PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rude comes to the cage accompanied by Gunslinger. Tyson has chosen It's dark and hell is hot - DMX as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rude
vs
Tyson

190 cm
32
218 lbs
20 - 6 - 1

190 cm
31
222 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

The Dark Side

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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 20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dominic Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rude shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rude swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyson.
Rude lands a jab-cross combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rude is defended easily by Tyson.
Mike Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson closes the distance but Rude moves to the side
and Rude counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rude misses with a head kick.
Tyson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rude looks to throw the jab but Tyson is out of range.
Rude misses with a double jab.

Tyson moves into the clinch.
Rude misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rude goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyson lands a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Rude.
Tyson misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tyson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rude tries to work over Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rude misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rude tries to break the clinch but Tyson is controlling the position.
Rude swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rude working aggressively here.
Tyson tries a body shot but Rude blocks it.
Rude works on Tyson's body with a couple of short punches.
Rude lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tyson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rude struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyson controls his hands.
Rude misses with a hook from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Rude has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Rude throws a head punch that misses.
Rude has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rude throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyson.
Tyson stalling in the clinch but Rude improves position.
Tyson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tyson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rudes head.
Tyson misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tyson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rude's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rude creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rude stalling in the clinch but Tyson improves position.
Tyson lands an uppercut.
Tyson can't find room to land a body shot as Rude controls the action.
Tyson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tyson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Still in the clinch, Rude scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rude misses with a punch to the body.
Tyson works on Rude's body with a couple of short punches.
Rude goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rude struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyson controls his hands.
Rude blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tyson.
Rude wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tyson misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tyson throws an elbow but misses.
Tyson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rude misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rude tries to break free but Tyson pushes him back against the cage.
Rude misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rude looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tyson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Tyson on the inside.
Rude takes an elbow to the temple.
Rude lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rude takes an elbow to the forehead.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tyson misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson stalling.
Rude avoids the elbow strike from Tyson, against the cage.
Tyson tries to throw a body punch but Rude avoids it by throwing Tyson back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rude lands a hook that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
Rude trying to stall but Tyson improves his position.
Tyson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rude trying to control the position but instead, Tyson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rude into the cage.
Rude is trying to push Tyson away but Tyson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Rude fails to land.
Tyson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tyson lands with a short shot to the head.
Tyson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rude misses with some punches.
Tyson prevents Rude from breaking the clinch.
Tyson misses with a body punch.
Tyson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tyson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rude blocks a head kick by Tyson.
Tyson misses with a straight left.

Rude shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tyson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rude trying to control the position but Tyson is working away.
Tyson holding on.
Tyson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rude connects with a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude working the ground and pound but Tyson is defending the strikes.
Rude trying to control the position but Tyson is working away.
Rude is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tyson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson struggling a bit here.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Dominic Rude just wasn't active enough.
Rude dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rude on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rude works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rude drops Tyson with a naaaaasty hook - Tyson is in real trouble here! Rude dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Rude!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Dominic Rude made sure he mentioned The Dark Side, along with how happy he was to win his fight.