PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Bishop (ranked 8477 p4p, 725 weight class) and Darren McPunchface (ranked 5558 p4p, 612 weight class). Bishop comes to the cage accompanied by From Ashes to New - I Will Show You. Darren McPunchface has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jackson Bishop's chin.

Bishop
vs
McPunchface

189 cm
28
206 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

191 cm
29
215 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jackson Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren McPunchface!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop slips a jab from McPunchface.
Bishop misses the jab.
Bishop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McPunchface throws the left hand but Bishop avoids the punch easily.
Bishop misses with a wild combination.
McPunchface doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A lazy left from McPunchface finds it's target.
Bishop lands with a hook. McPunchface tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bishop misses with a right hand

and McPunchface counters with a crisp one two that drops Bishop! McPunchface thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Bishop to his feet! Bishop is in big trouble!
McPunchface pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bishop throwing a counter right hand but McPunchface manages to avoid it.
McPunchface takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by McPunchface.
Bishop tries to close the distance and clinch but McPunchface swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McPunchface swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McPunchface throws a body kick that misses.
Bishop misses with a two punch combination.
Darren McPunchface seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McPunchface tries to clinch but Bishop moves away
and Bishop counters with a straight right hand.
Bishop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McPunchface.
Bishop throws an off balance right hand
letting McPunchface counter with a right hand.
Darren McPunchface is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bishop tries to score a power double leg takedown but McPunchface sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bishop somewhat.
Bishop slips a straight right by McPunchface.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from McPunchface.
McPunchface avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McPunchface tries to counter with a clinch but Bishop shakes him off and moves away.
Bishop lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bishop.
McPunchface throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bishop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McPunchface looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McPunchface throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McPunchface explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bishop staying out of range there.
McPunchface throws out a loose jab but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
McPunchface leaves Bishop with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bishop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McPunchface.
Bishop is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
McPunchface moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
McPunchface misses with a kick to the body.
McPunchface takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McPunchface bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bishop defending well as McPunchface loads up on a big left hand.
As McPunchface looks to move away, Bishop throws a big counter combo but McPunchface just gets out of the way.
McPunchface doesn't manage to clinch there - Bishop circles away.
A counter left hand to the body from Bishop misses its target.
Bishop moves away from the strike by McPunchface.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPunchface turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bishop tries to clinch there but McPunchface circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for McPunchface.
Bishop takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big right from McPunchface misses.
Bishop takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bishop walks forward, straight into a front kick from McPunchface.
Bishop is breathing heavily.
Bishop moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bishop takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bishop or perhaps it was just good defense by McPunchface, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bishop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McPunchface scores with a leg kick.
Bishop fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop misses with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McPunchface.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from McPunchface.
McPunchface wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McPunchface throws a leg kick which misses Bishop's front leg but catches the back leg as Bishop tries to avoid it.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from McPunchface.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bishop crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McPunchface - the referee stops the clock and Bishop gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McPunchface. Bishop manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
McPunchface throws out a loose jab but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from McPunchface.
Jab, jab by McPunchface - just one landing.
Bishop moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from McPunchface misses the target.
Bishop is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bishop wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren McPunchface dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from McPunchface misses the target.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McPunchface moves away.
Bishop tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McPunchface defends well and Bishop ends up having to push McPunchface into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
McPunchface looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bishop waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McPunchface.
Bishop misses the jab.
McPunchface fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bishop looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bishop moves out of range of the body kick.
Bishop went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
McPunchface takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping body kick lands there for McPunchface.
Bishop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McPunchface manages to avoid it.
Jackson Bishop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McPunchface connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop slips a jab from McPunchface.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McPunchface.
Bishop takes a swing at McPunchface's ribcage but misses.
Bishop keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McPunchface.
A good leg kick by McPunchface.
McPunchface has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McPunchface moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bishop looks to throw the jab but McPunchface is out of range.
McPunchface scoring well with a low kick there.
McPunchface lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bishop takes a step back to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bishop throws a big shot that misses.
Bishop on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
McPunchface misses with a straight right.
McPunchface lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Darren McPunchface seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bishop's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McPunchface connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bishop scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McPunchface tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bishop manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bishop slips under a jab.

McPunchface closes the distance and pushes Bishop back into the cage.
Still in the clinch, McPunchface scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from McPunchface fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from McPunchface.

McPunchface manages to break the clinch.
That kick from McPunchface tenderised Bishop's leg. Bishop is trying to keep his angry face on.
McPunchface thows a body kick. Bishop tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bishop on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McPunchface connects with a nice looking jab.
McPunchface loads up on a big right hand but Bishop slips the punch.
McPunchface stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Bishop is rocked!
McPunchface throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Oh Bishop is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPunchface lands a jab to the head.
McPunchface misses with a few strikes there.
McPunchface misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bishop seems to have got his legs back now.
McPunchface thuds his shin into the meat of Bishop's side.
McPunchface scores with a nice body kick.

McPunchface drops Bishop with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bishop looks back up at him and smiles so McPunchface waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping body kick lands there for McPunchface.
McPunchface lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Bishop - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for McPunchface!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darren McPunchface!