PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Noah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Cylo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noah has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Noah
vs
Cylo

178 cm
22
265 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
240 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Noah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyson Cylo!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cylo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Noah looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Cylo pulls guard successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Cylo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Noah!
Cylo controlling the pace for now.
Let's hope that Cylo 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cylo thowing shots but they're missing.

Cylo is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Cylo misses with a double jab.

Cylo gets a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cylo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cylo working Noah over with strikes here.

Cylo stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Cylo has managed to clinch.
Cylo tries to land knees in the clinch but Noah avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cylo.

It looks like Joe Noah has been cut.
Cylo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cylo can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Cylo.

Cylo ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cylo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Cylo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cylo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cylo works his foot free and advances to mount.
Cylo controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Cylo might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Noah might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Cylo is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noah shoots in but no luck this time.
Cylo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Noah.

Cylo clinches with his opponent.

Cylo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

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

Cylo moves into the clinch.
Noah has Cylo pressed against the cage, preventing Cylo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cylo has had enough of the clinch but Noah keeps him there for the moment.

Cylo has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Noah uses from the top position.

Cylo wriggles free and stands up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cylo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Cylo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Noah's half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Noah has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Cylo escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Cylo!
Cylo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Cylo decides to stand back up.
Noah blocks a head kick by Cylo.

Cylo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Noah's guard.
Cylo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Noah has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cylo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Cylo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Cylo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Noah's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cylo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cylo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Noah has Cylo pressed against the cage, preventing Cylo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Cylo pulls guard effortlessly.
Cylo pulls Noah in close to prevent any damage.
Cylo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cylo stalling.

Cylo postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Noah to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cylo misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cylo stalks Noah and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Noah's face. Noah staggers backwards, shaken.

Cylo moves into the clinch.
Cylo working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cylo throws an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cylo.
Noah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cylo working hard to break the clinch.

Cylo successfully pulls guard.

Cylo kicks Noah off and gets to his feet.

Cylo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Noah's guard.
Cylo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cylo forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cylo seems to be looking for submissions.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Cylo decides to return to a standing position.

Cylo clinches with his opponent.
Cylo tries to break the clinch but Noah is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cylo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Cylo stands up from guard. Let's bang!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cylo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Noah tries to pull guard but Cylo holds him up against the cage and eventually Noah drops back down to his feet.
Noah prevents Cylo from breaking the clinch.
Cylo working hard to break the clinch.
Cylo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cylo jumps guard.
Cylo has control of Noah's left arm, preventing Noah from doing any damage.
Cylo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Cylo kicks Noah off and gets to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Noah gets tackled into the cage by Cylo. Cylo maintains the clinch.
Cylo trying to land knees to the body.
Cylo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Noah up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Cylo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Noah's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cylo moves into the clinch.
Cylo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Cylo jumps guard and drags Noah to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Cylo throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Cylo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Cylo get's back to his feet.

Cylo shoots in and gets a takedown into Noah's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cylo sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cylo passes Noah's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Cylo moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Noah.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cylo advances to mount.
Cylo content just to control the position here.
Noah is trying desperately to improve position.
Cylo controlling the position easily from mount.

Cylo get's back to his feet.

Cylo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cylo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Cylo stands up from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cylo shoots in and gets a takedown into Noah's guard.
Cylo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Cylo stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Cylo feints and as Noah raises his hands in defense, Cylo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cylo stands and throws Noah's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cylo in side control, throwing shots but Noah defends.

Cylo decides to stand back up. Cylo steps back and let's Noah get back to his feet.

Noah scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tyson Cylo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cylo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cylo is controlling Noah's trapped leg to prevent Noah from advancing to side control.

Noah is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cylo has managed to free his arm - good work.

Noah is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tyson Cylo has got the better of the ground game so far.

Noah is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cylo looking for submissions off his back.
Cylo desperately trying to maintain half guard.

Noah is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cylo keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Cylo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cylo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 25:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Cylo!
Tyson Cylo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.