PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between morgan stompore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Celldweller - Own Little World. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

stompore
vs
Tyson

190 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, morgan stompore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson tries for a takedown but stompore sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
stompore stuffs the takedown.
Tyson misses with a head kick.

stompore gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tyson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tyson with a flurry of punches that miss.

stompore working for a triangle but Tyson defends it easily.
stompore managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson is looking to work some ground and pound but stompore has wrist control.
Tyson stops stompore from standing up.
Tyson cracks stompore with a solid left hand.
stompore avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tyson tries to free his leg and advance position but stompore is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
stompore pulls Tyson in close to prevent any damage.
stompore manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tyson manages to get himself to full guard.
Tyson keeping moving, preventing stompore from controlling successfully.

Tyson pushes stompore off and gets back to his feet.
stompore tries for a takedown but Tyson circles away easily

and Tyson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
stompore is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
stompore lands a decent shot there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
stompore not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tyson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
stompore seems keen to control Tyson's posture.
Tyson pushing down on stompore's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
stompore wants to improve his position but Tyson is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tyson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tyson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks stompore with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tyson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks stompore with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tyson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tyson prevents stompore from improving his position.
stompore on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if stompore tries to get out of the position.
stompore is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tyson scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tyson shoots and misses
enabling stompore to counter with a crisp jab.

Tyson moves into the clinch.

Tyson is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. stompore can't fight it off and eventually Tyson manages to take the fight to the floor. stompore looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tyson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
stompore pulls Tyson in close to prevent any damage.
Tyson wants to pass the guard but stompore is keeping the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
stompore working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tyson.
stompore looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tyson is one step ahead there.
Tyson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
stompore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tyson is working stompore over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
stompore is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tyson is controlling him.
stompore controls Tyson momentarily but Tyson frees himself.
Tyson with a nice head shot there.
Tyson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tyson preventing the sweep.
Tyson works over stompore with some ground and pound from guard.
Tyson postures up and lands a big shot to stompore's brow.
Tyson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tyson distracts stompore with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tyson cracks stompore with a solid left hand.
stompore looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tyson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
stompore working a defensive guard but Tyson manages to pass into side control anyway.
Tyson working the ground and pound.
stompore struggling a bit here.
Tyson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Tyson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Tyson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
stompore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
stompore looking to control.
Tyson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
stompore is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
stompore wants to stand and escape but Tyson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
stompore wants to get back to his feet but Tyson passes into half guard.
Tyson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
stompore is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tyson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tyson working over stompore with some ground and pound. stompore looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
stompore is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tyson scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
stompore is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Tyson there.
stompore is looking to get back to full guard here but Tyson has managed to pass to side control instead.
Chris Tyson has got the better of the ground game so far.
stompore swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Tyson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tyson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can stompore hang on?
stompore is bucking up trying to escape but Tyson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tyson avoids the attempt from stompore to control.
stompore is desperately trying to improve his position but Tyson has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Tyson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tyson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
stompore is wriggling around trying to escape.
Chris Tyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyson trying to control but stompore is having none of it.
Tyson lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tyson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Tyson!