PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bishop
vs
Po

179 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

196 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Bishop !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tong Po!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bishop pinned against the cage. Bishop gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice takedown defense from Bishop . No joy for Po on that attempt.
Po is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Po tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bishop swivels and escapes.
Jason Bishop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tong Po.
Bishop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bishop fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bishop has his takedown stuffed

and Po counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Po breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tong Po seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Po misses with a takedown attempt

and Bishop counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Po's guard now.
Po is looking to stand up but Bishop isn't so interested in that idea.

Po has his foot on Bishop 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bishop works his way back into a safe position though.

Po has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bishop can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bishop looking to pass the guard.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Po keeps moving.

Po looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bishop might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Po looks gassed!
Bishop is stalling in the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Bishop gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Po postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bishop has his feet on Po's thighs here. He's pushed Po off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Po screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jason Bishop !