PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jim Beckett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bostar Tyraanicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Beckett
vs
Tyraanicao

168 cm
35
146 lbs
31 - 15 - 2

175 cm
23
156 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Invictus
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Jim Beckett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bostar Tyraanicao!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckett tries to score with a low kick but Tyraanicao moves his leg out of the way.
Tyraanicao defending well as Beckett loads up on a big left hand.
Tyraanicao is looking to slow Beckett down with leg kicks.
Tyraanicao misses with a hook. Beckett ducked under it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Beckett.
Tyraanicao throws out a loose jab but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beckett looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tyraanicao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beckett attempts a counter takedown but Tyraanicao avoids it well and moves away.
Beckett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tyraanicao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tyraanicao takes a swing at Beckett's ribcage but misses.
Jim Beckett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beckett throws a hook but Tyraanicao blocks it.
Tyraanicao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beckett's calf.
Tyraanicao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tyraanicao throws a solid leg kick but Beckett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tyraanicao.
Beckett swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tyraanicao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beckett staying out of range there.
Tyraanicao lands an overhand right.
Beckett just misses with a punch to the body.
Beckett throws a low kick but Tyraanicao moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyraanicao throws a body punch but Beckett moves out of range.
Tyraanicao throws a leg kick which misses Beckett's front leg but catches the back leg as Beckett tries to avoid it.
Tyraanicao walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyraanicao moves away.
Beckett scores with a kick to the body.
Tyraanicao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Beckett misses.
Tyraanicao shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Beckett eats them both and turns towards Tyraanicao to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Beckett throws a shot from downtown. Tyraanicao moves away and avoids it.
Tyraanicao appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tyraanicao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beckett.
Beckett shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tyraanicao pinned against the cage. Tyraanicao gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tyraanicao moves away from the strike by Beckett.
The fighters circling - Beckett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyraanicao throws a front kick aimed at Beckett's knee but Beckett avoids it well.
Beckett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tyraanicao.
A leg kick checked by Tyraanicao.
Beckett throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyraanicao.
Beckett blocks the body kick.
Beckett throws a series of punches but Tyraanicao moves out of range.
Tyraanicao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckett misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyraanicao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyraanicao scores with a jab. Beckett acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Beckett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tyraanicao cracks Beckett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tyraanicao throws a body kick that misses.
Tyraanicao misses with an uppercut.
Beckett misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Tyraanicao does it's job there.
Tyraanicao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckett moves away.
Tyraanicao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tyraanicao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Beckett backing away here, and Tyraanicao unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tyraanicao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Beckett tries to counter with a takedown but Tyraanicao is quick to defend against it.
Beckett scoring well with a low kick there.
Beckett's corner calls for a 1-2. Beckett obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Beckett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyraanicao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beckett was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyraanicao.
Beckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Beckett swings for the body but Tyraanicao moves out of range.
Tyraanicao dips to his left and cracks Beckett with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett slips under a jab from Tyraanicao.
Tyraanicao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beckett manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tyraanicao. That's going to slow Beckett down.
A telegraphed right hand from Tyraanicao misses the target.
Beckett half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Tyraanicao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beckett explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Beckett looks for the body kick but Tyraanicao saw that one coming.
Tyraanicao doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Beckett misses the jab.
Tyraanicao tries a quick counter leg kick but Beckett is wise to it.
Nice shot lands for Beckett.
Beckett thumps Tyraanicao with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beckett scores with a leg kick.
Beckett takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Beckett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tyraanicao looks to land a right hand but Beckett moved out of range.
Beckett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beckett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tyraanicao is able to avoid easily.
A clash of legs there as Beckett blocks the low kick.
Beckett jabs Tyraanicao right on the nose. Tyraanicao blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beckett is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckett scores with a shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Beckett checks a leg kick.
Beckett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tyraanicao throws the left hand but Beckett avoids the punch easily.
Beckett throws a push kick but Tyraanicao slaps the foot to one side.
Beckett misses with a looping left.
