PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Bishop (ranked 326 p4p, 39 weight class) and Hratch Tzien (ranked 1624 p4p, 178 weight class). Bishop comes to the ring accompanied by Skepta - Top Boy. Tzien has chosen R*ck It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Hratch Tzien is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bishop
vs
Tzien

178 cm
33
148 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Arcticus University: London

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hratch Tzien!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tzien throws out the jab.
Tzien's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bishop connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tzien scrambles back to his feet.
Tzien looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bishop sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tzien blocks the body kick.
Bishop scores with a shot to the body.
Tzien on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bishop throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tzien stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tzien checks a leg kick nicely.
Bishop throws a big shot that misses.
Tzien takes one to the side of the head.
Tzien feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bishop's calf.
Bishop moves away from the strike by Tzien.
Bishop moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tzien chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bishop takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tzien misses the jab.
Tzien slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Tzien.
Tzien attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bishop is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tzien fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bishop.
Bishop 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tzien.
Tzien scores with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Bishop lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tzien doesn't seem phased though.
Bishop looks to score with a jab to the body but Tzien is just out of range.
Tzien pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tzien misses with a looping left.
Tzien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bishop.
Bishop looks to score with a jab to the body but Tzien is just out of range.
Bishop lands with an uppercut that bounces Tzien off the ropes and back into range.
Bishop connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tzien momentarily.
Bishop connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tzien momentarily.
A lazy body kick from Bishop
and Tzien cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bishop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tzien manages to avoid it.
A cross from Bishop lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bishop throws the left hand but Tzien avoids the punch easily.
Tzien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bishop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tzien.
Tzien throws a hook but Bishop blocks it.
Bishop with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bishop lands a jab.
Bishop looks to land a left hand but Tzien moved out of range nicely.
Tzien takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tzien misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop misses the jab.
Bishop scores with a nice right hand.
Tzien lands a nice looking body shot.
Tzien misses with a low kick as Bishop jumps back.
Bishop lands a leg kick that knocks Tzien off balance momentarily.
Bishop is looking to chop away at Tzien's legs.
Bishop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bishop missing with a left hand there. Tzien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tzien is looking to score with low kicks.
Tzien ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tzien lands an overhand right.
Tzien catches Bishop with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bishop throws a head kick but Tzien moves out of range.
Tzien throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bishop looks to score with a jab to the body but Tzien is just out of range.
Bishop is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bishop lands a jab to Tzien's midsection.
Bishop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tzien checks a leg kick nicely.
Bishop keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tzien.
Tzien dips to his left and cracks Bishop with an uppercut!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tzien. Bishop shrugs it off though.
Tzien looks to score with a jab to the body but Bishop is just out of range.
Bishop misses with an uppercut.
Bishop waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tzien.
Bishop misses with a head kick.
Good work by Tzien as he checks the leg kick.
Bishop walks into a stiff left hand from Tzien.
Tzien rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bishop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bishop was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bishop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tzien sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bishop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tzien throws a hook but Bishop avoids it easily.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Tzien.
Bishop lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bishop scores with a sloppy right hand. Tzien should have avoided that one.
Bishop throws a hook to the side of Tzien's head but Tzien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bishop scores with a push kick.
Bishop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bishop throws the left hand but Tzien avoids the punch easily.
Bishop ducks right into an uppercut from Tzien.
Tzien misses with a wild body shot.
Tzien swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bishop lands with a straight right. Tzien didn't see that one coming.
Bishop throws a good cross that connects.
Tzien keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bishop.
Jackson Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tzien ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bishop throws a body punch but Tzien moves out of range.
Tzien lands a glancing blow to the side of Bishop's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tzien on the side of the head.
Bishop slips under a jab from Tzien.
It looked like Bishop was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tzien.
Tzien connects with an inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Bishop.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Bishop dominated that round.
That's time! Bishop's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bishop misses with an uppercut.
Tzien moves away from the strike by Bishop.
Bishop slips under a jab.
Bishop looks to land a body kick but Tzien moved away.
Bishop throws a lazy uppercut
and Tzien counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bishop checks a leg kick.
Tzien throws a head kick that misses.
Bishop plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tzien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bishop.
Bishop cracks the inside of Tzien's front leg.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Tzien might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bishop has got the better of the exchanges.
Tzien dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Tzien throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bishop tries to score with a low kick but Tzien moves his leg out of the way.
Tzien feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tzien misses with a leg kick.
Bishop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bishop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bishop scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot lands for Tzien.
Tzien avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tzien moves out of range of the leg kick from Bishop.
Tzien is looking to chop away at Bishop's legs.
Bishop waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tzien.
Bishop misses with a kick to the body
letting Tzien counter with a right hand.
Tzien throws out a leg kick but Bishop moves out of range and Tzien only half commits.
Bishop swings widly with a right hand
and Tzien counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jackson Bishop is winning the standup battle so far.
Tzien looks to land a right hand but Bishop moved out of range.
Bishop takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tzien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bishop.
Bishop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Tzien misses.
Bishop tests Tzien's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tzien misses with a low kick.
Bishop throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tzien.
A slow jab from Bishop misses its intended target.
