PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Tyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephen Tyre has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dwayne Hicks's chin.

Hicks
vs
Tyre

170 cm
22
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
147 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dwayne Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stephen Tyre!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hicks scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tyre is staying active underneath Hicks, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hicks lands a nice short elbow.
Tyre is trying to stand up here but Hicks is controlling him well.
Hicks prevents Tyre from improving his position.
Hicks is looking to take a break and control but Tyre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyre is looking to escape.
Hicks working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tyre looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hicks prevents Tyre from improving his position.
Hicks seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hicks looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hicks is looking to take a break and control but Tyre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hicks has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hicks throwing shots but Tyre is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hicks throwing shots but Tyre is blocking nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hicks swinging wildly here.
Tyre is looking to clinch.
Hicks misses with a body kick.

Hicks closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tyre to the mat! Tyre manages to get full guard.
Hicks might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hicks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tyre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hicks stands up over Tyre, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hicks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tyre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hicks.
Tyre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tyre is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hicks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks preventing the sweep.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hicks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tyre fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hicks looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tyre has hold of Hicks's hands but Hicks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tyre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tyre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hicks stands up over Tyre, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hicks postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tyre is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hicks postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tyre working a defensive guard here.
Hicks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tyre works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tyre moves in looking to clinch but Hicks pushes him off.

Hicks shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hicks showed some decent athleticism there.
Hicks slips a nice elbow through Tyre's hands, connecting with Tyre's forehead.
Hicks is thwarting Tyre's attempts to control the position.
Hicks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hicks looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tyre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hicks moves nicely into side control.
Tyre is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tyre wants to get back to his feet but Hicks drags him back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tyre is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hicks connects with a decent elbow.
Hicks working the body and head with strikes.
Hicks lands a few punches from side control.
Tyre tries to bench press Hicks off him but Hicks keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyre looks gassed!
Hicks working the head with strikes.
Tyre is pushing Hicks's head away, looking to escape. Hicks manages to hold on to the position though.
Hicks scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tyre to see if he's OK.
Hicks lands a few punches from side control.
Hicks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tyre keeps working.
Tyre is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hicks is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hicks closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hicks is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Tyre reverses the position - he's now on top in Hicks's guard.
Tyre won't allow Hicks to sweep him here.
Hicks keeping full guard, as Tyre tries to pass.
Hicks on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hicks tries to get out of the position.
Tyre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hicks controlling Tyre's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tyre wants to control but Hicks is having none of it.
Hicks is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tyre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tyre wants to control but Hicks is having none of it.
Hicks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hicks lands a big elbow.
Hicks raining down shots from the mount!
Hicks unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tyre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hicks is landing with some decent strikes but Tyre is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hicks lands with some strikes.
Tyre in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Tyre is rocked!
Hicks landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tyre is still in real trouble! Can Hicks finish him?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
BOOM! Hicks connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tyre taking shots to the head.
Hicks unloading with bombs!
Hicks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tyre looks a forlorn figure.
Tyre is trying to escape the mount.
Hicks lands a big elbow.
Hicks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hicks controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Hicks.
Hicks lands a big shot there that rocks Tyre but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hicks with the ground and pound from mount.
Tyre takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Hicks's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dwayne Hicks!