PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gorn Bicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Kael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorn Bicki has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bicki
vs
Kael

200 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 Las Vegas, Gorn Bicki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Kael!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bicki misses with an uppercut

and Kael counters by clinching up.
Kael tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kael throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bicki blocks it with crossed arms.
Kael tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kael tries to circle away but Bicki has him pinned against the cage.
Bicki prevents the takedown attempt.
Gorn Bicki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Kael.
Kael is stalling here.

Kael works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Bicki wriggles free and stands up.
Bicki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kael circles away quickly and effectively.
Bicki leaves Kael with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bicki throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kael counters by clinching up.
Kael has Bicki pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bicki manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kael throws a head punch that misses.

Kael pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bicki tries to bum rush Kael with a series of wild strikes but Kael uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bicki throws a right hand that misses

and Kael holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kael stalling in the clinch.
Kael tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kael tries to pull guard but Bicki won't allow it.
Kael taking a breather.
Bicki wants to get back to striking at distance but Kael won't allow it.
Bicki wants to break free but Kael has control.
Kael makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kael misses with a knee to the head.

Kael escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bicki missing with a left hand there. Kael was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kael fails to land the takedown.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bicki!
Bicki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bicki takes a swing at Kael's ribcage but misses.
Bicki is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kael is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bicki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Kael clinches with his opponent.
Kael tries to throw a body punch but Bicki avoids it by throwing Kael back against the cage.
Kael is working for takedown but Bicki is calmly controlling the position for now.

Kael turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Bicki is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Kael tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bicki is trying to buck Kael off.
An elbow from Kael crashes against the mat.
Kael sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bicki is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kael controlling the position.
Let's hope that Kael 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bicki parries the strikes from Kael easily there. Kael is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bicki to escape.

Kael thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bicki avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kael.
The ground and pound from Kael seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bicki tries to escape but Kael is in control.
Bicki takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kael controls the position.
Kael looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bicki is avoiding damage well.
Bicki tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kael is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bicki can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Kael throwing strikes here but Bicki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kael throwing strikes here but Bicki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bicki holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kael tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kael punching from mount but Bicki doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kael throwing strikes here but Bicki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Kael with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
You get the feeling that Bicki really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bicki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Kael has hold of Bicki's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bicki manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Kael is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bicki has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Kael dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bicki misses with a two punch combination.

Bicki tries to keep at a distance but Kael has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kael throws an elbow that misses.
Bicki tries to circle away but Kael has him pinned against the cage.

Kael breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kael throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bicki swings widly with a right hand

and Kael counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kael.

Kael manages to break the clinch.
Bicki stuffs the takedown attempt from Kael. Kael gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bicki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kael.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bicki misses with a combination

and Kael counters with a takedown into side control.
Bicki taking a bit of punishment here - Kael scoring with strikes.
Kael working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kael wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bicki, who protects the arm well.
Kael connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bicki some visible discomfort.
Kael works to advance to full mount. Bicki defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Kael throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kael raining down hammerfists from mount.
Kael looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kael tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kael is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Kael is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bicki has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kael really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bicki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bicki blocking the ground and pound.
Kael lands with some strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kael punching from mount but Bicki doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bicki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bicki tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bicki is in a horrible position here. Kael smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kael throws some wild stikes that Bicki manages to avoid easily.
Kael unloading with bombs!
Kael scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Kael! Bicki is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tyson Kael!