PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by M. Bison Theme. Mike Bison struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Brown
vs
Bison

180 cm
20
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
28
226 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Bison!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Bison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mike Bison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Bison.
Bison cracks Brown with an open hand slap.

It looks like Mark Brown has been cut.
Brown stuns Bison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bison moves away.
Bison gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brown lands a jab to Bison's midsection.
Brown lands a lovely overhand right.
Brown fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bison looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown slips under a jab from Bison.
Nice body punch from Brown.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown tests Bison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bison fails to land with a series of punches.
Brown stalks Bison and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bison's face. Bison staggers backwards, shaken.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
Bison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bison takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Bison takes one on the button.

Brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brown is stalling in the full guard.
Brown lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brown trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brown scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Brown scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bison working a defensive guard here.
Brown scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brown postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brown is in close to Bison's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bison is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown passes Bison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Brown.
Brown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bison's head.
Bison tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
Brown looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bison is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bison on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bison is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bison throws a combination that misses

and Brown decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bison's guard.
Bison is trying to keep Brown in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brown postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brown wants to pass the guard but Bison is keeping the position.
Brown advances position into side control!
Bison struggling a bit here.
Bison takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brown working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bison is looking to regain half guard here but Brown keeps moving and retains side control.

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.
Bison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Brown's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Brown takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brown looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bison with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brown works his way into full mount!
Brown with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Brown looking to finish Bison with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bison!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Brown's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bison misses the jab.
Brown changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bison manages to avoid it.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brown with a nice cross.
Bison catches Brown with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brown stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brown lands a jab to the head.
Brown works Bison's body with a nice hook.
Brown lands a right hook to the body.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Brown lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
Bison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bison is breathing heavily.
Brown drops an elbow to the side of Bison's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison wants to get back to full guard.
Brown working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Brown is thwarting Bison's attempts to control the position.
Brown is trying to control the action in half guard but Bison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brown lands a nice short elbow.
Brown scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bison on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brown takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bison tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
Brown scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brown working Bison over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown passes the guard and advances to mount!
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bison can do to turn this around?
Brown in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bison is looking to get to half guard.
Brown with shots to the head and body - Bison looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bison working to try and regain half guard.
Brown lands a heavy elbow.

Bison is rocked!
Brown looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bison is still in real trouble! Can Brown finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bison seems to have recovered his senses.
Brown punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Bison in real trouble here! The ref calls for Bison to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Brown!