PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ambrosio Gastelu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Tyson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Gastelu
vs
Tyson

190 cm
23
220 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
222 lbs
3 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ambrosio Gastelu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gastelu is looking to clinch.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyson scores with a hook to the body. Gastelu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Tyson scores with a shot to the body.
Gastelu doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyson circles away.
Gastelu wants to clinch up but Tyson keeps it at a distance.
Tyson avoids the head kick by Gastelu.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gastelu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gastelu wants to clinch up but Tyson keeps it at a distance.
Tyson swats away the attempt to clinch by Gastelu.
Gastelu tries for a takedown but Tyson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tyson blocks a head kick by Gastelu.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gastelu wants to clinch up but Tyson keeps it at a distance.
Tyson misses with a hook.
Tyson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jab from Tyson.
Gastelu avoids a punch combination nicely.

A jab-cross combination lands for Tyson and sends Gastelu crashing to the mat! Tyson follows him down to the mat - Gastelu regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Ambrosio Gastelu has been cut.
Tyson controlling the action here.
Gastelu works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gastelu is trying to control the position but Tyson postures up.
Tyson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tyson advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gastelu wants to control but Tyson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tyson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tyson stops Gastelu from getting back to his feet.
Gastelu tries to roll over but Tyson keeps him under control.
Gastelu is breathing heavily.
Tyson controlling the action here.
Tyson wants to pass to mount but Gastelu is defending the position.
Tyson prevents Gastelu from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gastelu is controlling Tyson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Tyson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gastelu wants to get back to full guard.
Gastelu trying to control from the bottom.
Gastelu regains full guard. Nicely done.

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

That's four 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.
Gastelu is trying to keep Tyson in close.

Gastelu is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tyson defends well.
Gastelu keeping full guard, as Tyson tries to pass.
Tyson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gastelu is looking to stand up but Tyson isn't so interested in that idea.
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 Ambrosio Gastelu's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Gastelu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson is having none of it.
Gastelu moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Gastelu wants to clinch.
Tyson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Gastelu avoids it well.
Gastelu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gastelu tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gastelu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
Gastelu fails with a takedown attempt.
Gastelu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gastelu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Tyson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gastelu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyson manages to avoid it.
Mike Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gastelu tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.
Tyson throws a nice looking combination but Gastelu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gastelu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tyson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
Tyson takes a swing at Gastelu's ribcage but misses.
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 is breathing heavily.
Tyson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
Gastelu tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
Gastelu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gastelu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tyson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
Gastelu has a takedown stuffed.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyson connects with a body shot.
Mike Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Gastelu avoids them all with ease.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
Tyson lands the left hand.
Gastelu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyson lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Tyson misses.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Gastelu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyson.
Gastelu fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gastelu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
Gastelu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Gastelu moves out of range.
Gastelu moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson moves out of range.
Tyson throws a nice looking combination but Gastelu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gastelu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson moves out of range.
Tyson tries to bum rush Gastelu with a series of wild strikes but Gastelu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
Gastelu doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyson circles away.
Gastelu is looking to clinch.
Gastelu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

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.
Gastelu avoids the body shot from Tyson.
Gastelu tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.
Tyson blocks a head kick by Gastelu.
Ambrosio Gastelu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson is having none of it.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyson misses the shot to the body.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gastelu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gastelu circles away quickly and effectively.
Gastelu dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gastelu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ambrosio Gastelu's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Gastelu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tyson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gastelu.
Gastelu tries to clinch up.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Mike Tyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyson misses with a hook. Gastelu ducked under it nicely.
Tyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gastelu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gastelu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gastelu throws a head kick but Tyson moves out of range.
Gastelu moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Tyson clobbers Gastelu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Gastelu avoids nicely.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Gastelu moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gastelu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tyson avoids it really well and circles away.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gastelu is looking to clinch but Tyson is avoiding it.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson is having none of it.
A combination from Tyson does no damage.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson moves out of range.
Tyson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Tyson does no damage.
Gastelu moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Gastelu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gastelu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyson looks to throw the jab but Gastelu is out of range.
Gastelu shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tyson sprawls well. Tyson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gastelu gets slowly back to his feet.
Ambrosio Gastelu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gastelu was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyson.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Gastelu avoids them all with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Tyson as Gastelu shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ambrosio Gastelu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gastelu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyson missing with a left hand there. Gastelu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gastelu tries to clinch up.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Gastelu tries to clinch but Tyson moves out of range.
Gastelu is looking to clinch but Tyson is avoiding it.
Gastelu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tyson blocks a head kick by Gastelu.
Gastelu fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gastelu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gastelu is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tyson digs a good body shot into Gastelu's ribs.
Gastelu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gastelu tries to clinch up.
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 Gastelu moves out of range.
Gastelu tries to clinch up but Tyson circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Gastelu is looking to clinch.
Gastelu tries to clinch up but Tyson circles away and keeps his distance.
Gastelu throws a head kick that misses.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gastelu misses with a head kick.
Gastelu has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gastelu is looking to clinch.
Gastelu tries a head kick but it misses.
Gastelu needs to keep his hands up - Tyson had a free shot at his head there.
Gastelu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gastelu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gastelu wants to clinch.
Gastelu doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyson circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice uppercut lands for Tyson. That snapped Gastelu's head back.
Tyson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tyson avoids the head kick by Gastelu.
Mike Tyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyson blocks a head kick by Gastelu.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tyson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight for Mike Tyson!
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Mike Tyson!
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Mike Tyson!

Mike Tyson wins by unanimous decision!