PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie Jr (ranked 24404 p4p, 573 weight class) and Simon Tyler (ranked 6848 p4p, 546 weight class). Royce Gracie Jr had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Gracie Jr
vs
Tyler

178 cm
26
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie Jr walks into a left hand.
Gracie Jr tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tyler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie Jr could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Tyler throws out a powerful jab.
Tyler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tyler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gracie Jr tries to clinch there but Tyler circles away.
Gracie Jr tries to clinch up
and Tyler counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyler.
Simon Tyler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie Jr at a distance.
Tyler stuns Gracie Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Tyler. No joy for Gracie Jr on that attempt.
Simon Tyler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyler uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd cheers as Tyler lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie Jr doesn't seem phased though.
Tyler connects with a single shot there.
Tyler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie Jr at a distance.
Gracie Jr walks into a left hand.
Tyler connects with a right hand. Gracie Jr shakes it off.
Gracie Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tyler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tyler bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gracie Jr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tyler.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie Jr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tyler is fending him off so far but Gracie Jr persists. Nope, Tyler circles away and we're back to standing.
Tyler lands the left hand.
Decent striking displayed by Tyler there.
Tyler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Tyler both land. Nice combination.
Gracie Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tyler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Gracie Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyler stalks Gracie Jr and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gracie Jr's face. Gracie Jr staggers backwards, shaken.
A shot to the body from Gracie Jr misses
and Gracie Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tyler jabs Gracie Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gracie Jr shoots in for a double leg but Tyler sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie Jr shoots in looking for a takedown but Tyler manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie Jr's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tyler ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gracie Jr is breathing heavily.
Tyler punishes Gracie Jr's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie Jr misses with a takedown attempt
letting Tyler counter with a right hand.
Gracie Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tyler throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tyler fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie Jr on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie Jr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tyler bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie Jr's head.
Tyler dips to his left and cracks Gracie Jr with an uppercut!
Tyler is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gracie Jr had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyler throws out a powerful jab.
Gracie Jr shoots in for a double leg but Tyler sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie Jr has his takedown stuffed
and Tyler counters with a nice body shot.
We've been informed that Tyler has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Tyler connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab lands there for Tyler.
Tyler lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie Jr seems unphased.
Nice shot by Tyler.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie Jr tries to clinch up.
Tyler throws out a counter right but Gracie Jr avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie Jr wants to clinch
and Tyler counters with a left to the body.
Nice cross by Tyler.
Gracie Jr misses with an uppercut
letting Tyler counter with a right hand.
Tyler's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gracie Jr under the eye.
Tyler lands a jab to the nose.
Gracie Jr misses with a body kick.
Tyler goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gracie Jr connects with a crisp jab.
Gracie Jr looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyler lands with a cross.
Tyler lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Tyler dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gracie Jr shoots in for a double leg but Tyler sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie Jr closes the distance and clinches up with Tyler, looking for a takedown. Gracie Jr pushes Tyler against the cage but Tyler circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tyler scores with the left hand. Gracie Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Royce Gracie Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tyler counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Gracie Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyler scores with a nice strike.
Gracie Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gracie Jr misses with a takedown
and Tyler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tyler digs a good body shot into Gracie Jr's ribs.
Tyler wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyler bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tyler lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Gracie Jr is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simon Tyler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyler jabs Gracie Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tyler is pawing at Gracie Jr, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Gracie Jr's nose. Gracie Jr is badly hurt! Tyler pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Gracie Jr tries desperately to hold on but Tyler is relentless in his assault! As Gracie Jr receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Tyler away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Tyler!
A very excited looking Simon Tyler made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.