gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Margera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hargrave is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Margera to keep the fight standing.
Hargrave misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Margera's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Margera tries a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks it.
Margera lands a nice uppercut.
Margera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hargrave working aggressively here.
Hargrave digs a right hand into Margera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Margera's gas tank.
Margera prevents a body shot from Hargrave.
Margera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hargrave's elbow.
Margera lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hargrave backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Margera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Margera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hargrave takes a shot to the head.
Margera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hargrave.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Margera has a couple of punches blocked by Hargrave.
Hargrave prevents a body shot from Margera.
Margera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Margera throws a punch but it's blocked by Hargrave.
Hargrave tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Margera just stands there and leans against the cage.
Boryslav Margera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Hargrave.
Hargrave misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hargrave blocks a body shot from Margera.
Hargrave throws a punch but it's blocked by Margera.
Margera scores a nice knee to the body.
Margera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hargrave in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hargrave fails to pull guard.
Margera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Margera tries to land a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks with his arms.
Hargrave fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Margera crunches a lovely knee into Hargrave's ribcage.
Margera throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hargraves head.

Hargrave jumps guard and drags Margera to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Margera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Margera working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Margera lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Margera is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Margera throwing strikes from guard but Hargrave blocks nicely.
Margera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Margera lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Margera with a nice head shot there.

Hargrave has his foot on Margera's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Margera works his way back into a safe position though.
Hargrave not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Margera landing with the ground and pound.
Hargrave is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Margera keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hargrave's head.
Margera scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hargrave utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Margera postures up in Hargrave's guard and throws a big left but Hargrave blocks it.
Hargrave preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Margera lands a couple of elbows.
Hargrave working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Margera.
Margera postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Margera working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hargrave's head.
Margera landing with the ground and pound.
Margera is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Hargrave looking for a guillotine here but Margera defends easily.
Margera scoring with punches to the head and body.
Margera lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Margera accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Margera lands a couple of elbows.

Hargrave had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Margera defends it easily.
Hargrave lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Hargrave wants to pass the guard but Margera is keeping the position.
Hargrave forces his way into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Margera is looking for a sweep. Hargrave is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boryslav Margera dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hargrave throws a shot from downtown. Margera moves away and avoids it.
Hargrave looks to land a left hand but Margera moved out of range nicely.
Margera lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Margera throws a big shot that misses.
Hargrave digs a good body shot into Margera's ribs.
Hargrave throws a hook to the side of Margera's head but Margera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hargrave throws a body shot but no joy.
A quick step to the side and Margera tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Margera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Margera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hargrave throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Margera counters with a left and a right that stings Hargrave.
Hargrave moves out of range as Margera strikes.
Margera slips under a jab from Hargrave.
Margera misses with a body shot
and Hargrave makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Margera closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hargrave is trying to pull guard but Margera turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hargrave managing to block the knees to the body from Margera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Margera lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Margera.

Hargrave decides to pull guard.
Hargrave tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Margera loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Margera postures up in Hargrave's guard and throws a big left but Hargrave blocks it.

Hargrave working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Margera doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Margera manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Margera lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Hargrave is looking for a triangle but Margera pushes his legs off easily.
Margera is in close to Hargrave's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hargrave utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Margera keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hargrave's head.
Margera lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hargrave has momentary wrist control but Margera slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hargrave working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Margera doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Hargrave is tightening it up a little... Margera has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Margera reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Margera taps out! Nice BJJ there by Hargrave!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tyson Hargrave!
Tyson Hargrave decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.