PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Quavo Mango (ranked 3068 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tylon Usmen (ranked 24408 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Quavo Mango has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Mango
vs
Usmen

180 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quavo Mango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tylon Usmen!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Bruno Lombardi and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Usmen drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mango being controlled here, momentarily.
Usmen trying to control but Mango is working from the bottom.
Usmen working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mango has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Usmen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Usmen trying to control but Mango is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Usmen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Usmen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Usmen postures up.
Usmen trying to control the position from guard on top but Mango is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mango looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Usmen wants to control from the top but Mango keeps moving.
Usmen with a nice head shot there.
Usmen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Usmen landing some decent shots from guard.
Usmen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usmen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Usmen is working Mango over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Usmen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Usmen postures up.
Usmen stays in close to Mango's body and controls the position.
Usmen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Usmen cracks Mango with a solid left hand.
Mango keeping moving, preventing Usmen from controlling successfully.
Usmen is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usmen trying to control but Mango is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mango shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Usmen but Usmen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mango is breathing heavily.
Usmen fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Usmen or perhaps it was just good defense by Mango, which made it look bad.
Usmen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Quavo Mango has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tylon Usmen.
Mango dives in and grabs Usmen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Usmen pushes down on Mango's head and hops out.

Usmen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mango bucks up and tries to throw Usmen off but instead Usmen has got his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Usmen lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Usmen is landing with strikes. Mango can't take much more of this.
Usmen is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Mango. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mango takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Usmen gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Usmen has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Mango's body.
Usmen lands strikes to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Usmen shoots in and gets a takedown into Mango's guard.
Mango is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Usmen desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Mango looks to land a strike but Usmen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Usmen is adopting a defensive guard.
Usmen lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Usmen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mango is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Usmen lands a couple of elbows.
Usmen cracks Mango with a solid left hand.
Tylon Usmen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Usmen scoring with some ground and pound.
Usmen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Usmen trying to control but Mango is working from the bottom.
Usmen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Usmen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mango has momentary wrist control but Usmen slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usmen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mango keeping moving, preventing Usmen from controlling successfully.
Usmen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Usmen trying to control but Mango is working from the bottom.
Usmen postures up and lands a big shot to Mango's brow.
Usmen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mango has momentary wrist control but Usmen slips an elbow through the middle.
Usmen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usmen controlling from the top position.
Usmen postures up and lands a big shot to Mango's brow.
Usmen trying to control but Mango is working from the bottom.
Usmen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Usmen trying to control the position from guard on top but Mango is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Usmen landing some decent shots from guard.
Usmen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Usmen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Usmen lands a couple of digs.
Usmen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Usmen trying to control but Mango is working from the bottom.
Usmen sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mango leaves Usmen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mango is looking to counter the offense by Usmen and move into the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Usmen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Usmen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mango was covering up waiting for the punch and Usmen finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Usmen connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tylon Usmen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Usmen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mango is not content to let Usmen control the position.
Mango struggling a bit here.
Mango sneaks back into half guard.
Mango is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Usmen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mango won't allow Usmen to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Usmen trying to control from half guard but Mango is working away.
Usmen controlling the action here.
Usmen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Usmen trying to control the pace.
Usmen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Usmen winds up and cracks Mango with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Usmen content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Let's hope that Usmen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Usmen is pressing down on Mango's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mango is holding on for now.
Usmen working Mango over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Usmen lands a nice short elbow.
Usmen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usmen wants to take a breather but Mango is having none of it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Usmen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mango scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Usmen manages to mount him!
Usmen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mango can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Usmen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Usmen is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Usmen wants to control the pace but Mango is squirming around nicely.
Mango in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Usmen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Usmen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Usmen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Usmen landing punches.
Mango in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tylon Usmen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Usmen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mango looks a forlorn figure.
Usmen looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tylon Usmen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Usmen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tylon Usmen!
Tylon Usmen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.