PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bisping
vs
Lashley

188 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 London, Kyle Bisping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Lashley!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bisping throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bisping moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lashley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bisping.
Bisping misses with a double jab.
Bisping lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lashley throws a series of punches but Bisping avoids them all with ease.
Lashley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bisping circles away quickly and effectively.

Lashley throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bisping was covering up waiting for the punch and Lashley finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lashley working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lashley throws a big right hand that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lashley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bisping is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bisping utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lashley with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lashley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lashley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bisping utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bisping is breathing heavily.
Bisping utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lashley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lashley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lashley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lashley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lashley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lashley postures up in Bisping's guard and throws a big left but Bisping blocks it.
Lashley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lashley working some strikes from top position.
Bisping on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bisping tries to get out of the position.
Lashley thows a big elbow that misses.
Lashley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lashley distracts Bisping with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lashley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lashley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lashley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lashley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bisping knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lashley on the ground.
Lashley postures up in Bisping's guard and throws a big left but Bisping blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lashley throws a big right hand that misses.
Lashley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lashley with a nice head shot there.
Lashley throwing strikes but missing.
Lashley chips away with some ground and pound.
Lashley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lashley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lashley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bisping works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lashley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lashley is looking to work some ground and pound but Bisping has wrist control.
Lashley scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lashley won't allow Bisping to get back to his feet.
Lashley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lashley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bisping working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lashley.
Lashley postures up in Bisping's guard and throws a big left but Bisping blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Lashley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bisping leaves Lashley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bisping scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lashley shoots for a double leg takedown but Bisping sprawls well. He's pushed Lashley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lashley misses with a few strikes there.
Kyle Bisping is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lashley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bisping lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bisping.
Bisping lands a jab-cross combination.
Bisping throws a one two combo.
Bisping lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bobby Lashley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lashley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bisping digs a good body shot into Lashley's ribs.
Bisping stalks Lashley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lashley's face. Lashley staggers backwards, shaken.

Lashley tries to keep at a distance but Bisping has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bisping throws a knee to the head but misses.

Bisping breaks the clinch.
Bisping moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bisping lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bisping throws a one two combo.
Bisping scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bisping connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Bisping both land. Nice combination.
Bisping goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Danga de danga de dang - Bisping scores with a four punch combination!
A left and a right from Bisping both land. Nice combination.
Bisping moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bisping.
Bisping lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bisping.
Lashley misses with a series of wild punches.
Lashley shoots for a double leg takedown but Bisping sprawls well. He's pushed Lashley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kyle Bisping has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Lashley.
Bisping cracks Lashley with an open hand slap.
Lashley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bisping.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bisping lands with an overhand left.

Bisping has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bisping gets underhooks to prevent Lashley's takedown attempt.

Bisping breaks from the clinch.
Lashley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bisping circles away quickly and effectively.
Bisping lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bisping moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Bisping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bisping lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bisping!
Bisping shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lashley eats them both and turns towards Bisping to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lashley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bisping.
Bisping lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lashley backs up against the cage.
Bisping lands a two punch combo.
Lashley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bisping lands with a nice combination. Lashley backs away looking to recover.
Lashley fails to land the takedown.
Bisping is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bisping scores with a hook.
Nice sprawl there from Bisping as Lashley shoots in.
Lashley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bisping leaves Lashley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Bisping instigates a clinch.

Bisping breaks the clinch.

Bisping rushes Lashley and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bisping escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice combination there by Bisping.
No luck for Lashley with that takedown attempt.
Lashley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bisping!
Bisping fails to land with a series of punches.
Bisping throws a right hand that Lashley ducks under and follows up with a left that Lashley also avoids with ease.
Lashley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bisping.
Lashley shoots in for a takedown but Bisping shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lashley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bisping looks to land a combination. Lashley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Lashley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bisping napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Lashley lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lashley is putting a hurting on Bisping here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lashley landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lashley looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bisping is avoiding damage well.
Lashley throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lashley working the ground and pound.
Lashley in side control lands a decent elbow.
Lashley sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bisping is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lashley connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bisping some visible discomfort.
Bisping tries to escape but Lashley is in control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bisping takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bisping is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lashley is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Bisping dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Lashley misses with a series of wild punches.
Bisping throws a series of strikes that have Lashley backpedaling.
Lashley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bisping throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bisping throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lashley.
Bisping scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A punch combination from Bisping misses.
Lashley closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bisping circles away.
Bisping lands a jab-cross combination.
Lashley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bisping.
Bisping works over Lashley's head and body with a nice combination.
Bisping moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lashley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bisping shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lashley eats them both and turns towards Bisping to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kyle Bisping is winning the standup battle so far.
Bisping scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Bisping rushes Lashley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Bisping pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Bisping scores with a four punch combination!
Bisping changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bisping lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bisping.
Lashley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bisping.
Bisping connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bisping breaks the clinch.
Lashley shoots in for a takedown but Bisping shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bisping goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bisping lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bisping scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bisping lands a jab-cross combination.
Lashley dives in and grabs Bisping's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bisping pushes down on Lashley's head and hops out.
Kyle Bisping has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Lashley.
Lashley shoots in looking for a takedown but Bisping manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lashley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bisping moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bisping goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bisping misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bisping stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bisping wants it to stay on the feet.
Lashley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lashley shoots in for a double leg but Bisping sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lashley throws a nice looking combination but Bisping bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bisping throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bisping is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lashley has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bisping throws a right and a left that Lashley avoids nicely.
Bisping shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lashley eats them both and turns towards Bisping to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Lashley drives through with a takedown into Bisping's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Lashley lands a couple of elbows.
Lashley keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bisping's head.
Bisping utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bisping working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lashley.
Lashley throws a big right hand that misses.
Lashley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lashley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bisping works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bisping works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lashley throws a big right hand that misses.
Lashley keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bisping's head.
Lashley chips away with some ground and pound.
Lashley throwing strikes but missing.
Lashley is looking to work some ground and pound but Bisping has wrist control.
Lashley lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lashley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four 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.
Lashley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lashley is working Bisping over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lashley thows a big elbow that misses.
Lashley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lashley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lashley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lashley throwing strikes from guard but Bisping blocks nicely.
Lashley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lashley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kyle Bisping.
I think Bisping has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Bisping!