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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kealin Bishop (ranked 1257 p4p, 1077 weight class) and Eric Winston (ranked 184 p4p, 151 weight class). Bishop comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- When I Wake Up. Eric Winston is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kealin Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Winston!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bishop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bishop throws an overhand right that lands on Winston's shoulder, as Winston tries to avoid the shot.
Winston cracks Bishop with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Winston throws a right hand that misses
and Bishop counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Eric Winston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Bishop - just one landing.
Winston connects with a body shot.
Bishop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winston.
Bishop is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Winston.
Bishop has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Winston.
Bishop staying out of range there.
Winston misses with a looping left.
Bishop looks to score with a jab to the body but Winston is just out of range.
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.
Winston misses with a low kick as Bishop jumps back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bishop checks a leg kick.
Winston throws a body shot but no joy.
Bishop tries to counter by clinching up but Winston breaks away and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston throws a hook but Bishop avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bishop darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Winston throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bishop holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Winston has a couple of punches blocked by Bishop.
Bishop throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bishop tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Winston smiles and moves away.
Winston throws a low kick, looking for Bishop's leg but Bishop calmly moves out of range.
Bishop is looking to counter punch.
Bishop misses with a series of wild punches.
Winston stuns Bishop with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Winston.
Winston clinches up with Bishop and pushes him back against the cage.
Bishop jumps guard but Winston turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Winston uses from the top position.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Winston from controlling successfully.
Bishop wants to sweep but no luck.
Winston is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bishop looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bishop looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Winston stands and throws Bishop's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bishop is trying to control Winston's posture but Winston avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston is looking to take a break and control but Bishop is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bishop is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bishop tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Winston is working for a guillotine from mount but Bishop frees his head quite easily.
Bishop really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston manages to capitalize on a mistake by Bishop to take his back!
Winston is looking for a choke. Bishop gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Bishop manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
Winston wants to hit a sweep here but Bishop passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Winston there!
Winston prevents Bishop from taking his back.
Bishop tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bishop scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bishop looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Bishop trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bishop swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Winston is now in Bishop's guard. A big mistake from Bishop there, giving up the dominant position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop has an active guard here but Winston has managed to pass into half guard.
Still in half guard, Winston seems content to control.
Bishop looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Winston passes to full mount!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Winston is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bishop has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bishop!
Winston wants to control the position but Bishop says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Bishop is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winston gets full guard.
Bishop postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Winston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop preventing the sweep.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bishop advances to half guard.
Winston actively working from the bottom here.
Winston gets back to full guard.
Winston trying to keep a closed guard but Bishop is proving a slippery customer.
Winston has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bishop is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Winston.
Winston is not content to let Bishop control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bishop tries for a kimura but Winston is defending well.
Bishop is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Winston knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Winston's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bishop trying to control the action but Winston is working from the bottom.
Winston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is looking to take a break and control but Winston is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Winston tries to buck Bishop off but Bishop is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bishop wants to control but Winston is keeping him busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kealin Bishop will probably get the nod.
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 thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bishop cracks Winston with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bishop misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Winston slips a jab from Bishop.
Bishop looks to land a body kick but Winston moved away.
Winston uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bishop has time to react.
Bishop fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winston connects with a body shot that sends Bishop's belly button to the back.
Nice cross by Winston.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bishop's sensitive parts.
Bishop throws a body punch but Winston moves out of range.
Bishop throws a lazy right hand but Winston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bishop misses with a looping left.
Winston misses with a right hand
and Bishop counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bishop is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop misses with a shot to the body
and Winston counters with an outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Winston. Bishop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bishop throws a big shot that misses.
Winston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bishop. Winston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Winston throws a fast counter high kick but Bishop manages to duck under it in time.
Winston scores with a sloppy right hand. Bishop should have avoided that one.
Bishop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winston.
Bishop misses with a jab to the body
and Winston counters with a straight right hand.
Winston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bishop.
Winston doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Winston throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bishop takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Winston thumps Bishop with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop avoids the head kick by Winston.
Bishop instigates a clinch.
Winston misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Bishop fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winston.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bishop working aggressively here.
I was talking to Bishop's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bishop tries a body shot but Winston blocks it.
Bishop misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bishop.
Winston blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Nice body punch from Winston - that landed with a thud.
Winston blocks the elbow strike.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Winston avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bishop jumps guard but Winston turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Winston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winston lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bishop.
Winston blocks an uppercut.
Bishop misses with a punch on the inside.
Bishop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winston.
Winston doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Winston lands an uppercut.
