PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Marshall (ranked 4793 p4p, 3749 weight class) and Lars Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Marshall
vs
Bishop

194 cm
25
263
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
275
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Franklin Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bishop.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marshall as he avoids it easily.

Bishop throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Marshall tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bishop is in Marshall's guard.
Bishop controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bishop distracts Marshall with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bishop connects with a couple of short punches.
Marshall wants to control the position but Bishop says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bishop connects with a nice short shot to Marshall's temple.
Marshall trying to control but Bishop postures up.
Bishop lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Marshall is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop lands a big elbow - Marshall is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Bishop!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lars Bishop!
Lars Bishop seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.