PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Tyrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez has chosen McFadden and Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now as his entrance music. The key to victory for Chad Tyrell has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Tyrell
vs
Martinez

193 cm
24
217 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

182 cm
24
222 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
Arcticus University: London

Bullet Proof System
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chad Tyrell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tyrell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tyrell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good exchange - Martinez coming out on top.
Tyrell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martinez scores with a hook to the body. Tyrell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Martinez tries to clinch but Tyrell is having none of it.
Martinez slips a jab from Tyrell.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Martinez has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tyrell throws a hook but Martinez avoids it easily.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Tyrell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyrell throws a leg kick which misses Martinez's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinez tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyrell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyrell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tyrell throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez misses with an uppercut.
Tyrell thuds his right hand into Martinez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Javier Martinez has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez drops his hands momentarily and Tyrell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tyrell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martinez lands with an overhand left.
Tyrell just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez tries to counter with a clinch but Tyrell shakes him off and moves away.
Tyrell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Martinez to score with a decent uppercut.
Chad Tyrell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez scores with the left hand. Tyrell knows he should have avoided that one.
Martinez throws a combination that misses
and Tyrell counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Martinez is rocked!
Javier Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Tyrell to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinez is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyrell finish him?
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyrell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Martinez seems to have recovered his senses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tyrell circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyrell looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Martinez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyrell throws a big shot that misses.
Tyrell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Martinez doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez connects with a single shot there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tyrell.
Martinez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Martinez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tyrell counters with a low kick, right behind Martinez 's knee.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Tyrell.
Martinez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tyrell in his tracks.
Crunch! Tyrell slams his shin into Martinez's torso.
Martinez slips a jab from Tyrell.
Martinez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tyrell counters with an outside leg kick.
Tyrell misses with a body kick.
Tyrell misses with the body kick

and Martinez counters with a shoot takedown. Tyrell fights it but they end up in guard.
Martinez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martinez stopping the sweep attempt from Tyrell.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Tyrell keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez stands up over Tyrell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
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.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyrell working Martinez over with strikes.
Martinez wants to get back to full guard.
Tyrell blocks the strikes from Martinez.
We've been hearing that Tyrell has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Tyrell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Martinez missing with punches from the bottom.
Tyrell passes the guard and advances to mount!
Martinez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tyrell. What's that going to do exactly?
Martinez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyrell is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Martinez is looking to escape.
Tyrell prevents Martinez from getting the reversal.
Tyrell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tyrell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Martinez is looking to escape.
Martinez throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Martinez is trying desperately to improve position.
Tyrell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyrell working the ground and pound effectively.
Martinez is in a horrible position here. Tyrell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Tyrell with good strikes from the mount here!
Martinez flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Tyrell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Javier Martinez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Martinez drops his hands momentarily and Tyrell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tyrell misses with a leg kick.
Martinez swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyrell manages to avoid it.
Tyrell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martinez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyrell misses with a left hand

and Martinez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tyrell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martinez can do to turn this around?
Tyrell looking to control.
Chad Tyrell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martinez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tyrell bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martinez's guard.

Tyrell working some strikes from top position.
Tyrell trying to control the position from guard on top but Martinez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyrell slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tyrell sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Martinez's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyrell blocks the strikes from Martinez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Martinez is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Tyrell trying to control but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Martinez is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
The referee warns Martinez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tyrell is landing with some decent strikes but Martinez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Martinez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Martinez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Martinez is in a horrible position here. Tyrell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Tyrell prevents Martinez from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell working Martinez over with strikes here.

Martinez tries to improve his position but Tyrell has taken his back! Tyrell has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Martinez tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Tyrell pushes Martinez away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Chad Tyrell!
Chad Tyrell is the new light heavyweight champion!
Chad Tyrell seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.