PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Byson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Damon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dies Irae. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Damon
vs
Byson

190 cm
26
222 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
214 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Byson!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Damon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Damon thows a body shot but no joy.
Damon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Byson swings for the body but Damon moves out of range.
Damon connects with a right hand. Byson shakes it off.
Byson throws a shot from downtown. Damon moves away and avoids it.
Damon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damon looks to throw the jab but Byson is out of range.
Byson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Damon slips under a jab.
Damon looks to score with a jab to the body but Byson is just out of range.
Damon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Byson.
Sloppy strikes from Byson. Those never looked like landing.
Byson throws a nice looking combination but Damon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Byson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Damon throws a poor cross that misses
and Byson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
No joy there for Byson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Damon misses with a jab to the body
and Byson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Byson ducks under a wild hook from Damon.
Byson misses with a hook. Damon ducked under it nicely.
Byson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Byson misses with the combination.
Damon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Damon misses with a hook.
Damon misses with a left hand
and Byson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Byson moves away.
Byson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Damon circles away quickly and effectively.
Damon misses the jab.
Byson throws a right and a left that Damon avoids nicely.
Damon misses the jab.
Damon throws a right hand that misses
and Byson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Damon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byson jabs Damon right on the nose. Damon blinks but takes it well.
Damon misses with an uppercut
and Byson counters with a two punch combo.
Damon is breathing heavily.
Byson misses with a few strikes there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Byson.
Byson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Damon.
Damon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Byson counters with a stiff right hand.
A punch combination from Byson misses.
Byson fails to land with a series of punches.

Byson lands a left and a right that send Damon crashing to the mat, dazed. Byson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Damon is rocked!

It looks like Ron Damon has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damon. Byson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damon throws a series of punches but Byson moves out of range.
Byson throws a right and a left that Damon avoids nicely.
Byson misses with a combination
and Byson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Byson takes a swing at Damon's ribcage but misses.
Byson throws a series of punches but Damon avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Byson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ron Damon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Byson. Those never looked like landing.
Damon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byson was well out of range. Poor timing from Damon.
Byson throws a right hand that Damon ducks under and follows up with a left that Damon also avoids with ease.
Byson lands a glancing blow to the side of Damon's head.
Byson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Damon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Byson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Byson throws a right hand that Damon ducks under and follows up with a left that Damon also avoids with ease.
A combination from Byson does no damage.
Damon dodges the punch combination from Byson.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Byson.
Damon misses with a left hand
and Byson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damon misses with a lunging right hand
and Byson counters with a series of strikes. Damon will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Byson.
Damon throws a right hand that misses
and Byson counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byson lands with an uppercut that bounces Damon off the cage and back into rage.
Damon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Byson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Damon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Byson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Byson throws a nice looking combination but Damon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Damon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Damon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byson.
Damon has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Byson does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damon. Byson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Byson cracks a nice hook into Damon's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Byson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Damon circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Byson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A right-left combo lands from Byson.
Byson works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Byson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Damon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Byson digs a good hook to Damon's body.
Damon misses with a hook
and Byson counters with a nice body shot.
Byson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Byson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Byson lands a left and a right that send Damon crashing to the mat, dazed. Byson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Byson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Byson connects with a body shot that sends Damon's belly button to the back.
Byson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Byson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Damon swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Byson drops Damon with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Damon looks back up at him and smiles so Byson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Oh Damon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Byson drops Damon with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Damon! Byson dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Byson!