PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Macho Herrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and myke tycon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tycon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Henry Rollins:Liar. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Herrera
vs
tycon

210 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
225 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Macho Herrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, myke tycon!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tycon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Herrera as he jumps to the side.
Herrera really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

tycon clinches with his opponent.
Herrera tries to pull guard but tycon holds him up against the cage and eventually Herrera drops back down to his feet.
tycon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Herreras head.
A frustrated look appears on Herrera's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Herrera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

tycon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Herrera, pushing him back against the cage.
tycon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
tycon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
tycon lands a right hand.
tycon lands with a left to the head.
Herrera tries to break free but tycon pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from tycon on the inside.
Herrera lands a body shot in the clinch.
Herrera tries to break free but tycon pushes him back against the cage.
tycon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Herrera backwards.
Herrera tries to break the clinch but tycon is controlling the position.
Herrera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

tycon pulls guard successfully.
tycon managing to control the position.
tycon lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Herrera!
tycon controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tycon in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
tycon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

tycon looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
tycon controlling from the full mount.
tycon lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herrera taking shots to the head.
Herrera really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
tycon controlling from mount.
tycon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Herrera is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Herrera is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Herrera takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
tycon looking to control and managing it successfully.
tycon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tycon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
tycon content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by tycon.
tycon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Herrera wants to try and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by tycon.
tycon looking to control and managing it successfully.
tycon landing strikes from the mount and Herrera is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tycon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Herrera is in all sorts of trouble here.
tycon controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

myke tycon dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

tycon is looking to clinch.
Herrera scores with a hook.
Herrera scores with a kick to the body.
tycon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Herrera throws a combination. tycon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Herrera is looking to clinch.
tycon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A right-left combo lands from Herrera.
Herrera throws a right and a left that both miss.
tycon shoots for a takedown but Herrera saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Herrera moves into the clinch.
tycon prevents Herrera from breaking the clinch.
tycon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Herrera tries to pull guard but tycon won't allow it.
tycon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Herrera's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Herrera looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
tycon has a couple of punches blocked by Herrera.
Herrera unloads a knee to the mid-section.

tycon has picked Herrera up - he's going for a ride! tycon dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tycon trying to control the pace.
Herrera is trying to defend against the ground and pound but tycon scores with a couple of nice shots.
tycon scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
tycon is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
tycon not doing much here.
tycon passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Herrera!
tycon with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tycon looking to control and managing it successfully.
Herrera is bucking up trying to escape but tycon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
tycon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, myke tycon just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
tycon takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Herrera throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
tycon fails to land the takedown.
Macho Herrera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of myke tycon.
tycon shoots for a takedown but Herrera saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Herrera lands a head kick!
Herrera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. tycon defends it nicely.

tycon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Herrera, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herrera has had enough of the clinch but tycon keeps him there for the moment.
tycon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
tycon throws a head punch that misses.
tycon misses with a punch on the inside.
tycon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
tycon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Herrera working hard to break the clinch.
Herrera fails to pull guard.
The referee is keeping an eye on tycon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short uppercut from tycon.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as tycon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Herrera wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Herrera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
tycon tries to stall but Herrera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
tycon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
tycon lands an uppercut.
tycon wants to stall.
Herrera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

myke tycon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

tycon is looking to clinch.
tycon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Herrera gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows tycon to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Herrera tries to land a sweep but no joy.
tycon controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
tycon landing with the ground and pound.
tycon controls from within his opponent's guard.
Herrera wants to stand and escape but tycon is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tycon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
tycon cracks Herrera with a solid left hand.
tycon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Herrera escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. tycon gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

tycon stands up from Herrera's guard - tycon perhaps looking for a knockout.
Herrera throws a right hand that tycon ducks under and follows up with a left that tycon also avoids with ease.
Herrera lands a nice shot to the body.

tycon throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Herrera was covering up waiting for the punch and tycon finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells tycon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tycon showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

tycon stands up and waves to Herrera to follow him.
tycon shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck with that takedown attempt from tycon.
Herrera tries to clinch there but tycon circles away.
tycon tries to clinch but Herrera is having none of it.

tycon gets a clinch.
Herrera is pressed up against the cage. tycon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Herrera down to the mat. Herrera avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Macho Herrera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of myke tycon.

Herrera gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from tycon.
tycon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Herreras head.
tycon is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
tycon gets through Herrera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Herrera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
tycon misses with a short punch on the inside.
tycon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Herrera is keeping busy.
Herrera wants to break free but tycon has control.
Macho Herrera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stalling in the clinch from tycon.
Herrera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
tycon lands with a right to the head.

tycon pulls Herrera into guard.

tycon uses the cage to get back to his feet.
tycon tries to clinch up but Herrera circles away and keeps his distance.
tycon is looking to clinch but Herrera is avoiding it.
myke tycon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
tycon blocks a head kick by Herrera.
tycon blocks a head kick by Herrera.
Nice defenses there by tycon.
Herrera displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from tycon.
tycon wants to clinch up but Herrera keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
myke tycon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got tycon 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... myke tycon!