PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Cain
vs
Bishop

192 cm
20
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Cain!
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, Jason Bishop !
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop slips under a jab.
Cain thows a body shot but no joy.
Cain misses with a wild combination.
Cain misses with a straight left.
Bishop blocks a jab.
Bishop tries to clinch up but Cain circles away and keeps his distance.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cain but Cain pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice sprawl there from Cain as Bishop shoots in.
Some wild striking there from Cain.
Bishop will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Adam Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Bishop .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bishop should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bishop has a takedown stuffed.
A combination from Cain does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Cain misses.

Cain drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Bishop is working an open guard so Cain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Cain misses with a body shot.
Bishop uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cain.
Cain tries to bum rush Bishop with a series of wild strikes but Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cain keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bishop with a poor takedown

and Cain counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bishop 's guard now.
Cain tries to stand but Bishop is controlling from the bottom.
Cain is breathing heavily.
Cain looking to pass the guard.
Bishop manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cain manages to get himself to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop throwing strikes but missing.
Cain keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Cain is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bishop trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cain has Bishop pulled in close to control his posture.
Bishop throwing strikes from guard but Cain blocks nicely.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but Cain is keeping the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cain thows a body shot but no joy.
Cain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cain looks to score with a jab to the body but Bishop is just out of range.
Cain rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bishop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cain throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Cain does no damage.
Adam Cain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bishop checks a leg kick nicely.
Cain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cain swinging wilding here.
Bishop slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain misses with a double jab.
Cain misses with a wild combination.
Bishop slips under a jab.

Cain closes the distance and clinches.

Cain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cain misses the jab.
Cain misses with the combination.
Cain tries to clinch but Bishop moves out of range.
Cain throws a body punch but Bishop moves out of range.

Cain bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Cain decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cain.
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cain shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bishop 's guard.
Bishop being controlled here, momentarily.
Cain is looking to stand up but Bishop won't let him.
Cain trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Cain knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bishop on the ground.
Cain trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cain stays in close to Bishop 's body and controls the position.

Bishop is working an open guard so Cain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cain drives through and clinches with Bishop against the cage.

Cain gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bishop regains guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cain is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bishop is working an open guard so Cain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Cain dominated that round.
That's time! Cain's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cain looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bishop !
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cain looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bishop is working to get back to half guard.
Cain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cain has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Adam Cain just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cain throws out a loose jab but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bishop is breathing heavily.
Cain misses with the combination.
Cain throws a right hand that Bishop ducks under and follows up with a left that Bishop also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cain.
Cain tries to clinch up but Bishop circles away and keeps his distance.
Bishop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cain shoots for a takedown but Bishop saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Some wild striking there from Cain.
Cain thows a body shot but no joy.
Cain misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bishop has a takedown stuffed.

Cain rushes Bishop and presses him up against the cage.

Cain manages to break the clinch.
Cain throws a series of punches but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cain throws a nice looking combination but Bishop bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adam Cain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two 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.
Cain stuffs the takedown attempt from Bishop . Bishop gets slowly back to his feet.
Cain throws a nice looking combination but Bishop bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cain misses with a body kick.

Cain shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Adam Cain just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cain throws a head kick that misses.

Bishop drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cain is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bishop 's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Cain wants to get back to full guard.
Cain keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Cain kicks Bishop off and gets back to his feet.
Cain stalks Bishop and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bishop 's face. Bishop staggers backwards, shaken.
Bishop defending well as Cain loads up on a big left hand.
Bishop doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cain counters with a stiff right hand.

Bishop is rocked!
Adam Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Bishop .
A combination from Cain does no damage.
Cain misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Cain.
A punch combination from Cain misses.
Bishop fails with the takedown
and Cain counters with a series of strikes. Bishop will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cain keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cain scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bishop is still on wobbly legs! Can Cain finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cain misses with a wild combination.
Bishop slips a jab and a cross from Cain.
Cain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bishop seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cain throws a right hand that Bishop ducks under and follows up with a left that Bishop also avoids with ease.

Bishop looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cain is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Cain dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bishop shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cain's guard.
Adam Cain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bishop postures up in Cain's guard and throws a big left but Cain blocks it.
Cain wants to stand up but Bishop is controlling him.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Cain keeps moving.
Bishop stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cain swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bishop trying to control but Cain is working from the bottom.

Bishop drops back looking for a leg! Cain is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cain manages to kick Bishop off! Bishop jumps back into Cain's guard.
Cain is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bishop is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cain manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bishop takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bishop tries to lock up and control but Cain gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cain controlling the position easily from mount.
Cain will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cain's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bishop for as long as he can get away with.
Bishop is trying desperately to improve position.
Cain controlling the position easily from mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Adam Cain just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

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.
Bishop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cain.
Bishop shoots in and drives through. Cain sprawls well.
Bishop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cain fails with the takedown.
Cain gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bishop counters with a shoot takedown. Cain fights it but they end up in guard.
Bishop pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cain is keeping the position for now.
Cain looking for a sweep. Not yet Cain, not yet.
Cain wants to get back to his feet but Bishop is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cain looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Cain is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Bishop blocks an elbow strike.
Bishop goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cain prevents it.
Cain lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cain has clasped his hands together around Bishop 's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Bishop is looking to reverse the position.

Cain stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Cain throws a combination that misses

and Bishop decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cain's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop stops Cain from standing up.
Bishop throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cain keeping full guard, as Bishop tries to pass.
Bishop is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cain has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jason Bishop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bishop in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cain looking for a sweep. Not yet Cain, not yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cain throws a combination that misses
and Bishop counters with a straight right hand.
Bishop 's corner calls for a 1-2. Bishop obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Adam Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Bishop .
Bishop closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cain circles away.

Bishop shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bishop showed some decent athleticism there.
Cain tries to kick Bishop off but Bishop keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Bishop seems to be looking for submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cain has one foot on Bishop 's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Cain closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bishop to the mat! Bishop manages to get full guard.
Cain seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bishop can't keep his opponent in guard - Cain advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cain lands a nice short elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cain is controlling the pace.
Cain blocks the strikes from Bishop .

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 Adam Cain.
Well Cain has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Cain!