PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jukebox Timebmb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Bishop Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timebmb comes to the cage accompanied by Move On Up. Bishop Jr is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Desolation of Smaug. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Timebmb
vs
Bishop Jr

170 cm
32
191 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

195 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jukebox Timebmb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Sonny Bishop Jr!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timebmb slaps away a takedown attempt from Bishop Jr, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Timebmb is looking to counter the offense by Bishop Jr and move into the clinch.
Timebmb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bishop Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Bishop Jr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Timebmb swivels and escapes.
Jukebox Timebmb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sonny Bishop Jr.
Bishop Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Timebmb throws a body punch but Bishop Jr moves out of range.
Bishop Jr has his takedown stuffed

and Timebmb counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Timebmb lands a takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Timebmb in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Timebmb drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Timebmb jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Timebmb might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bishop Jr being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timebmb is working Bishop Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bishop Jr has momentary wrist control but Timebmb slips an elbow through the middle.
Timebmb looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Timebmb throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Timebmb 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 Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Timebmb distracts Bishop Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Timebmb tries to free his leg and advance position but Bishop Jr is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timebmb slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Timebmb scores with a couple of short elbows.
Timebmb is putting a hurting on Bishop Jr here, landing some big shots from side control.
Timebmb sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bishop Jr is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Timebmb trying to control the position but Bishop Jr is working away.
Bishop Jr prevents Timebmb from moving into mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bishop Jr can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bishop Jr gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Timebmb in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timebmb trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bishop Jr takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

It looks like Sonny Bishop Jr has been cut.
Timebmb sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Timebmb tries to control but Bishop Jr wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Timebmb.
Timebmb looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bishop Jr tries to hold on but Timebmb postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timebmb unloading with bombs!
Bishop Jr is in a horrible position here. Timebmb smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That has opened up Sonny Bishop Jr's cut even more.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sonny Bishop Jr's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jukebox Timebmb!
Our winner, Jukebox Timebmb, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Sonny Bishop Jr had this to say: 'The better man won tonight'.