PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donivan Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bison
vs
Hall

196 cm
18
252 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Bison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donivan Hall!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bison.
Bison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall slips a jab and a cross from Bison.

Hall clinches with his opponent.
Hall crunches a lovely knee into Bison's ribcage.
Bison wants to break free but Hall has control.
Hall scores a nice knee to the body.
Bison is breathing heavily.
Hall taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hall with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Bison has been cut.
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!
Hall is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bison pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Hall.
Hall landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hall lands a nice knee to the body.
Bison is trying to break free.
Hall lands an elbow that stopped Bison in his tracks for a moment.

Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hall needs to keep his hands up - Bison had a free shot at his head there.
A punch combination from Bison misses.
Bison scores with a punch to the head.
Bison throws a right hand that Hall ducks under and follows up with a left that Hall also avoids with ease.
Bison cracks a nice hook into Hall's ribs.
Bison throws a series of punches but Hall moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison looks to throw the jab but Hall is out of range.
Bison getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bison misses with a two punch combination.
Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bison throws a right hand that Hall ducks under and follows up with a left that Hall also avoids with ease.
Bison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bison tries to bum rush Hall with a series of wild strikes but Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bison misses with a double jab.
Bison throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mike Bison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bison slips a straight right by Hall.
Bison throws a right and a left that Hall avoids nicely.
Bison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
A big right from Hall misses.
Hall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nice straight punches there by Bison. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bison.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but Bison pushes him off.
Bison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hall counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hall tries to clinch up.
Hall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bison misses with a two punch combination.
Bison throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Bison misses with a straight left.
Bison scores with a three punch combo!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hall.
Bison's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bison duly obliges.
Hall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bison misses with a few strikes there.
Hall is looking to clinch but Bison is avoiding it.
Hall doesn't manage to clinch there - Bison circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison with a nice cross.
Hall wants to clinch up but Bison keeps it at a distance.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.

Hall has closed the distance and engaged Bison in a clinch.
Bison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bison avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Hall keeps control of Bison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bison wants to break free but Hall has control.
Hall trying to stall but Bison improves his position.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Bison wants to break free but Hall has control.
Bison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bison has had enough of the clinch but Hall keeps him there for the moment.
Bison has had enough of the clinch but Hall keeps him there for the moment.
Bison takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bison wants to break the clinch but can't.

Hall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hall takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A left and a right from Bison both land. Nice combination.
Hall shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bison but Bison pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mike Bison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donivan Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bison misses with a double jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hall.
No joy there for Bison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hall swings widly with a right hand
and Bison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall swinging wilding here.

Hall rushes Bison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hall content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bison can't break the clinch.
Bison tries to break the clinch but Hall is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall landing knees to the body.

Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hall waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Bison. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Bison to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Bison is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hall decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bison, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donivan Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Bison's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hall fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bison throws a jab but it's blocked by Hall.
Bison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hall has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bison finds it's way round the side to connect with Hall's head.
Bison throws a shot to the body.
Bison throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hall counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donivan Hall!