PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Narushima
vs
Bishop

177 cm
30
216 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

186 cm
24
203 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Fast

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 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Damien Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narushima tries a head kick but it misses.
Narushima tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bishop manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bishop swinging wildly here.

Narushima forces Bishop back against the cage and clinches.
Narushima unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Narushima stalling against the cage.
Narushima with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Narushima using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bishop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Narushima throws a knee to the head but misses.

Bishop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Narushima pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bishop misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Bishop, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Narushima moves in looking to clinch but Bishop pushes him off.
A thudding body kick lands there by Narushima!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narushima goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Damien Bishop has been cut.
Narushima misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Bishop. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Narushima takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bishop rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Narushima counters with a low kick, right behind Bishop 's knee.
Bishop looks winded!
Bishop lands a head shot.
Sloppy strikes from Bishop. Those never looked like landing.

Narushima connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Bishop to the floor! Narushima dives in looking for the finish!

Bishop is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narushima moves into full mount! Bishop won't be happy about that!
Bishop is still in real trouble! Can Narushima finish him?
Narushima is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Bishop is in real trouble.
Narushima is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Narushima'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.

We're going to have a standup here because Ryo Narushima wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Crack! A monster head kick from Narushima and Bishop falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Narushima!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ryo Narushima!
Ryo Narushima seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.