PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darwin Bidal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tyson
vs
Bidal

180 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darwin Bidal!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bidal slaps away a takedown attempt from Tyson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tyson just misses with a punch to the body.
Mike Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bidal feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bidal throwing strikes from guard but Tyson blocks nicely.
Bidal tries to free his leg and advance position but Tyson is retaining full guard.

Bidal drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tyson dives on top into guard.
Tyson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tyson trying to control but Bidal is working from the bottom.
Tyson stops Bidal from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson looking to sit in guard and control but Bidal gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bidal wanted to stand there but Tyson had control of the position.
Bidal trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bidal wanted to stand there but Tyson had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bidal trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.

Tyson is working an open guard so Bidal takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Tyson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bidal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bidal misses with a takedown attempt

so Tyson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Tyson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bidal tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tyson wants to control from the top but Bidal keeps moving.
Tyson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tyson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Tyson stands up from Bidal's guard - Tyson perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bidal stuffs the takedown attempt from Tyson. Tyson gets slowly back to his feet.
Bidal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Bidal closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tyson to the mat! Tyson manages to get full guard.
Bidal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tyson is keeping the position for now.
Bidal wants to stand but Tyson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bidal controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tyson swings for the body but Bidal moves out of range.

Tyson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bidal to the mat! Bidal manages to get full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bidal is on top in guard.

Bidal stands up and waves to Tyson to follow him.

Tyson clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tyson prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Bidal.

Tyson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tyson fails with a takedown attempt.

Bidal throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tyson was covering up waiting for the punch and Bidal finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Tyson is wriggling around but Bidal manages to pass to half guard.
Tyson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bidal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bidal is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bidal seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tyson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bidal is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Bidal is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tyson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bidal looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Bidal decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Tyson misses with a wild body shot.
Bidal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Tyson moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darwin Bidal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bidal misses with a takedown attempt

and Tyson counters with a shoot takedown. Bidal fights it but they end up in guard.
Bidal throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tyson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bidal on the ground.
Tyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bidal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Tyson stands up from Bidal's guard - Tyson perhaps looking for a knockout.

Tyson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bidal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bidal counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tyson won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Bidal.
Tyson struggling a bit here.

Bidal stands up.

Tyson scores a takedown into full mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Tyson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson avoids the attempt from Bidal to control.
Bidal working to try and regain half guard.
Bidal is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bidal tries to hold on but Tyson pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bidal is working to get back to half guard.
Tyson avoids the attempt from Bidal to control.
Tyson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tyson looking to control but Bidal is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bidal tries to reverse the position but Tyson maintains control.
Tyson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tyson throwing strikes here but Bidal is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tyson prevents Bidal from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tyson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tyson trying to control but Bidal is having none of it.
Tyson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tyson blocks Bidal's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bidal is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Tyson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bidal taking shots to the head.
Tyson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bidal because Tyson loaded up on that one.
Bidal really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Tyson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tyson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

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