PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson comes into the arena with Mary had a little lamb blaring out of the sound system. Stanley has chosen The man that you FEAR as his entrance music. The key to victory for Mike Tyson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Tyson
vs
Stanley

184 cm
23
255 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Hellraiser FightGear
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyle Stanley!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson tries to clinch up.
We've been hearing reports that Tyson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tyson scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanley was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyson.
Stanley slips a jab from Tyson.
Stanley dives in for a single leg takedown but Tyson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Tyson.
A short left from Stanley.
Tyson tries to throw a body punch but Stanley avoids it by throwing Tyson back against the cage.

Stanley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Stanley blocks the leg kick.
Tyson lands with a nice body kick.
Stanley throws a leg kick that misses.
Stanley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyson checks a leg kick nicely.

Tyson clinches with his opponent.

Tyson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Stanley tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Stanley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson throwing strikes but missing.
Stanley keeping full guard, as Tyson tries to pass.
Tyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Stanley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyson pushing down on Stanley's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tyson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stanley's head.
Tyson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Stanley wants to improve his position but Tyson is controlling well.
Tyson controlling the action here.
Tyson working Stanley over with strikes.
Tyson works his way into full mount!
Tyson throws some wild stikes that Stanley manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Stanley has hold of Tyson's hands but Tyson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stanley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tyson is pressing down on Stanley's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stanley is holding on for now.
Stanley works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Stanley is trying to keep Tyson in close.
Tyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Stanley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tyson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tyson postures up.
Stanley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tyson with a nice head shot there.

Stanley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tyson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson trying to control but Stanley is working from the bottom.
Tyson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stanley trying to control the position.
Stanley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stanley keeping moving, preventing Tyson from controlling successfully.

Stanley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tyson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tyson throwing strikes from guard but Stanley blocks nicely.
Tyson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stanley is on top in guard.
Stanley looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tyson is trying to control the position but Stanley postures up.
Stanley trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Stanley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tyson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Stanley stopping the sweep attempt from Tyson.
Tyson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Stanley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stanley chips away with some ground and pound.
Stanley trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stanley preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tyson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tyson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stanley takes a step back to recover.
Tyson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stanley shoots and misses

and Tyson counters with a shoot takedown. Stanley fights it but they end up in guard.
Stanley trying to control the position.
Tyson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyson postures up and lands a big shot to Stanley's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tyson throws a strike but Stanley rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stanley.
Tyson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stanley stands up over Tyson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Stanley throwing strikes from guard but Tyson blocks nicely.
Stanley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tyson is trying to keep Stanley in close.
Stanley wants to control from the top but Tyson keeps moving.
Tyson looking to control.
Stanley stopping the sweep attempt from Tyson.
Tyson is working hard here to advance position.
Stanley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tyson is keeping the position for now.
Stanley is fighting to break Tyson's control of his arms but Tyson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Stanley works over Tyson with some ground and pound from guard.
Stanley passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Stanley seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
What's Tyson going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Stanley trying to control the action but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Stanley in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson is looking for a sweep.
Tyson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stanley's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Tyson is trying to control but can't.
Tyson is in trouble now - Stanley has advanced to mount!
Tyson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tyson tries to hold on but Stanley pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanley landing strikes, looking to finish!

Stanley is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tyson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tyson shrugs it off.
Mike Tyson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stanley looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Stanley drops a big elbow. That's hurt Tyson! More shots from Stanley and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Stanley! Kyle Stanley retains his heavyweight title!
Kyle Stanley looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'You thought you could win? You thought you could beat CBK?'.