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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arlovski comes to the cage accompanied by fuck the weak. Tyson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tyson's intro kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrei Arlovski!
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, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arlovski manages to avoid it.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arlovski is looking to clinch but Tyson is avoiding it.
Arlovski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tyson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arlovski misses with a straight left.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Arlovski moves out of range.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Tyson tries to bum rush Arlovski with a series of wild strikes but Arlovski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tyson throws a sloppy head kick and Arlovski moves out of range easily.
Tyson throws a nice looking combination but Arlovski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slow jab from Tyson misses its intended target.
Arlovski loads up on a big right hand but Tyson slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Arlovski avoids them all with ease.
Tyson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mike Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Arlovski misses.
Tyson scores with a hook.
Tyson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arlovski.
Arlovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Arlovski moves out of range.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Arlovski avoids it well.
Tyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arlovski.
Arlovski dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Tyson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tyson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arlovski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arlovski misses the jab.
A punch combination from Tyson misses.
Arlovski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tyson.
Jab from Tyson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson looks to land a combination but Arlovski avoids it well.
Arlovski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tyson.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson throws a right hand that Arlovski ducks under and follows up with a left that Arlovski also avoids with ease.
Arlovski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Arlovski misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arlovski throws a hook but Tyson avoids it easily.
Mike Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arlovski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Arlovski is breathing heavily.
Tyson slips under a jab from Arlovski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Tyson does no damage.
Arlovski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tyson momentarily.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Tyson defending well as Arlovski loads up on a big left hand.
Arlovski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tyson misses with the combination.
Tyson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Tyson misses.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Tyson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tyson tries to bum rush Arlovski with a series of wild strikes but Arlovski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Arlovski throws a big shot that misses.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Arlovski avoids nicely.
Arlovski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arlovski missing with a left hand there. Tyson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Arlovski avoids them all with ease.
Tyson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Arlovski on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyson throws a push kick but Arlovski slaps the foot to one side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Arlovski tries to clinch up but Tyson circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Arlovski waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Tyson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Arlovski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Arlovski is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tyson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tyson tries to bum rush Arlovski with a series of wild strikes but Arlovski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Arlovski dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Tyson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arlovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Tyson.
A right-left combo lands from Tyson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Arlovski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson looks to land a combination. Arlovski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mike Tyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Tyson stalks Arlovski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Arlovski's face. Arlovski staggers backwards, shaken.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mike Tyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Tyson is working the combinations to good effect here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Tyson misses.
Tyson throws a right hand that Arlovski ducks under and follows up with a left that Arlovski also avoids with ease.
Arlovski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Arlovski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tyson throws a right hand that Arlovski ducks under and follows up with a left that Arlovski also avoids with ease.
Arlovski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Arlovski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyson.
Tyson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tyson looks to land a body kick but Arlovski moved away.
Arlovski slips a jab and a cross from Tyson.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Arlovski might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Tyson swinging wilding here.
Tyson lands an overhand right.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Arlovski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyson lands with a nice combination. Arlovski backs away looking to recover.
Tyson looks to land a combination. Arlovski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Tyson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arlovski.
Tyson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyson scores with a three punch combo!
Tyson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arlovski.
Tyson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Arlovski. Arlovski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tyson connects with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arlovski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tyson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tyson duly obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Tyson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arlovski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
Tyson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Tyson. No joy for Arlovski on that attempt.
Tyson throws a front kick aimed at Arlovski's knee but Arlovski avoids it well.
Arlovski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tyson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Arlovski's head.
Tyson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tyson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tyson duly obliges.
Tyson throws the kick towards the body but Arlovski avoids it.
Arlovski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
Tyson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arlovski.
Tyson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tyson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tyson swinging wilding here.
Tyson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tyson lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tyson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tyson lands a jab-cross combination.
Tyson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A nice combination there by Tyson.
Tyson misses with a wild combination.
Tyson lands with a nice combination. Arlovski backs away looking to recover.
Arlovski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tyson throws a wild body kick that Arlovski sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tyson throws a nice looking combination but Arlovski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mike Tyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Arlovski circles away quickly and effectively.
Arlovski dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
A telegraphed right hand from Arlovski misses the target.
Tyson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Danga de danga de dang - Tyson scores with a four punch combination!
Andrei Arlovski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tyson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Tyson!
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energy
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