PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toussaint Bissainthe (ranked 171 p4p, 144 weight class) and Herb Krison (ranked 26 p4p, 19 weight class). Bissainthe comes to the cage accompanied by Hoodoo Man Blues. Krison has chosen Rebelution as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bissainthe
vs
Krison

180 cm
28
175
17 - 4 - 0

184 cm
35
170
30 - 18 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Shadow Warrior Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toussaint Bissainthe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Herb Krison!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krison tries to land a leg kick but Bissainthe saw it coming and moves away.
Bissainthe is looking to counter punch.
Bissainthe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Krison finds it's way round the side to connect with Bissainthe's head.
Krison pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bissainthe is out of range and Krison settles back down.
Bissainthe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bissainthe misses with a leg kick
and Krison counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bissainthe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bissainthe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A jab lands there for Krison.
Nice shot lands for Bissainthe.
Herb Krison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bissainthe blocks a leg kick.
Krison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bissainthe's sensitive parts.
Krison misses with a looping right.
A counter left hand to the body from Bissainthe misses its target.
Krison has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A jab from Krison finds it's way through Bissainthe's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krison ducks under a wild hook from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bissainthe staying out of range there.
Bissainthe moves forwards but Krison connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Krison tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krison lands a jab to the nose.
Krison takes one to the chin there.
Krison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bissainthe's hands.
Krison throws a nice inside leg kick.
Krison swings for the body but Bissainthe moves out of range.
Krison clobbers Bissainthe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Bissainthe instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bissainthe.
Krison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bissainthe backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bissainthe misses with the head strike.
Bissainthe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bissainthe scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krison blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Krison manages to break the clinch.
Bissainthe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krison.
Krison is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bissainthe had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Krison takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bissainthe.

Bissainthe closes the distance and pushes Krison back into the cage.
Bissainthe throws a punch but it's blocked by Krison.
Bissainthe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krison backwards.
Krison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bissainthe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krison misses with a punch to the body.
Bissainthe has a couple of punches blocked by Krison.
Krison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bissainthe blocks a body shot from Krison.
Bissainthe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krison backwards.
Bissainthe scores with a shoulder strike.
Bissainthe lands a shot to the body.
Bissainthe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krison's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krison.
Bissainthe lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bissainthe swings wildly with an uppercut but Krison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bissainthe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krison backwards.
Krison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krison backwards.
Krison misses with a punch on the inside.
Bissainthe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bissainthe can't find room to land a body shot as Krison controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krison.
Krison working aggressively here.
Krison can't find room to land a body shot as Bissainthe controls the action.
Bissainthe lands an uppercut.
Bissainthe tries to throw a body punch but Krison avoids it by throwing Bissainthe back against the cage.
Bissainthe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krison misses with a body punch.
Krison digs a right hand into Bissainthe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bissainthe's gas tank.
Bissainthe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bissainthe lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Bissainthe on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Krison scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bissainthe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krison.
Bissainthe blocks a body shot from Krison.
Nice body punch from Krison - that landed with a thud.
Krison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krison works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Krison working aggressively here.
Krison tries a body shot but Bissainthe blocks it.
Bissainthe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krison's elbow.
Krison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bissainthe's elbow.
Bissainthe working aggressively here.
Krison tries to throw a body punch but Bissainthe avoids it by throwing Krison back against the cage.
Bissainthe swings wildly with an uppercut but Krison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bissainthe misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krison can't find room to land a body shot as Bissainthe controls the action.
Krison gets through Bissainthe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bissainthe blocking some punches.
Krison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bissainthe backwards.
Krison misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Toussaint Bissainthe will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Krison just misses with a punch to the body.
Bissainthe misses with a kick to the body.
Bissainthe throws a poor cross that misses
and Krison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bissainthe misses with a straight left.
Bissainthe blocks a low kick nicely.
Krison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Krison misses the target.
Krison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bissainthe.
Krison missing with a left hand there. Bissainthe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bissainthe cracks Krison with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Herb Krison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krison thumps Bissainthe with a low kick.
Krison throws a leg kick which misses Bissainthe's front leg but catches the back leg as Bissainthe tries to avoid it.
Bissainthe misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krison. Bissainthe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bissainthe half committed to a counter leg kick.
Krison avoids the body shot from Bissainthe.
Krison lands a nice looking body kick.
Krison throws a head kick that misses.
Bissainthe quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Krison gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bissainthe.
Bissainthe on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Krison ducks under a wild hook from Bissainthe.
Krison connects with an inside leg kick.
Krison throws a hook to the side of Bissainthe's head but Bissainthe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bissainthe throws a jab when Krison was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Bissainthe.
Nice body kick from Krison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Krison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bissainthe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bissainthe misses the shot to the body.
Krison jabs at Bissainthe's body.
Krison misses with a combination
and Bissainthe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krison throws a body kick that misses.
Bissainthe drops his hands momentarily and Krison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Krison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Krison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bissainthe moves away.
Bissainthe connects with a solid leg kick.
Krison falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bissainthe counters by moving into the clinch.

