PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven NZonzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bison
vs
NZonzi

225 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

197 cm
26
214 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Martin Bison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steven NZonzi!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
NZonzi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Bison drives through and clinches with NZonzi against the cage.
Bison controlling the action here for a moment.
Bison leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bison gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Bison tries to land knees in the clinch but NZonzi avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bison displaying some good clinch control by pressing NZonzi up against the cage.
Bison lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but NZonzi blocks it with crossed arms.
Bison just leaning against NZonzi, taking a breather.
Bison is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bison seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
NZonzi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
NZonzi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bison takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martin Bison.
Bison misses with a takedown attempt
and NZonzi counters with a low kick, right behind Bison 's knee.
NZonzi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Crunch! NZonzi slams his shin into Bison's torso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bison manages to avoid it.
Bison misses with a takedown attempt - NZonzi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Bison moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bison misses with a knee to the head.
Bison stalls.
Bison missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. NZonzi is defending well for now.
Bison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bison will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning NZonzi up against the cage.
Bison is stalling here.
Bison stalling.
NZonzi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bison looking to throw knees to the head but NZonzi is blocking nicely.
NZonzi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
NZonzi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bison misses with a knee to the head.
NZonzi avoiding damage as Bison throws knees to the body.
NZonzi is trying to push Bison away but Bison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bison stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
NZonzi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bison controlling the action here for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bison takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Bison dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

NZonzi connects with a high kick.
NZonzi throws a body punch but Bison moves out of range.

Bison closes the distance and pushes NZonzi back into the cage.
Bison is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bison stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martin Bison.
An inside leg kick lands from NZonzi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
NZonzi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Bison closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming NZonzi to the mat! NZonzi manages to get full guard.
Bison wants to stand and escape but instead NZonzi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Bison is pulling down on NZonzi's head to control his posture.
Bison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that NZonzi can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
NZonzi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Bison escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. NZonzi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bison wants to sweep here but NZonzi controlling him for the moment.
NZonzi passes Bison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bison trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but NZonzi manages to pass to mount!
Bison is squirming around, avoiding NZonzi's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bison trying desperately to get to his feet.

NZonzi wants to finish this one by submission but Bison is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from NZonzi.
Bison wants to hold on but NZonzi pushes him away.

NZonzi jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Bison is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Bison and NZonzi has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
NZonzi misses with the ground and pound.
Bison is trying to get back to half guard.

NZonzi is trying to get an arm triangle but Bison is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison tries to buck NZonzi off but NZonzi is having none of it.
Bison is working hard here to advance position.
NZonzi working away.

NZonzi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bison manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four 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.

NZonzi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bison wants to control but NZonzi is keeping busy.
NZonzi stops Bison from getting back to his feet.
NZonzi is keen to just control but Bison is a slippery customer.
Bison is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bison trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven NZonzi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

NZonzi connects with a solid leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bison taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
NZonzi tries to break the clinch but Bison is controlling the position.
Bison misses with a knee to the head.
Bison misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison taking a breather.
Bison missing with knees to the body.
Bison stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison tries to land a knee to the head but NZonzi blocks with his arms.
Bison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but NZonzi blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bison - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but NZonzi blocks it with crossed arms.
Bison is stalling here.
Bison stalling.
Bison slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martin Bison.
Bison tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but NZonzi swivels and escapes.
NZonzi thinks about the counter body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
NZonzi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Bison instigates a clinch.
Bison is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stalling in the clinch from Bison.
NZonzi tries to break free but Bison pushes him back against the cage.
Bison has NZonzi pressed against the cage, preventing NZonzi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bison slows down the pace here.
Bison is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but NZonzi blocks it with crossed arms.
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Bison leaning his opponent against the cage.
Martin Bison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bison keeps control of NZonzi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
NZonzi is trying to force a seperation but Bison has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
NZonzi wants to get back to striking at distance but Bison won't allow it.
Bison displaying some good clinch control by pressing NZonzi up against the cage.
Bison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martin Bison.
Bison shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has NZonzi pinned against the cage. NZonzi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've been told by Bison's head coaches at Midnight MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before NZonzi can pounce on him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A good leg kick by NZonzi.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by NZonzi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Bison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

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