PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sonny bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sonny bishop will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bison
vs
bishop

192 cm
22
275 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Bison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, sonny bishop!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bison gets the takedown into side control.
bishop looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Bison creates some space and throws a big elbow, but bishop sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bison working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
bishop really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Bison stands up and beckons bishop to his feet.
bishop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bison.
Bison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

bishop tries to keep at a distance but Bison has taken the fight into the clinch.
bishop wants to break the clinch but can't.

bishop manages to break the clinch.

Bison fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. bishop sprawls well initially but Bison persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
bishop wants to get back to full guard.
Bison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
bishop taking some punishment here, with Bison in his half guard.
bishop is trying to control but can't.

Bison postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for bishop to stand up.

bishop gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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.
Bison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if bishop can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as bishop works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
bishop throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bison throwing strikes but missing.
bishop looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bison is one step ahead there.
bishop wants to stand but Bison is controlling the position.
Bison preventing the sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bison gets in close and instigates a clinch.
bishop lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bison is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Still in the clinch, bishop scores with a nice short uppercut.

bishop breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bison shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bison was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
bishop avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bishop is looking to improve his position but Bison isn't that keen on the idea.
Bison 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.
Bison unloads with some shots from mount but bishop bucks and avoids them well.
bishop really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
bishop is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bison sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bison thowing shots but they're missing.
Bison throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bison throws some wild stikes that bishop manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison unloads with some shots from mount but bishop bucks and avoids them well.
bishop is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bison working the ground and pound effectively.
Bison looking to finish with strikes here!
Bison thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
bishop is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
bishop blocking the ground and pound.
bishop holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Bison tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
bishop can't escape the position.
bishop is squirming around, avoiding Bison's attempts to control the action.
bishop throwing punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.

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.
Bison misses with a head shot.
Bison throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bison sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
bishop is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
bishop is trying desperately to improve position.
Bison throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Bison there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bison throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bison throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bison throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bison looking to finish with strikes here!
Bison looking to ground and pound but bishop is blocking nicely.
Bison unloads with some shots from mount but bishop bucks and avoids them well.
bishop takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Bison dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

bishop clinches up against the ropes.

bishop breaks from the clinch.
Bison shoots in but bishop avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bison has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bison there as he acknowledges the shot.
bishop tries to clinch there but Bison circles away.
Mike Bison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bison circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bison decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in bishop's guard.
Bison with a flurry of punches that miss.
bishop wants to get back to his feet but Bison is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
bishop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bison postures up in bishop's guard and throws a big left but bishop blocks it.
Bison is pushing down on bishop's leg trying to pass to half guard. bishop is fighting to maintain full guard but Bison has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. bishop defending well though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bison stops bishop from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

bishop gets caught flat footed, as Bison shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bison tries to stand but bishop is controlling from the bottom.
bishop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bison trying to control the position from guard on top but bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bison pushing down on bishop's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bison slows the pace down in half guard.
Bison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. bishop defending well though.
Bison thows a huge punch but bishop dodges it nicely.
Bison is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for bishop!
Bison thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bison breaks from bishop's wrist control and lands an elbow.
bishop blocking the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bishop wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bison.
Bison thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
bishop is trying desperately to improve position.
bishop is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bison looking to finish with strikes here!
Bison punching from mount but bishop doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bison misses with a head shot.
Bison looking to ground and pound but bishop is blocking nicely.
Bison with shots to the head and body - bishop looks very uncomfortable down there.
bishop is in a horrible position here. Bison smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bison unloading with bombs!
Bison looking to finish with strikes here!
Bison working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison looking to land elbow strikes but bishop uses the position to regain half guard.
bishop is trying to get back to full guard.
Bison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bison throwing shots but bishop is blocking nicely.
Bison passes to side control.
Bison trying to control the position but bishop is working away.
The strikes coming from Bison are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
bishop tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Bison easily slips into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
bishop tries to reverse the position but Bison maintains control.
Mike Bison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
bishop taking shots to the head.
bishop is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bison throws some wild stikes that bishop manages to avoid easily.
Bison looking to finish with strikes here!
Bison with good strikes from the mount here!
Bison lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bison thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bison unloads with some shots from mount but bishop bucks and avoids them well.
Bison throwing strikes here but bishop is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
bishop is trying to escape the mount.
bishop wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bison.
Bison is landing with some decent strikes but bishop is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Bison dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bison looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed bishop's head.

Bison postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for bishop to stand up.

bishop gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Bison decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bison misses with a double jab.
bishop is looking to clinch but Bison is avoiding it.
bishop avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bison misses with the combination.
Bison misses with a head kick.
Bison throws a head kick but bishop moves out of range.
Bison tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but bishop swivels and escapes.
Bison changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. bishop tries to avoid it but Bison manages to keep hold of a leg and drag bishop to the ground. bishop escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
bishop stuffs the takedown attempt from Bison. Bison gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Bison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
bishop takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.

bishop gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Bison gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Bison gets a takedown into half guard.

Bison decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
bishop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from bishop as Bison shoots in.
bishop shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bison as he avoids it easily.
Bison shoots for a takedown but bishop saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bison throws a series of punches but bishop avoids them all with ease.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bison.
Sloppy strikes there by Bison.
Bison trying to control the position but bishop is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bison throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bison working the body and head with strikes.
Bison working the head and body with strikes.
Bison working the ground and pound but bishop is defending the strikes.
An elbow from Bison crashes against the mat.
Bison sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but bishop is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
bishop shoots in but no luck this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bison.
Bison trying to control the position but bishop is working away.

Bison decides to stand back up. Bison steps back and let's bishop get back to his feet.
bishop tries to clinch there but Bison circles away.
Bison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? bishop is fending him off so far but Bison persists. Nope, bishop circles away and we're back to standing.

bishop closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bison to the mat! Bison manages to get full guard.
bishop tries to free his leg and advance position but Bison is retaining full guard.
Bison manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison with good strikes from the mount here!
Bison unloading with bombs!
Bison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that bishop can do to turn this around?
Bison thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bison postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. bishop looks a forlorn figure.
Bison punching from mount but bishop doing a good job of avoiding damage.
bishop wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bison.
Bison throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bison misses with a head shot.
bishop is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
bishop keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
bishop blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
bishop really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bison thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bison misses with a head shot.
bishop is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bison throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bison looking to ground and pound but bishop is blocking nicely.
Bison lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bison thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bison looking to finish with strikes here!
bishop tries to hold on but Bison postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
bishop really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
sonny bishop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
bishop has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Bison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Bison!