PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Tayson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Anthony
vs
Tayson

196 cm
31
273 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

209 cm
23
287 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Anthony!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Tayson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tayson connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Stephen Anthony has been cut.
Tayson misses with a wild combination.
Anthony throws a head kick but Tayson moves out of range.
Tayson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anthony.
Nice straight punches there by Tayson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tayson.
Tayson throws a right hand that Anthony ducks under and follows up with a left that Anthony also avoids with ease.
Tayson misses with an uppercut.

Tayson drops Anthony with a left right combo! Tayson follows him down to the ground into side control.

Anthony is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anthony is looking to regain half guard here but Tayson keeps moving and retains side control.
Oh Anthony is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tayson decides to stand up, so the ref orders Anthony to his feet.
Tayson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anthony circles away quickly and effectively.
Anthony seems to have got his legs back now.
Anthony shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tayson as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Anthony. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anthony looks for a takedown but Tayson sprawls well.
Some wild striking there from Tayson.

Tayson throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Anthony tumbling to the canvas!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tayson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Anthony has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tayson has managed to get both his arms back between Anthony's legs - danger averted.

Anthony throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Anthony might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tayson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tayson trying to control the position from guard on top but Anthony is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Anthony is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tayson wanted to stand there but Anthony had control of the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tayson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Anthony's guard.
Tayson prevents Anthony from improving his position.

Anthony actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Anthony looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tayson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anthony makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Anthony.
Tayson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Tayson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tayson advances to half guard.
Anthony works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tayson preventing the sweep.

Tayson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayson wants to control from the top but Anthony keeps moving.

Anthony looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tayson throwing strikes but missing.
Tayson wants to control from the top but Anthony keeps moving.
Tayson forces his way into half guard.
Tayson prevents Anthony from improving his position.

Tayson postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Anthony to stand up.
Anthony looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tayson is fending him off so far but Anthony persists. Nope, Tayson circles away and we're back to standing.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Anthony. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A combination from Tayson does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Anthony drives through with a takedown into guard.
Anthony wanted to stand there but Tayson had control of the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tayson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Anthony makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Tayson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Anthony off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Anthony tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tayson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Anthony somewhat.
Tayson misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Tayson. Those never looked like landing.
Tayson misses with a few strikes there.
Tayson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Tayson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stephen Anthony's cut.
That's time! Anthony's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Anthony keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tayson.
Tayson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anthony. Anthony circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mike Tayson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tayson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Anthony counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tayson won't be happy with that.
Stephen Anthony overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anthony is chipping away with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anthony in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Anthony lands a nice forearm strike.
You can see the frustration on Tayson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Anthony tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Anthony creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tayson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Anthony working the ground and pound.
Anthony looks up at the clock and then as Tayson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Anthony smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tayson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Anthony off and has taken his back!
Anthony turns into Tayson and is now in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tayson can't keep his opponent in guard - Anthony advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Anthony missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anthony working over Tayson with some ground and pound. Tayson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tayson wants to get back to full guard.
Tayson is looking to escape.
Anthony has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anthony sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tayson defending well though.
Anthony not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tayson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Anthony is working away from the top position though.
Anthony drops an elbow to the side of Tayson's head.
Anthony slips a nice elbow through Tayson's hands, connecting with Tayson's forehead.

Anthony seems to be working for a kimura but Tayson defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tayson tries to kick Anthony off but Anthony keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Anthony takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tayson taking some punishment here, with Anthony in his half guard.
Tayson is looking for a sweep. Anthony is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anthony not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Anthony throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Anthony not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Anthony not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tayson trying to control from the bottom.

Tayson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tayson trying to control but Anthony postures up.
Tayson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Anthony.
Anthony scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tayson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Anthony.
Anthony looks to land a strike but Tayson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Anthony throws a big right hand that misses.
Anthony postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tayson wants to stand up but Anthony is controlling him.
Anthony working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tayson is looking to stand up but Anthony isn't so interested in that idea.
Tayson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Anthony is looking for a sweep. Tayson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tayson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anthony regains full guard. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anthony lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tayson!
Anthony throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tayson because Anthony loaded up on that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tayson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Anthony tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Anthony scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tayson?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Anthony dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stephen Anthony's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Tayson misses with a wild combination.
Anthony shoots in but Tayson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sloppy strikes from Tayson. Those never looked like landing.
Anthony tries to close the distance and clinch but Tayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tayson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Anthony pinned against the ropes. Anthony gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A swing and a miss from Tayson.
Tayson is looking to clinch.
Anthony shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tayson as he jumps to the side.
Tayson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tayson looks to land a combination but Anthony avoids it well.
Anthony moves out of range as Tayson strikes.

Tayson gets caught flat footed, as Anthony shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tayson keeping full guard, as Anthony tries to pass.
Tayson wants to get back to his feet but Anthony is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tayson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tayson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Anthony stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tayson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Anthony throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tayson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tayson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anthony wants to pass the guard but Tayson is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony postures up in Tayson's guard and throws a big left but Tayson blocks it.
Anthony is looking to work some ground and pound but Tayson has wrist control.
Anthony working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anthony advances position into side control!
Tayson is trying to get back to half guard.
Tayson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anthony working the ground and pound but Tayson is defending the strikes.
Tayson defending against the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tayson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Anthony wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Anthony creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony working the body and head with strikes.
Anthony tries to score with some ground and pound. Tayson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Anthony cracks Tayson with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Tayson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tayson prevents Anthony from improving position.
Anthony cracks Tayson with a big elbow.
Anthony lands some shots froms side control.

Anthony goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Tayson has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Anthony but great work by Tayson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tayson tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Anthony gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tayson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anthony swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Anthony had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tayson defends it easily.

Anthony is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tayson trying to control the position from guard on top but Anthony is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tayson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Anthony is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Anthony clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Stephen Anthony's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Anthony fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tayson misses with a looping right.
Stephen Anthony is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Anthony tries to keep at a distance but Tayson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Tayson breaks the clinch.
Tayson cracks Anthony with a good jab.
Anthony moves out of range of the body kick from Tayson.
Anthony has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anthony there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mike Tayson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anthony looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tayson is fending him off so far but Anthony persists. Nope, Tayson circles away and we're back to standing.
Tayson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anthony.
Anthony fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Anthony. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Anthony.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Tayson moves into the clinch.
Anthony wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anthony is trying to break the clinch but Tayson is controlling him.
Anthony looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tayson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Anthony is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Tayson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Anthony jumps guard but Tayson stands there with Anthony around his waist. Anthony gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Tayson successfully pulls guard.
Anthony slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tayson won't allow Anthony to pass to mount.
Tayson keeping hold of Anthony's head, controlling as best he can.
Anthony lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anthony throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tayson is concentrating on defense, preventing Anthony from advancing position.
Anthony misses with a head shot. Tayson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Anthony lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tayson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Anthony.
Tayson is trying to control the position but Anthony postures up.
Anthony throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tayson has his hands on Anthony's head, controlling the position.

Anthony drops back, looking for a kneebar! Tayson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Tayson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Tayson!
Anthony is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tayson off and has taken his back!
Anthony connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Tayson to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tayson tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Anthony looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Anthony in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anthony landing strikes from the mount and Tayson is in trouble!
Anthony is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tayson is bucking up trying to escape but Anthony cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Anthony looking to finish Tayson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tayson!

Tayson is rocked!
Tayson is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anthony looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tayson is still in real trouble! Can Anthony finish him?
Anthony lands a big elbow - Tayson is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Tayson is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Stephen Anthony!
Stephen Anthony retains his heavyweight title!