Winston lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
Bishop jumps guard but Winston stands there with Bishop around his waist. Bishop gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bishop throws an elbow that misses.
Bishop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bishop fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kealin Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winston avoids the elbow strike from Bishop, against the cage.
Bishop blocks a body shot from Winston.
Bishop tries to pull guard but Winston won't allow it.
Winston throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bishop prevents a body shot from Winston.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Winston avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
Bishop lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Bishop.
Winston breaks the clinch.
Winston cracks Bishop with a good jab.
Winston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Winston throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Winston misses with a shot to the body
and Bishop counters with a leg kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bishop looks to land a left hand but Winston moved out of range nicely.
Bishop clinches.
Winston lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bishop gets through Winston's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bishop prevents a body shot from Winston.
Winston misses with some punches.
Bishop tries a body shot but Winston blocks it.
Bishop pushes off an throws an elbow but Winston leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bishop misses with a body punch.
Bishop can't find room to land a body shot as Winston controls the action.
Bishop working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winston.
Winston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Winston lands a left hand.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Winston tries to throw a body punch but Bishop avoids it by throwing Winston back against the cage.
Bishop tries a body shot but Winston blocks it.
Bishop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Winston stalling against the cage.
Winston misses with a body punch.
Winston scores a nice knee to the body.
Bishop struggles to land a body shot inside as Winston controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Winston fails to land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Winston takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bishop tries a body shot but Winston blocks it.
Bishop tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bishop misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winston working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Winston uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Winston.
Bishop throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winston.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winston.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bishop.
Winston misses with an elbow over the top.
Winston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Winston misses with a punch to the body.
Bishop lands with a light punch inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bishop - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Winston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bishop tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Winston - that landed with a thud.
Winston takes an elbow to the temple.
Winston prevents a body shot from Bishop.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Winston doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bishop successfully pulls guard.
Bishop looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Winston passes into half guard.
Winston is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bishop defends it well.
Winston wants to work for an arm triangle but Bishop is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kealin Bishop overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Winston trying to control the action but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Bishop is defending against the submission attempts here by Winston.
Bishop looking for submissions off his back.
Winston is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bishop is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Winston pulls his head out easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eric Winston will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bishop takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A cross from Winston lands.
Eric Winston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bishop throws a lazy uppercut
and Winston counters with a straight right hand.
Winston blocks a jab.
Bishop tries to clinch but Winston moves out of range.
And Winston responds with a good body kick, but Bishop manages to step out the way in time.
Donk. Bishop catches Winston right on the button with a cross.
Winston throws an off balance right hand
and Bishop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Winston throws the left hand but Bishop avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winston dips to his left and cracks Bishop with an uppercut!
Winston has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Winston.
Winston slips under a jab.
Winston keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop throws a hook to the side of Winston's head but Winston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Winston misses with a hook.
Bishop tries to counter by clinching up but Winston breaks away and moves out of range.
Winston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winston uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bishop.
Winston looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bishop tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Winston manages to circle out of the way.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Winston.
Bishop blocks a head kick by Winston.
Winston looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bishop takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Winston.
Bishop avoids the head kick by Winston.
Bishop slips a jab from Winston.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Winston lands but Bishop takes it in his stride.
Bishop fails with an attempt to clinch.
Winston ducks right into an uppercut from Bishop.
Winston moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick from Winston lands but Bishop takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winston misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Bishop misses the target.
Bishop shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Winston looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bishop tries to clinch up.
Bishop throws a lazy right hand but Winston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Winston missing with a left hand there. Bishop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bishop tries a head kick but it misses.
Winston pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bishop tries to clinch up but Winston circles away and keeps his distance.
Bishop is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Winston displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bishop throws out the jab.
Winston displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bishop throws out the jab.
Bishop moves into the clinch.
Winston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winston.
Winston blocking some punches.
Winston is trying to break the clinch but Bishop has him pressed against the cage.
Bishop works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Winston misses with a punch to the body.
Bishop tries to work over Winston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Winston misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Bishop as the two fighters clinch.
Winston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Winston struggles to land a body shot inside as Bishop controls his hands.
Bishop has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Winston uses from the top position.
Bishop working a defensive guard here.
Bishop is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Winston defends well.
Winston trying to control the position from guard on top but Bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bishop has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Winston can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bishop looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bishop looking for a guillotine here but Winston defends easily.
Winston is pushing down on Bishop's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bishop is fighting to maintain full guard but Winston has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bishop has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Winston. Oh but Bishop has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Winston goes limp - he's gone! Bishop jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kealin Bishop!
After winning the bout, Kealin Bishop thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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