Beckett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyraanicao was well out of range. Poor timing from Beckett.
Tyraanicao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beckett thuds his right hand into Tyraanicao's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Beckett lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tyraanicao will feel that in the morning.
Bostar Tyraanicao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyraanicao misses with a double jab.
Tyraanicao moves out of range of the strikes.
Beckett throws a looping overhand right but Tyraanicao ducks down to avoid it.
Tyraanicao looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tyraanicao misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beckett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tyraanicao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tyraanicao. Beckett shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bostar Tyraanicao will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Beckett is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beckett slips under a jab.
Tyraanicao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyraanicao throws out a loose jab but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyraanicao dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beckett. That did some damage!
Tyraanicao takes a swing at Beckett's ribcage but misses.
Beckett walks into a left hand.
Tyraanicao throws a big shot that misses.
Beckett throws a lazy right hand but Tyraanicao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beckett connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beckett. Tyraanicao does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tyraanicao! But no joy.
Beckett staying out of range there.
Beckett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bostar Tyraanicao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beckett loads up on a big right hand but Tyraanicao slips the punch.
Tyraanicao throws a body kick that misses.
Beckett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tyraanicao counters with a body kick.
Tyraanicao misses with a hook.
Tyraanicao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyraanicao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beckett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tyraanicao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beckett.
Beckett throws a hook to the side of Tyraanicao's head but Tyraanicao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyraanicao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tyraanicao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tyraanicao just misses with a punch to the body.
Beckett tries to counter with a takedown but Tyraanicao is quick to defend against it.
Beckett does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Beckett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Beckett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tyraanicao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tyraanicao sizes up Beckett with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Beckett checks the leg kick nicely there.
Beckett checks a leg kick nicely.
Beckett tries to counter with a takedown but Tyraanicao is quick to defend against it.
Tyraanicao checks a low kick from Beckett.
A big right from Tyraanicao misses.
Beckett misses with a low kick.
Tyraanicao defending well as Beckett loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Tyraanicao misses.
Tyraanicao misses with a straight right.
Beckett throws a leg kick but Tyraanicao sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beckett tries to score with a low kick but Tyraanicao moves his leg out of the way.
Tyraanicao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Beckett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tyraanicao.
Tyraanicao gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tyraanicao takes one to the chin there.
Tyraanicao's jab looks to have found its range, popping Beckett under the eye.
Beckett looks to land a right hand but Tyraanicao moved out of range.
Tyraanicao tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tyraanicao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tyraanicao chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beckett can pounce on him.
Tyraanicao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beckett chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tyraanicao can pounce on him.
Tyraanicao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyraanicao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyraanicao flicks out a counter leg kick but Beckett steps away.
Tyraanicao misses with a hook. Beckett ducked under it nicely.
Tyraanicao thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Beckett if he has to take too many more of those.
Beckett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyraanicao was well out of range. Poor timing from Beckett.
Beckett throws a head kick that misses.
Tyraanicao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tyraanicao misses with a hook.
Tyraanicao takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tyraanicao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tyraanicao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tyraanicao misses with a straight left.
Tyraanicao misses the shot to the body.
Beckett misses with a wild body shot.
Tyraanicao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyraanicao takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Beckett moves out of range of the body kick from Tyraanicao.
Good standup being displayed there by Tyraanicao as he connects with a hook.
Tyraanicao lands with an overhand left.
Tyraanicao scoring well with a low kick there.
Tyraanicao scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyraanicao lands a glancing blow to the side of Beckett's head.
Beckett throws a push kick but Tyraanicao slaps the foot to one side.
Tyraanicao looks to throw the jab but Beckett is out of range.
Beckett moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyraanicao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beckett manages to avoid it.
Tyraanicao has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Beckett gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beckett. Tyraanicao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beckett throws a hook to the side of Tyraanicao's head but Tyraanicao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyraanicao misses with a kick to the body.
Beckett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tyraanicao on the side of the head.
Beckett feints and then cracks Tyraanicao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tyraanicao down.
