PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Bastarrachea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastarrachea's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Young Folks. Tyson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dark Tranquillity - Lethe kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bastarrachea
vs
Tyson

188 cm
28
216 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

190 cm
29
223 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Bastarrachea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson throws a sloppy head kick and Bastarrachea moves out of range easily.
Bastarrachea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tyson's calf.
Jab by Tyson.
Tyson dives in and grabs Bastarrachea's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bastarrachea pushes down on Tyson's head and hops out.
Jason Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bastarrachea pinned against the cage. Bastarrachea gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bastarrachea looks for the body kick but Tyson saw that one coming.
Bastarrachea lands a head kick!
Bastarrachea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tyson's calf.
Bastarrachea is looking to slow Tyson down with leg kicks.
Tyson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bastarrachea counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left lands for Tyson.
Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Bastarrachea is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bastarrachea!
Bastarrachea tries to land a front kick but Tyson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyson shoots for a double leg takedown but Bastarrachea sprawls well. He's pushed Tyson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Xavier Bastarrachea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Tyson.

Tyson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bastarrachea is looking to break free of the clinch but Tyson has double underhooks.
Tyson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tyson misses with the head strike.
Tyson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tyson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bastarrachea comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyson takes a swing at Bastarrachea's ribcage but misses.
Tyson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bastarrachea's waist but Bastarrachea gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tyson off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson scores with a body shot.
Bastarrachea ducks under a wild hook from Tyson.
Tyson lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left and a right from Tyson both land. Nice combination.
Tyson wants to clinch up but Bastarrachea keeps it at a distance.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Tyson rushes Bastarrachea and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bastarrachea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bastarrachea throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyson.
Bastarrachea tries a body shot but Tyson blocks it.
Bastarrachea lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tyson takes an elbow to the temple.
Bastarrachea blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside that Tyson shrugs off.
Bastarrachea lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bastarrachea throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tyson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson taking a breather.
Bastarrachea tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bastarrachea backwards.
Tyson avoids a wild elbow strike from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tyson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tyson prevents a body shot from Bastarrachea.
Tyson takes a shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Bastarrachea.
Tyson avoids a wild elbow strike from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea throws an elbow but it misses.
Bastarrachea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.

Tyson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bastarrachea moves out of range of the strikes.

Tyson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tyson blocks an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Bastarrachea fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyson controls his hands.
Tyson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bastarrachea throws an elbow but it misses.

Tyson breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Tyson misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bastarrachea.
Tyson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tyson misses with a kick to the body
and Bastarrachea counters with an inside leg kick.
Xavier Bastarrachea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bastarrachea misses with a leg kick
enabling Tyson to counter with a crisp jab.
Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bastarrachea tries to score with a low kick but Tyson moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tyson instigates a clinch.
Bastarrachea scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tyson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bastarrachea backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Tyson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tyson lands the left hand.
Tyson lands with a nice body punch.
Jason Tyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyson throws a poor cross that misses
and Bastarrachea makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Tyson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tyson.
Bastarrachea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson scores with a one two! Bastarrachea had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyson is looking to clinch.
Tyson throws an off balance right hand
and Bastarrachea counters with a body kick that stops Tyson in his tracks momentarily.
Tyson dips to his left and cracks Bastarrachea with an uppercut!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tyson is defended easily by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson dives in and grabs Bastarrachea's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bastarrachea pushes down on Tyson's head and hops out.
A solid body kick from Bastarrachea.
Tyson delivers a nice body kick.
Bastarrachea shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bastarrachea scores with the left hand. Tyson knows he should have avoided that one.
Tyson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bastarrachea sizes up Tyson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Tyson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tyson fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bastarrachea scores with a shot to the side of Tyson's head.
Bastarrachea is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bastarrachea misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson looking to stall.
Tyson cracks Bastarrachea with a nice body shot.

Tyson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bastarrachea takes a swing at Tyson's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Tyson blocks the low kick.
Tyson misses with an uppercut
and Bastarrachea cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyson tries for a takedown but Bastarrachea sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Xavier Bastarrachea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Tyson.
Bastarrachea takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tyson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bastarrachea moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyson scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Tyson lands but Bastarrachea takes it in his stride.
Nice body punch from Tyson.
Tyson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bastarrachea sprawls well. Bastarrachea wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tyson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tyson fails with the takedown.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Tyson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Tyson closes the distance and clinches.
Bastarrachea is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tyson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside.
Bastarrachea is trying to break free.

Bastarrachea escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bastarrachea listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Bastarrachea is just out of range.
Tyson lands a front kick.
Tyson lands with an overhand left.
Bastarrachea misses the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastarrachea throws a chopping leg kick but Tyson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tyson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bastarrachea takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Tyson lands with an overhand left.
Tyson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice shot lands for Tyson.
Tyson moves out of range of the body kick.
Bastarrachea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tyson.
Tyson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tyson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bastarrachea circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson scores with a nice head shot.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tyson.
Xavier Bastarrachea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Tyson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson moves out of range of the body kick from Bastarrachea.
Tyson throws an off balance right hand
and Bastarrachea counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice takedown defense from Bastarrachea. No joy for Tyson on that attempt.
Tyson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bastarrachea walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tyson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea is looking to slow Tyson down with leg kicks.
Tyson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastarrachea can pounce on him.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bastarrachea.

Tyson gets a clinch.
Bastarrachea throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyson throws a head punch that misses.
Bastarrachea misses with an elbow over the top.
Tyson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bastarrachea is keeping busy.
Tyson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bastarrachea wants to get back to striking at distance but Tyson won't allow it.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bastarrachea creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tyson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bastarrachea gets through Tyson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Xavier Bastarrachea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bastarrachea blocks a body shot from Tyson.

Tyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bastarrachea lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tyson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bastarrachea is fending him off so far but Tyson persists. Nope, Bastarrachea circles away and we're back to standing.
Tyson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tyson with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea defending well as Tyson loads up on a big left hand.
Bastarrachea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea avoids the head kick by Tyson.
Tyson throws a push kick but Bastarrachea slaps the foot to one side.
Tyson tests Bastarrachea's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bastarrachea, right into the meat.
Bastarrachea lands a front kick.
Bastarrachea thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tyson if he has to take too many more of those.
Tyson takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastarrachea pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tyson is out of range and Bastarrachea settles back down.
Bastarrachea wants to land a leg kick but Tyson is out of range.
Bastarrachea will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tyson wants to clinch
and Bastarrachea counters with a nice leg kick.
Bastarrachea connects with a leg kick. Tyson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jason Tyson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Bastarrachea lands a big head kick that sends Tyson tumbling to the mat! Bastarrachea takes a step backwards and waves Tyson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Tyson is rocked!
Tyson misses with a left hand
and Bastarrachea counters with a good, hard body kick but Tyson shrugs it off.
Tyson is still on wobbly legs! Can Bastarrachea finish him?
Bastarrachea cracks Tyson with a left hook right on the temple and Tyson goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Bastarrachea lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Tyson is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Xavier Bastarrachea!
An out of breath Xavier Bastarrachea thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.