PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Ryan (ranked 661 p4p, 99 weight class) and Mike Tycoon (ranked 770 p4p, 111 weight class). Ryan comes to the cage accompanied by The Animals - House of the Rising Sun. Tycoon has chosen Monkey Business as his entrance music. Mike Tycoon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ryan
vs
Tycoon

188 cm
25
212 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

182 cm
31
220 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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KAISER Nutrition - Q160
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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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Tycoon!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tycoon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ryan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Mike Tycoon has been cut.
Tycoon checks a low kick from Ryan.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick.
Tycoon lands a body shot.
Ryan misses with a hook.
Tycoon misses the shot to the body.
Tycoon lands with a cross.
Jab from Tycoon.
Ryan misses with a body shot.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from Tycoon.
Tycoon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ryan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tycoon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ryan.
Ryan checks a leg kick.
Ryan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryan cracks Tycoon with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ryan lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Ryan closes the distance and pushes Tycoon back into the cage.
Tycoon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ryan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ryan pushes Tycoon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ryan stalling the fight.
Ryan trying to control the position but instead, Tycoon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ryan into the cage.
Tycoon throws a punch but it's blocked by Ryan.
Ryan misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Ryan.
Ryan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
I was talking to Ryan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ryan lands a left hand.
Ryan prevents a body shot from Tycoon.
Tycoon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tycoon lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ryan.
Tycoon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ryan's elbow.
Tycoon has a couple of punches blocked by Ryan.
Ryan prevents a body shot from Tycoon.
Ryan has a couple of punches blocked by Tycoon.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tycoon lands a shot to the body.
Tycoon has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ryan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tycoon can turn it around.
Ryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tycoon tries a body shot but Ryan blocks it.
Tycoon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ryan's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ryan.
Tycoon tries to work over Ryan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tycoon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tycoon misses with a hook from the clinch.

Ryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ryan misses the shot to the body.
Ryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tycoon.
Ryan moves in looking to clinch but Tycoon pushes him off.
Ryan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Ryan lands.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ryan.
Nice body punch from Tycoon.
The crowd cheers as Tycoon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ryan doesn't seem phased though.
An inside leg kick from Ryan misses.
Tycoon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tycoon swings for the body but Ryan moves out of range.
Ryan looks to score with a jab to the body but Tycoon is just out of range.
Tycoon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ryan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ryan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tycoon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ryan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tycoon looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tycoon throws a hook to the side of Ryan's head but Ryan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ryan lands a leg kick that knocks Tycoon off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan scores with a leg kick.
Ryan punishes Tycoon's body with a nice straight punch.
Ryan moves into range and connects with a jab.

That has opened up Mike Tycoon's cut even more.
Ryan lands a nice hook to Tycoon's body. Tycoon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Ryan lands a big head kick that sends Tycoon tumbling to the mat! Ryan takes a step backwards and waves Tycoon back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Tycoon is rocked!

Ryan moves into the clinch.
Tycoon is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryan finish him?
Tycoon misses with a punch to the body.
Tycoon seems to have recovered his senses.
Tycoon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tycoon swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tycoon.
Ryan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

The cut above Mike Tycoon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ryan lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Tycoon falls backwards - clearly groggy! Ryan dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Ryan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jimmy Ryan made sure he mentioned BuriedAlive// Fight Gear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.