Krison breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe throws a front kick aimed at Krison's knee but Krison avoids it well.
Bissainthe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Krison throws a hook but Bissainthe avoids it easily.
Krison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bissainthe takes one on the button.
Bissainthe misses with a lunging right hand
and Krison counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bissainthe looks to score with a jab to the body but Krison is just out of range.
Krison fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Krison catches Bissainthe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bissainthe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bissainthe throws a big shot that misses.
Krison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Krison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bissainthe moves away.
Bissainthe scores with a hook to the body. Krison takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A left lands for Bissainthe.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bissainthe misses with an uppercut.
Bissainthe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Krison.
Bissainthe is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A thudding body kick lands there by Krison!
Bissainthe checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bissainthe misses with a wild body shot.
Krison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bissainthe's hands.
Krison misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Herb Krison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Krison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bissainthe counters with a low kick, right behind Krison 's knee.
Nice uppercut there from Bissainthe.
A nice leg kick lands there from Krison.
Krison lands a slapping body shot.
Krison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bissainthe connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Bissainthe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bissainthe.
A jab from Bissainthe misses.
Krison tries a low kick but Bissainthe avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bissainthe throws out the jab.
Krison lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Good exchange - Krison coming out on top.
Krison cracks Bissainthe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Krison, as that shot connected.
Krison missing with a left hand there. Bissainthe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krison swings for the body but Bissainthe moves out of range.
Bissainthe with a jab.
Krison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe looks to land a right hand but Krison moved out of range.
Bissainthe blocks a jab.
Bissainthe on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Krison misses with a hook
and Bissainthe counters with an inside leg kick.
Krison throws a hook but Bissainthe avoids it easily.
Bissainthe appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bissainthe throws a lazy right hand but Krison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krison misses with a body shot.
Bissainthe blocks a leg kick.
Bissainthe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krison misses with a low kick.
Bissainthe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krison.
Bissainthe looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bissainthe lands with a hook. Krison tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bissainthe misses with a shot to the body
and Krison counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bissainthe forces Krison back against the cage and clinches.
Krison tries a body shot but Bissainthe blocks it.
Krison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bissainthe's elbow.
Krison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bissainthe has a couple of punches blocked by Krison.
Krison makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bissainthe can't find room to land a body shot as Krison controls the action.
Bissainthe lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Krison tries to throw a body punch but Bissainthe avoids it by throwing Krison back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bissainthe.
Krison blocking some punches.
Bissainthe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bissainthe tries to work over Krison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bissainthe tries a body shot but Krison blocks it.
Krison lands a hook that snaps the head of Bissainthe backwards.
Bissainthe blocks a body shot from Krison.
Bissainthe misses with some punches.
Krison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bissainthe gets through Krison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Krison lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bissainthe has a couple of punches blocked by Krison.
Bissainthe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bissainthe works on Krison's body with a couple of short punches.
Krison has a couple of punches blocked by Bissainthe.
Krison tries to throw a body punch but Bissainthe avoids it by throwing Krison back against the cage.
Krison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Krison just leaning against Bissainthe, taking a breather.
Krison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bissainthe blocks a body shot from Krison.
Krison tries to work over Bissainthe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Krison takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bissainthe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bissainthe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krison's elbow.
Bissainthe misses with a body punch.
Krison lands a shot to the body.
Toussaint Bissainthe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bissainthe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bissainthe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bissainthe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Krison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bissainthe misses with a punch on the inside.
Krison lands an uppercut.
Krison scores with a hook to the body.
Krison swings wildly with an uppercut but Bissainthe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bissainthe misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Krison.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Herb Krison.
I think Krison has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Herb Krison!
Herb Krison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.