PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gray Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento has chosen Paranaue - Parana as his entrance music. Gray Tyler looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Tyler
vs
Nascimento

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gray Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nascimento shoots in but Tyler avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nascimento looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nascimento misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tyler.
Nascimento throws a sloppy head kick and Tyler moves out of range easily.
Nascimento pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nascimento blocks a jab.
Nascimento shoots for a double leg takedown but Tyler sprawls well. He's pushed Nascimento's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A head kick from Nascimento lands but Tyler takes it in his stride.
A punch combination from Tyler misses.
Nascimento moves in looking to clinch but Tyler pushes him off.
Nascimento has a takedown stuffed.
Gray Tyler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Nascimento.
Nascimento looks gassed!
Tyler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tyler lands a slapping body shot.
Tyler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nascimento circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyler throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nascimento on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler throws a big shot that misses.
Nascimento showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyler.
Tyler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyler. Nascimento does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Tyler.
Tyler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tyler misses with a body shot.

Tyler throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nascimento was covering up waiting for the punch and Tyler finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Tyler has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nascimento looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tyler is one step ahead there.
Tyler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nascimento is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nascimento works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tyler would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tyler wants to control from the top but Nascimento keeps moving.
Tyler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Tyler from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nascimento fails with the takedown
and Tyler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tyler throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Tyler shoots in and bounces Nascimento off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tyler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tyler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tyler throwing strikes but missing.
Nascimento avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tyler is working Nascimento over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tyler wants to control from the top but Nascimento keeps moving.
Tyler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tyler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nascimento lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gray Tyler dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A decent looking body kick lands there for Tyler.
Nascimento checks a leg kick.
Tyler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick by Nascimento misses
and Tyler counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tyler throws a hook but Nascimento avoids it easily.
Tyler blocks a head kick by Nascimento.
Andre Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tyler scores a takedown into full mount!
Tyler throwing strikes here but Nascimento is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tyler breaks from Nascimento's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tyler throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nascimento holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tyler tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler looking to ground and pound but Nascimento is blocking nicely.
Tyler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Andre Nascimento has been cut.
Tyler unloads with some shots from mount but Nascimento bucks and avoids them well.
Tyler scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tyler controlling his opponent.
Tyler is landing with some decent strikes but Nascimento is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento is bucking up trying to escape but Tyler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tyler looking to finish Nascimento with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nascimento!
Nascimento wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tyler.
Tyler cracks Nascimento with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tyler wants to control the pace but Nascimento is squirming around nicely.
Tyler working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tyler controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Tyler there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyler cracks Nascimento with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nascimento blocking the ground and pound.
Tyler tries to control but Nascimento wriggling away.
Tyler looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tyler throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nascimento because Tyler loaded up on that one.
Tyler working the ground and pound effectively.

Tyler has control of Nascimento's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Nascimento regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Nascimento can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gray Tyler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andre Nascimento's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tyler throws a wild body kick that Nascimento sees coming a mile off.
Nascimento is looking to slow Tyler down with leg kicks.
Tyler tries to bum rush Nascimento with a series of wild strikes but Nascimento uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nascimento turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nascimento tries to clinch but Tyler moves away

and Tyler counters with a single leg into guard. Nascimento didn't expect that.

Tyler decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Tyler throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nascimento was covering up waiting for the punch and Tyler finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Tyler trying to control but Nascimento is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tyler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tyler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nascimento is keeping the position for now.
Tyler won't allow Nascimento to sweep him here.
Nascimento lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tyler!
Gray Tyler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Nascimento wants to finish this one by submission but Tyler is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Nascimento.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tyler tries to hold on but Nascimento pushes him away.
Tyler is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nascimento wants to control the pace but Tyler is squirming around nicely.
Tyler wants to hold on but Nascimento pushes him away.
Tyler tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nascimento tries to control but Tyler wriggling away.

Nascimento looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gray Tyler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento trying to control but Tyler is having none of it.
Nascimento throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Andre Nascimento has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nascimento prevents Tyler from getting the reversal.
Nascimento tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Nascimento stands up from mount. Strange move.
Nascimento throws the kick towards the body but Tyler avoids it.
Tyler misses with a wild body shot.
Tyler lands a glancing blow to the side of Nascimento's head.
Tyler swings for the body but Nascimento moves out of range.
Tyler throws a leg kick but Nascimento moved away.
Tyler misses the shot to the body.
Nascimento misses with a head kick.
Tyler throws a one two combo.
Nice straight punches there by Tyler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tyler.
Tyler lands a really nice looking cross but Nascimento seems unphased.

Nascimento gets caught flat footed, as Tyler shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nascimento is looking to sweep but instead, Tyler has passed into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gray Tyler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tyler has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gray Tyler!