PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Fightmaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Tayson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tayson
vs
Fightmaster

209 cm
21
287 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

150 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Tayson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Max Fightmaster!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tayson clinches up against the cage.
Fightmaster jumps guard but Tayson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Fightmaster jumps guard but Tayson stands there with Fightmaster around his waist. Fightmaster gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Tayson breaks from the clinch.
Tayson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fightmaster circles away quickly and effectively.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tayson throws a right and a left that Fightmaster avoids nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fightmaster tries to pull guard but Tayson won't allow it.
Mike Tayson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Fightmaster.

Fightmaster decides to pull guard.

Fightmaster throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Tayson escapes and throws Fightmaster's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Fightmaster is looking to regain half guard here but Tayson keeps moving and retains side control.
Fightmaster gets back to half guard.

Fightmaster looking for a kimura from the bottom but Tayson passes into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tayson is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Fightmaster's shoulder. That is not cool.
Fightmaster tries to improve position but can't.

Tayson decides to take the fight back to the feet.

A jab-cross combination lands for Tayson and sends Fightmaster crashing to the mat! Tayson follows him down to the mat - Fightmaster regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Fightmaster is rocked!

It looks like Max Fightmaster has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fightmaster is looking to improve his position.

Fightmaster is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tayson pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fightmaster is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Fightmaster actively working from the bottom here.
Tayson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tayson is trying to control. Fightmaster wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Fightmaster is trying to control but Tayson manages to pass to mount!
Tayson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fightmaster is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tayson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fightmaster on the ground.
Fightmaster can't escape the position.
Tayson tries to control but Fightmaster wriggling away.
Fightmaster is desperately trying to improve his position but Tayson has a good base and remains in mount.
Tayson content just to control the position here.
Fightmaster really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fightmaster is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tayson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Fightmaster's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tayson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tayson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tayson fails to land with a series of punches.

Tayson darts in and clinches Fightmaster up against the cage.

Tayson breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Tayson misses.

Tayson throws a left that rocks Fightmaster and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Tayson dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Fightmaster regain composure!
Fightmaster is still in real trouble! Can Tayson finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fightmaster looking for a sweep but Tayson has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Fightmaster keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tayson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Tayson stands up from mount. Strange move.
A combination from Tayson does no damage.
Tayson looks to land a combination but Fightmaster avoids it well.

Tayson pushes Fightmaster up against the cage in a clinch.
Tayson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fightmaster backwards.
Tayson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fightmaster is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tayson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Tayson breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Tayson does no damage.
Tayson throws a series of punches but Fightmaster avoids them all with ease.
Mike Tayson is winning the standup battle so far.
Fightmaster is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tayson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tayson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fightmaster.

Tayson closes the distance and clinches.
Fightmaster seems to have recovered his senses.
Fightmaster blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fightmaster fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mike Tayson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Fightmaster.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tayson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fightmaster tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tayson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tayson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tayson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tayson.

Tayson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mike Tayson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fightmaster wants to clinch up but Tayson keeps it at a distance.
Tayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Tayson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fightmaster looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fightmaster will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Tayson has Fightmaster up against the cage in a clinch.
Fightmaster fails to pull guard.
Fightmaster fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fightmaster fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Fightmaster successfully pulls guard.
Max Fightmaster has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tayson preventing the sweep.
Tayson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fightmaster's guard.

Tayson gets to his feet - Fightmaster follows without any prompting.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fightmaster slips a jab and a cross from Tayson.

Tayson moves into range and clinches up with Fightmaster.
Fightmaster tries to score a body lock takedown but Tayson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tayson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Tayson breaks the clinch.
Fightmaster moves to clinch but Tayson breaks away

and Tayson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fightmaster's guard.
Fightmaster wants to hit a switch here but Tayson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Fightmaster there!
Tayson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayson looking to control but Fightmaster is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tayson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Fightmaster is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tayson controlling the pace for now.
Fightmaster is desperately trying to improve his position but Tayson has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Tayson controlling from mount.
Fightmaster wants to control but Tayson is having none of it.
Fightmaster working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tayson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Max Fightmaster's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Fightmaster throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tayson's waist but Tayson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fightmaster off to one side.

Tayson drives through and clinches with Fightmaster against the cage.

Tayson pulls Fightmaster into guard.
Fightmaster stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tayson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tayson keeping moving, preventing Fightmaster from controlling successfully.
Fightmasteris looking to pass into half guard but Tayson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tayson is in guard.

Fightmaster looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tayson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Fightmaster isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tayson stacks Fightmaster on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Tayson!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fightmaster is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Tayson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Tayson tries to stand but can't do so whilst Fightmaster controls his leg.
Fightmaster is looking to control Tayson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fightmaster avoid being mounted?
Fightmaster is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tayson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tayson's back!
Fightmaster trying to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fightmaster missing with punches from the back.
Fightmaster throwing strikes and Tayson squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Fightmaster in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fightmaster fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fightmaster cracks Tayson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fightmaster thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tayson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fightmaster with shots to the head and body - Tayson looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayson blocking the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fightmaster is landing with some decent strikes but Tayson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fightmaster raining down shots from the mount!

Tayson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fightmaster softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Tayson is out cold! Fightmaster jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Fightmaster!
Max Fightmaster decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.