PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Old Greg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg's entrance music is Love Games. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Greg
vs
Bisping

180 cm
23
198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
23
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Old Greg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mitch Bisping!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bisping shoots in for a double leg but Greg sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bisping throws a series of punches but Greg moves out of range.
Greg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Old Greg has been cut.
Bisping looks to land a combination but Greg avoids it well.
Greg dodges the punch combination from Bisping.
Greg slips a straight right by Bisping.

Greg fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bisping sprawls well initially but Greg persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Greg is nestled in close to Bisping, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Greg scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Greg lands strikes from half guard.
Bisping trying to control here.
Greg is nestled in close to Bisping, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bisping wants to get back to full guard.
Greg looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Greg is working for a kimura but Bisping is defending it quite comfortably.
Greg takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greg wants to free his trapped foot but Bisping is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bisping looking for submissions off his back.
Bisping looks gassed!
Bisping is looking for a sweep. Greg is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Greg is nestled in close to Bisping, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Greg is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bisping wants to improve his position but Greg is controlling well.
Greg looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Greg is nestled in close to Bisping, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Greg passes to full mount!
Greg scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Greg has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bisping's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Greg.
Greg fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Greg connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bisping tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Greg pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Greg looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Greg lands with some strikes.
Bisping in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bisping is working to get back to half guard.
Greg breaks from Bisping's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Greg putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Greg fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Greg with shots to the head and body - Bisping looks very uncomfortable down there.
Greg landing strikes from the mount and Bisping is in trouble!
Bisping is wriggling around trying to escape.
Greg lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bisping wants to control but Greg is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greg with the ground and pound from mount.
Bisping bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Greg wants to sweep but no luck.

Bisping drops back looking for a leg! Greg is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Greg manages to kick Bisping off! Bisping jumps back into Greg's guard.
Greg striking from the bottom here.
Greg lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Greg bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bisping's guard.
Greg with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Greg's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Greg is working Bisping over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Greg scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Greg is working Bisping over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bisping is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bisping manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Greg can't escape the position.
Greg sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Greg is pressing down on Bisping's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Greg punching from the bottom - just letting Bisping know he's still in a fight.
Bisping won't allow Greg to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Greg is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bisping stopping the sweep attempt from Greg.
Greg is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Old Greg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Old Greg's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bisping gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Greg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Old Greg overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Greg is in close to Bisping's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Bisping throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Greg works over Bisping with some ground and pound from guard.
Bisping is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Greg lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Greg chips away with some ground and pound.

Bisping is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bisping has momentary wrist control but Greg slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Greg slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Greg lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greg looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Greg lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Greg is looking for a kimura here.
Bisping on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Greg scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Bisping looking for submissions off his back.
Greg lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bisping is looking to improve his position.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Greg scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Greg in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bisping is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Greg landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bisping tries to roll over but Greg keeps him under control.
Greg is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Greg landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Greg there.
Greg working the head and body with strikes.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bisping connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Greg shoots in for a double leg but Bisping sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice defenses there by Greg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisping misses with an uppercut.
Bisping throws a shot from downtown. Greg moves away and avoids it.
Bisping with a poor takedown

and Greg counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bisping on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bisping is looking to improve his position.

Bisping actively working from the bottom here.

Bisping is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Greg pulls his head out easily.
Greg seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Bisping looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bisping on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Greg 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 four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Greg darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Bisping looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Bisping actively working from the bottom here.
Greg seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Greg lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Greg prevents Bisping from improving his position.

Bisping is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Greg pulls his head out easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bisping is looking to improve his position.
Bisping taking some punishment here, with Greg in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Old Greg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Old Greg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bisping misses with a hook. Greg ducked under it nicely.
Bisping doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Greg counters with a single leg into guard. Bisping didn't expect that.
Greg works over Bisping with some ground and pound from guard.
Greg postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Bisping working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Greg doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Greg manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Greg is in close to Bisping's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Bisping working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Greg doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Greg manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Greg's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Bisping is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Greg is working Bisping over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greg distracts Bisping with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Greg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bisping can do to turn this around?
Greg tries to free his leg and advance position but Bisping is retaining full guard.

Greg thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Greg postures up and lands a big shot to Bisping's brow.
Greg passes into half guard.

Greg is working for a submission of some sort.
Greg prevents Bisping from improving his position.
Bisping misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Greg lands strikes from half guard.
Greg working Bisping over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bisping moves into full guard.

Bisping escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Greg gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Greg passes Bisping's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Greg lands with a punch from half guard.
Greg winds up and cracks Bisping with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Greg is working for a submission of some sort.
Greg lands with a punch from half guard.
Greg scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Greg connects with a nice short shot to Bisping's temple.
Bisping has hold of Greg's hands but Greg slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Greg wants to pass to mount but Bisping is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bisping misses with a takedown attempt

so Greg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Bisping escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Greg gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bisping looking for a sweep. Not yet Bisping, not yet.
Greg is in close to Bisping's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Greg with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Greg landing with the ground and pound.
Bisping looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Greg lands a couple of elbows.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Greg shoots in looking for a takedown. Bisping tries to sprawl out of it but Greg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bisping manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bisping misses with a takedown attempt

and Greg counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bisping!
Old Greg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitch Bisping.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bisping can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greg postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bisping looks a forlorn figure.
Bisping tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Greg cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bisping is trying desperately to improve position.
Greg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bisping can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Greg pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bisping tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Greg has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bisping's face.
Bisping is in all sorts of trouble here.
Greg is landing with some decent strikes but Bisping is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Greg.
Bisping is in all sorts of trouble here.
Greg scoring with strikes but Bisping is staying in there.
Mitch Bisping has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Old Greg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Greg fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Old Greg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Greg, 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Old Greg!