PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tyson
vs
Pitbull

179 cm
26
165 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

180 cm
27
152 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Pitbull!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitbull lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pitbull pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pitbull throws the left hand but Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pitbull moves away.
Pitbull thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pitbull throws a hook to the side of Tyson's head but Tyson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mike Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitbull with a jab.
Tyson ducks right into an uppercut from Pitbull.
Tyson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pitbull takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tyson misses with an uppercut. Pitbull saw that one coming.
Tyson takes a swing at Pitbull's ribcage but misses.
Tyson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pitbull connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tyson lands with a shot to the body.
Pitbull misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pitbull attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tyson is looking to land body kicks.
Pitbull fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pitbull scores with a hook.
Tyson misses with a body shot.
Pitbull avoids a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Tyson misses.
Pitbull throws a series of punches but Tyson avoids them all with ease.
Tyson moves out of range of the strikes.

Pitbull scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pitbull throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is controlling Pitbull's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Tyson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pitbull trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Tyson is adopting a defensive guard.
Tyson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pitbull postures up in Tyson's guard and throws a big left but Tyson blocks it.
Tyson working a defensive guard here.
Pitbull working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tyson controls Pitbull momentarily but Pitbull frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull is fighting to break Tyson's control of his arms but Tyson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mike Tyson just wasn't active enough.
Tyson misses with a straight left.
Tyson throws a front kick aimed at Pitbull's knee but Pitbull avoids it well.
Pitbull takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tyson staying out of range there.
Tyson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tyson misses with a right hand
enabling Pitbull to counter with a crisp jab.
Pitbull moves out of range as Tyson strikes.
Tyson moves away from the strike by Pitbull.
Pitbull blocks a jab.
Tyson catches Pitbull with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson scores with a decent looking hook.
Pitbull works Tyson's body with a nice hook.
Pitbull stuns Tyson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tyson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pitbull. Tyson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pitbull misses with the combination.
Crunch! Tyson slams his shin into Pitbull's torso.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tyson.
Tyson lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pitbull has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pitbull there as he acknowledges the shot.

Pitbull throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Tyson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pitbull is in Tyson's guard.
Pitbull has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tyson controlling Pitbull's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Pitbull dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tyson misses with a straight left.
Tyson tries to land a leg kick but Pitbull saw it coming and moves away.
Pitbull tries to land a front kick but Tyson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pitbull moves out of range as Tyson strikes.
Tyson loads up on a big right hand but Pitbull slips the punch.
Tyson throws a front kick aimed at Pitbull's knee but Pitbull avoids it well.
Nice cross by Tyson.
Pitbull throws a jab when Tyson was well out of range.
Pitbull misses with an uppercut.
Tyson throws a leg kick but Pitbull checks it.
Pitbull ducks under a wild hook from Tyson.
A telegraphed right hand from Tyson misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull lands with a hook. Tyson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pitbull misses with a body shot.
Pitbull just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tyson throws out a loose jab but Pitbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pitbull works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pitbull tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pitbull is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyson.
Tyson pushes Pitbull away with a front kick.
Pitbull looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pitbull misses with a straight right.
Tyson tries to move into range but Pitbull moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tyson.
Tyson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pitbull counters with a left to the body.
Tyson throws a hook to the side of Pitbull's head but Pitbull sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Tyson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tyson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pitbull takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pitbull takes a swing at Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Tyson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson is looking to land body kicks.
Pitbull takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tyson jabs Pitbull to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A low kick from Pitbull is predictable there
and Tyson counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tyson lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson connects with a body shot.
Tyson misses with a body shot.
Tyson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pitbull.
Pitbull takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pitbull misses with the combination.
Pitbull avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tyson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pitbull.
Tyson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pitbull.
Tyson throws a body punch but Pitbull moves out of range.
Pitbull misses with the combination.
Pitbull throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pitbull digs a good body shot into Tyson's ribs.
Tyson thows a body shot but no joy.
Tyson misses with a straight left.
Pitbull avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tyson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tyson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pitbull has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tyson.
Tyson slips under a jab from Pitbull.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pitbull throws a leg kick
and Tyson counters with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pitbull on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tyson. Tyson obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson dominated that second round.
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.

