PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gandalf Mithrandir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Byson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Mithrandir
vs
Byson

194 cm
21
219 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
214 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gandalf Mithrandir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Byson!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byson throws a right and a left that Mithrandir avoids nicely.
No joy there for Byson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Byson.
Byson misses with a looping right.
Byson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byson misses with a two punch combination.
Byson throws a low kick but Mithrandir avoids it.
Byson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mithrandir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but Byson moves out of range.
Mithrandir is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mithrandir moves in looking to clinch but Byson pushes him off.
Byson fails to land with a series of punches.
Mithrandir walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Byson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mithrandir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Byson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Byson misses with a double jab.
Mithrandir tries to close the distance and clinch but Byson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mithrandir slips under a jab.
Mithrandir tries to clinch there but Byson circles away.
Byson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mithrandir takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
No joy there for Byson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Byson misses with an uppercut.
Byson throws a nice looking combination but Mithrandir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mithrandir wants to clinch.
Mithrandir fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Byson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mithrandir fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mithrandir throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Byson to counter with a crisp jab.
Mithrandir tries to clinch up
and Byson counters with a left and a right that stings Mithrandir.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Byson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mithrandir wants to clinch but Byson slips to the side
letting Byson counter with a right hand.
No luck for Mithrandir with that takedown attempt.
Byson stuffs the takedown.
Byson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mithrandir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mithrandir has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mithrandir there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mithrandir takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mithrandir closes the distance looking to clinch
and Byson counters with a three punch combo that has Mithrandir backing up. Mithrandir nods at Byson to acknowledge the strikes.
Mithrandir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Byson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mithrandir.
Mithrandir tries to move into range but Byson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Byson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Byson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mithrandir counters by moving into the clinch.
Mithrandir misses with an elbow strike.
Byson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byson avoids a wild elbow strike from Mithrandir.
Byson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mithrandir.
Mithrandir keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Byson's efforts to push away.
Mithrandir missing with knees to the body.
Mithrandir has Byson pressed against the cage, preventing Byson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mithrandir prevents Byson from breaking the clinch.
Byson blocks an elbow strike from Mithrandir.
Byson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mithrandir throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Mithrandir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mithrandir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Byson.
Danga de danga de dang - Byson scores with a four punch combination!
Mithrandir wants to clinch
and Byson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Byson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Byson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Byson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mithrandir shoots in looking for a takedown. Byson tries to sprawl out of it but Mithrandir keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Byson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Byson with a jab.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but Byson moves away
and Mithrandir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mithrandir tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Byson counters with a series of strikes. Mithrandir will be more careful next time no doubt.
Byson throws a combination that misses

and Mithrandir counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Byson's guard now.
Mithrandir will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mithrandir would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byson working a defensive guard here.
Byson has Mithrandir pulled in close to control his posture.

Byson pushes Mithrandir off and gets back to his feet.
Gandalf Mithrandir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mithrandir tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Byson counters with a three punch combo that has Mithrandir backing up. Mithrandir nods at Byson to acknowledge the strikes.
Mithrandir takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No luck for Mithrandir with that takedown attempt.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but Byson moves away
enabling Byson to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mithrandir wants to clinch but Byson slips to the side
and Byson counters with a nice uppercut.
Mithrandir tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Byson counters with a three punch combo that has Mithrandir backing up. Mithrandir nods at Byson to acknowledge the strikes.
Byson scores with a punch to the head.
Mithrandir tries to clinch up
and Byson counters with a three punch combo that has Mithrandir backing up. Mithrandir nods at Byson to acknowledge the strikes.
Byson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Byson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mithrandir closes this distance looking for a takedown but Byson circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gandalf Mithrandir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mithrandir tries to clinch
and Byson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gandalf Mithrandir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mithrandir tries to clinch
and Byson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Byson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Byson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Byson works the jab nicely.
Byson stuffs the takedown attempt from Mithrandir. Mithrandir gets slowly back to his feet.
Byson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mithrandir shoots in but no luck this time.
Mithrandir closes the distance but Byson moves to the side
and Byson counters with a one-two to the body.
Byson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Byson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mithrandir circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Byson does no damage.
Mithrandir tries to clinch
and Byson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mithrandir wants to clinch
and Byson counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mithrandir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Byson.
Mithrandir clinches but Byson breaks the clinch
and Byson counters with a nice body shot.
Byson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Byson lands the left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mithrandir darts in trying to clinch

and Byson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mithrandir!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Byson 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!

Byson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mithrandir on the side of the head.
Mithrandir is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Byson.
Byson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Byson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mike Byson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mithrandir closes the distance but Byson moves to the side
and Byson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Byson avoids the head kick by Mithrandir.
Byson looks to throw the jab but Mithrandir is out of range.
Byson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mithrandir wants to clinch but Byson slips to the side
enabling Byson to counter with a crisp jab.
Mithrandir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Byson.
Mithrandir darts in trying to clinch
and Byson counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Byson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mithrandir fails with the takedown

and Byson counters by clinching up.
Byson takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Mike Byson has been cut.

Mithrandir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mithrandir shoots and misses
and Mithrandir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mithrandir closes the distance but Byson moves to the side
and Byson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Byson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Byson counters with a straight right hand.
Mithrandir looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Byson counters with a nice body shot.
Mithrandir darts in trying to clinch
and Byson counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mithrandir looks to clinch
and Byson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mithrandir misses with a takedown
and Byson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gandalf Mithrandir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mithrandir avoids a punch combination nicely.
Byson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mithrandir darts in trying to clinch
and Byson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mithrandir's hands.
Byson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mithrandir at a distance.
Mithrandir tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Byson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Byson misses with the combination.
Mithrandir takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mithrandir looks to clinch
and Byson counters with a straight right hand.
Mithrandir takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Byson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mithrandir moves into the clinch.
Mithrandir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Byson avoids a wild elbow strike from Mithrandir.
Mike Byson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mithrandir pushes off an throws an elbow but Byson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Byson looking for a takedown.
Stalling in the clinch from Mithrandir.
Byson is trying to maintain a safe position but Mithrandir gets an underhook and turns Byson into the cage.
Byson tries to break free but Mithrandir pushes him back against the cage.
Byson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Byson can't break the clinch.
Come on Mithrandir - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mithrandir misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Byson.
Mithrandir misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gandalf Mithrandir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Byson avoids a wild elbow strike from Mithrandir.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Byson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Byson throws a right and a left that Mithrandir avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Byson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Byson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Byson!