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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kealin Bishop (ranked 687 p4p, 964 weight class) and Zane Yardow (ranked 99 p4p, 131 weight class). Bishop kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is HonestKey- When I Wake Up. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kealin Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Zane Yardow!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yardow throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bishop counters with a nice uppercut.
Bishop misses with a body kick.
Yardow needs to keep his hands up - Bishop had a free shot at his head there.
Bishop darts in and clinches Yardow up against the cage.
Yardow lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yardow.
Bishop fails to pull guard.
Bishop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bishop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yardow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yardow looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bishop tries a body shot but Yardow blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yardow struggles to land a body shot inside as Bishop controls his hands.
Bishop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bishop lands with a short shot to the head.
Yardow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bishop's elbow.
A body shot lands from Yardow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop drags the fight down to the ground.
Yardow wants to get up but he can't break Bishop's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Yardow avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yardow wants to get up but he can't break Bishop's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bishop is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yardow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bishop. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yardow postures up.
Bishop is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yardow defends well.
Bishop looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Yardow passes into half guard.
Bishop's coaches at Triumph Over Fear have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yardow decides to stand and escape the position.
Yardow looks to throw the jab but Bishop is out of range.
Bishop pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice straight punches there by Bishop. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bishop.
Yardow tries to clinch but Bishop is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from Yardow.
Yardow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bishop.
Yardow misses with a straight left.
Yardow looks to throw the jab but Bishop is out of range.
Bishop lands the left hand.
Bishop fakes the leg kick and cracks Yardow in the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Yardow.
Bishop lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bishop drives through and clinches with Yardow against the cage.
Yardow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yardow gets through Bishop's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bishop has a couple of punches blocked by Yardow.
Bishop tries to stall but Yardow uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yardow working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Yardow.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bishop is trying to pull guard but Yardow turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yardow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yardow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop working aggressively here.
Yardow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yardow throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.
Bishop tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kealin Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Yardow avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Bishop as the two fighters clinch.
Yardow misses with the head strike.
Yardow blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Yardow fails to land.
Yardow tries to work over Bishop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bishop pushes Yardow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bishop manages to pull guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bishop looking to control.
Bishop looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bishop looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yardow is looking to stand up but Bishop won't let him.
Bishop has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yardow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bishop has his foot on Yardow's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Yardow works his way back into a safe position though.
Yardow has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bishop is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yardow defends it easily.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yardow decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Yardow blocks a jab.
Yardow tries to clinch but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop sizes up Yardow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yardow misses with a looping right.
Bishop rushes Yardow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bishop misses with a punch to the body.
Yardow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yardow lands with a light punch inside.
Yardow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yardow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yardow swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yardow has a couple of punches blocked by Bishop.
A short left from Bishop.
Yardow lands a nice uppercut.
Bishop tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yardow smiles and moves away.
Bishop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bishop has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bishop.
Yardow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bishop avoiding damage.
Yardow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yardow can't find room to land a body shot as Bishop controls the action.
Bishop lands a hook that snaps the head of Yardow backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bishop takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yardow tries a body shot but Bishop blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yardow.
Bishop misses with a punch on the inside.
Bishop lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bishop.
Yardow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop lands with a right to the head.
Yardow tries to throw a body punch but Bishop avoids it by throwing Yardow back against the cage.
Yardow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
Bishop misses with some punches.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Yardow.
Bishop scores with a shot to the side of Yardow's head.
Yardow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bishop.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yardow.
Bishop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yardows head.
Yardow lands a right hand.
Yardow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bishop tries to pull guard but Yardow won't allow it.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Yardow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yardow blocks a body shot from Bishop.
A shot in the inside from Yardow.
It looks like Kealin Bishop has been cut.
Bishop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yardows head.
Bishop cracks Yardow with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kealin Bishop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kealin Bishop's cut.
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.
Yardow slips a straight right by Bishop.
Bishop sets himself, and Yardow steps forward looking for the clinch! Bishop avoids it this time.
Bishop connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yardow lands with a cross.
Yardow throws a hook to the side of Bishop's head but Bishop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Yardow misses.
Bishop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yardow takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yardow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bishop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yardow scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bishop throws a hook but Yardow avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop looks to land a body kick but Yardow moved away.
Yardow misses with a left hand
and Bishop counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bishop misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yardow is looking to clinch.
Yardow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bishop.
Yardow throws out a counter right but Bishop avoids it with no problem.
Bishop goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yardow scores with a one two! Bishop had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Yardow looks to throw the jab but Bishop is out of range.
Bishop scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kealin Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bishop. Yardow does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Yardow misses its intended target.
Bishop lands with an uppercut that bounces Yardow off the cage and back into range.
Bishop swings for the body but Yardow moves out of range.
Bishop lands a high kick!
Bishop tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yardow lands a left and a right that send Bishop crashing to the mat, dazed. Yardow thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Bishop is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yardow closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Bishop out cold! Bishop corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zane Yardow!
After winning the bout, Zane Yardow 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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hype
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