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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Birbant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good kicks
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Birbant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birbant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tyson.
Nice shot by Birbant.
Birbant swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyson.
Birbant drives through and clinches with Tyson against the cage.
Birbant stalling.
Tyson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Birbant pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Birbant gets through Tyson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tyson letting Birbant take a breather here.
Birbant throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birbant working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tyson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Birbant pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Birbant lands a right hand.
Tyson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Birbant gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Josh Birbant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Tyson.
Birbant pushes Tyson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Birbant controlling the action here for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Birbant.
Tyson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Birbant fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tyson wants to clinch but Birbant slips to the side
and Birbant counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson shoots for a double leg takedown but Birbant sprawls well. He's pushed Tyson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mike Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson shoots in but Birbant avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tyson wants to clinch but Birbant slips to the side
and Birbant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Birbant gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Birbant stalls.
Birbant lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Birbant.
Birbant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Birbant stalling the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birbant scores with a shoulder strike.
Birbant lands an uppercut.
Birbant lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Come on Birbant - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short uppercut from Birbant.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Birbant - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Josh Birbant.
Tyson tries to clinch up but Birbant circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyson shoots for a takedown but Birbant saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tyson tries to clinch but Birbant moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Birbant.
Tyson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Birbant avoids it really well and circles away.
Tyson wants to clinch but Birbant slips to the side
and Birbant counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tyson.
Nice body kick there by Birbant.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Birbant dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tyson shoots in for a takedown but Birbant shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tyson fails to land the takedown.
Tyson dives in for a single leg takedown but Birbant sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Josh Birbant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Tyson.
Tyson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tyson stalling in the clinch but Birbant improves position.
Birbant pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Josh Birbant.
Tyson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Birbant but Birbant pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A low kick from Tyson is predictable there
and Birbant counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tyson thinking.
Birbant pushes Tyson up against the cage in a clinch.
Birbant stalling against the cage.
Birbant lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Birbant takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Birbant makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Birbant is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Josh Birbant.
No luck for Birbant with that takedown attempt.
Tyson fails with the takedown
and Tyson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birbant throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tyson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Birbant. That one must have hurt.
Birbant slaps away a takedown attempt from Tyson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Birbant lands a jab to Tyson's midsection.
Tyson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Birbant clinches.
Birbant lands a body shot in the clinch.
Birbant lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tyson or not.
Tyson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birbant will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tyson up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Birbant dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Tyson shoots in and drives through. Birbant sprawls well.
Tyson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Birbant keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Josh Birbant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Tyson.
Tyson shoots in for a double leg but Birbant sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Birbant stuffs the takedown.
Tyson shoots in but Birbant avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Birbant circles away from the clinch attempt
and Birbant counters with a nice kick to the body.
Tyson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Birbant.
Birbant shoots in but no luck this time.
Birbant changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tyson tries to avoid it but Birbant manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tyson to the ground. Tyson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tyson has his takedown stuffed
and Birbant counters with a nice body kick.
Tyson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Birbant connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tyson scrambles back to his feet.
Josh Birbant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice shot lands for Birbant.
Birbant throws a head kick that Tyson semi-blocks.
Tyson shoots in and drives through. Birbant sprawls well.
Tyson stuffs the takedown attempt from Birbant. Birbant gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Birbant.
Tyson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Birbant.
Tyson walks into a stiff left hand from Birbant.
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!
A head kick from Birbant lands but Tyson takes it in his stride.
Tyson is rocked!
Look low, kick high! Birbant uses the oldest trick in the book to send Tyson tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Birbant is absolutely delighted - when Tyson wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Josh Birbant!
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