PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between jesus dasilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Bison acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

dasilva
vs
Bison

170 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, jesus dasilva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Bison!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from dasilva.
Bison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bison misses with a wild combination.
dasilva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bison feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to dasilva's calf.
Bison lands with a shot to the body.

Bison scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Bison decides to stand up, so the ref orders dasilva to his feet.

Bison takes the fight into the clinch.
Bison lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Bison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dasilva walks into a straight right hand from Bison.
dasilva slips a jab and a cross from Bison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison lands a glancing blow to the side of dasilva's head.
Bison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bison fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt dasilva.
dasilva is breathing heavily.
Bison closes the distance and lands a one-two.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bison breaks the clinch.

Bison closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bison lands in his opponent's guard.

Bison stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bison moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dasilva tries to score a body lock takedown but Bison shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bison is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bison unloads a knee to the mid-section. dasilva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
dasilva could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
dasilva is trying to break free.
Bison lands with a left to the head.
Bison leaning against his opponent.

Bison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with dasilva, pushing him back against the cage.

Bison breaks the clinch.
Bison throws a right and a left that dasilva avoids nicely.

Bison changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. dasilva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Bison decides to stand back up. Bison steps back and let's dasilva get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Bison drives through and clinches with dasilva against the cage.
Bison stalls.
dasilva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bison misses with a knee strike.
dasilva looking to slow down the pace here.

Bison manages to break the clinch.
dasilva tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dasilva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bison scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bison scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Bison clinches with his opponent.

Bison breaks from the clinch.
Bison lands a jab to the head.
dasilva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bison.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bison misses with a wild combination.
Bison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!

dasilva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bison.
A combination from Bison does no damage.
dasilva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bison counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bison's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bison duly obliges.
Bison lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Bison moves into the clinch successfully.
Bison with a knee to the head.

Bison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bison darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bison gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bison scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Bison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bison stands up out of the half guard.
dasilva fails with the takedown
and Bison counters with a low kick, right behind dasilva 's knee.
Bison lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Bison scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
dasilva tries to get to full guard but Bison has control of the leg.
Bison tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
dasilva wants to get back to his feet.
dasilva is trying to get back to full guard.
dasilva is looking to control Bison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can dasilva avoid being mounted?
Bison wants to stand up but dasilva is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dasilva is trying to get back to full guard.
Bison is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A solid body kick from Bison.
Bison throws a quick inside leg kick.
dasilva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Bison pushes dasilva up against the cage in a clinch.
Bison blocks an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four 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.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bison.
Bison lands a right hand that snaps the head of dasilva backwards.
dasilva wants to get back to striking at distance but Bison won't allow it.
dasilva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jesus dasilva. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bison manages to break the clinch.
Bison is working the combinations to good effect here.
No joy there for Bison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Bison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! 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 fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt dasilva.
dasilva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but dasilva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
dasilva shoots and misses
and Bison counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bison throws a series of punches but dasilva moves out of range.
Bison misses with a wild combination.
dasilva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mike Bison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but dasilva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Bison takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
dasilva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bison breaks from the clinch.
A nice combination there by Bison.

Bison closes the distance and clinches.
Bison with a knee to the head.

Bison breaks the clinch.
Bison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
dasilva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
dasilva shoots and misses
and dasilva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
dasilva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bison throws a leg kick which misses dasilva's front leg but catches the back leg as dasilva tries to avoid it.
dasilva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bison counters with a three punch combo that has dasilva backing up. dasilva nods at Bison to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jesus dasilva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bison lands a head kick. dasilva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dasilva tries for a takedown but Bison circles away easily

and Bison holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
dasilva missing with knees to the body.

Bison breaks from the clinch.
Bison lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bison misses with a series of wild punches.
Bison throws a series of strikes that have dasilva backpedaling.
Bison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Bison has taken the fight to the clinch.

Bison manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison throws a series of punches but dasilva avoids them all with ease.
Bison scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Bison fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. dasilva sprawls well initially but Bison persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

dasilva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Bison stands up and beckons dasilva to join him on the feet.
dasilva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bison counters with a series of strikes. dasilva will be more careful next time no doubt.
dasilva throws a sloppy head kick

and Bison counters by moving into the clinch.
dasilva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bison lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison connects with a knee to the head.
Bison gets through dasilva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Bison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
dasilva with a poor takedown

and Bison counters by clinching up.
Bison prevents a takedown attempt there.

dasilva has picked Bison up - he's going for a ride! dasilva dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bison looks like he's trying to stand up.
jesus dasilva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Bison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Bison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 25:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 25:30

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