PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shannon Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Bailey
vs
Tyrell

185 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

190 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Shannon Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Mike Tyrell!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey throws a series of punches but Tyrell moves out of range.
Tyrell throws a combination. Bailey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bailey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyrell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bailey checks a leg kick.

Bailey shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tyrell wants to stand but Bailey is controlling the position.
Bailey stopping the sweep attempt from Tyrell.
Bailey tries to free his leg and advance position but Tyrell is retaining full guard.
Bailey is working hard here to advance position.
Bailey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tyrell's guard.
Bailey prevents Tyrell from improving his position.
Bailey is looking to advance position but Tyrell won't allow it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tyrell misses with a head kick.

Tyrell changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bailey looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tyrell in side control, throwing shots but Bailey defends.
Bailey tries to control but Tyrell manages to take his back.

Tyrell working for a choke but Bailey is defending well.
Tyrell looks gassed!
Bailey breaks Tyrell's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tyrell is looking to stand up but Bailey isn't so interested in that idea.
Tyrell wants to sweep here but Bailey controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bailey trying to control but Tyrell is working from the bottom.
Tyrell looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bailey looking to pass the guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Bailey drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tyrell is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tyrell 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell stalling.

Tyrell stands up and beckons Bailey to join him on the feet.
Tyrell with a poor takedown

and Bailey counters with a takedown into side control.
Bailey landing strikes.
Tyrell trying to remain calm as Bailey controls from the top position.
Tyrell striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Tyrell is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shannon Bailey dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bailey feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tyrell is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tyrell keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
Tyrell lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bailey!
Tyrell scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bailey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tyrell tries to control but Bailey wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrell avoids the attempt from Bailey to control.
Tyrell controlling his opponent.
Tyrell takes Bailey's back.
Tyrell biding his time, controlling Bailey.
Tyrell has the hooks in. Bailey is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bailey grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Tyrell is not going to allow Bailey to sit and survive in this position.
Tyrell scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Good control from Tyrell.

Bailey is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Bailey trying to control the action but Tyrell just sinks the hooks in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Tyrell lands punches and elbows.

Tyrell looking for the RNC.
Even with his hooks in, Tyrell manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Tyrell is not going to allow Bailey to sit and survive in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tyrell has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Bailey's body.
Tyrell not allowing Bailey to control his hands.
Bailey is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyrell scores with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyrell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tyrell clinches but Bailey breaks the clinch
and Bailey counters with a two punch combo.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tyrell.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bailey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyrell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bailey tries for a takedown but Tyrell circles away easily

and Tyrell counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tyrell pulls Bailey into guard.
Tyrell looking for a sweep. Not yet Tyrell, not yet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyrell is pulling down on Bailey's head. It's preventing any offense from Bailey, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Tyrell trying to control the position.

Bailey is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Tyrell keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tyrell wants to get back to his feet but Bailey is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tyrell misses with a takedown attempt

and Bailey counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tyrell won't be happy with that.
Tyrell is looking to regain half guard here but Bailey keeps moving and retains side control.
Shannon Bailey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bailey working away.
Bailey in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Tyrell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bailey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tyrell prevents Bailey from moving into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Bailey stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Shannon Bailey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Bailey looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tyrell!
Tyrell is squirming around, avoiding Bailey's attempts to control the action.
Tyrell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tyrell is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Bailey is staying active.
Bailey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tyrell is looking to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Tyrell is squirming around, avoiding Bailey's attempts to control the action.
Tyrell can't escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyrell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tyrell can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shannon Bailey showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bailey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shannon Bailey!