PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hussle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop has chosen Pimps Around The World as his entrance music. Mike Hussle could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Xavier Bishop's chin.

Hussle
vs
Bishop

170 cm
25
159 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

175 cm
28
160 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
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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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Hussle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hussle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bishop.
Bishop looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice body punch from Hussle.
Hussle is looking to score with low kicks.
Hussle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hussle throws a jab when Bishop was well out of range.
Bishop throws a front kick that sends Hussle stumbling back into the cage.
Hussle takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That kick from Hussle tenderised Bishop's leg. Bishop is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hussle connects with a solid leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hussle, right into the meat.
Hussle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bishop drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hussle throws a body punch but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circling - Bishop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hussle quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A jab from Hussle misses.
A little jabbing left from Bishop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hussle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bishop.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussle feints and then cracks Bishop's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bishop down.
Bishop chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hussle can pounce on him.
Mike Hussle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hussle misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hussle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bishop fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hussle scoring well with a low kick there.
Bishop scores with a hook.
Hussle throws a leg kick but Bishop moved away.
It seemed like Bishop was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bishop throws the kick towards the body but Hussle avoids it.
Bishop checks a low kick from Hussle.
Bishop misses with an uppercut. Hussle saw that one coming.
Bishop takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hussle is looking to wear down Bishop with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hussle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bishop has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big left from Hussle misses.
Hussle bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bishop's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop throws a body punch but Hussle moves out of range.
Hussle misses with a right hand
and Bishop counters with a nice body kick.
Bishop lands a nice shot that snaps Hussle's head back.
Bishop misses with a body kick.
Hussle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hussle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hussle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bishop has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hussle connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bishop. Bishop circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bishop checks a low kick from Hussle.
Hussle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bishop.
Hussle throws a lazy uppercut
and Bishop counters with a straight right hand.
Hussle throws a sloppy body shot
and Bishop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bishop has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hussle.
Hussle throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Bishop counters by moving into the clinch.
Hussle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussle lands on the inside with an uppercut.

It looks like Xavier Bishop has been cut.
Bishop's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hussle tries to throw a body punch but Bishop avoids it by throwing Hussle back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Hussle.
Bishop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bishop lands with a right to the head.
Bishop misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hussle as Bishop tries to tie him up.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Hussle uses good head movement to avoid it.

Bishop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussle scores with a shot to the body.
Hussle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bishop misses with an uppercut. Hussle saw that one coming.
Hussle misses with a straight left.
Hussle throws a solid leg kick but Bishop takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hussle.
Bishop looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bishop tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussle scores with a jab.
Hussle cracks the inside of Bishop's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hussle lands a lovely overhand right.
Bishop tries to close the distance and clinch but Hussle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hussle is looking to counter punch.
Hussle throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bishop counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hussle is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bishop takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hussle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hussle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bishop takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hussle cracks Bishop with a good jab.
Bishop slips a straight right by Hussle.
Hussle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hussle ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
Hussle cracks Bishop with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Hussle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Bishop's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hussle dips to his left and cracks Bishop with an uppercut!
Hussle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bishop can do to turn this around?
Bishop thuds a left hand into Hussle's body.
Hussle throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Bishop counter with a right hand.
Hussle pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bishop is out of range and Hussle settles back down.
Hussle thuds a left hand into Bishop's body.
Hussle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bishop is able to avoid easily.
Hussle scores with a nice strike.
Bishop misses with a looping left.
Bishop checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bishop! But no joy.
Bishop checks a leg kick nicely.
Bishop throws out a counter right but Hussle avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Hussle.
Hussle throws a leg kick

and Bishop counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hussle throws a head punch that misses.
Bishop lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bishop.
Nice body punch from Hussle - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussle blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hussle backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hussle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bishop blocking some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Bishop letting Hussle take a breather here.
Hussle lands with a right to the head.
Bishop trying to control the position but instead, Hussle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bishop into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hussle.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Hussle avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
Hussle lands a right hand.
Bishop lands a nice uppercut.
Bishop lands a right hand.
Bishop works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hussle lands with a light punch inside.

Bishop is rocked!
Hussle misses with some punches.
Bishop is still on wobbly legs! Can Hussle finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hussle has a couple of punches blocked by Bishop.
Hussle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bishop in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hussle swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hussle swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hussle content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hussle misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hussle.
Hussle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice left hand lands by Bishop.
Bishop's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bishop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bishop fails to land.
Hussle scores with a shot to the side of Bishop's head.
Bishop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hussle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hussle unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Bishop! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Hussle is unloading with more strikes now! Bishop drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Hussle!
Mike Hussle spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
In defeat, Xavier Bishop stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ogun will punish me severely for this loss!'.