PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Ignorant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ignorant comes to the cage accompanied by General Bacardi. Bishop is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by KRS-One - MC's Act Like They Don't Know. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ignorant
vs
Bishop

165 cm
28
171 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

175 cm
25
160 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Ignorant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ignorant tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Bishop.
Ignorant tries to clinch but Bishop moves out of range.
Ignorant misses with a low kick.
Bishop fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ignorant is looking to clinch but Bishop is avoiding it.
Ignorant drops his hands momentarily and Bishop takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ignorant misses with a lunging right hand
and Bishop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bishop connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Ignorant moves into the clinch successfully.
Ignorant has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ignorant swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignorant utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Bishop scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bishop presses Ignorant against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Bishop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bishop breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ignorant tries to clinch
and Bishop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ignorant swings widly with a right hand
and Bishop counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ignorant's knee momentarily.
Bishop dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ignorant. That did some damage!
Bishop explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice uppercut there from Bishop.
Bishop stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bishop tries to bum rush Ignorant with a series of wild strikes but Ignorant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bishop dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ignorant. That did some damage!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bishop - that will leave a mark!
Bishop cracks Ignorant with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop cracks Ignorant with an open hand slap.
Bishop works Ignorant's body with a nice hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Bishop.
Bishop lands with a kick to the temple. Ignorant shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ignorant walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignorant throws a low kick but Bishop moves out of range easily.
Bishop fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bishop swats away the attempt to clinch by Ignorant.
Bishop throws a leg kick which misses Ignorant's front leg but catches the back leg as Ignorant tries to avoid it.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Ignorant.
Xavier Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ignorant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bishop counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ignorant's knee momentarily.

Bishop closes the distance and pushes Ignorant back into the cage.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ignorant creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ignorant throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.
Still in the clinch, Bishop scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ignorant misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Bishop.
Ignorant lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Bishop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ignorant steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bishop. That one must have hurt.
Bishop throws out a powerful jab.
Ignorant tests Bishop's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ignorant takes one on the button.
Bishop swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ignorant counters with a straight right hand.
Ignorant blocks the body kick.
Ignorant was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bishop lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ignorant tries to clinch but Bishop moves away
and Bishop counters with a two punch combo.
Ignorant takes a swing at Bishop's ribcage but misses.
Bishop scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ignorant tries to clinch but Bishop moves away
and Bishop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Ignorant is rocked!
Ignorant misses with a wild body shot.
Oh Ignorant is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bishop checks a leg kick.
Bishop is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Ignorant like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Ignorant from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Bishop!
An out of breath Xavier Bishop thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Steve Ignorant spoke after the fight, saying 'Well, Fuck me!'.