PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brantt Myhres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Ronald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Myhres
vs
Ronald

200 cm
20
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
285 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brantt Myhres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Ronald!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Myhres.
Mickey Ronald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Myhres misses with a series of wild punches.
Ronald misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Myhres keeps the fight on the outside.
Myhres keeps the fight on the outside.
Myhres misses with a few strikes there.
Ronald slips a jab and a cross from Myhres.
Myhres rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ronald moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Myhres lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ronald backs up against the cage.
Ronald avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ronald will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Myhres tries to bum rush Ronald with a series of wild strikes but Ronald uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Myhres misses.
Myhres bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Myhres fails to land with a series of punches.
Myhres lands a two punch combo.
Myhres keeps the fight on the outside.
Myhres misses with a straight left.
Ronald on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Myhres gets the takedown into side control.
Ronald looks gassed!
Myhres remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Myhres seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ronald for as long as he can get away with.
Myhres fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ronald is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Ronald tries to bench press Myhres off him but Myhres keeps the position.
Myhres controlling from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myhres working the ground and pound.
Ronald struggling a bit here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Ronald takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ronald gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronald can't escape the position.
Myhres could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Myhres putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Myhres sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ronald is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Myhres lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Myhres sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Ronald that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Myhres lands with some strikes.
Myhres controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myhres's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brantt Myhres just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Myhres throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ronald on the side of the head.
Ronald with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Myhres to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronald is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Myhres.

That has opened up Mickey Ronald's cut even more.
Myhres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Myhres throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ronald.
Ronald slips a jab and a cross from Myhres.
Myhres throws a series of punches but Ronald avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Myhres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ronald slips a jab and a cross from Myhres.
Myhres lands a jab to the head.

Myhres closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Myhres throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brantt Myhres dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Ronald's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ronald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myhres paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Myhres scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A right-left combo lands from Myhres.
Ronald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myhres paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Myhres swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ronald.
Myhres scores with a three punch combo!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Myhres closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Myhres lands in his opponent's guard.
Myhres controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ronald can't keep his opponent in guard - Myhres advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronald tries to kick Myhres off in order to stand up. Myhres Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Myhres is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Myhres in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Myhres is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Ronald will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Myhres lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ronald tries to improve position but can't.
Myhres is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ronald's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brantt Myhres just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Myhres!
Ronald avoids a punch combination nicely.
Myhres throws a nice looking combination but Ronald bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Myhres lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ronald circles away quickly and effectively.
Myhres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Myhres keeps the fight on the outside.
Myhres throws a jab when Ronald was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronald misses with a takedown attempt
and Myhres counters with a straight right hand.
Ronald darts in trying to clinch

and Myhres counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ronald!
Ronald tries to buck Myhres off but he can't manage it.
Myhres takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Myhres has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ronald is working to get back to half guard.
Ronald wants to control but Myhres is having none of it.
Ronald tries to reverse the position but Myhres maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronald is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee warns Ronald that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Myhres has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ronald's face.
Myhres content just to control the position here.
Myhres punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns Ronald that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Myhres landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Myhres controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Ronald that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brantt Myhres dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Ronald's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Myhres closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Myhres scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ronald to see if he's OK.
Myhres controlling the position from side mount.
Ronald tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Myhres in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Myhres tries to advance to mount but can't.
Ronald is being controlled here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronald is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Myhres wants to pass the guard but Ronald is defending well.
Myhres throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ronald trying to control here.

Ronald looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Myhres passes the guard and advances to mount!
Myhres prevents Ronald from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Myhres takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ronald wants to control but Myhres is having none of it.
Myhres controlling the position easily from mount.
Ronald working to try and regain half guard.
Myhres controlling from mount.
Myhres looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronald is bucking up trying to escape but Myhres cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ronald is wriggling around trying to escape.
Myhres content just to control the position here.
Myhres fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Myhres.
Myhres controlling from the full mount.
Myhres pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Myhres controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brantt Myhres just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Ronald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Myhres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Myhres misses with a few strikes there.
Myhres swinging wilding here.
Myhres thows a body shot but no joy.

Myhres drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Ronald working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Myhres has passed into half guard!
Myhres slows the pace down in half guard.
Brantt Myhres overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ronald wants to control but Myhres is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brantt Myhres showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Myhres has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:25
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brantt Myhres!