PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ilja Vasuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vasuta
vs
Tyson

192 cm
24
185 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

181 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilja Vasuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasuta misses with a takedown
and Tyson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Tyson rushes Vasuta and presses him up against the cage.
Tyson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ilja Vasuta has been cut.

Tyson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Vasuta is trying to keep an underhook but Tyson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Tyson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Vasuta looking for submissions off his back.
Vasuta tries to get to full guard but Tyson has control of the leg.
Tyson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tyson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Vasuta actively working from the bottom here.
Tyson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vasuta looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tyson controlling the pace.
Tyson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tyson not doing much here.

Vasuta is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tyson pulls his head out easily.
Vasuta is breathing heavily.
Tyson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson winds up and cracks Vasuta with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tyson in particular looking to stall.
Vasuta taking some punishment here, with Tyson in his half guard.
Tyson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tyson is nestled in close to Vasuta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tyson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vasuta is in trouble now - Tyson has advanced to mount!
Tyson cracks Vasuta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tyson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tyson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vasuta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyson raining down shots from the mount!
Tyson controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson with a couple of short strikes.
Tyson lands a heavy elbow.
Tyson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Ilja Vasuta's cut is getting worse.
Tyson with the ground and pound from mount.

Ilja Vasuta's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tyson lands a heavy elbow.

Jeez, Ilja Vasuta's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ilja Vasuta's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mike Tyson!