PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bison (ranked 3427 p4p, 362 weight class) and Pietro De Negri (ranked 5118 p4p, 469 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bison
vs
De Negri

181 cm
28
154 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

169 cm
27
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Bison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pietro De Negri!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bison lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Negri lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Negri shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Negri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Negri looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bison dips to his left and cracks De Negri with an uppercut!
Bison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Negri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bison throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bison throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bison fakes the leg kick and cracks De Negri in the body.
Bison throws a nice inside leg kick.
No luck for De Negri with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bison moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bison obliges.
Bison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Negri.
De Negri is trying to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bison.
Nice elbow from Bison.
De Negri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Negri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Negri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Negri managing to block the knees to the body from Bison.
De Negri tries to pull guard but Bison won't allow it.
Tony Bison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pietro De Negri.
Bison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Negri has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bison is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

De Negri breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Negri takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bison seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bison scores with a leg kick.
Bison thuds his shin into the meat of De Negri's side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bison throws a nice looking combination but De Negri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tony Bison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Negri tries to close the distance and clinch but Bison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tony Bison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Negri takes a swing at Bison's ribcage but misses.
De Negri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De Negri closes the distance and clinches up with Bison, looking for a takedown. De Negri pushes Bison against the cage but Bison circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from De Negri.
Bison fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Negri.
De Negri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bison is fending him off so far but De Negri persists. Nope, Bison circles away and we're back to standing.
Bison plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
De Negri takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Negri closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De Negri lands in his opponent's guard.
Bison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
De Negri stays in close to Bison's body and controls the position.
De Negri in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Negri postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Bison working for submissions but it's allowed De Negri to get to half guard.
De Negri uses his free foot to push down on Bison's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Bison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Negri controlling from mount.
De Negri in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
De Negri landing strikes from the mount and Bison is in trouble!
Bison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
De Negri tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
De Negri not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bison dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De Negri tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bison seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Bison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
De Negri fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Bison moves into the clinch.
Bison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Negri avoids it.

De Negri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison scores with a head kick.
De Negri tries for a takedown but Bison sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tony Bison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pietro De Negri.
Bison moves in looking to clinch but De Negri pushes him off.
Bison scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Negri.
Bison seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Bison rushes De Negri and presses him up against the cage.
Bison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Negri.
De Negri wants to break free but Bison has control.
De Negri taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bison just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Negri's brow.
De Negri tries for a takedown but Bison manages to get underhooks.
Bison stalling in the clinch but De Negri improves position.
De Negri can't break the clinch.
De Negri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Negri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Bison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Negri's defenses.
Bison misses with an elbow over the top.
Bison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Negri can do to turn this around?
De Negri swings wildly with an uppercut but Bison uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Negri is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Negri managing to block the knees to the body from Bison.
Tony Bison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Negri blocks an elbow strike from Bison.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bison just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Negri's brow.
De Negri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

De Negri turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bison holding on.
Bison tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Negri tries for a kimura but Bison is defending well.
Bison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bison is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bison knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for De Negri on the ground.
De Negri moves into full mount!
De Negri looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bison is squirming around, avoiding De Negri's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Negri pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bison sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bison moves into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pietro De Negri has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Negri's corner is telling him to maintain position.
De Negri loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

De Negri drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and De Negri jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bison dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

De Negri fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice shot lands for Bison.
Bison feints and then cracks De Negri's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Negri down.
Bison displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Negri.
De Negri shoots in for a takedown but Bison shows good takedown defense.
Bison tries to counter by clinching up but De Negri breaks away and moves out of range.
Tony Bison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pietro De Negri.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
De Negri's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knees to the body from Bison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Negri's defenses.

It looks like Pietro De Negri has been cut.
Bison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Negri's defenses.
Bison stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bison lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Negri is trying to pull guard but Bison has him pressed against the cage.
Bison tries to land knees in the clinch but De Negri avoids the damage to the body.
Bison missing with knees to the body.
De Negri wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bison has him pressed against the cage.
De Negri misses with a punch to the body.
De Negri goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bison prevents it.
De Negri has had enough of the clinch but Bison keeps him there for the moment.
Bison avoiding damage as De Negri throws knees to the body.

De Negri 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.
Bison looking for a sweep. Not yet Bison, not yet.
De Negri won't allow Bison to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bison looking for a sweep. Not yet Bison, not yet.

De Negri stands and steps away. Bison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
De Negri shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bison but Bison pushes him off and we're back to square one.
De Negri wants to clinch up but Bison keeps it at a distance.
De Negri closes the distance and clinches up with Bison, looking for a takedown. De Negri pushes Bison against the cage but Bison circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
De Negri takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bison lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bison connects with an inside leg kick.
Bison slaps away a takedown attempt from De Negri, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bison fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Negri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De Negri is defended easily by Bison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bison sizes up De Negri with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
De Negri fails with a takedown attempt.
Bison throws a leg kick which misses De Negri's front leg but catches the back leg as De Negri tries to avoid it.

De Negri tries to keep at a distance but Bison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bison landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Negri's defenses.
Bison lands an elbow inside.
De Negri is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bison to keep the fight standing.
De Negri tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bison smiles and moves away.
Bison wants to clinch.
Tony Bison is winning the standup battle so far.
Bison scores with a leg kick.

Bison closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bison leaning his opponent against the cage.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

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