PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alvaro Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvaro Morales will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Tyson
vs
Morales

177 cm
25
227 lbs
7 - 7 - 1

189 cm
25
249 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alvaro Morales!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morales shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tyson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Tyson is trying to control the position but Morales postures up.
Morales controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Tyson is trying to control the position but Morales postures up.
Tyson is looking to stand up but Morales isn't so interested in that idea.
Morales stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tyson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tyson wants to stand but Morales is controlling the position.
Morales trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tyson dodges the punch combination from Morales.
Morales shoots for a takedown but Tyson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson misses with a hook.
Morales avoids the body shot from Tyson.
Tyson cracks a nice hook into Morales's ribs.
Morales shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morales.
Tyson needs to keep his hands up - Morales had a free shot at his head there.
Tyson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morales.
Tyson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morales manages to avoid it.
Morales showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
Morales shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tyson sprawls well. Tyson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morales gets slowly back to his feet.
Mike Tyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alvaro Morales.
Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morales was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyson.
Morales misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tyson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morales thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morales decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Morales has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Morales throwing strikes here but Tyson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tyson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morales scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyson tries to reverse the position but Morales maintains control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tyson tries to lock up and control but Morales gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morales throws some wild stikes that Tyson manages to avoid easily.
Morales in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Morales tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morales lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tyson tries to lock up and control but Morales gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Morales 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 Morales has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Tyson holds on to Morales's head and controls the position momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson struggling a bit here.
Morales in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Morales lands some shots froms side control.
Morales scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tyson to see if he's OK.
Tyson is looking to reverse the position.
Morales is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Morales wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tyson, who protects the arm well.
Morales tries to move to mount but Tyson blocks the move with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson wants to control but Morales postures up.
Morales lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on Tyson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morales trying to control the action but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Morales has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morales postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tyson dodges the ground and pound from Morales.
Morales laying and praying for a moment but Tyson takes advantage and regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales is nestled in close to Tyson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morales wants to take a breather but Tyson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alvaro Morales dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tyson swinging wildly here.

Morales shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tyson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morales wants to control from the top but Tyson keeps moving.
Tyson controls Morales momentarily but Morales frees himself.
Tyson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Morales is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Morales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morales throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morales postures up in Tyson's guard and throws a big left but Tyson blocks it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyson. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morales fails with a takedown attempt.
Tyson misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tyson tries to avoid it but Morales manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tyson to the ground. Tyson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tyson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Morales counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Morales is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morales 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 wants to stand up but Morales is controlling him.
Morales tries to free his leg and advance position but Tyson is retaining full guard.
Morales passes Tyson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Morales trying to control from half guard but Tyson is working away.

Morales is looking for a kimura here.
Morales is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is controlling Morales's trapped leg to prevent Morales from advancing to side control.
Morales trying to control from half guard but Tyson is working away.
Morales thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tyson's head.
Morales stops Tyson from getting back to his feet.
Tyson is not content to let Morales control the position.
Tyson is trying to maintain the position but Morales is very close to passing his half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tyson digs a good body shot into Morales's ribs.
Mike Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Morales shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morales showed some decent athleticism there.
Tyson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tyson is not content to let Morales control the position.
Tyson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morales.
Tyson trying to control but Morales postures up.
Morales is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morales looks to land a strike but Tyson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales postures up.
Morales trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Morales missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morales throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tyson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tyson keeping moving, preventing Morales from controlling successfully.
Alvaro Morales has got the better of the ground game so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morales throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tyson's waist but Tyson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morales off to one side.
Mike Tyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alvaro Morales.
Morales connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tyson. Tyson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tyson tries to bum rush Morales with a series of wild strikes but Morales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Morales decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alvaro Morales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tyson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Morales moves into the clinch.
Morales wants to get back to striking at distance but Tyson won't allow it.

Morales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson misses with a combination

and Morales counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tyson!
Morales working the ground and pound effectively.
Morales misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Morales lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morales wants to control the pace but Tyson is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morales raining down shots from the mount!
Morales lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tyson hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morales thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Morales scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morales looking to finish Tyson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tyson!
Morales thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Morales has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tyson's face.

Tyson is rocked!
Morales looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Tyson covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alvaro Morales!