PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhang Zu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhang Zu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bisping
vs
Zu

188 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
190 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Bisping!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Zhang Zu!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zu throws a sloppy head kick and Bisping moves out of range easily.
Zu throws a head kick but Bisping moves out of range.

Bisping gets a clinch.

Bisping breaks from the clinch.
Zu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bisping.
Zu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bisping scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Sam Bisping has been cut.
Bisping shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zu pinned against the cage. Zu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zu is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crunch! Bisping slams his shin into Zu's torso.

Bisping clinches up against the ropes.
Bisping tries to break free but Zu pushes him back against the ropes.
Bisping is pushing Zu up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Zu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zu throws a head kick that misses.
Zu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Zu gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zu seems keen to control Bisping's posture.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bisping wants to control from the top but Zu keeps moving.
Bisping tries to stand but Zu is controlling from the bottom.

That's two 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.
Bisping pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zu is keeping the position for now.
Zu is controlling Bisping's posture.
Bisping might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Zu has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Bisping won't allow Zu to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Zu has a closed guard, preventing Bisping from standing up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bisping misses with a takedown attempt - Zu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bisping wants to clinch.
Bisping fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Bisping. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bisping takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Zu throws a head kick but Bisping moves out of range.
No luck for Bisping with that takedown attempt.
Zu looks to land a body kick but Bisping moved away.
Zu throws a nice head kick!
Zu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bisping takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zu scoring well with a low kick there.
Zu scores with a head kick.

Bisping is rocked!
Zu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oh Bisping is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An inside leg kick lands from Zu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhang Zu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Bisping'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.

Zu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bisping seems to have got his legs back now.
Zu keeps Bisping at a distance using the push kick.
Zu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bisping's head.

Zu gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bisping won't allow Zu to get back to his feet.
Bisping seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Zu manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zu takes Bisping's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Bisping is in trouble.

That's two 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.
Bisping prevents Zu from getting a body triangle.
Zu has good solid back control here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisping trying to get back to his feet but Zu is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Zu trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Zu is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhang Zu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sam Bisping's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bisping fails to land with a series of punches.
Zu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bisping showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zu.
Bisping bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Zu's head backwards.
Zu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zu scores with a leg kick.
Zu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zu.
Zu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Zu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bisping takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bisping is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bisping takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zu.
Zu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Zu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zu lands a head kick. Bisping smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Zu circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Bisping drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Zu follows Bisping to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zhang Zu! Zhang Zu retains his middleweight title!