PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zen Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: teenagers. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blood
vs
Bishop

180 cm
28
175 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

190 cm
25
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Zen Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Walter Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bishop closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Blood tries to buck Bishop off but Bishop is having none of it.
Blood takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blood manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Blood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bishop.
Blood works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bishop keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blood's head.
Blood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Blood looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Blood escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bishop gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Blood keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Blood escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bishop gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop lands a couple of digs.
Bishop is working Blood over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bishop working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blood's head.
Blood wants to sweep but no luck.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Blood keeps moving.
Bishop lands a couple of digs.
Blood wants to sweep here but Bishop controlling him for the moment.
Bishop is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Blood is looking for a triangle but Bishop pushes his legs off easily.

Blood 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop stopping the sweep attempt from Blood.
Bishop is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Blood is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bishop pulls his head out easily.
Blood is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bishop's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bishop's back!
Blood missing with strikes from the back.
Bishop is in bad spot here.
Blood misses with a punch to the head.
Bishop tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bishop is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bishop is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Blood moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Bishop has worked his arm free - good work by Bishop!
The ground and pound from Blood seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blood wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bishop, who protects the arm well.
Bishop regains half guard, as Blood was trying to land strikes.

Blood seems to be working for a kimura but Bishop defends the submission attempt.
Blood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blood has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bishop is controlling Blood's trapped leg to prevent Blood from advancing to side control.
Bishop has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blood is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blood is looking for a kimura here.
Bishop trying to control from the bottom.
Blood trying to mount his opponent but Bishop defends it.
Bishop is trying to control but can't.
Bishop wants to get back to full guard.
Bishop holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Blood seems to be looking for submissions.
Blood winds up and cracks Bishop with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Zen Blood will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Blood gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bishop counters with a nice leg kick.
Blood with a lazy takedown attempt

and Bishop counters with a nice double leg into side control. Blood won't be happy with that.
Blood is not content to let Bishop control the position.
Blood tries to bench press Bishop off him but Bishop keeps the position.
Bishop is working Blood over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blood sneaks back into half guard.
Bishop takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bishop is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Blood is staying active underneath Bishop, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Blood actively working from the bottom here.
Bishop drops an elbow to the side of Blood's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Blood gets full guard.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Blood keeps moving.
Bishop is stalling in the full guard.
Bishop working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blood's head.
Blood has momentary wrist control but Bishop slips an elbow through the middle.
Blood wants to sweep here but Bishop controlling him for the moment.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bishop. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bishop scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blood is looking for a triangle but Bishop pushes his legs off easily.
Blood keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.

Blood is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blood is on top in guard.
Bishop looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bishop manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Blood is squirming around, avoiding Bishop's attempts to control the action.
Bishop prevents Blood from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood is squirming around, avoiding Bishop's attempts to control the action.
Blood tries to reverse the position but Bishop maintains control.
Bishop looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bishop scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Blood bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Blood avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bishop is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Blood sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bishop's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blood thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bishop trying to control from the bottom.
Bishop is trying to get back to full guard.
Blood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bishop avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blood.
Bishop trying to control here.
Bishop is looking to improve his position.
Blood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blood is working away from the top position though.
Blood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bishop's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Bishop showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Blood shoots in but Bishop avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Blood fails with the takedown

and Bishop counters by clinching up.
Bishop scores with a shot to the side of Blood's head.
Bishop prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zen Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bishop displaying some good clinch control by pressing Blood up against the cage.
Bishop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blood is defending well for now.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bishop is struggling to control the position.
Blood has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bishop after a bit of a struggle.
Bishop is looking to control Blood's arms but Blood gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bishop has his back to the cage.
Blood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bishop tightens his grip and picks Blood up, before dumping him to the ground. Blood manages to land in guard.
Blood wants to sweep but no luck.
Bishop scoring with punches to the head and body.

Bishop got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blood has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bishop has managed to get both his arms back between Blood's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bishop postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Blood keeps moving.

Blood isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bishop stacks Blood on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bishop!
Bishop is putting a hurting on Blood here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bishop creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bishop cracks Blood with a big right hand but Blood just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Blood is trying to get back to half guard.
Bishop lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is putting a hurting on Blood here, landing some big shots from side control.
Blood takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bishop cracks Blood with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Blood is rocked!
Blood tries to bench press Bishop off him but Bishop keeps the position.
Oh Blood is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blood sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Blood is refusing to be controlled, as Bishop sits in half guard.
Blood seems to have got his legs back now.
Blood moves into full guard.
Bishop trying to control but Blood is working from the bottom.

Blood is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bishop defends well.
Bishop stands up over Blood, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bishop is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bishop works over Blood with some ground and pound from guard.
Bishop working some strikes from top position.

Blood escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bishop gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Walter Bishop has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bishop is one step ahead there.
Bishop tries to free his leg and advance position but Blood is retaining full guard.
Bishop trying to control but Blood is working from the bottom.

Blood 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.

Blood looking for a guillotine here but Bishop defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is working Blood over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop trying to control but Blood is working from the bottom.
Bishop postures up and lands a big shot to Blood's brow.
Blood wants to sweep but no luck.

Blood is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Blood keeping full guard, as Bishop tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Blood looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bishop won't allow Blood to sweep him here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Bishop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bishop has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Bishop!
Walter Bishop very nearly forgot to thank Punishment Nutrition - All 159Q products now $75 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.