PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Holifield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Tyson
vs
Holifield

178 cm
19
218 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
22
208 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Evander Holifield!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson tries to clinch up.
Holifield misses the jab.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Holifield fails to land with a series of punches.
Holifield throws a right and a left that Tyson avoids nicely.
Tyson tries to bum rush Holifield with a series of wild strikes but Holifield uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holifield scores with a punch to the head.
Holifield has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tyson finds it's way round the side to connect with Holifield's head.
Tyson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A big left from Tyson misses.

Tyson tries to keep at a distance but Holifield has taken the fight into the clinch.
Holifield prevents Tyson from breaking the clinch.
Tyson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tyson is trying to force a seperation but Holifield has the dominant position.

Holifield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Mike Tyson has been cut.
Tyson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holifield circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyson stuns Holifield with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mike Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Holifield.
Holifield looks gassed!

Tyson drops Holifield with a left right combo! Tyson follows him down to the ground into side control.

Holifield is rocked!
Holifield dodges the ground and pound from Tyson.
Holifield is still in real trouble! Can Tyson finish him?
Holifield wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Tyson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Holifield is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Holifield seems to have recovered his senses.
Holifield pushes Tyson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tyson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tyson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Holifield is avoiding damage well.
Holifield managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tyson.
Holifield defending against the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Holifield dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
A cross from Tyson lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tyson, as that shot connected.
Holifield showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
Tyson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Holifield.
Holifield misses with a straight right.

Holifield closes the distance and clinches.
Holifield lands a right hand.
Tyson tries to break free but Holifield pushes him back against the cage.
Tyson wants to get back to striking at distance but Holifield won't allow it.

Holifield breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holifield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holifield misses with a series of wild punches.
Holifield throws a nice looking combination but Tyson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Holifield avoids it well.
Tyson lands a two punch combo.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tyson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tyson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyson doesn't manage to clinch there - Holifield circles away.
Holifield throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Tyson misses its intended target.
Holifield looks for the body kick but Tyson saw that one coming.
Holifield throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tyson counters with a left and a right that stings Holifield.
Holifield dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Holifield gets a clinch.

Holifield manages to break the clinch.
Holifield misses with a two punch combination.
Tyson lands with a nice combination. Holifield backs away looking to recover.
Tyson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Holifield throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Holifield dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Tyson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tyson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holifield tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holifield dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Holifield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tyson circles away quickly and effectively.
Holifield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyson was well out of range. Poor timing from Holifield.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Tyson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tyson tries to clinch but Holifield moves away

and Holifield moves into the clinch.

Holifield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holifield wants to clinch up but Tyson keeps it at a distance.
Tyson blocks a jab.
No joy there for Holifield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holifield tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tyson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tyson is looking to clinch.
Holifield scores with a jab. Tyson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson slips a straight right by Holifield.
Tyson misses with a combination

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Holifield counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Holifield.
Holifield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Holifield breaks the clinch.
Holifield tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tyson lands with a shot to the body.
Tyson swinging wildly here.
Holifield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tyson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holifield.
Tyson scores with a one two! Holifield had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Holifield throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Holifield looks to land a combination but Tyson avoids it well.
Tyson tries to clinch up but Holifield circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Holifield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holifield.
Tyson tries to clinch up but Holifield circles away and keeps his distance.
Holifield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body punch from Tyson.
Tyson swinging wildly here.
Holifield misses with a few strikes there.
Holifield displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyson throws out the jab.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch but Holifield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyson slips under a jab.
Mike Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tyson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big left from Tyson misses.
A head kick misses from Holifield.
Tyson looks to land a combination. Holifield sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Holifield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holifield throws a right hand that Tyson ducks under and follows up with a left that Tyson also avoids with ease.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Holifield does no damage.
Tyson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tyson moves away from the strike by Holifield.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
No joy there for Holifield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson dodges the punch combination from Holifield.
Tyson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Holifield backs up against the cage.
Holifield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tyson circles away quickly and effectively.
Holifield closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Holifield throws a combination that misses
and Tyson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tyson moves in looking to clinch but Holifield pushes him off.
Holifield shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tyson but Tyson pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holifield misses with a series of wild punches.
Holifield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tyson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tyson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Holifield swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tyson.
Tyson is working the combinations to good effect here.

Holifield gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Holifield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Holifield takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tyson slips a jab and a cross from Holifield.
Tyson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Holifield avoids them all with ease.
Holifield fails with a takedown attempt.
Tyson misses with a double jab
and Holifield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Tyson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holifield tries to clinch but Tyson is having none of it.
Tyson slaps away a takedown attempt from Holifield, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mike Tyson is winning the standup battle so far.
Holifield throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tyson counters with a two punch combo.
Tyson dodges the punch combination from Holifield.
Holifield tries to clinch but Tyson moves out of range.
Holifield has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tyson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Holifield counters with a series of strikes. Tyson will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tyson!
Holifield misses with a body kick.
A jab from Tyson does it's job there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyson tries to clinch but Holifield moves away
and Holifield counters with a stiff right hand.
Holifield lands a jab to the nose.
Holifield looks to throw the jab but Tyson is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson wants to clinch but Holifield slips to the side
and Holifield makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tyson really felt that one!
Holifield throws a series of punches but Tyson moves out of range.
Holifield is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tyson.
Holifield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Holifield misses with a double jab.
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Holifield throws a half hearted mid kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holifield wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tyson wants to break free but Holifield has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tyson is looking to break free of the clinch but Holifield has double underhooks.

Holifield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Holifield lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Holifield throws an overhand right that lands on Tyson's shoulder, as Tyson tries to avoid the shot.
Tyson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Holifield momentarily.
Tyson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holifield throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tyson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holifield throws an overhand right that lands on Tyson's shoulder, as Tyson tries to avoid the shot.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Holifield throws a right hand that Tyson ducks under and follows up with a left that Tyson also avoids with ease.
Holifield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Holifield throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson throws a right hand that Holifield ducks under and follows up with a left that Holifield also avoids with ease.
Holifield misses with a takedown attempt - Tyson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tyson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holifield.
Tyson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holifield moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holifield misses with a two punch combination.

Holifield rushes Tyson and presses him up against the cage.
Tyson wants to get back to striking at distance but Holifield won't allow it.

Holifield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tyson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holifield.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Holifield avoids it well.
Holifield swinging wildly here.
Jab from Tyson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Holifield throws a right hand that Tyson ducks under and follows up with a left that Tyson also avoids with ease.
Tyson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holifield circles away quickly and effectively.
Evander Holifield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Holifield darts in and clinches Tyson up against the cage.

Holifield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holifield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holifield throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyson misses with a wild body shot.
Holifield throws a nice looking combination but Tyson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Holifield holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Holifield breaks from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evander Holifield 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Tyson!