Tyraanicao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tyraanicao.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyraanicao. Beckett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beckett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyraanicao was well out of range. Poor timing from Beckett.
Beckett throws a leg kick which misses Tyraanicao's front leg but catches the back leg as Tyraanicao tries to avoid it.
Tyraanicao throws a looping overhand right but Beckett ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyraanicao checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tyraanicao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tyraanicao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beckett throws a body shot but no joy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beckett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jim Beckett will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tyraanicao misses with a low kick.
Tyraanicao just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyraanicao throws a leg kick but Beckett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tyraanicao avoids the body shot from Beckett.
Beckett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tyraanicao is out of range.
Beckett swings for the body but Tyraanicao moves out of range.
Beckett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tyraanicao counters with a stiff right hand.
Tyraanicao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beckett.
Beckett lands a leg kick that knocks Tyraanicao off balance momentarily.
Tyraanicao takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Beckett finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tyraanicao looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Beckett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tyraanicao checks the leg kick.
Tyraanicao let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyraanicao goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Beckett loads up on a big right hand but Tyraanicao slips the punch.
Tyraanicao looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tyraanicao throws the left hand but Beckett avoids the punch easily.
Beckett throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Beckett looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyraanicao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beckett's head.
Tyraanicao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beckett.
Tyraanicao misses with a straight right.
Beckett takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circling - Beckett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyraanicao flicks out a counter leg kick but Beckett steps away.
Beckett misses with a low kick.
Beckett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tyraanicao is out of range.
Tyraanicao appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tyraanicao cracks Beckett with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tyraanicao lands a right hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Beckett.
Tyraanicao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Beckett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Beckett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A countering left hand to the body from Tyraanicao misses.
Beckett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tyraanicao.
Tyraanicao scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beckett doesn't seem bothered though.
Beckett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Beckett.
Tyraanicao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyraanicao avoids the body shot from Beckett.
A bone on bone clash there as Tyraanicao blocks the leg kick.
Beckett takes one to the side of the head.
Tyraanicao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beckett throws a lazy right hand but Tyraanicao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beckett throws an overhand right that lands on Tyraanicao's shoulder, as Tyraanicao tries to avoid the shot.
Beckett misses with a hook. Tyraanicao ducked under it nicely.
Tyraanicao misses with an uppercut. Beckett saw that one coming.
Beckett has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tyraanicao.
Tyraanicao dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beckett. That did some damage!
Tyraanicao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beckett slips a jab and a cross from Tyraanicao.
Tyraanicao throws a push kick but Beckett slaps the foot to one side.
Beckett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beckett fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tyraanicao only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Beckett misses with a leg kick
and Tyraanicao counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beckett throws out a powerful jab.
Tyraanicao's corner calls for a 1-2. Tyraanicao obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Beckett shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tyraanicao as he jumps to the side.
Beckett connects with a nice looking jab.
Beckett throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyraanicao.
Beckett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyraanicao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tyraanicao.
Tyraanicao lands a two punch combo.
Beckett throws a series of punches but Tyraanicao avoids them all with ease.
Tyraanicao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beckett swings widly with a right hand
and Beckett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tyraanicao has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyraanicao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beckett blocks a low kick nicely.
Tyraanicao lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyraanicao scores with a jab.
Beckett throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tyraanicao's corner calls for a 1-2. Tyraanicao obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Beckett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beckett looks to score with a jab to the body but Tyraanicao is just out of range.
Beckett cracks the inside of Tyraanicao's front leg.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tyraanicao lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Beckett has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Beckett and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Beckett shoots in looking for a takedown. Tyraanicao tries to sprawl out of it but Beckett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tyraanicao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Beckett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyraanicao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beckett.
Beckett changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tyraanicao slips a straight right by Beckett.
Beckett misses with a low kick.
Beckett avoids a kick to the body.
Tyraanicao misses with an uppercut. Beckett saw that one coming.
Tyraanicao with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beckett misses with an attempted mid kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bostar Tyraanicao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tyraanicao has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!