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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 999 - Homicide kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Steven Lewis looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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191 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steven Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop misses with a takedown attempt - Lewis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lewis looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Bishop closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bishop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bishop dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bishop goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lewis prevents it.
Lewis managing to block the knees to the body from Bishop.
Bishop can't get the takedown.
Steven Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Bishop.
Bishop taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop wants to get back to striking at distance but Lewis won't allow it.
A short body shot lands from Bishop as the two fighters clinch.
Bishop is trying to break the clinch but Lewis is controlling him.
Lewis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bishop pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bishop jumps into guard, dragging Lewis to the mat.
Bishop working a defensive guard here.
Bishop had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lewis defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bishop works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bishop is on top in guard.
Bishop would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bishop is stalling in the full guard.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Lewis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lewis keeping full guard, as Bishop tries to pass.
Bishop really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lewis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lewis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bishop passes into side control.
Bishop working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to buck Bishop off but Bishop is having none of it.
Bishop scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Bishop working the ground and pound.
Bishop is looking to take a break and control but Lewis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lewis is being controlled here.
Lewis is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bishop wants to control but Lewis is keeping him busy.
Bishop decides to stand back up. Bishop steps back and let's Lewis get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice sprawl there from Lewis as Bishop shoots in.
Bishop changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lewis tries to avoid it but Bishop manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lewis to the ground. Lewis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bishop shoots in looking for a takedown. Lewis tries to sprawl out of it but Bishop keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lewis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bishop shoots in looking for a takedown. Lewis tries to sprawl out of it but Bishop keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lewis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bobby Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bishop clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Bishop dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lewis slaps away a takedown attempt from Bishop, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bishop swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steven Lewis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bishop throws a nice looking combination but Lewis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lewis sprawls well. Lewis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bishop gets slowly back to his feet.
Bishop will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steven Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Bishop.
Bishop tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lewis swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lewis pinned against the cage. Lewis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lewis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bishop closes the distance and clinches up with Lewis, looking for a takedown. Bishop pushes Lewis against the cage but Lewis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lewis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bishop.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop fails with the takedown.
Bishop shoots in looking for a takedown but Lewis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bishop's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bishop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bishop fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lewis slaps away a takedown attempt from Bishop, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bishop lands a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bishop is trying to control the action in half guard but Lewis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Bishop seems content to control.
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.
Lewis looking for submissions off his back.
Bishop perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Let's hope that Bishop has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bishop frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bishop working for a submission but Lewis is keeping him at bay.
Lewis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bishop controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop scoring with strikes but Lewis is staying in there.
Bishop controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lewis is trying to escape the mount.
Bishop tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Bishop showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bishop clinches with his opponent.
Bishop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bishop fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bishop closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bishop looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bishop throws an elbow but it misses.
Bishop manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop has managed to clinch.
Bishop has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lewis after a bit of a struggle.
Bishop breaks the clinch.
Bishop changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lewis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bishop has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bishop gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short body shot lands from Bishop as the two fighters clinch.
Bishop lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lewis or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis stops a takedown attempt from Bishop.
Steven Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Bishop.
Bishop goes for a takedown attempt but Lewis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bishop has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bishop presses Lewis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bishop is stalling here.
Bishop pulls Lewis into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis prevents Bishop from getting back to his feet.
Bishop lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lewis!
Bishop controlling his opponent.
Bishop trying to control but Lewis is having none of it.
Lewis is in a horrible position here. Bishop smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bishop looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop has hold of Lewis's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lewis manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Bishop content just to control the position here.
Bishop punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bishop lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bishop content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Bishop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bishop has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Bishop!
Bobby Bishop seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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