PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurt Wagner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tyson
vs
Wagner

184 cm
25
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kurt Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson tries to clinch but Wagner moves away
enabling Wagner to counter with a crisp jab.
Tyson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wagner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wagner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
Tyson tries to clinch up
and Wagner counters with a left and a right that stings Tyson.
Wagner works the jab nicely.
Wagner misses with a body shot.
Tyson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wagner counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson slips a straight right by Wagner.
Tyson wants to clinch but Wagner slips to the side
and Wagner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyson tries to clinch up
and Wagner counters with a one-two to the body.
Wagner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wagner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tyson thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner works the jab nicely.
Tyson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wagner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Wagner fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tyson on the side of the head.
Wagner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wagner dips to his left and cracks Tyson with an uppercut!
Tyson moves to clinch but Wagner breaks away
and Wagner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tyson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Michael Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wagner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wagner misses with a hook. Tyson ducked under it nicely.
Wagner scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner misses with a two punch combination.
Wagner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tyson's head backwards.
Wagner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
Tyson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wagner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tyson darts in trying to clinch
enabling Wagner to counter with a crisp jab.
Wagner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyson throws a right hand that Wagner ducks under and follows up with a left that Wagner also avoids with ease.
Tyson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tyson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tyson closes the distance and clinches up with Wagner, looking for a takedown. Tyson pushes Wagner against the cage but Wagner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tyson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wagner scrambles back to his feet.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyson is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner swings for the body but Tyson moves out of range.
Tyson moves to clinch but Wagner breaks away
and Wagner counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyson tries to clinch up but Wagner circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kurt Wagner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wagner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wagner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tyson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wagner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tyson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wagner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wagner throws the left hand but Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Wagner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tyson misses with a double jab
enabling Wagner to counter with a crisp jab.
Tyson on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner scores with a shot to the body.
Tyson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tyson misses with a double jab
and Wagner counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wagner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wagner jabs Tyson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tyson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner slips under a jab.
Tyson darts in trying to clinch
and Wagner counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tyson swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Tyson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wagner lands a body shot.
Wagner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyson.
Tyson throws the left hand but Wagner avoids the punch easily.
Tyson wants to clinch but Wagner slips to the side
and Wagner counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyson tries to clinch up but Wagner circles away and keeps his distance.
Wagner should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Tyson closes the distance but Wagner moves to the side
and Wagner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wagner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wagner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tyson.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tyson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Tyson wants to clinch
and Wagner counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wagner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson is looking to clinch but Wagner is avoiding it.
Tyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wagner.
Tyson closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Wagner counter with a right hand.
Wagner throws a right and a left that Tyson avoids nicely.
Tyson is looking to clinch but Wagner is avoiding it.
Tyson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tyson darts in trying to clinch
and Wagner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tyson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wagner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Wagner avoids nicely.
Wagner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wagner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Wagner counter with a right hand.
Tyson looks to clinch
and Wagner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tyson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Wagner's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Wagner misses with an uppercut.
Tyson tries to clinch up
and Wagner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tyson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A punch combination from Wagner misses.
Wagner misses with a two punch combination.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Wagner avoids them all with ease.
Tyson misses with a lunging right hand
and Wagner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Michael Tyson is winning the standup battle so far.
Wagner is breathing heavily.
Tyson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wagner counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner lands a nice shot that snaps Tyson's head back.
Tyson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wagner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tyson wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tyson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wagner throws out the jab.
Michael Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wagner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson looks to clinch
and Wagner counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson tries to clinch but Wagner moves out of range.
Tyson looks for a takedown but Wagner sprawls well.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wagner paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tyson throws a combination that misses
and Wagner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wagner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wagner gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tyson.
Wagner dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Wagner scores with a nice strike.
Tyson moves out of range as Wagner strikes.
Nice defenses there by Wagner.
Tyson wants to clinch but Wagner slips to the side
and Wagner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyson fails with the takedown.
Tyson darts in trying to clinch
and Wagner counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Tyson dominated that second 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. 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.

Tyson connects with a body shot that sends Wagner's belly button to the back.
Nice takedown defense from Wagner. No joy for Tyson on that attempt.
Tyson tries to clinch but Wagner moves away
and Wagner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tyson thinking.
Tyson swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
A slow jab from Tyson misses its intended target.
Wagner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Wagner avoids it well.
Tyson misses with a hook.
Good shot there by Wagner.
Wagner thuds his right hand into Tyson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tyson shoots in for a takedown but Wagner shows good takedown defense.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wagner circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Tyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wagner counters with a nice body shot.
Wagner with a jab.
Nice jab there from Wagner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner lands a nice shot to the body.
Tyson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wagner defends it nicely.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tyson wants to clinch
and Wagner counters with a three punch combo that has Tyson backing up. Tyson nods at Wagner to acknowledge the strikes.
Tyson misses with a wild body shot.
Wagner changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson misses with a combination
and Wagner counters with a straight right hand.
Tyson tries to clinch but Wagner moves away
and Wagner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tyson.
Tyson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wagner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tyson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tyson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tyson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wagner connects with a body shot.
Tyson tries to clinch up
and Wagner counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyson moves away from the strike by Wagner.
Wagner punishes Tyson's body with a nice straight punch.
Tyson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tyson scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wagner counters with a stiff right hand.
Wagner scores with a hook to the body. Tyson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wagner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wagner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tyson thinking.
Tyson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tyson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wagner.
Tyson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wagner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tyson momentarily.
Wagner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tyson wants to clinch.
Wagner throws a shot from downtown. Tyson moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is looking to clinch.
Tyson tries to move into range but Wagner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tyson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wagner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Michael Tyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyson lands a jab to Wagner's midsection.
Tyson throws a big shot that misses.
Tyson tries to clinch there but Wagner circles away.
Tyson misses with a wild body shot.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wagner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyson swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tyson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wagner throws out the jab.
Tyson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kurt Wagner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Tyson.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Michael Tyson.
Well Tyson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Tyson!