PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chandler Tyson (ranked 3295 p4p, 2955 weight class) and Don Cortez (ranked 396 p4p, 360 weight class). Chandler Tyson looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Tyson
vs
Cortez

175 cm
30
272
11 - 8 - 0

185 cm
21
275
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chandler Tyson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez thuds a left hand into Tyson 's body.
Tyson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tyson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cortez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cortez lands an overhand right.
Tyson with a poor takedown

and Cortez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Cortez stalling.
Tyson 's coaches at Advanced Fitness Inc. have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

Cortez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tyson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Cortez stands and throws Tyson 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Cortez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Cortez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tyson . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tyson tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cortez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

It looks like Chandler Tyson has been cut.
Tyson can't escape the position.
Cortez scoring with strikes but Tyson is staying in there.
Cortez cracks Tyson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cortez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tyson is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cortez controlling the pace for now.
Cortez with a couple of short strikes.

Chandler Tyson 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez prevents Tyson from getting the reversal.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Cortez working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Cortez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cortez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cortez working the ground and pound effectively.

Jeez, Chandler Tyson 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Chandler Tyson 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Don Cortez!
After the fight, Don Cortez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.