PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleks Lyon (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.

Tua
vs
Lyon

175 cm
18
234 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 Sydney, David Tua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aleks Lyon!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua lands a big shot that drops Lyon! Can he finish him?

Lyon is rocked!
Lyon striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Lyon is still in real trouble! Can Tua finish him?
Lyon wants to sweep here but Tua controlling him for the moment.
Lyon seems to have recovered his senses.
Lyon doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lyon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lyon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tua's guard.
Lyon stops Tua from standing up.
Lyon should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Tua uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Tua misses with a series of wild punches.
Lyon takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tua scores with a nice head shot.
Tua misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lyon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lyon ducks under a wild hook from Tua.
Tua fails to land with a series of punches.
Tua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lyon.
Lyon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tua swinging wilding here.
Tua clobbers Lyon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tua throws a jab but it's blocked by Lyon.
Tua lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tua misses with a straight right.
Tua is breathing heavily.
Tua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lyon.
Tua swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tua looks to land a combination but Lyon avoids it well.

Lyon gets a takedown into half guard.
Lyon is looking to take a break and control but Tua is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyon passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tua!
Lyon scoring with strikes but Tua is staying in there.
Lyon in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lyon working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tua swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lyon lands a nice shot to the head.
Lyon punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lyon prevents Tua from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Tua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tua really wants to buck Lyon off and get back to his feet.
Lyon punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tua is desperately trying to improve his position but Lyon has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Lyon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyon scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tua?
Tua tries to hold on but Lyon postures up.

Lyon goes for an armbar but Tua turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Tua.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tua postures up.
Tua trying to control the position from guard on top but Lyon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tua wants to get up but he can't break Lyon's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lyon keeping moving, preventing Tua from controlling successfully.

Tua gets to his feet - Lyon follows without any prompting.
Tua tries to bum rush Lyon with a series of wild strikes but Lyon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tua lands a hook that stumbles Lyon back into the cage. Tua follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Lyon to the canvas! Tua pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Lyon has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). David Tua!