PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jonny beano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Bisping has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bisping
vs
beano

180 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

162 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Bisping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, jonny beano!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

beano shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. beano showed some decent athleticism there.
beano trying to control from half guard but Bisping is working away.

beano seems to be looking for submissions.
beano trying to control from half guard but Bisping is working away.

beano is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

beano is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
beano is trying to control the action in half guard but Bisping is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
beano lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

beano looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
beano looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
beano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bisping sees it coming and defends easily.

beano wants to work for an arm triangle but Bisping is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
beano prevents Bisping from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
beano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bisping tries to get to full guard but beano has control of the leg.
beano stalling away here and it's allowed Bisping to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

beano drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bisping looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bisping looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bisping!
Bisping will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bisping has knee on belly and moves into mount.
beano tries to hold on but Bisping postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bisping landing strikes from the mount.
Bisping looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
beano wants to control but Bisping is having none of it.
Bisping controlling the position easily from mount.
beano is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
beano working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bisping tries to control but beano wriggling away.
beano wants to control but Bisping is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jonny beano 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.

Bisping tries to clinch but beano is having none of it.
beano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bisping as he jumps to the side.
Bisping tries to clinch but beano moves out of range.
Bisping tries to close the distance and clinch up but beano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
beano blocks a head kick by Bisping.
Bisping swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
beano looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bisping is fending him off so far but beano persists. Nope, Bisping circles away and we're back to standing.
beano has a takedown stuffed.
Michael Bisping has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jonny beano.
Bisping misses with a takedown attempt

and beano counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bisping keeping moving, preventing beano from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
beano working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bisping utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bisping really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Bisping looking for a guillotine here but beano defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

beano drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says beano as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Bisping screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with beano! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). jonny beano!