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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Andrew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elroy Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop has chosen The Regulator as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin Andrew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elroy Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrew tries to clinch up but Bishop circles away and keeps his distance.
Bishop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andrew tries to close the distance and clinch but Bishop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andrew tries to clinch up.
Bishop keeps the fight on the outside.
Andrew defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bishop.
Andrew wants to clinch.
Bishop darts in and clinches Andrew up against the cage.
Andrew working aggressively here.
Bishop prevents Andrew from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrew wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Andrew lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bishop fails to pull guard.
Andrew lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Andrew wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Bishop tries to pull guard but Andrew won't allow it.
Dustin Andrew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elroy Bishop.
Bishop prevents Andrew from breaking the clinch.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Bishop is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Andrew prevents the takedown attempt.
Bishop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Andrew - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bishop tries to pull guard but Andrew won't allow it.
Andrew presses Bishop against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bishop has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Andrew regains guard immediately.
Andrew is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bishop's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrew keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but Andrew is keeping the position.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Andrew keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Andrew knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bishop on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Andrew wants to clinch
and Bishop counters with a single leg into guard. Andrew didn't expect that.
Bishop looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bishop postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Andrew is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop slips nicely into half guard.
Bishop passes to side control.
Bishop misses with the ground and pound.
Andrew trying to remain calm as Bishop controls from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop wants to control but Andrew is keeping him busy.
Bishop landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elroy Bishop dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Andrew has Bishop up against the cage in a clinch.
Andrew breaks the clinch.
Andrew closes the distance but Bishop moves to the side
and Bishop counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Andrew has hold of Bishop's hands but Bishop slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Andrew keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bishop sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bishop missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bishop lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, Bishop seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop throwing shots but Andrew is blocking nicely.
Bishop not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bishop throwing shots but Andrew is blocking nicely.
Bishop thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bishop winds up and cracks Andrew with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Andrew is trying to stand.
Bishop landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Andrew is trying to stand back up but Bishop is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bishop lands strikes from half guard.
Bishop throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bishop is taking a breather. Andrew says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bishop throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bishop slips a nice elbow through Andrew's hands, connecting with Andrew's forehead.
Bishop looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Andrew with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bishop trying to control from half guard but Andrew is working away.
Bishop might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Andrew kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bishop slips a nice elbow through Andrew's hands, connecting with Andrew's forehead.
Bishop is looking to advance position but Andrew won't allow it.
Bishop thows a huge punch but Andrew dodges it nicely.
Bishop trying to control from half guard but Andrew is working away.
Bishop thows a huge punch but Andrew dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Well, if Bishop is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Bishop thows a huge punch but Andrew dodges it nicely.
Bishop working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bishop working the head and body with strikes.
Bishop trying to control the pace.
Elroy Bishop has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bishop thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Andrew's head.
Bishop wants to take a breather but Andrew is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elroy Bishop showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Bishop circles away from the clinch attempt
so Bishop counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bishop passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bishop wants to lay and pray for a moment but Andrew keeps working.
Andrew takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Check out the look on Bishop's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Andrew taking a bit of punishment here - Bishop scoring with strikes.
Bishop trying to control the action but Andrew is working from the bottom.
Andrew takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrew parries the strikes from Bishop easily there. Bishop is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Andrew to escape.
Bishop sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Andrew is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Bishop.
Bishop lands a decent elbow from side control.
Andrew tries to escape but Bishop is in control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bishop wants to lay and pray for a moment but Andrew keeps working.
Bishop scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Andrew to see if he's OK.
Dustin Andrew has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bishop is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Andrew will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bishop scores with punches from side control.
Elroy Bishop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bishop controlling the position from side mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands an elbow.
Bishop throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bishop creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Andrew sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bishop advances to full mount.
Bishop controlling from the full mount.
Bishop lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bishop controlling the position easily from mount.
Despite being in the dominant position, Elroy Bishop just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Andrew looks to clinch
so Bishop counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bishop is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Andrew avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bishop not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bishop with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bishop landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bishop accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elroy Bishop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bishop winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elroy Bishop!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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