Tzien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bishop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tzien drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tzien throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bishop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bishop, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tzien. Tzien obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tzien slips a straight right by Bishop.
Tzien has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bishop connects with a crisp jab.
Tzien works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bishop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tzien sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bishop throws a body punch but Tzien moves out of range.
Bishop fakes the leg kick and cracks Tzien in the body.
Bishop misses with a right hand
and Tzien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bishop misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bishop misses with a looping right.
Bishop throws a jab but it's blocked by Tzien.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tzien! But no joy.
Bishop slips a straight right by Tzien.
Bishop wants to land a leg kick but Tzien is out of range.
Tzien lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bishop's sensitive parts.
Bishop connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tzien momentarily.
Bishop walks into a stiff left hand from Tzien.
Bishop tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tzien was well out of range. Poor timing from Bishop.
Tzien throws out a counter right but Bishop avoids it with no problem.
Bishop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bishop stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bishop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop blocks a leg kick.
Bishop is looking to chop away at Tzien's legs.
Bishop goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tzien moves out of range of the strikes.
Tzien throws a body shot but no joy.
Tzien misses the shot to the body.
Tzien tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bishop is able to avoid easily.
Tzien throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bishop is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tzien pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bishop looks to land a right hand but Tzien moved out of range.
A jab lands there for Bishop.
Bishop takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tzien connects with a body shot that sends Bishop's belly button to the back.
Bishop scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tzien in his tracks.
Good shot there by Bishop.
Bishop missing with a left hand there. Tzien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tzien throws a wild body kick that Bishop sees coming a mile off.
Tzien moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bishop looks to land a right hand but Tzien moved out of range.
Tzien throws out a powerful jab.
A jab from Bishop misses.
Bishop connects with a solid leg kick.
Bishop checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bishop was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bishop works Tzien's body with a nice hook.
Tzien misses the jab.
Bishop on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bishop waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tzien.
Bishop lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bishop's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tzien under the eye.
Tzien moves out of range of the strikes.
Bishop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bishop thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop throws a big shot that misses.
Bishop on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tzien. Tzien obviously looking to wear him down.
Tzien looks to land a right hand but Bishop moved out of range.
It appears Bishop was looking to counter with a kick there.
Bishop is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jackson Bishop will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bishop throws a hook but Tzien avoids it easily.
Tzien wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tzien throws a lazy right hand but Bishop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bishop misses with a hook. Tzien ducked under it nicely.
Tzien looks for the body kick but Bishop saw that one coming.
Tzien jabs Bishop to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tzien takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slow jab from Tzien misses its intended target.
Tzien avoids the body shot from Bishop.
The fighters circling - Bishop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tzien scores with a nice right hand.
Tzien tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bishop is able to avoid easily.
Bishop lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tzien looks to throw the jab but Bishop is out of range.
Bishop feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bishop looks to throw the jab but Tzien is out of range.
A left lands for Tzien.
Tzien tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tzien bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bishop cracks Tzien with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Tzien.
Bishop lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tzien keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bishop's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tzien under the eye.
Bishop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bishop throws a body punch but Tzien moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bishop. That's going to slow Tzien down.
Tzien connects with a nice looking jab.
Bishop lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bishop connects with a high kick.
Tzien is looking to clinch.
Tzien misses with a low kick.
Bishop waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tzien.
Bishop connects with a leg kick. Tzien looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bishop lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tzien misses with a jab, cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Tzien.
Hratch Tzien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tzien throws a body punch but Bishop moves out of range.
Tzien pushes Bishop away with a front kick.
Bishop staying out of range there.
Bishop bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tzien's head backwards.
Tzien takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bishop fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tzien checks it well.
Tzien throws a leg kick which misses Bishop's front leg but catches the back leg as Bishop tries to avoid it.
Bishop swings for the body but Tzien moves out of range.
Bishop lands a slapping body shot.
Tzien on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bishop. Bishop obviously looking to wear him down.
Tzien looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bishop scores with a jab. Tzien acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tzien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bishop.
Tzien throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bishop looks to throw the jab but Tzien is out of range.
Good work by Bishop as he checks the leg kick.
Tzien takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien slips a jab from Bishop.
Tzien takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tzien moves away.
Tzien lands with a shot to the body.
Tzien uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bishop.
Nice defenses there by Tzien.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bishop, as that shot connected.
Bishop lands an overhand right.
Tzien pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bishop is out of range and Tzien settles back down.
Bishop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tzien sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tzien throws out a loose jab but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tzien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tzien throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tzien connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tzien throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bishop connects with a body shot.
Bishop scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Bishop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tzien takes a swing at Bishop's ribcage but misses.
Tzien misses with an uppercut. Bishop saw that one coming.
Tzien connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bishop lands with a nice body punch.
Bishop moves away from the strike by Tzien.
Bishop slips a straight right by Tzien.
Bishop swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tzien counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bishop checks a leg kick nicely.
Bishop explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tzien misses with a looping right.
Bishop stuns Tzien with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bishop connects with a solid leg kick.
Tzien fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tzien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A lazy left from Bishop finds it's target.
Tzien is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackson Bishop showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bishop has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Bishop!
Jackson Bishop decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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