PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bison (ranked 2332 p4p, 246 weight class) and Ross Gleeson (ranked 3927 p4p, 359 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bison
vs
Gleeson

181 cm
28
154 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

179 cm
28
154 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 7 - 6 - 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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ross Gleeson!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Gleeson.
Bison slips under a jab from Gleeson.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gleeson. That's going to slow Bison down.
Gleeson throws the left hand but Bison avoids the punch easily.
Gleeson jabs Bison right on the nose. Bison blinks but takes it well.
Bison checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gleeson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Gleeson gets tackled into the cage by Bison. Bison maintains the clinch.
Bison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Gleeson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bison throws a front kick that sends Gleeson stumbling back into the cage.

Bison instigates a clinch.
Bison working Gleeson over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gleeson avoids the elbow strike from Bison, against the cage.
Bison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleeson avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bison throws an elbow but misses.
Bison lands an elbow that stopped Gleeson in his tracks for a moment.
Bison tries to land knees in the clinch but Gleeson avoids the damage to the body.
Gleeson takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison avoiding damage.
Bison stalling against the cage.
Gleeson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gleeson managing to block the knees to the body from Bison.
Bison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bison pushes off an throws an elbow but Gleeson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gleeson's efforts to push away.
Gleeson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gleeson tries to throw a body punch but Bison avoids it by throwing Gleeson back against the cage.
Bison pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gleeson managing to block the knees to the body from Bison.
Gleeson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bison.

Gleeson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gleeson.
Bison is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Gleeson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Bison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gleeson, pushing him back against the cage.
Gleeson dodges an elbow strike from Bison.
Gleeson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bison.
Bison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gleeson is defending well for now.
Gleeson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gleeson presses Bison against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gleeson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gleeson blocks an elbow strike.
Gleeson scores with a hook to the body.
Gleeson is looking to break free of the clinch but Bison has double underhooks.
Gleeson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bison has him pressed against the cage.
Gleeson is trying to break free.
Bison missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bison tries to land knees in the clinch but Gleeson avoids the damage to the body.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Gleeson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bison.
Bison lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bison lands an elbow just above Gleeson 's eye.
Bison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gleeson is trying to break free.
Gleeson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bison lands a nice elbow.
Gleeson is trying to force a seperation but Bison has the dominant position.
Gleeson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees to the body from Bison.
Gleeson is trying to force a seperation but Bison has the dominant position.
Gleeson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bison avoiding damage.
Gleeson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison prevents Gleeson from breaking the clinch.
Gleeson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleeson avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gleeson tries to circle away but Bison has him pinned against the cage.
Bison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bison content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bison lands an elbow inside that Gleeson shrugs off.
Gleeson is trying to break free.
Gleeson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bison.
Bison taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gleeson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gleeson tries a body shot but Bison blocks it.
Gleeson tries to break free but Bison pushes him back against the cage.
Gleeson misses with some punches.
Gleeson avoiding damage as Bison throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bison dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bison clinches up with Gleeson and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gleeson.
Gleeson tries to break free but Bison pushes him back against the cage.
Gleeson working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gleeson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gleeson can do to turn this around?
Gleeson avoids a wild elbow strike from Bison.
Bison prevents a body shot from Gleeson.
Gleeson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bison keeps control of Gleeson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gleeson is defending well for now.
Gleeson is looking to break free of the clinch but Bison has double underhooks.
Bison blocks a body shot from Gleeson.
Bison pushes off an throws an elbow but Gleeson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Gleeson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gleeson.
Bison leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gleeson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gleeson is trying to break free.
Gleeson misses with the head strike.

Gleeson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison blocks a jab.

