PBP Commentary

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

Kirkness Tw
vs
Tyson

176 cm
24
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthewo Kirkness Tw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirkness Tw connects with a jab.
Kirkness Tw throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tyson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kirkness Tw defends it nicely.
A punch combination from Tyson misses.
Tyson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tyson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kirkness Tw.
Kirkness Tw shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tyson eats them both and turns towards Kirkness Tw to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice takedown defense from Kirkness Tw. No joy for Tyson on that attempt.
Tyson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyson misses with a two punch combination.
Tyson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kirkness Tw defends it nicely.
Matthewo Kirkness Tw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Tyson.
Danga de danga de dang - Tyson scores with a four punch combination!
Kirkness Tw defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tyson.
Kirkness Tw throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kirkness Tw misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tyson rushes Kirkness Tw and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tyson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kirkness Tw wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kirkness Tw wants to break free but Tyson has control.
Kirkness Tw has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kirkness Tw is pressed up against the cage. Tyson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kirkness Tw down to the mat. Kirkness Tw avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kirkness Tw punishes Tyson's body with a nice straight punch.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Tyson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tyson looks winded!
No joy there for Kirkness Tw, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson slips a jab and a cross from Kirkness Tw.
Kirkness Tw checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tyson misses with a wild combination.
Tyson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirkness Tw lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tyson at a distance.
Kirkness Tw lunges at Tyson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tyson's hand.
Some wild striking there from Kirkness Tw.
Tyson shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirkness Tw manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tyson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A shot to the liver by Kirkness Tw. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Kirkness Tw, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kirkness Tw tries to avoid it but Tyson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kirkness Tw to the ground. Kirkness Tw escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kirkness Tw scores with a nice strike.
Kirkness Tw misses with a few strikes there.
Kirkness Tw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kirkness Tw throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tyson.
Tyson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kirkness Tw misses with a double jab.
Kirkness Tw shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kirkness Tw swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirkness Tw jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kirkness Tw could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A punch combination from Tyson misses.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Kirkness Tw moves out of range.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Kirkness Tw avoids it well.
Kirkness Tw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kirkness Tw listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Kirkness Tw misses with a two punch combination.
Kirkness Tw tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kirkness Tw takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kirkness Tw misses with a series of wild punches.
Kirkness Tw connects with a body shot that sends Tyson's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Kirkness Tw avoids it well.
Tyson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kirkness Tw.
Kirkness Tw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kirkness Tw throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Kirkness Tw moves out of range.
Kirkness Tw lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tyson circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tyson wants to clinch up but Kirkness Tw keeps it at a distance.
Tyson walks into a straight right hand from Kirkness Tw.
Kirkness Tw lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kirkness Tw swivels and escapes.
Kirkness Tw keeps the fight on the outside.
Kirkness Tw throws a right hand that Tyson ducks under and follows up with a left that Tyson also avoids with ease.
Tyson misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthewo Kirkness Tw dominated that round.
That's time! Kirkness Tw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tyson misses with the combination.
Kirkness Tw lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tyson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kirkness Tw.
Kirkness Tw's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kirkness Tw duly obliges.
Tyson throws a right hand that Kirkness Tw ducks under and follows up with a left that Kirkness Tw also avoids with ease.
Tyson tries to clinch but Kirkness Tw moves out of range.
Kirkness Tw misses with a double jab.
Kirkness Tw tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Kirkness Tw swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyson.
A combination from Kirkness Tw does no damage.
Kirkness Tw goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kirkness Tw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tyson dodges the punch combination from Kirkness Tw.
Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kirkness Tw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kirkness Tw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tyson lands a nice looking body shot.
Tyson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tyson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kirkness Tw dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Tyson falls off balance throwing a combination

so Kirkness Tw counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kirkness Tw wants to get up but he can't break Tyson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

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 wants to stand and escape but Kirkness Tw is having none of it.
Kirkness Tw won't allow Tyson to sweep him here.
Tyson is looking to stand up but Kirkness Tw isn't so interested in that idea.
Tyson working a defensive guard but Kirkness Tw passes into half guard.
Tyson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kirkness Tw is working away from the top position though.
Kirkness Tw tries to stand and escape but Tyson is controlling the position.
Tyson is trying to maintain the position but Kirkness Tw is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirkness Tw tries to stand but can't do so whilst Tyson controls his leg.
Tyson is pressing down on Kirkness Tw's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kirkness Tw is looking to stand up but Tyson won't let him.
Tyson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kirkness Tw is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tyson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kirkness Tw defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirkness Tw wants to stand but Tyson is controlling his posture from full guard.

Kirkness Tw gets to his feet - Tyson follows without any prompting.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tyson dives in and grabs Kirkness Tw's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kirkness Tw pushes down on Tyson's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthewo Kirkness Tw dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab from Kirkness Tw.
Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tyson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kirkness Tw.
Tyson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kirkness Tw as he avoids it easily.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch but Kirkness Tw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kirkness Tw misses with a wild combination.
Tyson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tyson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kirkness Tw swivels and escapes.
Kirkness Tw lands with a hook. Tyson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kirkness Tw will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kirkness Tw goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Matthewo Kirkness Tw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Kirkness Tw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyson doesn't manage to clinch there - Kirkness Tw circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson throws a right hand that Kirkness Tw ducks under and follows up with a left that Kirkness Tw also avoids with ease.
Kirkness Tw lands a jab-cross combination.
Kirkness Tw tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kirkness Tw is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Tyson.
Kirkness Tw stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kirkness Tw wants it to stay on the feet.
Matthewo Kirkness Tw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Tyson.
Kirkness Tw stuffs the takedown.
Kirkness Tw moves into range and connects with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Kirkness Tw.
Kirkness Tw scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tyson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kirkness Tw sprawls well. Kirkness Tw wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tyson gets slowly back to his feet.
Kirkness Tw wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kirkness Tw misses with the combination.
Good shot there by Kirkness Tw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tyson clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Kirkness Tw's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kirkness Tw is trying to push Tyson away but Tyson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tyson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tyson is looking for a takedown.
Tyson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kirkness Tw tries to break free but Tyson pushes him back against the cage.
Kirkness Tw is trying to break the clinch but Tyson has him pressed against the cage.
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 throws an elbow that misses.
Tyson tries for a takedown but Kirkness Tw manages to get underhooks.
Tyson trying to land knees to the body.
Kirkness Tw blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tyson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kirkness Tw looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Kirkness Tw breaks the clinch.
Kirkness Tw misses with a wild combination.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Tyson shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirkness Tw manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tyson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tyson slips a jab and a cross from Kirkness Tw.
Kirkness Tw throws a series of punches but Tyson avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirkness Tw moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tyson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kirkness Tw pinned against the cage. Kirkness Tw gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kirkness Tw scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tyson throws a right hand that Kirkness Tw ducks under and follows up with a left that Kirkness Tw also avoids with ease.
Tyson dodges the punch combination from Kirkness Tw.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Kirkness Tw moves out of range.
Tyson walks into a jab.
Tyson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Kirkness Tw counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tyson!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
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The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kirkness Tw decides to stand back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matthewo Kirkness Tw showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kirkness Tw, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthewo Kirkness Tw!