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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Domingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elroy Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Domingo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hollywood Undead. The crowd seem to be enjoying Bishop's choice of entrance music: The Regulator. Bruno Domingo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Elroy Bishop's chin.
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150 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Domingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elroy Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but Domingo is keeping the position.
Bishop trying to control but Domingo is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Domingo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bishop controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Domingo keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Domingo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Domingo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Domingo looks to land a combination. Bishop sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bishop looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bishop controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bishop's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Domingo keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but Domingo is keeping the position.
Domingo keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bishop missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Domingo keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Domingo wants to stand up but Bishop is controlling him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bishop shoots in for a double leg but Domingo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bishop dodges the punch combination from Domingo.
Nice sprawl there from Domingo as Bishop shoots in.
Bishop moves out of range of the body kick.
Domingo connects with a right hand. Bishop shakes it off.
Bishop drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bishop postures up and lands a big shot to Domingo's brow.
Domingo is breathing heavily.
Bishop is in close to Domingo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bishop with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Domingo's head.
Bishop sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bishop jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bishop lands a couple of elbows.
Domingo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Domingo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elroy Bishop 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.
Domingo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bishop shoots for a takedown but Domingo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bishop.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Domingo defending against the ground and pound.
Bishop scores with a couple of short elbows.
Bishop tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Domingo dodges the ground and pound from Bishop.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop wants to control but Domingo is keeping him busy.
Domingo takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bishop creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bishop throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bishop trying to control the action but Domingo is working from the bottom.
Bishop tries to score with some ground and pound. Domingo controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bishop has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Domingo!
Bishop lands a big shot there that rocks Domingo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop controlling the pace for now.
Bishop lands a big shot there that rocks Domingo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Domingo tries to hold on but Bishop pushes him away.
Bishop looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Bishop goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Domingo turns into him and now he's in Bishop's guard.
Bishop manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop landing strikes from the mount and Domingo is in trouble!
Bishop with shots to the head and body - Domingo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Domingo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bishop.
Bishop breaks from Domingo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Domingo working to try and regain half guard.
Bishop trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bishop punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bishop controlling from mount.
Bishop working Domingo over with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop lands a big elbow.
Elroy Bishop has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bishop sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bishop wants to control the pace but Domingo is squirming around nicely.
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.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bishop.
Domingo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Domingo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bishop connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bishop fails with the takedown.
Bruno Domingo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elroy Bishop.
Domingo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bishop has a takedown stuffed.
Domingo misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Domingo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Domingo lands with a good body shot.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Domingo as he avoids it easily.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Domingo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Domingo manages to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bishop lands a nice short elbow.
Bishop is trying to control. Domingo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
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 Domingo's temple.
Bishop is taking a breather. Domingo 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 is nestled in close to Domingo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Domingo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bishop is trying to work for a kimura but Domingo is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bishop controlling the position easily from mount.
Bishop lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bishop takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Domingo looks a forlorn figure.
Bruno Domingo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Domingo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bishop looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bishop has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bishop with good strikes from the mount here!
Bishop working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bishop putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bishop unloading with bombs!
Bishop in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop controlling from mount.
Bishop has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bishop with shots to the head and body - Domingo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bishop content just to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elroy Bishop!
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energy
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hype
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