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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Falcone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcone comes to the cage accompanied by BLACK HAWK DOWN. Bruno Falcone is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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142 lbs
18 - 15 - 0 |
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145 lbs
17 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Falcone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop leaves Falcone with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Falcone fails with the takedown
and Bishop counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from Bishop.
Bishop with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Falcone is doing well to control the position and prevent Bishop from advancing to side control.
Bishop seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Falcone does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Falcone blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bishop.
Bishop is looking to take a break and control but Falcone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bishop prevents Falcone from improving his position.
Falcone trying to control but Bishop postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Falcone wants to improve his position but Bishop is controlling well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Falcone wants to control but Bishop is keeping busy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bishop closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bishop lands in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but Falcone is keeping the position.
Bishop is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Falcone wants to sweep but no luck.
Bishop scoring with punches to the head and body.
Falcone really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Falcone keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Falcone is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bishop is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Bryan Bishop wasn't active enough on the ground.
Bishop fails to land the takedown.
Falcone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bishop defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Falcone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Falcone shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Falcone prevents Bishop from improving his position.
Bishop is refusing to be controlled, as Falcone sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone looks to land a strike but Bishop avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Falcone wants to control from the top but Bishop keeps moving.
Falcone being controlled here momentarily.
Bishop tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Falcone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Falcone looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bishop.
Falcone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bishop darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bishop trying to control the pace.
Bishop wants to take a breather but Falcone is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Falcone slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bishop sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Bishop dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bishop fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Falcone sprawls well initially but Bishop persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Falcone works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bishop throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bishop looking to pass the guard.
Bishop trying to control but Falcone is working from the bottom.
Falcone looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Falcone trying to control the position.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but Falcone is keeping the position.
Falcone trying to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bruno Falcone.
Falcone gets caught flat footed, as Bishop shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bishop wants to pass the guard but Falcone is keeping the position.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Falcone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Falcone wants to sweep here but Bishop controlling him for the moment.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Falcone keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Falcone looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Falcone is on top in guard.
Bishop has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Falcone throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bryan Bishop was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Bishop shoots in and drives through. Falcone sprawls well.
Bishop closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bishop seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Falcone trying to control from the bottom.
Bishop wants to free his trapped foot but Falcone is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bishop passes to full mount!
Bishop looking to control but Falcone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bishop dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bryan Bishop has got the better of the ground game so far.
A nice elbow there by Bishop.
Falcone tries to hold on but Bishop postures up.
Falcone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bishop has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Falcone's face.
Falcone tries to hold on but Bishop postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bishop tries to control but Falcone wriggling away.
Bishop lands a big shot there that rocks Falcone but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bishop with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bishop raining down shots from the mount!
Falcone is rocked!
Bishop looking to control but Falcone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oh Falcone is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Falcone tries to hold on but Bishop postures up.
Falcone seems to have got his legs back now.
Falcone tries to reverse the position but Bishop maintains control.
Falcone taking shots to the head.
Bishop can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Falcone is looking to escape.
Bishop lands a big elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop lands a big elbow - Falcone is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Falcone is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bryan Bishop!
A victorious Bryan Bishop thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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