PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Tyme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alpha Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyme comes to the cage accompanied by Here Comes The Money. Knox is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rammstein | Ich Will. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tyme
vs
Knox

172 cm
23
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Tyme !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alpha Knox!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tyme bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Tyme is trying to get an arm triangle but Knox is defending well.
Knox tries to escape but Tyme is in control.
Tyme taking a breather here.
Knox is looking for a sweep.
Tyme looks up at the clock and then as Knox takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tyme smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Knox on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox struggling a bit here.
Tyme working the body and head with strikes.
Knox is trying to get back to half guard.
Tyme taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyme advances to mount.

Tyme is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Knox can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Tyme working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tyme controlling from the full mount.
Tyme 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.
Tyme punishing his opponent with strikes.
Knox wants to hold on but Tyme pushes him away.
Tyme is landing with some decent strikes but Knox is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tyme has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Knox's face.
Tyme tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tyme landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox wants to hold on but Tyme pushes him away.
Tyme working Knox over with strikes here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyme takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Knox is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tyme controlling from the full mount.
Tyme lands a big elbow.
Tyme landing punches.
Tyme with a couple of short strikes.
Tyme controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Tyme connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyme working Knox over with strikes here.
Tyme landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tyme tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tyme seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Knox for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tyme working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Knox turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Tyme off and cradles Knox's limp body as Tyme celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Mark Tyme !
Mark Tyme spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.