PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Gsp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Drone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. t.i and ludacris-wish you would kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tyson Drone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gsp
vs
Drone

180 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Red Light Clothing ► Amsterdam!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Big Gsp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyson Drone!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Drone moves into range and clinches up with Gsp.

Drone drags the fight down to the ground.

Drone is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Drone looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Drone looking for a guillotine here but Gsp defends easily.

Gsp avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drone has a closed guard, preventing Gsp from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gsp trying to control but Drone is working from the bottom.

Gsp avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Drone has his feet on Gsp's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gsp is breathing heavily.

Drone throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gsp was covering up waiting for the punch and Drone finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Gsp wants to get back to his feet but Drone is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gsp kicks Drone off and gets to his feet.

Drone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gsp tries to break the clinch but Drone is controlling the position.

Drone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gsp misses with a takedown attempt
and Drone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gsp keeps the fight on the outside.
Drone scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Big Gsp has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gsp showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drone.

Drone feints and as Gsp raises his hands in defense, Drone changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Drone stands and steps away. Gsp gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Gsp moves out of range as Drone throws a body kick.
Drone displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Drone throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gsp was covering up waiting for the punch and Drone finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Gsp is working an open guard so Drone takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Gsp gets a clinch.

Drone manages to pull guard.

Drone looking for a guillotine here but Gsp defends easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Drone looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drone is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Drone has his foot on Gsp's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gsp works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Drone looking for a guillotine here but Gsp defends easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gsp's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Drone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Big Gsp's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Drone drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tyson Drone has got the better of the ground game so far.

Drone is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gsp is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gsp tries to buck Drone off but Drone is having none of it.

Drone is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gsp has escaped the position, nice work there.

Drone is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gsp knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gsp might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Drone tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Drone has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drone decides to stand back up.
Drone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gsp avoids it really well and circles away.
Gsp tries to clinch

and Drone counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Drone.
Gsp looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gsp is trying to keep Drone in close.
Gsp 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gsp trying to keep a closed guard but Drone is proving a slippery customer.

Drone drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Drone jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gsp trying to keep a closed guard but Drone is proving a slippery customer.

Gsp is working an open guard so Drone takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Drone or perhaps it was just good defense by Gsp which made him look bad.
Gsp misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Drone!

Drone feints and as Gsp raises his hands in defense, Drone changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Drone gets to his feet - Gsp follows without any prompting.
Gsp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gsp tries for a takedown but Drone circles away easily
and Drone counters with a big head kick but Gsp shrugs it off.

Gsp drives through and clinches with Drone against the cage.

Drone breaks from the clinch.
Gsp throws a lazy head kick

and Drone counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gsp looking to control.

Gsp looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Drone passes into half guard.
Drone prevents Gsp from improving his position.
Gsp is trying to stand up here but Drone is controlling him well.

Drone is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Drone postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Gsp to stand up.
Big Gsp is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Drone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Big Gsp's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gsp throws a leg kick that misses.

Drone darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Drone is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gsp wants to get back to his feet.

Drone wants to work for an arm triangle but Gsp is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Drone prevents Gsp from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Drone gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drone tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gsp sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Drone somewhat.
Gsp feints and then cracks Drone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drone down.
Gsp is looking to slow Drone down with leg kicks.
No luck for Drone with that takedown attempt.
Gsp keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Big Gsp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Drone.

Gsp closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gsp not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Drone actively working from the bottom here.

Gsp stands up from half guard.

Drone feints and as Gsp raises his hands in defense, Drone changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Drone gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gsp slaps away a takedown attempt from Drone, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gsp slaps away a takedown attempt from Drone, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drone blocks a head kick by Gsp.
Drone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Gsp counters by clinching up.

Gsp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Drone.
Drone missing with a left hand there. Gsp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick by Gsp misses
and Drone counters with a right hand to the body.
Drone shoots for a double leg takedown but Gsp sprawls well. He's pushed Drone's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Drone!

Gsp bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Drone manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gsp's best efforts.
Gsp is pressing down on Drone's thigh, looking to free his foot. Drone is holding on for now.
Tyson Drone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gsp tries to stand but can't do so whilst Drone controls his leg.
Big Gsp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drone is holding on to half guard well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyson Drone.
I've got Drone winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight for Tyson Drone!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Tyson Drone!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Tyson Drone!

Tyson Drone wins by unanimous decision!