Gleeson gets tackled into the cage by Bison. Bison maintains the clinch.
Gleeson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gleeson blocks the elbow strike.
Gleeson is trying to force a seperation but Bison has the dominant position.
Gleeson is trying to push Bison away but Bison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gleeson wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gleeson's brow.
Bison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gleeson is trying to break free.
Gleeson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gleeson blocks the elbow strike.
Bison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gleeson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tony Bison has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gleeson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Bison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gleeson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Bison lands an elbow inside.
Bison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gleeson's brow.
Gleeson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Ross Gleeson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gleeson is looking to break free of the clinch but Bison has double underhooks.
Bison tries to land knees in the clinch but Gleeson avoids the damage to the body.
Gleeson avoiding damage as Bison throws knees to the body.
Bison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gleeson wants to break free but Bison has control.
Gleeson tries to break free but Bison pushes him back against the cage.
Bison missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gleeson has had enough of the clinch but Bison keeps him there for the moment.
Gleeson misses with a punch to the body.

Gleeson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bison misses with a few strikes there.
Bison has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gleeson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bison misses with a two punch combination.
Gleeson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gleeson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gleeson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gleeson scores with a head kick.
Bison on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gleeson. Gleeson obviously looking to wear him down.
Bison lands a head kick!
Gleeson throws a head kick that misses.
Gleeson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gleeson throws a hook but Bison blocks it.
Gleeson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Gleeson tries to keep at a distance but Bison has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Gleeson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison lands a damaging elbow.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Bison has Gleeson pressed against the cage, preventing Gleeson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gleeson is trying to push Bison away but Bison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bison.
Gleeson is breathing heavily.
Bison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gleeson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bison has him pressed against the cage.
Gleeson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gleeson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gleeson tries to break free but Bison pushes him back against the cage.
Gleeson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gleeson.
Gleeson tries to work over Bison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gleeson tries to circle away but Bison has him pinned against the cage.
Gleeson takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bison dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ross Gleeson's cut.
That's time! Bison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bison has managed to clinch.
Gleeson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gleeson working hard to break the clinch.
Gleeson working hard to break the clinch.
Bison connects with a knee to the head.
Bison lands an elbow inside.
Bison throws an elbow but it misses.

Gleeson breaks from the clinch.
Gleeson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good leg kick by Gleeson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Bison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bison missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gleeson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gleeson tries to throw a body punch but Bison avoids it by throwing Gleeson back against the cage.
Bison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gleeson misses with a body punch.
Gleeson wants to break free but Bison has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gleeson misses with a punch to the body.
Bison will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gleeson up against the cage.
Bison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gleeson.
Bison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gleeson is defending well for now.
Bison slows down the pace here.
Bison prevents a body shot from Gleeson.
Gleeson avoiding damage as Bison throws knees to the body.
Gleeson is looking to break free of the clinch but Bison has double underhooks.
Bison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gleeson's efforts to push away.
Bison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleeson avoids it.
Gleeson tries to circle away but Bison has him pinned against the cage.
Bison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bison missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bison keeps control of Gleeson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gleeson working aggressively here.
Gleeson lands a nice uppercut.
Bison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleeson avoids it.
Gleeson swings wildly with an uppercut but Bison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gleeson's efforts to push away.
Gleeson misses with the head strike.
Gleeson can't break the clinch.
Gleeson wants to break free but Bison has control.
Bison pushes off an throws an elbow but Gleeson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bison slows down the pace here.
Gleeson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gleeson tries to circle away but Bison has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gleeson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gleeson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gleeson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gleeson avoiding damage as Bison throws knees to the body.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Gleeson working hard to break the clinch.
Come on Bison - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gleeson misses with some punches.
Bison scores with a knee to the head.
Gleeson is trying to push Bison away but Bison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gleeson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gleeson can't find room to land a body shot as Bison controls the action.
Bison throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gleeson managing to block the knees to the body from Bison.
Gleeson wants to break free but Bison has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bison.
Bison lands an elbow inside that Gleeson shrugs off.

Gleeson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gleeson.
Bison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gleeson's sensitive parts.
Gleeson scores with a jab. Bison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ross Gleeson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gleeson tries to bum rush Bison with a series of wild strikes but Bison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gleeson can pounce on him.
Gleeson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bison throws a wild body kick that Gleeson sees coming a mile off.
Bison keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ross Gleeson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sloppy strikes from Gleeson. Those never looked like landing.
Gleeson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Some wild striking there from Gleeson.
Gleeson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gleeson looks to score with a jab to the body but Bison is just out of range.

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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

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