PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Waldek Kiepski (ranked 5377 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Bishop (ranked 5168 p4p, 397 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kiepski
vs
Bishop

225 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Waldek Kiepski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiepski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bishop misses with the combination.
Bishop lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Kiepski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bishop is trying to force a seperation but Kiepski has the dominant position.
Bishop tries to break the clinch but Kiepski is controlling the position.
Bishop tries to break the clinch but Kiepski is controlling the position.
Kiepski keeps control of Bishop as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kiepski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bishop just misses with a punch to the body.

Kiepski darts in and clinches Bishop up against the cage.

Kiepski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bishop shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kiepski eats them both and turns towards Bishop to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Kiepski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kiepski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bishop is trying to break the clinch but Kiepski has him pressed against the cage.
Bishop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kiepski has him pressed against the cage.

Kiepski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kiepski drives through and clinches with Bishop against the cage.

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

Kiepski forces Bishop back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kiepski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kiepski tries to clinch there but Bishop circles away.

Kiepski rushes Bishop and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bishop can't break the clinch.
Kiepski prevents Bishop from breaking the clinch.
Bishop tries to break the clinch but Kiepski is controlling the position.
Bishop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kiepski has him pressed against the cage.

Kiepski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bishop misses with a series of wild punches.
Kiepski appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bishop scores with a jab to the body.
Waldek Kiepski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kiepski misses with a wild combination.
Kiepski throws a series of punches but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kiepski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bishop lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kiepski at a distance.
Kiepski tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throws a right and a left that Kiepski avoids nicely.
Bishop misses with the combination.
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!
Kiepski tries to clinch but Bishop moves out of range.
As Kiepski backs off Bishop throws a huge counter combo but Kiepski manages to avoid it all.
Bishop looks to land a combination but Kiepski avoids it well.
Kiepski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kiepski throws a series of punches but Bishop moves out of range.
Kiepski looks to land a left hand but Bishop moved out of range nicely.
Bishop throws a right hand that Kiepski ducks under and follows up with a left that Kiepski also avoids with ease.
Bishop lands a glancing blow to the side of Kiepski's head.
Bishop takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Kiepski has managed to clinch.
Bishop is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Kiepski breaks the clinch.

Kiepski clinches up against the cage.

Kiepski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kiepski avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kiepski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bishop connects with a body shot.
Bishop misses with the combination.
Bishop lands a jab to the nose.
Kiepski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bishop.
Bishop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kiepski.
Bishop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Kiepski backs off Bishop throws a huge counter combo but Kiepski manages to avoid it all.
Bishop lands a jab to the head.
Kiepski takes one to the side of the head.
Bishop swinging wildly here.
Bishop throws a series of punches but Kiepski avoids them all with ease.
Bishop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice combination there by Bishop.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Bishop. Those never looked like landing.
Bishop fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kiepski moves into the clinch successfully.

Kiepski manages to break the clinch.
Kiepski with a nice cross.
Bishop lands a jab-cross combination.
Kiepski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kiepski is breathing heavily.
Bishop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bishop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kiepski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bishop moves away.

Kiepski takes the fight into the clinch.

Kiepski manages to break the clinch.
Kiepski lands with a shot to the body.
Bishop throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Danga de danga de dang - Bishop scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from Kiepski misses.
A left and a right from Bishop both land. Nice combination.

Kiepski is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Bishop dominated that 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.

Bishop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiepski.

Kiepski closes the distance and pushes Bishop back into the cage.

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

Kiepski closes the distance and clinches.
Bishop has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kiepski has Bishop pressed against the cage, preventing Bishop from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bishop is looking to break free of the clinch but Kiepski has double underhooks.

Kiepski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiepski jabs Bishop to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bishop lands a nice shot to the body.
Bishop misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bishop misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiepski swings for the body but Bishop moves out of range.
George Bishop seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bishop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiepski manages to avoid it.
Kiepski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kiepski is looking to clinch.
Bishop looks to land a combination. Kiepski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiepski looks to land a combination but Bishop avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiepski swings for the body but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice uppercut lands for Bishop. That snapped Kiepski's head back.
Bishop lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kiepski backs up against the cage.
Oh Kiepski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Danga de danga de dang - Bishop scores with a four punch combination!
Bishop misses with a wild combination.
Kiepski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bishop.
Bishop is breathing heavily.
Bishop swinging wildly here.
Kiepski throwing a counter right hand but Bishop manages to avoid it.
Bishop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kiepski scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop misses with a few strikes there.
Bishop dodges the punch combination from Kiepski.
Bishop looks to land a combination but Kiepski avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Bishop. Those never looked like landing.
Bishop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kiepski misses with a few strikes there.
Kiepski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bishop throws a series of punches but Kiepski moves out of range.
Kiepski throws a shot from downtown. Bishop moves away and avoids it.
Bishop looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A punch combination from Bishop misses.
Kiepski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kiepski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kiepski throws a combination that misses
and Bishop counters with a right hand to the body.
Bishop bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bishop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bishop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kiepski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kiepski seems to have got his legs back now.
Bishop will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiepski dodges the punch combination from Bishop.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bishop can't break the clinch.

