PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren McCarty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darren McCarty will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bishop
vs
McCarty

190 cm
19
208 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
219 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lance Bishop!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren McCarty!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bishop looking to score a takedown here. McCarty is defending well but Bishop drives through and ends up in McCarty's guard.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but McCarty is keeping the position.
Bishop throws a big right hand that misses.
McCarty keeping full guard, as Bishop tries to pass.
McCarty trying to keep a closed guard but Bishop is proving a slippery customer.
Bishop trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McCarty is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bishop throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McCarty works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McCarty working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop passes McCarty's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
McCarty is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop throwing shots but McCarty is blocking nicely.
McCarty regains full guard. Nicely done.
McCarty has momentary wrist control but Bishop slips an elbow through the middle.
Bishop loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bishop working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bishop looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCarty has momentary wrist control but Bishop slips an elbow through the middle.
Bishop trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've been hearing good reports from Bishop's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Bishop postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bishop passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bishop in side control, throwing shots but McCarty defends.
Bishop scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McCarty to see if he's OK.
McCarty felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Bishop is trying to get an arm triangle but McCarty is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarty can't do much from the bottom here.
Bishop cracks McCarty with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bishop throws an elbow but McCarty slips to the side and avoids it well.

Bishop looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Bishop tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bishop throws an elbow but McCarty slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bishop 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.
Sloppy strikes there by Bishop.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bishop looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bishop misses with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Bishop thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bishop fails to land a wild elbow strike.
McCarty gets back to half guard.
McCarty wants to improve his position but Bishop is controlling well.

Bishop is looking for a kimura here.
McCarty is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
McCarty keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McCarty has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bishop is working away from the top position though.
Bishop tries to pass to full mount but McCarty defends it.

McCarty is defending against the submission attempts here by Bishop.
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.

Lance Bishop dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bishop shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bishop is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

Bishop thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McCarty wants to sweep here but Bishop controlling him for the moment.
Bishop working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McCarty wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McCarty is keeping the position for now.

Bishop drops back looking for a leg! McCarty is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and McCarty manages to kick Bishop off! Bishop jumps back into McCarty's guard.
McCarty avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop throws a big elbow that misses.
McCarty controls Bishop momentarily but Bishop frees himself.
Bishop throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McCarty works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Bishop is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! McCarty is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! McCarty has escaped and now he's on top!

Bishop throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bishop keeping full guard, as McCarty tries to pass.

Bishop isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. McCarty stacks Bishop 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 McCarty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop tries to buck McCarty off but McCarty is having none of it.
Bishop is working hard here to advance position.
Bishop sneaks back into half guard.
McCarty really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bishop. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McCarty looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Bishop looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lance Bishop overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Bishop looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bishop is looking for a sweep. McCarty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCarty tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bishop knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bishop tries to get to full guard but McCarty has control of the leg.
McCarty is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bishop is looking to improve his position.

Bishop looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bishop is looking for a sweep. McCarty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bishop moves into full guard.
McCarty sitting in guard here, content to control.

Bishop working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McCarty doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McCarty manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bishop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCarty can do to turn this around?
McCarty slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Bishop is looking to cinch up a triangle. McCarty throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Bishop's body to avoid the submission. Bishop has instead reached around McCarty's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Bishop arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lance Bishop!
Lance Bishop is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Lance Bishop thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.