PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lenard Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Furth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lenard Bishop has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bishop
vs
Furth

222 cm
18
193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lenard Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Furth!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Bishop misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bishop will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Furth as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bishop drives through with a takedown into Furth's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Furth keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.

Bishop has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Furth to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Bishop is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Furth pulls down on the head and he's put Bishop to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). William Furth!