PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Charyak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charyak comes into the arena with Ni**as in Paris blaring out of the sound system. Tyson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dark Tranquillity - Lethe kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Brad Charyak could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jason Tyson's chin.

Charyak
vs
Tyson

190 cm
31
215 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

190 cm
29
223 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vitality

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 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Charyak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Tyson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson throws a jab when Charyak was well out of range.
Jason Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyson. Charyak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Charyak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Charyak shoots for a double leg takedown but Tyson sprawls well. He's pushed Charyak's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tyson scores with a one two! Charyak had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Charyak takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tyson just misses with a punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Charyak trying to land knees to the body.
Charyak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tyson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Charyak misses with the head strike.
Tyson wants to take the fight to the mat but Charyak manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Charyak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyson's elbow.
Charyak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tyson is defending well for now.
Charyak scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson tries to work over Charyak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tyson takes a shot to the head.
Charyak tries to land a knee to the head but Tyson blocks with his arms.
Tyson controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Tyson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charyak.
Charyak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tyson avoids it.
Tyson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tyson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Charyak after a bit of a struggle.
Charyak can't find room to land a body shot as Tyson controls the action.
A short left from Charyak.
Tyson lands a shot to the body.
Charyak can't find room to land a body shot as Tyson controls the action.
Tyson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Tyson.
Charyak lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charyak throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyson.

Tyson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Charyak is trying to keep an underhook but Tyson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Charyak gets full guard.
Tyson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson stopping the sweep attempt from Charyak.
Tyson trying to control but Charyak is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyson passes into half guard.
Tyson uses his free foot to push down on Charyak's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Charyak.
Tyson tries to control but Charyak wriggling away.

Tyson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Charyak has worked his arm free - good work by Charyak!
Charyak manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Charyak seems to be working for a kimura but Tyson defends the submission attempt.
Tyson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Charyak's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Charyak's back!
Tyson is trying to stick to Charyak's back but Charyak is turning into Tyson. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Tyson's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Charyak.
Charyak looking to sit in guard and control but Tyson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tyson cracks Charyak with a solid left hand.
Tyson wants to pass the guard but Charyak is keeping the position.
Tyson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Charyak's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Charyak defending well though.
Tyson with the ground and pound but Charyak uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Tyson trying to control but Charyak is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Charyak is looking for a triangle but Tyson pushes his legs off easily.
Charyak is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Charyak is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Charyak is trying to control the position but Tyson postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charyak swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Tyson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tyson stuffs the takedown.
Charyak attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Charyak throws a body kick that misses.
Charyak throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick misses from Charyak.
Charyak slips a jab from Tyson.
Tyson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Charyak throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Charyak throws a big shot that misses.
Tyson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Charyak pinned against the cage. Charyak gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tyson throws a head kick that misses.
Charyak doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyson circles away.
Tyson connects with a leg kick. Charyak looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tyson tries for a takedown but Charyak sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson lands the left hand.
Tyson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Charyak at a distance.
Tyson misses with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Tyson.
An inside leg kick from Charyak misses.
Tyson throws a low kick but Charyak moves out of range easily.
A left and a right from Tyson both land. Nice combination.
Tyson scores with a decent looking hook.
Charyak throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Charyak takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Horrible takedown by Charyak or perhaps it was just good defense by Tyson which made him look bad.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Charyak's hands.
Tyson fails with a takedown attempt.
Brad Charyak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Tyson.

Tyson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Charyak is avoiding damage well.
Tyson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Charyak is avoiding damage well.
Charyak manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Charyak trying to advance position but Tyson counters by regaining guard.

Tyson working for a triangle but Charyak defends it easily.
Charyak trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jason Tyson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Charyak preventing the sweep.
Tyson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charyak looking to sit in guard and control but Tyson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Charyak wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Tyson throwing strikes but missing.
Tyson connects with a couple of short punches.
Tyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Charyak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyson passes Charyak's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Charyak is looking to improve his position.

Tyson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tyson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Charyak defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson throwing shots but Charyak is blocking nicely.
Charyak is looking to control Tyson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Charyak avoid being mounted?
Charyak keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Good shot there by Charyak.

Tyson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Charyak napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Charyak is trying to improve his position.
Tyson trying to control the position but Charyak is working away.
Tyson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Charyak's legs.
Charyak is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Tyson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Tyson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Charyak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tyson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tyson wants to pass to mount but Charyak is defending the position.
Tyson working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Charyak's thigh. Charyak counters though and makes it back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charyak is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tyson wants to get back to full guard.

Charyak is working for a submission of some sort.
Charyak missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tyson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tyson trying to control but Charyak postures up.
Brad Charyak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is staying active underneath Charyak, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tyson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Charyak working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tyson's head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tyson is on top in guard.
Tyson is looking to work some ground and pound but Charyak has wrist control.
Tyson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tyson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charyak swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tyson wants to control from the top but Charyak keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson preventing the sweep.
Tyson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tyson trying to control but Charyak is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Charyak escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tyson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Charyak controls Tyson momentarily but Tyson frees himself.

Charyak has his foot on Tyson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tyson works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Charyak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyson is in close to Charyak's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tyson trying to control but Charyak is working from the bottom.
Tyson looking to sit in guard and control but Charyak gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jason Tyson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Charyak throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyson is trying to keep Charyak in close.
Tyson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Tyson!
A very excited looking Jason Tyson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.