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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rio Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is teenagers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Walter Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rio Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop tries to clinch but Ruthless is having none of it.
Bishop tries to clinch up.
Nice shot lands for Bishop.
Bishop darts in trying to clinch
and Ruthless counters with a left to the body.
Bishop slaps away a takedown attempt from Ruthless, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ruthless swings widly with a right hand
and Bishop counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bishop slowing the pace effectively.
Ruthless wants to take the fight to the mat but Bishop manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Bishop effectively controlling the action here.
Bishop lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Rio Ruthless has been cut.
Ruthless jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bishop walks away with a smile on his face. Ruthless gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Walter Bishop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rio Ruthless.
Bishop tries to move into range but Ruthless moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Ruthless does it's job there.
Bishop drives through and clinches with Ruthless against the cage.
Ruthless fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ruthless drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bishop is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bishop gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ruthless.
Bishop lands a hook that snaps the head of Ruthless backwards.
Bishop stalling.
Ruthless blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ruthless blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop has Ruthless pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ruthless manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bishop misses with a knee to the head.
Bishop is looking to control Ruthless's arms but Ruthless gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bishop has his back to the cage.
Bishop is stalling here.
Bishop gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Bishop wants to free his trapped foot but Ruthless is holding on for dear life with his legs.
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 prevents Ruthless from improving his position.
Bishop missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bishop misses with a head shot. Ruthless uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ruthless utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless keeping full guard, as Bishop tries to pass.
Bishop throws a big right hand that misses.
Bishop chips away with some ground and pound.
Bishop trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ruthless is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bishop landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop scoring with some ground and pound.
Ruthless had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bishop defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bishop's guard.
Ruthless is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bishop is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruthless preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ruthless keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruthless looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruthless looking for a guillotine here but Bishop defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Bishop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rio Ruthless's cut.
That's time! Bishop's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ruthless throws a good cross that connects.
Bishop is looking to clinch.
Ruthless pushes Bishop up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Bishop on the inside.
Bishop unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruthless lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Come on Bishop - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ruthless is working for takedown but Bishop is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bishop lands a nice uppercut.
Ruthless jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bishop walks away with a smile on his face. Ruthless gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bishop moves into the clinch.
Bishop gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Bishop trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bishop postures up.
Bishop trying to control but Ruthless is working from the bottom.
Ruthless wants to stand but Bishop is controlling the position.
Bishop pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruthless is keeping the position for now.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Ruthless is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throws an elbow that misses. Ruthless uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bishop's guard. Nice move by Ruthless!
Bishop is trying to keep Ruthless in close.
Ruthless stopping the sweep attempt from Bishop.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruthless wants to stand but Bishop has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ruthless trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ruthless fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruthless lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ruthless.
Nice uppercut lands for Ruthless. That snapped Bishop's head back.
Nice body punch from Ruthless.
Walter Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop gets tackled into the cage by Ruthless. Ruthless maintains the clinch.
Bishop leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ruthless jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bishop walks away with a smile on his face. Ruthless gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Walter Bishop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rio Ruthless.
Ruthless shoots in and drives through. Bishop sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless misses with a wild combination.
Ruthless lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bishop circles away quickly and effectively.
Bishop moves to clinch but Ruthless breaks away
and Ruthless counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bishop gets tackled into the cage by Ruthless. Ruthless maintains the clinch.
Ruthless tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bishop just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ruthless has had enough of the clinch but Bishop keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruthless on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bishop breaks the clinch.
Ruthless wants to land a leg kick but Bishop is out of range.
Bishop looks to land a body kick but Ruthless moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Walter Bishop will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rio Ruthless's cut.
That's time! Bishop's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Ruthless tests Bishop's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ruthless circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bishop wants to clinch but Ruthless slips to the side
and Ruthless counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bishop cracks the inside of Ruthless's front leg.
Bishop feints and as Ruthless raises his hands in defense, Bishop changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ruthless wants to stand but Bishop is controlling the position.
Bishop drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ruthless dives on top into guard.
Ruthless works over Bishop with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ruthless missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ruthless controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bishop controls Ruthless momentarily but Ruthless frees himself.
Ruthless would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ruthless looking to sit in guard and control but Bishop gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bishop throws an elbow that misses. Ruthless uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bishop's guard. Nice move by Ruthless!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless stopping the sweep attempt from Bishop.
Ruthless wants to stand but Bishop is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bishop looking for a sweep. Not yet Bishop, not yet.
Ruthless keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bishop's head.
Bishop has a closed guard, preventing Ruthless from standing up.
Ruthless trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop seems keen to control Ruthless's posture.
Ruthless wants to control from the top but Bishop keeps moving.
Ruthless throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bishop looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bishop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bishop is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bishop decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ruthless is trying to stand up here but Bishop is controlling him well.
Bishop is trying to control the action in half guard but Ruthless is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bishop working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ruthless kicks Bishop off and gets to his feet.
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 tries to clinch up but Ruthless circles away and keeps his distance.
Bishop tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruthless swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bishop has managed to clinch.
Bishop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bishop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruthless circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bishop tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruthless swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Walter Bishop.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bishop, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight for Walter Bishop!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Walter Bishop!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Walter Bishop!
Walter Bishop wins by unanimous decision!
Walter Bishop managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Punishment Nutrition - All 159Q products now $75, into his post fight interview.
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