PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Mica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Louis
vs
Mica

178 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
167 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Mica!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mica lands a high kick to the side of Louis's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Mica dives into guard, looking to finish.

Louis is rocked!

It looks like Tyson Louis has been cut.
Louis looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Mica has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Louis is proving hard to escape from.
Oh Louis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mica is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louis seems to have got his legs back now.
Louis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Mica avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mica wants to stand but Louis has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Mica really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Louis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mica fails to land with a series of punches.
Mica throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Louis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mica as he avoids it easily.
Mica misses with a few strikes there.
Mica misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mica throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louis.
Louis has a takedown stuffed.
Mica lets loose with a powerful body kick. Louis will feel that in the morning.

Louis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mica wants to stand up but Louis is controlling him.
Louis works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mica is trying to stand back up but Louis is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mica with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mica tries to kick Louis off but Louis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mica lands a jab-cross combination.
Mica throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louis slips a jab and a cross from Mica.
Mica displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mica misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mica throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mica misses with a wild combination.

Louis shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mica looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mica with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mica wants to get back to his feet.

Louis postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Mica to stand up.

Mica lands a head kick that stumbles Louis and the fighters go to the mat.
Louis has a closed guard, preventing Mica from standing up.
Louis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Mica gets to his feet - Louis follows without any prompting.
Louis dodges the punch combination from Mica.
Mica lands a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mica throws a one two combo.
Mica moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Josh Mica is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Louis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Louis decides to stand up, so the ref orders Mica to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mica lands a nice looking kick to the body. Louis takes a step back to recover.

Mica lands a high kick to the side of Louis's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Mica dives into guard, looking to finish.
Mica would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Louis looking for a guillotine here but Mica defends easily.
Mica wants to stand but Louis is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Josh Mica will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tyson Louis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Louis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mica.
Mica throws a front kick that sends Louis stumbling back into the cage.
Some wild striking there from Mica.
Mica throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mica scores with a three punch combo!
Mica rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Louis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mica as he avoids it easily.
Mica lands a hook that stumbles Louis back into the cage. Mica follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Louis to the canvas! Mica pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Louis has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Josh Mica!