PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The End. Master Bison has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Blake Smith's chin.

Smith
vs
Bison

188 cm
27
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
222 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

STEEL PENN'S SKIN SHOP

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blake Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Master Bison!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bison.

Bison gets a clinch.
Bison looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Bison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Smith being controlled against the cage.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Bison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bison is defending well for now.
Bison managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bison avoids it.
Bison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bison obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Bison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bison avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bison has Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Bison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bison is struggling to control the position.
Bison tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Bison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bison wants to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Bison.
Bison scores with a knee to the head.
Bison blocking some punches.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bison takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bison blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith tries a body shot but Bison blocks it.
Bison tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith lands with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bison rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smith avoiding damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bison's brow.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bison leaning his opponent against the cage.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bison looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Bison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Bison avoids the damage to the body.
Bison connects with a knee to the head.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bison tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Bison missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith looking to stall.
Bison looking to slow down the pace here.

Smith breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Master 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 gets a clinch.
Bison is trying to force a seperation but Smith has the dominant position.
Smith has Bison pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Smith for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Smith looking to stall.
Bison is looking to control Smith's arms but Smith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bison has his back to the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bison obliges.
Smith wants to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Bison is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Blake Smith.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bison misses with a punch to the body.
Bison trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Bison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Bison just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
Master Bison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bison takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Bison avoids the damage to the body.
Bison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Bison improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Bison keeps him there for the moment.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bison pulls his leg out and moves away.

Bison has managed to clinch.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Bison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bison stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Bison is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bison avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Smith.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Bison misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bison.
A short right from Bison on the inside.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bison is defending well for now.
Bison managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.

Smith has clasped his hands together around Bison's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to stand but Bison is controlling his arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bison is not content to let Smith control the position.

Smith decides to stand up, so the ref orders Bison to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bison clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Master Bison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Smith there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Bison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bison moves into the clinch.
Bison misses with the head strike.
Bison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws a predictable looking body shot

and Bison counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Bison is controlling the position.
Bison lands with a light punch inside.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Bison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Bison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith wants to stall.
Bison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bison tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Smith looking to slow down the pace here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Smith as Bison tries to tie him up.
Blake Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bison seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Bison misses with a knee to the head.
Bison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

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

Bison moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Bison avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Bison scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bison tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bison on the inside.
Bison trying to control the position but instead, Smith has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bison into the cage.
Bison avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Bison avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bison rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smith tries to break free but Bison pushes him back against the cage.
Bison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bison slows down the pace here.
Bison scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bison lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bison connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bison misses with a knee strike.
Bison trying to land knees to the body.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bison is controlling him.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bison working hard to break the clinch.
Bison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Bison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Master Bison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bison winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

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