PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between james tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dee tee ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

tyson
vs
tee ryan

185 cm
26
230 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

199 cm
25
265 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 5 - 9 - 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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, dee tee ryan!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ryan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

ryan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. tyson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
ryan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
tyson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
tyson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from ryan.
ryan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
tyson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as ryan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
ryan stops tyson from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as ryan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
ryan connects with a couple of short punches.

tyson kicks ryan off and gets to his feet.

ryan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
ryan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
ryan looks gassed!
ryan prevents tyson from standing back up.
tyson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
tyson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but ryan scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

tyson kicks ryan off and gets back to his feet.
ryan shoots in and drives through. tyson sprawls well.

tyson clinches up against the cage.
tyson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
ryan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but tyson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
james tyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dee tee ryan.
tyson lands an elbow inside that ryan shrugs off.
tyson with a knee to the head.

tyson wants the takedown. ryan is fighting it off but tyson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in ryan's guard against the cage.
tyson forces his way into half guard.
ryan taking some punishment here, with tyson in his half guard.
ryan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but tyson scores with a couple of nice shots.

ryan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

ryan actively working from the bottom here.
tyson works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ryan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
ryan is trying to escape the mount.
tyson lands a heavy elbow.
tyson punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
ryan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
tyson raining down shots from the mount!
ryan is trying desperately to improve position.
tyson lands a big elbow.
tyson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns ryan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
ryan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
tyson lands with some strikes.
tyson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
tyson landing punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if ryan can do anything to dispel that myth.
ryan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
tyson landing strikes from the mount and ryan is in trouble!
tyson landing strikes from the mount and ryan is in trouble!
tyson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish ryan?
ryan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
tyson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. ryan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
ryan is desperately trying to improve his position but tyson has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tyson landing punches.
ryan gets back to half guard.
tyson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

ryan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but tyson pulls his head out easily.
tyson working ryan over with strikes.

ryan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
tyson working ryan over with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

ryan looking for submissions off his back.
tyson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

james 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 closes the distance and clinches.
ryan takes an elbow to the forehead.
ryan tries for a takedown. No joy.
tyson lands an elbow just above ryan 's eye.
tyson misses with an elbow over the top.

tyson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
tyson is pressing down on ryan's thigh, looking to free his foot. ryan is holding on for now.
tyson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
ryan gets full guard.

tyson is posturing up here but ryan has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! tyson tries to roll out but it's too tight and tyson has to tap! Slick submission there by ryan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). dee tee ryan!