PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. 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?

Jackson
vs
Bison

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
22
283 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brandon Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Bison!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bison drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bison works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bison is looking to take a break and control but Jackson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bison looks up at the clock and then as Jackson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bison smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bison lands a nice forearm strike.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

Bison decides to stand back up. Bison steps back and let's Jackson get back to his feet.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Bison pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Bison throws a push kick but Jackson slaps the foot to one side.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.

Bison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jackson's guard.
Bison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Bison trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bison chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bison won't allow Jackson to sweep him here.

Bison stands up from Jackson's guard - Bison perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bison lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bison.
Bison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jackson's hands.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bison throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Bison moves into the clinch.
Jackson wants to break free but Bison has control.
Bison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Bison is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Jackson can't fight it off and eventually Bison manages to take the fight to the floor. Jackson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jackson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bison trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Bison with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bison.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bison scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jackson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bison stands up over Jackson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bison content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bison chips away with some ground and pound.
Bison trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Jackson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jackson can't keep his opponent in guard - Bison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Bison decides to return to a standing position.

Bison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bison is keeping busy.
Jackson wants to break free but Bison has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Bison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jackson's guard.
Bison landing with the ground and pound.
Bison preventing the sweep.
Bison landing with the ground and pound.
Bison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jackson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Bison stands up and beckons Jackson to his feet.
Bison looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.

Bison scores a takedown into full mount!
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jackson hang on?
Jackson is looking to get to half guard.
Jackson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bison.
Bison working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bison lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bison pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Jackson is rocked!
Bison with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Jackson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bison punching from mount but Jackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Bison working for a submission but Jackson is keeping him at bay.
Bison throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Jackson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Bison lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
Bison's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bison duly obliges.
Bison scores with a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Bison.

Bison feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bison trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Bison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bison stands up over Jackson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bison pushing down on Jackson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bison works his way into side control.
Jackson stops Bison from passing to mount.
Jackson regains half guard.
Bison with the ground and pound but Jackson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bison cracks Jackson with a solid left hand.

Bison gets to his feet - Jackson follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Bison is avoiding it.

Bison closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bison lands in his opponent's guard.
Bison trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Bison working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bison forces his way into half guard.
Bison lands with a punch from half guard.
Jackson is looking to improve his position.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bison can do to turn this around?
Bison drops an elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Bison lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jackson is pressing down on Bison's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bison connects with a couple of short punches.
Jackson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bison on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bison stands and steps away. Jackson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but Bison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jackson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Brandon Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Bison circles away.
Brandon Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.

Bison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bison managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jackson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Bison counters with an outside leg kick.
Jackson blocks the body kick.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bison tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.

Jackson instigates a clinch.
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!

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson clinches but Bison breaks the clinch

and Bison counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bison stops Jackson from getting back to his feet.
Jackson has hold of Bison's hands but Bison slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Bison seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Jackson is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mike Bison!