PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Top (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cerventes Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Top comes to the cage accompanied by Killing in the name . The crowd seem to be enjoying Bison's choice of entrance music: The Beast by Tech N9ne. Brick Top had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Top
vs
Bison

180 cm
26
218 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

190 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brick Top!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cerventes Bison!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Top shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bison but Bison pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Top scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A head kick misses from Bison.
Top stuns Bison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Top 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Top dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bison. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Bison there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Top feints and then cracks Bison's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bison down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Top throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Top works Bison's body with a nice hook.
Top lands a jab to the nose.
Top connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bison. Bison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Top cracks Bison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Top misses with a wild combination.
Top lands with a straight right. Bison didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison checks a low kick from Top.

Bison clinches.
Top working aggressively here.
Top pushes Bison back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Top lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Top misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Top.
Bison lands a hook that snaps the head of Top backwards.
Bison has Top pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Top manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Top tries to throw a body punch but Bison avoids it by throwing Top back against the cage.
Bison misses with a punch to the body.
Top pushes Bison back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Top fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Top.
Bison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Top.
Top fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Top lands a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bison is trying to control the position but Top postures up.
Top in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bison throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Top with a nice head shot there.
Top in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Top throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bison lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Top!
Top bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Bison is pulling down on Top's head to control his posture.
Top postures up in Bison's guard and throws a big left but Bison blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bison pushes Top off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Top uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bison has time to react.
Bison scores with a push kick.
Top uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bison has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bison. Top does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bison doesn't manage to clinch there - Top circles away.
Top throws a series of punches but Bison avoids them all with ease.
Bison shoots in but Top avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Top throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bison is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Top throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Top misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bison.
Bison tries to clinch there but Top circles away.
A clash of legs there as Top blocks the low kick.
Top throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bison on the side of the head.
Top stuns Bison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brick Top seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Top just misses with a punch to the body.
Bison is looking to chop away at Top's legs.
Good shot there by Top.

Top tries to keep at a distance but Bison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bison lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Top tries a body shot but Bison blocks it.
Top gets underhooks to prevent Bison's takedown attempt.
Brick Top has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cerventes Bison.
Bison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bison moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bison misses with a low kick.
Top pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bison moves out of range of the body kick.
Bison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Top.
Brick Top is winning the standup battle so far.
Top avoids the body shot from Bison.
Top just misses with a punch to the body.
Bison misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bison checks a low kick from Top.

Top instigates a clinch.
Bison blocks an uppercut.
Top lands a nice shot to the body.
Top throws a head punch that misses.
Top lands a nice shot to the body.
Top lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Top blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison swings wildly with an uppercut but Top uses good head movement to avoid it.
Top tries to throw a body punch but Bison avoids it by throwing Top back against the cage.
Top blocking some punches.
Top blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Top drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bison lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bison fails to land.
Brick Top has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Top lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bison backwards.
Bison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Top has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Bison regains guard immediately.
Top trying to control but Bison is working from the bottom.
Top with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Top sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bison's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bison wants to get back to his feet.
Top is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Bison reverses the position - he's now on top in Top's guard.
Top looking for a sweep. Not yet Top, not yet.
Bison scoring with some ground and pound.
Bison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bison lands a couple of elbows.

Top had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bison defends it easily.
Top is trying to control the position but Bison postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Top is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Bison has his hands clasped together but Top extends an breaks Bison's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Top.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brick Top!