PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cooper Anderson III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson III's entrance music is Evolution by Korn. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Anderson III
vs
Tyson

202 cm
25
261 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cooper Anderson III!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson III misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson III throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson III rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson III misses with a series of wild punches.

Tyson gets a takedown into half guard.
Tyson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Anderson III knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Anderson III tries to kick Tyson off but Tyson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tyson controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Tyson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Anderson III wants to get back to his feet.
Anderson III knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tyson on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson uses his free foot to push down on Anderson III's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Anderson III.
Anderson III is trying to stand up.

Tyson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tyson unloads with some shots from mount but Anderson III bucks and avoids them well.
Tyson cracks Anderson III with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyson dominating with strikes here.
Anderson III blocking the ground and pound.

Tyson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson III trying desperately to get to his feet.
Anderson III is breathing heavily.
Tyson landing punches.
Tyson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Anderson III holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tyson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Anderson III is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Tyson scoring with strikes but Anderson III is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson working Anderson III over with strikes here.
Tyson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Anderson III holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tyson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Anderson III avoids a series of strikes thrown by Tyson.
Tyson with shots to the head and body - Anderson III looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tyson with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Tyson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tyson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Anderson III wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four 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.
Anderson III trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Tyson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Anderson III trying desperately to get to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tyson controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tyson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Anderson III's guard.
Tyson is looking to work some ground and pound but Anderson III has wrist control.
Tyson wants to control from the top but Anderson III keeps moving.
Tyson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tyson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tyson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tyson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Anderson III keeping full guard, as Tyson tries to pass.
Tyson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch combination from Anderson III misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tyson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyson blocks an uppercut.
Tyson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tyson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson III misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson III throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyson.

Tyson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson III looks to land a combination but Tyson avoids it well.

Tyson gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Anderson III throws a head punch that misses.
Tyson avoiding damage.

Tyson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson III misses with a wild combination.
Anderson III misses with a jab, cross combination.

Tyson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Anderson III's guard.
Anderson III will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tyson is stalling in the full guard.
Tyson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson III swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tyson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Tyson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Anderson III fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Anderson III pinned against the cage. Anderson III gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson III throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tyson.
Anderson III misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Tyson feints and as Anderson III raises his hands in defense, Tyson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Anderson III wants to stand but Tyson is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson controlling from the top position.
Tyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson III is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson III is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tyson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tyson prevents Anderson III from getting back to his feet.
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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tyson has a takedown stuffed.
Some wild striking there from Anderson III.
Anderson III misses with a double jab.

Tyson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Anderson III is trying to defend but Tyson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Tyson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Anderson III is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tyson seems to be looking for submissions.
Tyson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Anderson III knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Anderson III wants to get back to his feet.
Tyson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Anderson III misses with a jab, cross combination.

Anderson III gets caught flat footed, as Tyson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mike Tyson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tyson looking to pass the guard.
Cooper Anderson III has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tyson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tyson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson III swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tyson trying to control but Anderson III is working from the bottom.
Tyson is looking to advance position but Anderson III has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Tyson is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is squirming around, avoiding Anderson III's attempts to control the action.
Tyson tries to hold on but Anderson III postures up.
Tyson is looking to get to half guard.

Anderson III has hold of Tyson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tyson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Tyson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tyson can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four 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.

Anderson III jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Tyson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Tyson and Anderson III has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Tyson gets back to half guard.
Anderson III missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tyson is pressing down on Anderson III's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Anderson III postures up in Tyson's guard and throws a big left but Tyson blocks it.
Tyson striking from the bottom.
Tyson punching from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyson is trying to control the position but Anderson III postures up.
Anderson III preventing the sweep.
Mike Tyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyson striking off his back but it's not causing Anderson III any problems.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tyson 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

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