PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bishop might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hold On-Phrase. Ryan Bishop has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bishop
vs
Fish

198 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

194 cm
20
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Fish!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fish pinned against the cage. Fish gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ryan Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown but Fish shows good takedown defense.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Fish.
No luck for Bishop with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fish takes a swing at Bishop's ribcage but misses.
Bishop fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Fish feints and as Bishop raises his hands in defense, Fish changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fish looking to pass the guard.
Bishop can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fish controls the pace.
Fish works over Bishop with some ground and pound from guard.
Fish keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bishop's head.
Bishop can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fish controls the pace.
Bishop wants to sweep here but Fish controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fish stands and throws Bishop's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bishop knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fish on the ground.
Bishop is looking to regain half guard here but Fish keeps moving and retains side control.
Fish connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bishop some visible discomfort.
Fish working the head and body with strikes.
Bishop trying to control but Fish flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Fish biding his time, looking for the opening.
Fish scores with strikes from the back.

Bishop is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Oh Bishop is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bishop is breathing heavily.
Fish is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Bishop up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fish scores with punches and elbows.
Fish softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Fish lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

Fish is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Bishop won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Fish off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aaron Fish!