PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mervin Woodard (ranked 24174 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Tyler (ranked 4565 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Simon Tyler enters the cage!

Woodard
vs
Tyler

212 cm
21
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mervin Woodard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler scores with a nice strike.
Tyler cracks a nice hook into Woodard's ribs.
Tyler throws a series of punches but Woodard avoids them all with ease.
Woodard is looking to counter with head kicks.
Tyler lands the left hand.
Tyler shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Woodard eats them both and turns towards Tyler to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sloppy strikes from Tyler. Those never looked like landing.
Woodard tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Woodard tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyler lands a nice shot to the body.
Tyler thuds a left hand into Woodard's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyler looks to land a combination but Woodard avoids it well.
Tyler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tyler lands with a shot to the body.
Woodard shoots in for a takedown but Tyler shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Woodard slips a straight right by Tyler.
Tyler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Woodard misses.
Tyler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Woodard circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Woodard appears to be looking for a big counter.
Woodard darts in trying to clinch
and Tyler counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tyler looks winded!
Nice sprawl there from Tyler as Woodard shoots in.
Woodard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Woodard tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Tyler misses.
Tyler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Woodard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Woodard was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tyler misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tyler connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Woodard scrambles back to his feet.
Woodard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tyler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mervin Woodard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woodard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Simon Tyler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Woodard tries to clinch but Tyler moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyler keeps the fight on the outside.
Tyler throws an overhand right that lands on Woodard's shoulder, as Woodard tries to avoid the shot.
Tyler misses the shot to the body.
Tyler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Woodard circles away quickly and effectively.
Woodard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tyler tries to bum rush Woodard with a series of wild strikes but Woodard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodard fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tyler avoids it really well and circles away.
Tyler misses with a jab, cross combination.

Woodard drives through and clinches with Tyler against the cage.
Woodard stalling in the clinch.
Woodard is pushing Tyler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Woodard tries to stall but Tyler uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Woodard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tyler can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler has had enough of the clinch but Woodard keeps him there for the moment.
Woodard controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mervin Woodard.

Woodard looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tyler wants to get back to his feet but Woodard passes into half guard.

Woodard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Woodard decides to stand up.
Tyler looks to land a right hand but Woodard moved out of range.

Woodard clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Tyler dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Woodard wants to clinch.
Tyler lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tyler keeps the fight on the outside.
Tyler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tyler connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Woodard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheers as Tyler lands an impressive looking overhand right. Woodard doesn't seem phased though.
A big left from Tyler misses.
Jab by Tyler.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyler throws a series of punches but Woodard avoids them all with ease.
Woodard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Woodard manages to avoid it.
Tyler is breathing heavily.
Woodard closes the distance and clinches up with Tyler, looking for a takedown. Woodard pushes Tyler against the cage but Tyler circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tyler changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Woodard slips a jab from Tyler.
Woodard walks into a jab.
Tyler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Woodard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tyler misses with an uppercut. Woodard saw that one coming.
Woodard tries to clinch there but Tyler circles away.
Tyler connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Woodard closes the distance and clinches.
Woodard has Tyler pushed against the cage.

Woodard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyler swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Woodard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Woodard throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tyler's waist but Tyler gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Woodard off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Woodard moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Woodard effectively controlling the action here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Woodard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A bit of stalling here from Woodard.
Woodard leaning against his opponent.
Woodard effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mervin Woodard.
Woodard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyler.
Tyler swats away the attempt to clinch by Woodard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler lands a jab-cross combination.
Woodard dives in for a single leg takedown but Tyler sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mervin Woodard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyler misses with a body punch
and Woodard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Woodard darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tyler wants to stand back up but Woodard manages to pass into side control.
Tyler takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler being controlled for a moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tyler can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tyler is trying to work for a sweep but Woodard has mounted him!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Woodard putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woodard cracks Tyler with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Woodard content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Tyler 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! This is the final round!

Woodard tries to clinch there but Tyler circles away.
Tyler doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tyler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Woodard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Woodard drives through and clinches with Tyler against the cage.
Woodard working aggressively here.
Tyler has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Woodard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Woodard is struggling to control the position.

Woodard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyler shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Woodard eats them both and turns towards Tyler to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tyler lands a nice shot that snaps Woodard's head back.
Woodard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tyler.
Woodard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tyler keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tyler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodard moves away from the strike by Tyler.
Tyler works Woodard's body with a nice hook.
Tyler swinging wildly here.
Tyler lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Woodard backs up against the cage.
Nice takedown defense from Tyler. No joy for Woodard on that attempt.
Tyler looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Woodard shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tyler is trying to defend but Woodard finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ground and pound from Woodard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Woodard manages to move to mount!
Woodard lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woodard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tyler is trying to escape the mount but Woodard keeps good control and instead manages to take Tyler's back.

Tyler is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Woodard scores with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler is covering up but some of the strikes from Woodard are getting through and doing damage.
Woodard lands strikes to the head.

Woodard has his arm under Tyler's chin here. Game over son! Woodard squeezes tightly and Tyler is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mervin Woodard!