PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson comes to the cage accompanied by Mary had a little lamb. Marcus Dantes will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Tyson
vs
Dantes

184 cm
25
255 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

200 cm
21
250 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

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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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Dantes!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantes defending well as Tyson loads up on a big left hand.
Tyson throws an off balance right hand

and Dantes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dantes blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Dantes on the inside.
Tyson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dantes misses with some punches.
Tyson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dantes lands a hook that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
Dantes throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyson.
I was talking to Tyson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dantes blocking some punches.
Tyson can't break the clinch.
Dantes lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dantes.
Dantes works on Tyson's body with a couple of short punches.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyson's elbow.
Tyson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dantes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyson's elbow.
Dantes can't find room to land a body shot as Tyson controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dantes backwards.
Tyson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dantes is defending well.

Tyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dantes misses the shot to the body.
Tyson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dantes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dantes jabs at Tyson's body.
Tyson swings widly with a right hand

and Dantes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tyson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dantes backwards.
Dantes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tyson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dantes misses with the head strike.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dantes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dantes swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyson is looking to control Dantes's arms but Dantes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tyson has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes lands a nice uppercut.
Dantes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dantes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dantes has him pressed against the cage.
Tyson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dantes is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Tyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dantes misses with some punches.
Tyson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dantes misses with a body punch.
Dantes digs a right hand underneath Tyson's ribcage. Tyson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dantes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
Tyson blocks an uppercut.
Dantes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dantes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyson tries to break free but Dantes pushes him back against the cage.
Dantes presses Tyson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tyson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dantes has him pressed against the cage.
Dantes swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes lands a hook that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
Tyson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dantes works on Tyson's body with a couple of short punches.
Tyson takes a shot to the head.
Tyson misses with the head strike.
Dantes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dantes blocks an uppercut.
Dantes blocking some punches.
Dantes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dantes has a couple of punches blocked by Tyson.
Tyson wants to stall.
Dantes gets through Tyson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tyson.
Dantes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Dantes uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson prevents a body shot from Dantes.
Dantes struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyson controls his hands.
Tyson blocks a body shot from Dantes.
Tyson blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Dantes.
Dantes blocks an uppercut.
Dantes misses with some punches.
Dantes misses with a body punch.
Dantes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dantes takes a shot to the head.
Tyson blocking some punches.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyson's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dantes struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyson controls his hands.
Dantes misses with a punch on the inside.
Dantes swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyson crunches a lovely knee into Dantes's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Dantes dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tyson cracks the inside of Dantes's front leg.
Tyson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dantes misses with a body shot.
Tyson misses with a hook. Dantes ducked under it nicely.
Dantes misses with a wild body shot.
Tyson throws a big shot that misses.
Tyson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tyson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dantes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dantes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tyson.
Dantes jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tyson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dantes.
Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Dantes is just out of range.
Tyson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dantes's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Dantes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dantes checks a low kick from Tyson.
Tyson connects with a nice looking jab.
Dantes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dantes moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Tyson throws a low kick but Dantes avoids it.
Dantes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tyson throws a predictable looking body shot

and Dantes counters by moving into the clinch.
Dantes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dantes lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dantes tries to work over Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dantes misses with a punch to the body.
Dantes lands with a light punch inside.
Dantes misses with a punch on the inside.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyson's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tyson fails to land.
Dantes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dantes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
Tyson blocking some punches.
Dantes misses with a body punch.
Dantes tries a body shot but Tyson blocks it.
Tyson is trying to drag Dantes to the mat but Dantes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Tyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes can't find room to land a body shot as Tyson controls the action.
Dantes tries a body shot but Tyson blocks it.
Dantes scores with a shoulder strike.
Tyson lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Dantes.
Dantes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dantes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyson's elbow.
Dantes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyson is trying to break free.
Dantes lands a hook that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
Dantes lands a right hand.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dantes digs a right hand underneath Tyson's ribcage. Tyson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dantes.
Dantes blocks an uppercut.
Dantes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dantes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyson blocks a body shot from Dantes.
Dantes lands a body punch.
Dantes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dantes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dantes struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyson controls his hands.
Dantes tries to work over Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marcus Dantes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dantes misses with a body punch.
Tyson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dantes after a bit of a struggle.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Dantes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dantes misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dantes tries to work over Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dantes gets through Tyson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tyson misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Dantes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tyson swings widly with a right hand

and Dantes counters by moving into the clinch.
Dantes tries to throw a body punch but Tyson avoids it by throwing Dantes back against the cage.
Tyson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dantes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tyson.
Tyson takes a shot to the head.
Dantes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dantes.
Dantes works on Tyson's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dantes.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dantes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dantes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dantes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Tyson is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dantes.
Oh Tyson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyson blocking some punches.
Tyson seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Dantes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dantes prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dantes.
Dantes lands with a right to the head.
Dantes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dantes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dantes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dantes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short body shot lands from Dantes as the two fighters clinch.
Dantes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dantes tries to work over Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dantes misses with a punch to the body.
Dantes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mike Tyson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes lands a shot to the body.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyson blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dantes.
Dantes gets through Tyson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dantes lands an uppercut.
Dantes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dantes lands with a right to the head.
Dantes tries a body shot but Tyson blocks it.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyson blocks an uppercut.
Dantes misses with the head strike.
Dantes struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyson controls his hands.
Dantes blocks an uppercut.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dantes digs a right hand underneath Tyson's ribcage. Tyson let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes tries a body shot but Tyson blocks it.
Dantes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tyson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyson blocks a body shot from Dantes.
Dantes misses with a punch to the body.
Dantes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dantes.
Dantes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tyson misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyson is working for takedown but Dantes is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Tyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dantes unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tyson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Dantes is unloading with more strikes now! Tyson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Dantes!
Marcus Dantes made sure to mention his sponsor, Mango Nutrition in his post fight interview.