PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Buzz Cloltran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cloltran comes into the arena with F**k What Happens Tonight blaring out of the sound system. Kevin Bishop is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cloltran
vs
Bishop

168 cm
32
142 lbs
28 - 7 - 2

172 cm
32
149 lbs
20 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

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 28 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Buzz Cloltran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop swings for the body but Cloltran moves out of range.
Cloltran scores with a jab. Bishop acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bishop misses with a looping right.
Cloltran just misses with a punch to the body.
Cloltran scores with a hook to the body. Bishop takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cloltran is looking to clinch but Bishop is avoiding it.
Cloltran looks for the body kick but Bishop saw that one coming.
Cloltran has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cloltran there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cloltran walks into a left hand.
Cloltran lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bishop lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bishop looks to land a body kick but Cloltran moved away.
Bishop throws a leg kick but Cloltran checks it.
Cloltran slips a jab from Bishop.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cloltran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bishop manages to avoid it.
Bishop uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cloltran has time to react.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cloltran moves away.
Bishop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cloltran.
Cloltran tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bishop defends well and Cloltran ends up having to push Bishop into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Cloltran.
I was talking to Cloltran's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cloltran's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cloltran can't break the clinch.
Bishop prevents a body shot from Cloltran.
Bishop lands a body shot.
Bishop avoiding damage.
Bishop takes a shot to the head.
Bishop content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bishop fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cloltran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bishop lands a right hand.
Bishop tries a body shot but Cloltran blocks it.
Cloltran throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.
Cloltran misses with a punch to the body.
Cloltran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Come on Cloltran - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short body shot lands from Bishop as the two fighters clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Cloltran.
A right hand to the body from Bishop.
Nice body punch from Cloltran.
A nice left hand lands by Cloltran.

Cloltran gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cloltran lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is trying is best to control the position here.
Bishop is looking to control Cloltran's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bishop avoid being mounted?
Cloltran wants to control but Bishop is keeping him busy.
Bishop wants to get back to full guard.
Bishop avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cloltran.
Cloltran missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cloltran not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cloltran scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cloltran winds up and cracks Bishop with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cloltran thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bishop's head.
Bishop keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cloltran working the head and body with strikes.
Cloltran throwing shots but Bishop is blocking nicely.
Bishop moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cloltran is looking to advance position but Bishop has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop is stalling here but it's allowed Cloltran to get half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bishop not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buzz Cloltran dominated that 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.

Bishop stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cloltran.
Bishop thows a body shot but no joy.
Cloltran avoids a kick to the body.
A left lands for Cloltran.
Cloltran throws a head kick that misses
and Bishop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kevin Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cloltran dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cloltran ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
Cloltran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bishop moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bishop. Cloltran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cloltran slips under a jab from Bishop.
Cloltran is looking to wear down Bishop with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cloltran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bishop manages to avoid it.
Bishop jabs Cloltran to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cloltran walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cloltran throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bishop stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cloltran swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bishop makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cloltran really felt that one!
Bishop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bishop scores with a jab to the head.
Bishop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cloltran.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bishop lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cloltran has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cloltran and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bishop takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cloltran tries to bum rush Bishop with a series of wild strikes but Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cloltran misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Cloltran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop slips a jab and a cross from Cloltran.
Bishop throws a shot from downtown. Cloltran moves away and avoids it.
Cloltran displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bishop misses with a hook. Cloltran ducked under it nicely.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bishop connects with a solid leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cloltran throws the left hand but Bishop avoids the punch easily.
Cloltran swings for the body but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop jabs at Cloltran's body.
A jab from Bishop misses.
Buzz Cloltran is winning the standup battle so far.
Bishop tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cloltran was well out of range. Poor timing from Bishop.
Bishop cracks a nice hook into Cloltran's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bishop. That's going to slow Cloltran down.
Bishop misses with a low kick as Cloltran jumps back.
Cloltran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cloltran lands a nice hook to Bishop's body. Bishop takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Bishop decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cloltran is pressing down on Bishop's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bishop with a flurry of punches that miss.
Buzz Cloltran overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Cloltran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bishop has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Cloltran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop advances position into side control!
Cloltran struggling a bit here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kevin Bishop will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cloltran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cloltran scores with the left hand. Bishop knows he should have avoided that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bishop.
Cloltran scores with a jab to the head.
Cloltran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bishop.
Cloltran lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Kevin Bishop has been cut.
Bishop fakes the leg kick and cracks Cloltran in the body.
Bishop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cloltran.
Bishop motions for Cloltran to come forward. Bishop throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cloltran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cloltran doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bishop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Cloltran 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bishop lands a leg kick that knocks Cloltran off balance momentarily.
Cloltran avoids the body shot from Bishop.
Bishop throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cloltran with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bishop counters with a right hand to the body.
Bishop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cloltran throws the left hand but Bishop avoids the punch easily.
Cloltran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bishop.
Bishop digs a good body shot into Cloltran's ribs.
Cloltran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cloltran misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands a really nice looking cross but Cloltran seems unphased.
Cloltran swinging wildly here.
Bishop buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bishop misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop throws a hook but Cloltran blocks it.
Bishop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bishop throws a big shot that misses.
Bishop is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bishop shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bishop showed some decent athleticism there.
Cloltran wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throwing shots but Cloltran is blocking nicely.
Bishop thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cloltran's head.
Cloltran is staying active underneath Bishop, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bishop scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cloltran moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Cloltran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran looking for a sweep. Not yet Cloltran, not yet.
Cloltran manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bishop tries to lock up and control but Cloltran gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bishop holds on for dear life, controlling Cloltran's posture momentarily.
Cloltran punishing his opponent with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kevin Bishop.
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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kevin Bishop!
Kevin Bishop decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.