PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyke Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell has chosen Ride The Lightning as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Bad Voodoo Daddy
vs
Mitchell

197 cm
29
275 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
28
222 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyke Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Voodoo Daddy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mitchell!
Voodoo Daddy advances to mount.
Mitchell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Voodoo Daddy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Voodoo Daddy wants to control the pace but Mitchell is squirming around nicely.
Voodoo Daddy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mitchell is trying to escape the mount.
Voodoo Daddy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mitchell is looking to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Voodoo Daddy has hold of Mitchell's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Mitchell manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voodoo Daddy trying to control but Mitchell is having none of it.
Mitchell keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Voodoo Daddy goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Mitchell turns into him and now he's in Voodoo Daddy's guard.
Voodoo Daddy looking for a sweep. Not yet Voodoo Daddy, not yet.
Voodoo Daddy is trying to control the position but Mitchell postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mitchell trying to control the position from guard on top but Voodoo Daddy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voodoo Daddy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Voodoo Daddy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mitchell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mitchell manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
I've been told that Mitchell has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Mitchell is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Voodoo Daddy seems keen to control Mitchell's posture.

Voodoo Daddy has his foot on Mitchell's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mitchell works his way back into a safe position though.
Mitchell preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Voodoo Daddy is looking for a triangle here but Mitchell uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Voodoo Daddy struggling a bit here.
Mitchell trying to control the action but Voodoo Daddy is working from the bottom.
Voodoo Daddy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Voodoo Daddy is working hard here to advance position.
Voodoo Daddy can't do much from the bottom here.
Voodoo Daddy is looking to regain half guard here but Mitchell keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Voodoo Daddy gets back to half guard.
Voodoo Daddy trying to control here.
Voodoo Daddy preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Mitchell not doing much here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Voodoo Daddy works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Voodoo Daddy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mitchell.
Mitchell misses with a body shot.
Voodoo Daddy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mitchell but Mitchell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mitchell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Voodoo Daddy feinted with a counter takedown.
Voodoo Daddy darts in looking for a takedown but Mitchell gets double underhooks and turns Voodoo Daddy into the cage.
Voodoo Daddy avoids the body shot from Mitchell.
Mitchell's corner calls for a 1-2. Mitchell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Voodoo Daddy is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Voodoo Daddy shoots in but Mitchell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voodoo Daddy dives in and grabs Mitchell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mitchell pushes down on Voodoo Daddy's head and hops out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voodoo Daddy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice takedown defense from Mitchell. No joy for Voodoo Daddy on that attempt.
Mitchell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Voodoo Daddy on the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mitchell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mitchell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mitchell misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell scores with the left hand. Voodoo Daddy knows he should have avoided that one.

Voodoo Daddy is rocked!
Voodoo Daddy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Voodoo Daddy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Voodoo Daddy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mitchell counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyke Mitchell!
Tyke Mitchell is the new heavyweight champion!
A victorious Tyke Mitchell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.