Kiepski breaks the clinch.
Kiepski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bishop is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bishop throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kiepski takes a swing at Bishop's ribcage but misses.
Bishop lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kiepski backs up against the cage.
Bishop misses with a few strikes there.
Kiepski is looking to counter punch.
Kiepski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiepski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kiepski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bishop connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kiepski scrambles back to his feet.
Kiepski dodges the punch combination from Bishop.
Kiepski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bishop.
Bishop lands with a nice body punch.
Bishop will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bishop throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bishop misses with a two punch combination.
Kiepski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bishop scores with a one two! Kiepski had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bishop lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiepski.
Kiepski misses with a double jab
and Bishop counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bishop throws a right and a left that Kiepski avoids nicely.
Kiepski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bishop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bishop unleashes a big counter combination but Kiepski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kiepski tries to clinch up.
Bishop connects with a body shot.
Bishop misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Kiepski was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bishop.

Kiepski closes the distance and pushes Bishop back into the cage.
Kiepski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bishop has had enough of the clinch but Kiepski keeps him there for the moment.
Bishop is looking to break free of the clinch but Kiepski has double underhooks.
Kiepski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bishop's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop is trying to break the clinch but Kiepski has him pressed against the cage.
Bishop has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Kiepski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Bishop 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!

Kiepski slips a jab and a cross from Bishop.

Kiepski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Kiepski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiepski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bishop moves away.
Bishop misses with a two punch combination.
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kiepski.
Kiepski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bishop misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Bishop, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiepski misses with a straight right.
Bishop throws a series of punches but Kiepski moves out of range.
Bishop takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kiepski slips a jab and a cross from Bishop.
Kiepski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bishop is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kiepski rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiepski moves in looking to clinch but Bishop pushes him off.
Kiepski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiepski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bishop.
Bishop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Bishop scores with a four punch combination!
A combination from Bishop does no damage.
It looked like Kiepski was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bishop.
Kiepski tries to clinch but Bishop moves away
and Bishop counters with a nice body shot.

Kiepski closes the distance and clinches.

Kiepski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bishop throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kiepski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kiepski throws a lazy right hand but Bishop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bishop will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kiepski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bishop's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiepski is looking to clinch.
Kiepski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bishop manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with a wild combination.
Kiepski dodges the punch combination from Bishop.
Bishop misses with a two punch combination.

Kiepski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kiepski keeps control of Bishop as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bishop tries to break free but Kiepski pushes him back against the cage.

Kiepski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiepski looks to land a combination but Bishop avoids it well.
Kiepski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bishop.
Bishop rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kiepski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bishop!
Bishop takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kiepski tries to bum rush Bishop with a series of wild strikes but Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bishop unleashes a big counter combination but Kiepski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bishop looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bishop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bishop stuns Kiepski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kiepski tries to clinch up.
George Bishop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bishop throws a series of punches but Kiepski avoids them all with ease.
A quick step to the side and Kiepski tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bishop darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice body punch from Bishop.
Bishop misses with a few strikes there.
Bishop lands a nice shot to the body.
Bishop misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Bishop misses.
Kiepski avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiepski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Waldek Kiepski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kiepski closes the distance and pushes Bishop back into the cage.
Bishop tries to break the clinch but Kiepski is controlling the position.

Kiepski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bishop misses with a few strikes there.
Bishop lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bishop.
Kiepski tries to clinch up.
Bishop misses with a series of wild punches.
Kiepski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kiepski looks to score with a jab to the body but Bishop is just out of range.
Bishop fails to land with a series of punches.
Bishop scores with a one two! Kiepski had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Waldek Kiepski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bishop lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiepski circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Bishop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bishop 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for George Bishop!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for George Bishop!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for George Bishop!

George Bishop wins by unanimous decision!