PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Simons III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Simons III will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bishop
vs
Simons III

172 cm
29
145 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

172 cm
32
143 lbs
24 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Simons III!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop tries a head kick but it misses.
Bishop shoots in and drives through. Simons III sprawls well.
Bishop tries to score a power double leg takedown but Simons III sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bishop somewhat.
Simons III fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Simons III.
Simons III shoots in and drives through. Bishop sprawls well.
Simons III is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Simons III fails to land with a series of punches.
Simons III looks gassed!
Simons III stuffs the takedown attempt from Bishop. Bishop gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bishop scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bishop scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Simons III?
Simons III keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Simons III tries to lock up and control but Bishop gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bishop is landing with some decent strikes but Simons III is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Bishop connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Simons III takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bishop in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bishop lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Simons III is looking to escape.
Bishop raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Simons III is looking to get to half guard.
Bishop landing strikes from the mount and Simons III is in trouble!

Simons III is rocked!
Simons III is trying to escape the mount.
Bishop landing shots from mount.
Simons III is still in real trouble! Can Bishop finish him?
Bishop lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop cracks Simons III with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Bishop!
After winning the bout, Bryan Bishop thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.