Pitbull thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyson works the jab nicely.
Tyson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mike Tyson is winning the standup battle so far.
Tyson leaves Pitbull with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyson. Pitbull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyson jabs at Pitbull's body.
Pitbull has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tyson.
Pitbull moves out of range of the strikes.
Pitbull is looking to chop away at Tyson's legs.
Tyson just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson lands the left hand.
Pitbull misses with a hook. Tyson ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tyson misses with a head kick.
Mike Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pitbull checks a low kick from Tyson.
Tyson jabs at Pitbull's body.
Pitbull checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pitbull tries for a takedown but Tyson circles away easily
and Tyson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pitbull bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tyson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyson throws a wild body kick that Pitbull sees coming a mile off.
Pitbull takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pitbull connects with the punch.
Tyson misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pitbull at a distance.
A head kick misses from Pitbull.
No joy there for Pitbull, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A combination from Pitbull does no damage.
Tyson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pitbull crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tyson - the referee stops the clock and Pitbull gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tyson. Pitbull manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A swing and a miss from Pitbull.
A jab from Tyson does it's job there.
Tyson loads up on a big right hand but Pitbull slips the punch.
Tyson throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy body kick from Tyson
and Pitbull counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson throws out a loose jab but Pitbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Tyson misses its intended target.
Pitbull misses with a low kick.
Tyson tries to work over Pitbull's front leg with a kick but Pitbull checks it.
Jab, jab by Pitbull - just one landing.
Tyson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pitbull takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tyson.
Tyson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pitbull counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson's corner calls for a 1-2. Tyson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pitbull misses with a hook. Tyson ducked under it nicely.
Tyson takes one on the button.
Pitbull steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tyson.
Tyson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tyson there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tyson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pitbull's head backwards.
Tyson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tyson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson cracks the inside of Pitbull's front leg.
Tyson scores with a shot to the body.
Tyson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pitbull connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pitbull misses with a low kick.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Tyson is having none of it.
Pitbull has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tyson moves away from the strike by Pitbull.
Pitbull throws a hook but Tyson avoids it easily.
No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tyson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tyson misses with a body shot
and Pitbull counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Pitbull misses.
Tyson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Good exchange - Tyson coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson is looking to chop away at Pitbull's legs.
Tyson throws a hook but Pitbull blocks it.
Tyson slips under a jab.
Tyson throws a body punch but Pitbull moves out of range.
Pitbull cracks Tyson with an open hand slap.
Tyson looks to throw the jab but Pitbull is out of range.
Pitbull throws a good cross that connects.
Tyson throws a sloppy head kick and Pitbull moves out of range easily.
Tyson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tyson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Tyson tries to keep at a distance but Pitbull has taken the fight into the clinch.

Pitbull escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pitbull's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson connects with a crisp jab.
Pitbull connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pitbull misses with an uppercut.
Pitbull blocks a jab.
Pitbull connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pitbull pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pitbull throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyson.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Tyson looks for the body kick but Pitbull saw that one coming.
Tyson on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pitbull has time to react.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tyson, right into the meat.
Pitbull cracks Tyson with an open hand slap.
Pitbull swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tyson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pitbull checks it well.
Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pitbull.
Pitbull moves out of range of the body kick from Tyson.
A slow jab from Pitbull misses its intended target.
Tyson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tyson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pitbull.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Pitbull avoids nicely.
Pitbull's corner calls for a 1-2. Pitbull obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Tyson misses.
Pitbull cracks Tyson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tyson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pitbull connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Pitbull.
Pitbull throws a big shot that misses.
Tyson throws a leg kick which misses Pitbull's front leg but catches the back leg as Pitbull tries to avoid it.
Tyson moves away from the strike by Pitbull.
Pitbull connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tyson's hands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson throws a body kick that misses.
Pitbull takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tyson connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Pitbull dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Tyson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pitbull.
Pitbull throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pitbull throws a hook to the side of Tyson's head but Tyson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pitbull misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pitbull looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tyson is fending him off so far but Pitbull persists. Nope, Tyson circles away and we're back to standing.
Pitbull is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tyson misses with a straight right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tyson, right into the meat.
Pitbull throws a shot from downtown. Tyson moves away and avoids it.
Pitbull is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyson.
Pitbull throws a shot from downtown. Tyson moves away and avoids it.
Tyson slips under a jab from Pitbull.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Tyson does it's job there.
Pitbull sizes up Tyson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tyson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tyson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Tyson.
Tyson misses with a hook.
Pitbull lands with a shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Pitbull.
Tyson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pitbull throws out the jab.
Tyson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pitbull slips a straight right by Tyson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson stuffs the takedown.
Tyson swings for the body but Pitbull moves out of range.
Tyson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pitbull fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tyson moves away from the strike by Pitbull.
Pitbull closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pitbull wants to clinch.
Tyson looks to land a left hand but Pitbull moved out of range nicely.
Tyson throws a body punch but Pitbull moves out of range.
Tyson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson moves out of range of the strikes.
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Tyson throws a jab but it's blocked by Pitbull.
Pitbull misses with a looping left.
Some bone on bone action there as Pitbull checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
Pitbull lands with a straight right. Tyson didn't see that one coming.
Pitbull misses with an uppercut
and Tyson counters with a body kick that stops Pitbull in his tracks momentarily.
Pitbull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tyson.
Pitbull swinging wildly here.
Pitbull throws an off balance right hand
and Tyson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tyson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tyson.
Tyson throws a shot to the body.
Tyson scores with a hook to the body. Pitbull takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tyson motions for Pitbull to come forward. Tyson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pitbull at a distance.
Pitbull fails with an attempt to clinch.

Pitbull closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pitbull pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyson content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pitbull wants to sweep but no luck.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roy Pitbull.
I think Pitbull has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 48:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 48:47

The fight is ruled a draw!
Mike Tyson retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!