PBP Commentary

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

Tyson
vs
Maia

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Maia!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maia shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tyson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Tyson being controlled here, momentarily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Maia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Maia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maia slips nicely into half guard.
Maia with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Maia in particular looking to stall.
Let's hope that Maia has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Tyson moves into full guard.
Maia forces his way into half guard.
Tyson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maia on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Maia trying to control the pace.
Maia prevents Tyson from improving his position.
Maia trying to control the pace.
Maia passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tyson?
Maia cracks Tyson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maia postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tyson looks a forlorn figure.
Tyson taking shots to the head.
Maia postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tyson looks a forlorn figure.
Maia controlling from mount.
Maia cracks Tyson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maia controlling from the full mount.
Maia raining down hammerfists from mount.
Maia content just to control the position here.
Maia's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Tyson taking shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maia lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Maia 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Maia 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.

Maia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tyson!

It looks like Daniel Maia has been cut.
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tyson scores with a sloppy right hand. Maia should have avoided that one.
Tyson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tyson wants it to stay on the feet.
Tyson scores with a hook to the body. Maia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tyson works over Maia's head and body with a nice combination.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Maia avoids nicely.
Tyson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tyson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson throws a right hand that Maia ducks under and follows up with a left that Maia also avoids with ease.
Maia dives in for a single leg takedown but Tyson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tyson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Maia decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Well, if Maia is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Maia moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia controlling the position.
Maia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Maia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Maia scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tyson to see if he's OK.
Maia controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maia is continuing to stall.
Tyson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Maia moves into full mount!
Maia controlling from the full mount.
Daniel Maia has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia with the ground and pound from mount.
Maia content just to control the position here.
Tyson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tyson taking shots to the head.
Maia controlling from mount.
Maia working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia lands with some strikes.
Maia controlling the pace for now.
Maia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maia controlling his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maia is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Maia controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Maia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daniel Maia's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Tyson gets caught flat footed, as Maia shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Maia's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tyson can't keep his opponent in guard - Maia advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Maia content to control rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
More stalling from Maia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia lands with a punch from half guard.
Maia is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Maia landing shots from mount.
Maia looking to control and managing it successfully.
Maia landing strikes, looking to finish!

It looks like George Tyson has been cut.
Tyson is bucking up trying to escape but Maia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Tyson is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maia drops a big elbow. That's hurt Tyson! More shots from Maia and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Maia!