PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stylie Dem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tyler
vs
Dem

185 cm
28
216 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Randy Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stylie Dem!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dem. Tyler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dem misses with a double jab.
Dem gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tyler catches Dem with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tyler lands with a cross.
Tyler misses with an uppercut
and Dem counters with a nice uppercut.
Tyler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dem.
Dem swings for the body but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler misses with a straight left.
Dem fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyler thuds his right hand into Dem's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tyler throws a hook but Dem avoids it easily.
Tyler throws the left hand but Dem avoids the punch easily.

Dem shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyler is wriggling around but Dem manages to pass to half guard.
Dem lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dem wants to control but Tyler is keeping him busy.
Tyler is looking to escape.
Dem tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tyler knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tyler knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dem on the ground.
Tyler is trying to stand.
Dem is looking to take a break and control but Tyler is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyler pushes Dem off looking to stand but Dem dives back in and keeps control.
Dem takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Stylie Dem has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Tyler ducks under a wild hook from Dem.
Randy Tyler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyler. Dem does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dem blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler throws a jab but it's blocked by Dem.
A jab from Tyler misses.
Tyler stuffs the takedown attempt from Dem. Dem gets slowly back to his feet.

Dem 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyler is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dem is controlling him.
Dem wants to control from the top but Tyler keeps moving.
Tyler wants to get back to his feet but Dem is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dem trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Stylie Dem hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Tyler bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dem's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dem takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dem slips a jab from Tyler.
Decent striking displayed by Dem there.
Tyler tries to bum rush Dem with a series of wild strikes but Dem uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dem takes a swing at Tyler's ribcage but misses.
Dem closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tyler is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dem fails to land the takedown.
Tyler lands a jab to the nose.
Dem smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dem changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Randy Tyler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dem steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tyler.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dem throws a hook to the side of Tyler's head but Tyler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dem slips a jab and a cross from Tyler.
Dem keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyler throws a poor cross that misses
and Dem counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Dem.
Dem connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Horrible takedown by Dem or perhaps it was just good defense by Tyler which made him look bad.
Randy Tyler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stylie Dem.
Tyler slips a jab from Dem.
Dem looks to land a left hand but Tyler moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dem swings for the body but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler throws a hook to the side of Dem's head but Dem sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stylie Dem dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tyler connects with a body shot that sends Dem's belly button to the back.
Tyler misses with a right hand
and Dem counters with a stiff right hand.
Dem lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tyler throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dem on the side of the head.
Tyler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dem sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from Dem misses.
Tyler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyler thuds his right hand into Dem's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dem moves out of range of the strikes.
Dem moves away from the strike by Tyler.
Dem misses with a hook.
Dem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dem counters with a huge left! Tyler is in big trouble! He's backing up but Dem isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Tyler from any more damage. A dominating finish by Dem!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stylie Dem!