PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trayvon Lewis (ranked 785 p4p, 1012 weight class) and Kealin Bishop (ranked 106 p4p, 139 weight class). Bishop comes into a darkened arena with his song building. HonestKey- When I Wake Up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lewis
vs
Bishop

180 cm
22
176
10 - 3 - 0

181 cm
22
179
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trayvon Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kealin Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Lewis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lewis wants to control from the top but Bishop keeps moving.

Lewis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bishop looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bishop wants to control the position but Lewis says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lewis scores with a couple of nice shots.

Bishop actively working from the bottom here.
Still in half guard, Lewis seems content to control.
Bishop regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis tries to free his leg and advance position but Bishop is retaining full guard.
Lewis trying to control the position from guard on top but Bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lewis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lewis trying to control the position from guard on top but Bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lewis scoring with some ground and pound.
Bishop trying to keep a closed guard but Lewis is proving a slippery customer.
Bishop can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lewis controls the pace.

Lewis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lewis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lewis passes into half guard.
Bishop trying to control but Lewis postures up.
Lewis works his way into side control.
Bishop takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bishop takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bishop tries to buck Lewis off but Lewis is having none of it.
Lewis is looking to take a break and control but Bishop is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lewis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lewis working the head with strikes.
Bishop regains half guard there - taking advantage of Lewis's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Lewis stalling away here and it's allowed Bishop to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Bishop looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lewis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lewis lands a couple of elbows.
Lewis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bishop lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Lewis isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bishop stacks Lewis on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bishop!
Lewis wants to control but Bishop postures up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Bishop is trying to get an arm triangle but Lewis is defending well.
Lewis is trying to get back to half guard.
Lewis manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bishop moves into full guard.

Bishop is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Lewis from controlling successfully.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lewis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bishop's head.
Lewis stopping the sweep attempt from Bishop.
Lewis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Lewis from controlling successfully.
Lewis seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Lewis trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bishop is on top in guard.

Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Lewis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bishop sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bishop looking to pass the guard.

Bishop drops back, looking for a kneebar! Lewis looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Lewis looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Lewis!

We've been hearing that Lewis has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bishop tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lewis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bishop takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bishop keeps Lewis under control for a moment.
Lewis taking a breather here.
Lewis trying to control the action but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Lewis lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bishop down.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lewis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Bishop's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bishop tries to buck Lewis off but Lewis is having none of it.

Lewis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lewis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bishop is trying to control Lewis's posture but Lewis avoids it.
Bishop tries to buck Lewis off but Lewis is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Trayvon Lewis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bishop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lewis.
Lewis misses with a right hand
and Bishop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lewis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lewis avoids the head kick by Bishop.
Bishop attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lewis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Lewis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Bishop pushes Lewis off and gets back to his feet.
Lewis looks to land a left hand but Bishop moved out of range nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis swings for the body but Bishop moves out of range.
Lewis misses with a wild body shot.
Lewis lands with a straight right. Bishop didn't see that one coming.
Bishop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lewis moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop throws a hook but Lewis blocks it.
Bishop lands a glancing blow to the side of Lewis's head.
Nice defenses there by Lewis.
Bishop throws a leg kick

and Lewis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lewis.
Bishop is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Lewis dives into side control.

Lewis taking a breather here.
You can see the frustration on Bishop's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bishop keeps working.

Lewis is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bishop knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bishop wants to get back to his feet.
Bishop is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Lewis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bishop struggling a bit here.
Trayvon Lewis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bishop takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
A lull in the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis lands some shots froms side control.
Bishop tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bishop trying to remain calm as Lewis controls from the top position.
Lewis lands a few punches from side control.
Lewis works to advance to full mount. Bishop defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Lewis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lewis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bishop is working to get back to half guard.
Lewis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bishop can do to turn this around?

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lewis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Bishop is rocked!
Bishop regains half guard.
Lewis slips a nice elbow through Bishop's hands, connecting with Bishop's forehead.
Lewis is trying to control the action in half guard but Bishop is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bishop manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bishop keeping full guard, as Lewis tries to pass.
Lewis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bishop's head.
Lewis landing some decent shots from guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is trying to keep Lewis in close.
Lewis controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lewis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bishop trying to control the position.
Lewis works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lewis in particular looking to stall.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is trying to control the action in half guard but Bishop is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lewis slips a nice elbow through Bishop's hands, connecting with Bishop's forehead.
Lewis trying to control the action but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Bishop is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bishop moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Bishop looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lewis is in close to Bishop's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lewis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bishop's guard.
Bishop tries to get to full guard but Lewis has control of the leg.
Bishop is looking to control Lewis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bishop avoid being mounted?
Bishop trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Lewis manages to pass to mount!
Bishop is in a horrible position here. Lewis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lewis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lewis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lewis lands a nice shot to the head.
Lewis avoids the attempt from Bishop to control.
Lewis with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lewis lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bishop in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bishop in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Trayvon Lewis dominated that second round.
That's time! Lewis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Bishop. Lewis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A lazy body kick from Bishop

and Lewis counters with a shoot takedown. Bishop fights it but they end up in guard.
Lewis wants to pass the guard but Bishop is keeping the position.
Lewis passes into half guard.

Bishop looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lewis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bishop is not content to let Lewis control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis lands strikes from half guard.
Lewis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lewis is looking to advance position but Bishop won't allow it.
Lewis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bishop with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lewis is keen to just control but Bishop is a slippery customer.
Bishop has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lewis is working away from the top position though.
Lewis working the head and body with strikes.

Lewis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bishop sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop wants to control but Lewis is keeping busy.

Bishop is trying to control Lewis's posture. Lewis takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Bishop! Lewis is rotating here... this could be the end... Bishop is out! Lewis has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Trayvon Lewis!
Trayvon Lewis retains his welterweight title!