PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rich Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson's entrance music is Hard-Rihanna. A fine choice. Rourke has chosen Rolling Stones - Paint it black as his entrance music. Mikko Rourke has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rich Tyson's chin.

Tyson
vs
Rourke

175 cm
23
192 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

182 cm
21
196 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rich Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikko Rourke!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rourke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rourke cracks Tyson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tyson avoids a kick to the body.
Rourke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rourke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rourke defending well as Tyson loads up on a big left hand.
Tyson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rourke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rourke is just out of range.
Tyson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rourke looks for a takedown but Tyson sprawls well.
Rourke tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rourke tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Rourke shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tyson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rourke with the ground and pound but Tyson regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Tyson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rourke on the ground.
Tyson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rourke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tyson is trying to stand up here but Rourke is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rourke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rourke thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tyson's head.
Rourke thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tyson's head.
Rourke throwing shots but Tyson is blocking nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rourke wants to clinch up but Tyson keeps it at a distance.
Rourke lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Rourke gets a takedown into half guard.
Rourke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rourke throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rourke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rourke thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tyson's head.
Rourke is trying to control the action in half guard but Tyson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rourke is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tyson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rourke seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson tries to kick Rourke off but Rourke keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rourke thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rourke misses with a head shot. Tyson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Rourke sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rourke stands up over Tyson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rourke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rourke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rourke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rourke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tyson keeping full guard, as Rourke tries to pass.
Rourke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rourke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tyson's head.
Rourke trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Rourke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Rourke dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tyson swats away the attempt to clinch by Rourke.
Tyson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rourke.
Rourke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyson.
Rourke tries to clinch up but Tyson circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rourke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tyson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rourke moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rourke tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.

Rourke shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Rourke throwing strikes from guard but Tyson blocks nicely.
Tyson keeping moving, preventing Rourke from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rourke trying to control but Tyson is working from the bottom.
Rourke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rourke trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rourke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rourke throwing strikes from guard but Tyson blocks nicely.
Rourke lands a couple of elbows.
Tyson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rourke wants to control from the top but Tyson keeps moving.
Rourke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rourke lands a couple of digs.
Rourke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tyson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rourke sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tyson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tyson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rourke sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rourke thows a big elbow that misses.
Rourke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rourke is looking to work some ground and pound but Tyson has wrist control.
Rourke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rourke throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tyson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Rourke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Rourke scores a takedown into full mount!
Rourke sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rourke landing punches.
Rourke scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tyson?
Rourke misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rourke content just to control the position here.
Tyson really wants to buck Rourke off and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rourke trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rourke throws some wild stikes that Tyson manages to avoid easily.
Rourke throwing strikes here but Tyson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rourke landing shots from mount.
Rourke lands with some strikes.
Rourke looking to ground and pound but Tyson is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rourke.
Rourke landing shots from mount.

Tyson is rocked!
Rourke sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rourke lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rourke lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tyson hang on?
Oh Tyson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyson takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Rourke's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikko Rourke!