PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Lonkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lonkar 's entrance music is Blow Me Away. A fine choice. Tyson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. When love takes over kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lonkar
vs
Tyson

182 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Urban Vandal fight gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, George Lonkar !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lonkar but Lonkar pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tyson shoots in but Lonkar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tyson shoots for a takedown but Lonkar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
George Lonkar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Tyson.
Tyson looks for a takedown but Lonkar sprawls well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lonkar !
Lonkar misses with a double jab.
Tyson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lonkar feints and then cracks Tyson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tyson down.
Lonkar cracks Tyson with an open hand slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lonkar clinches up with Tyson and pushes him back against the cage.

Lonkar lands a takedown into guard.

Tyson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tyson looks gassed!

Tyson has his foot on Lonkar 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lonkar works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lonkar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lonkar wants to control from the top but Tyson keeps moving.
Lonkar forces his way into half guard.
Lonkar working over Tyson with some ground and pound. Tyson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lonkar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lonkar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lonkar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lonkar lands with a punch from half guard.
Tyson is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Lonkar .
Lonkar 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lonkar works his way into full mount!
Lonkar unloading with bombs!
Lonkar with shots to the head and body - Tyson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tyson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lonkar controlling the position easily from mount.
Tyson is squirming around, avoiding Lonkar 's attempts to control the action.
Lonkar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lonkar looking to finish Tyson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tyson!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lonkar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tyson's face.
Lonkar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tyson looks a forlorn figure.
Lonkar scoring with strikes but Tyson is staying in there.
Lonkar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tyson hang on?
Tyson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lonkar raining down shots from the mount!
Lonkar with a couple of short strikes.
Lonkar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Lonkar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lonkar with shots to the head and body - Tyson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lonkar lands a big shot there that rocks Tyson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson tries to hold on but Lonkar pushes him away.
Lonkar lands with some strikes.
Lonkar working Tyson over with strikes here.
Lonkar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tyson hang on?
Lonkar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tyson hang on?
Lonkar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyson is in a horrible position here. Lonkar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lonkar with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson wants to hold on but Lonkar pushes him away.
Lonkar is landing with some decent strikes but Tyson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lonkar 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.

George Lonkar 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.

Lonkar looks to land a combination but Tyson avoids it well.
Nice sprawl there from Lonkar as Tyson shoots in.
Tyson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lonkar tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lonkar throws a jab when Tyson was well out of range.
Lonkar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyson moves away.
Lonkar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Lonkar clinches with his opponent.

Lonkar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tyson closes the distance but Lonkar moves to the side
and Lonkar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Lonkar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tyson momentarily.
Tyson misses with a takedown

and Lonkar counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tyson won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lonkar working the head with strikes.
Lonkar working the ground and pound.
George Lonkar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lonkar has hold of Tyson's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Tyson seems comfortable defending it but Lonkar has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Tyson is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Tyson is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Lonkar couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). George Lonkar !
George Lonkar retains his middleweight title!