PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between james tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Sunfields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sunfields has chosen Hostil Groove - Fly RoutineHostil Groove - Fly Routine as his entrance music. David Sunfields has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

tyson
vs
Sunfields

185 cm
24
230 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

202 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, james tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Sunfields!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunfields misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fight stays on the outside here - tyson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

tyson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sunfields to the mat! Sunfields manages to get full guard.
tyson postures up in Sunfields's guard and throws a big left but Sunfields blocks it.
tyson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
tyson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sunfields works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
tyson stands up over Sunfields, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sunfields wants to sweep but no luck.
tyson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
tyson working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sunfields looking to hit a scissor sweep but tyson is one step ahead there.
tyson working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tyson postures up and lands a big shot to Sunfields's brow.
Sunfields will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
tyson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
tyson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sunfields looking for a sweep. Not yet Sunfields, not yet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
tyson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sunfields wants to sweep here but tyson controlling him for the moment.
tyson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
tyson connects with a couple of short punches.
tyson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sunfields is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
tyson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
tyson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sunfields looking for a sweep. Not yet Sunfields, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
tyson connects with a couple of short punches.
tyson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sunfields's head.
tyson preventing the sweep.
tyson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sunfields swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sunfields lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for tyson!
Sunfields looks gassed!
tyson is trying to stand.
Sunfields breaks from tyson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sunfields working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
tyson is trying to stand up.
Sunfields working the ground and pound effectively.
Sunfields lands with some vicious ground and pound - can tyson hang on?
tyson wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Sunfields scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sunfields scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish tyson?
tyson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sunfields in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sunfields scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish tyson?
Sunfields scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sunfields connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sunfields lands a nice shot to the head.
Sunfields misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sunfields thowing shots but they're missing.
Sunfields lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

tyson somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

tyson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sunfields's guard.
Sunfields lands an upkick as tyson stands over him.
tyson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sunfields's head.
tyson working some strikes from top position.
Sunfields manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
tyson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sunfields has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sunfields cracks tyson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts tyson, as that shot connected.
tyson misses with a hook. Sunfields ducked under it nicely.

tyson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
tyson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sunfields gets full guard.
Sunfields is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sunfields manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. tyson manages to get himself to full guard.
tyson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
tyson keeping full guard, as Sunfields tries to pass.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sunfields passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunfields prevents tyson from standing back up.
Sunfields is nestled in close to tyson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
tyson is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sunfields lands a nice short elbow.
Sunfields tries to pass to full mount but tyson defends it.
tyson has hold of Sunfields's hands but Sunfields slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sunfields is looking to pass tyson's guard but actually tyson recovers to full guard.

tyson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sunfields blocks a head kick by tyson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields has his takedown stuffed
and tyson counters with a nice uppercut.

tyson clinches with his opponent.
tyson lands an elbow inside that Sunfields shrugs off.
tyson lands a damaging elbow.
Sunfields takes an elbow to the temple.

tyson breaks from the clinch.
tyson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sunfields keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tyson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sunfields looks for a takedown but tyson sprawls well.
tyson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
tyson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sunfields counters with a takedown into side control.
Sunfields prevents tyson from escaping the position.
Sunfields is chipping away with strikes.
Sunfields looks up at the clock and then as tyson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sunfields smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sunfields grinds an elbow into tyson's temple.
Sunfields is trying to move to mount but tyson reverses beautifully and ends up in Sunfields's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields wants to sweep but no luck.
Sunfields lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for tyson!
james tyson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sunfields working the ground and pound effectively.
tyson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
tyson wants to get back to his feet.
Sunfields landing strikes from the mount and tyson is in trouble!
tyson is in a horrible position here. Sunfields smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
tyson is trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Sunfields showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Sunfields misses with a takedown

and tyson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sunfields throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sunfields manages to get to full guard.
tyson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sunfields's head.
tyson lands a couple of digs.
Sunfields wants to sweep here but tyson controlling him for the moment.
tyson lands a couple of elbows.
tyson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
tyson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sunfields tries to land a sweep but no joy.
tyson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunfields is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sunfields thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sunfields is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
tyson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sunfields wants to sweep here but tyson controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

tyson closes the distance and pushes Sunfields back into the ropes.
Sunfields fails to pull the fight into his guard.
tyson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
tyson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sunfields's defenses.
Sunfields tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. tyson just stands there and leans against the ropes.
james tyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Sunfields.

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 lands an elbow that stopped Sunfields in his tracks for a moment.

tyson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
tyson looks to land a right hand but Sunfields moved out of range.

tyson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sunfields wants to sweep here but tyson controlling him for the moment.
tyson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
tyson is pushing down on Sunfields's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sunfields is fighting to maintain full guard but tyson has managed to sneak the leg through.
tyson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
tyson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
tyson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tyson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sunfields is looking for a sweep. tyson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
tyson lands strikes from half guard.
Sunfields regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sunfields strikes from his own guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
tyson wants to clinch

and Sunfields counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sunfields tries to free his leg and advance position but tyson is retaining full guard.
tyson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

tyson kicks Sunfields off and gets to his feet.
tyson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sunfields counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in tyson's guard now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
tyson wants to get back to his feet but Sunfields is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sunfields is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sunfields prevents tyson from getting back to his feet.
Sunfields trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

tyson wriggles free and stands up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
tyson tries to clinch but Sunfields moves away

and Sunfields counters with a takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sunfields tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to james tyson.
Well tyson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... james tyson!