PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manny Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bradon cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Tyson
vs
cortez

180 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, bradon cortez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson moves in looking to clinch but cortez pushes him off.
cortez shoots for a takedown but Tyson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A thudding body kick lands there by cortez!
cortez lands with a slapping head kick.
Tyson scores with a nice right hand.
Tyson with a nice cross.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from cortez.
cortez missing with a left hand there. Tyson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tyson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Manny Tyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bradon cortez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cortez shoots in for a takedown but Tyson shows good takedown defense.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Tyson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
cortez trying to control the position but instead, Tyson has worked for underhooks and has pushed cortez into the cage.
Tyson is pressed up against the cage. cortez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tyson down to the mat. Tyson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Tyson moves into range and clinches up with cortez.
Tyson avoiding damage.
cortez is trying to break free.
cortez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tyson wants to get back to striking at distance but cortez won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Tyson.
cortez tries to pull guard but Tyson holds him up against the cage and eventually cortez drops back down to his feet.
cortez looks gassed!
A short right from Tyson on the inside.
A short right from Tyson.
cortez being controlled against the cage.
Tyson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tyson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
cortez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tyson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee calls for Tyson to work.
cortez keeps control of Tyson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Tyson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from cortez does no damage.
cortez shoots in but Tyson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cortez misses with a combination

and Tyson moves into the clinch.
Tyson stalls.
Tyson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from cortez.
Tyson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Tyson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from cortez.

Tyson darts in and clinches cortez up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cortez is trying to break the clinch but Tyson has him pressed against the cage.
Tyson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tyson lands a right hand that snaps the head of cortez backwards.
Tyson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of cortez backwards.
cortez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tyson.
Tyson lands with a short shot to the head.
Tyson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but cortez has him pressed against the cage.
cortez trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tyson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
cortez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tyson is keeping busy.
Tyson taking a breather.
Tyson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
cortez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Tyson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tyson closes the distance and clinches.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tyson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

cortez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tyson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tyson jabs cortez right on the nose. cortez blinks but takes it well.

Tyson rushes cortez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Tyson.
cortez scores with a shot to the side of Tyson's head.
cortez is breathing heavily.
Tyson scores with a nice hook to the head.
cortez wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Tyson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tyson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

cortez drags the fight down to the ground.
cortez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
cortez trying to control the position.
Tyson wants to get up but he can't break cortez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
cortez trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tyson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tyson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for cortez on the ground.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tyson avoids the head kick by cortez.
Tyson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. cortez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
bradon cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cortez throws a series of punches but Tyson moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
cortez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
cortez thows a body kick. Tyson tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Tyson moves into the clinch successfully.
Tyson taking a breather.
Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
cortez is looking to break free of the clinch but Tyson has double underhooks.
Tyson prevents the takedown attempt.
Manny Tyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bradon cortez.
Tyson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

cortez breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch but cortez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
cortez shoots in for a double leg but Tyson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
cortez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Tyson counters by clinching up.
Tyson lands an uppercut.
cortez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tyson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of cortezs head.
Tyson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of cortezs head.
Tyson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of cortez backwards.
Tyson lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tyson.
Tyson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
cortez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tyson just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Tyson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Tyson tries to clinch up.
cortez misses with a takedown

and Tyson moves into the clinch.

Tyson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Tyson catches cortez right on the button with a cross.
cortez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tyson.
cortez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
cortez shoots for a double leg takedown but Tyson sprawls well. He's pushed cortez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Tyson takes the fight into the clinch.
Tyson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cortez is looking to break free of the clinch but Tyson has double underhooks.

Tyson breaks from the clinch.
Manny Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
cortez misses with a takedown attempt - Tyson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Manny Tyson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bradon cortez.
cortez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tyson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
cortez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tyson counters with a left and a right that stings cortez.
A cross from Tyson lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson tries to clinch but cortez is having none of it.
Tyson lands with a cross.
cortez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
cortez wants to clinch
and Tyson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
cortez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
cortez wants to clinch but Tyson slips to the side
and Tyson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Tyson counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson working aggressively here.
Tyson gets underhooks to prevent cortez's takedown attempt.
A short right from Tyson on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Tyson.
cortez misses with a short punch on the inside.
cortez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
cortez keeps control of Tyson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tyson scores with a shoulder strike.
cortez stalling in the clinch but Tyson improves position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tyson.
Tyson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tyson.
Tyson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning cortez up against the cage.
Tyson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cortez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
cortez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
cortez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tyson stalling against the cage.
Tyson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
cortez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tyson managing to block the knees to the body from cortez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tyson.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tyson as cortez tries to tie him up.
cortez tries to break the clinch but Tyson is controlling the position.
cortez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tyson is pushing cortez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
bradon cortez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manny Tyson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
cortez stalling in the clinch but Tyson improves position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Tyson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tyson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

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