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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tubby potbelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop comes into the arena with Feel Good Drag blaring out of the sound system. tubby potbelly is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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300 lbs
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205 cm
20
300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, tubby potbelly!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
potbelly gets a takedown into half guard.
Bishop wants to get back to full guard.
Bishop pushes potbelly off and gets back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - potbelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bishop gets a takedown into half guard.
Bishop tries to pass to full mount but potbelly defends it.
potbelly throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
potbelly moves into full guard.
potbelly has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bishop has passed into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop controlling the position.
Bishop working the ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
potbelly sneaks back into half guard.
potbelly is refusing to be controlled, as Bishop sits in half guard.
potbelly is looking to improve his position.
Bishop could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bishop is looking for a kimura here.
potbelly tries to roll over but Bishop keeps him under control.
Bishop is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bishop wants to take a breather but potbelly is having none of it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Bishop tries for a takedown but potbelly circles away easily
and potbelly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bishop working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from potbelly.
Bishop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
potbelly working some strikes from top position.
Bishop not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bishop is breathing heavily.
potbelly scoring with punches to the head and body.
potbelly preventing the sweep.
Bishop looking for submissions from the bottom but instead potbelly passes into side control.
Bishop takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
potbelly scoring with punches and elbows.
Bishop is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but potbelly is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Bishop is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bishop has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. potbelly is working away from the top position though.
Bishop gets back to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bishop holds on and takes a little breather.
potbelly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
potbelly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bishop looking to hit a scissor sweep but potbelly is one step ahead there.
Bishop trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bishop had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. potbelly is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Bishop Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take potbelly's back instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Bishop is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Bishop has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
potbelly is in bad spot here.
potbelly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
potbelly turns into Bishop and is now in his guard.
potbelly wants to pass the guard but Bishop is keeping the position.
Bishop looking for a guillotine here but potbelly defends easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
potbelly gets to his feet - Bishop follows without any prompting.
Nice shot by potbelly.
Bishop has his takedown stuffed
and potbelly counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bishop has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. potbelly is working away from the top position though.
Bishop has one foot on potbelly's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Bishop shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in potbelly's guard.
potbelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bishop cracks potbelly with a solid left hand.
Bishop landing some decent shots from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
potbelly keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bishop trying to control but potbelly is working from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
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 controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bishop is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
potbelly trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
potbelly can't keep his opponent in guard - Bishop advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bishop is tying to control. potbelly wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
potbelly regains full guard. Nicely done.
potbelly scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
potbelly keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
potbelly looking for a sweep. Not yet potbelly, not yet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
potbelly trying to strike off his back.
Bishop passes into half guard.
potbelly misses with some strikes from the bottom.
potbelly landing rabbit punches to the side of Bishop's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
potbelly throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
potbelly moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
potbelly looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
potbelly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bishop manages to get himself to full guard.
Bishop working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. potbelly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. potbelly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
potbelly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bishop's head.
potbelly is sitting in close to Bishop's body. Bishop has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! potbelly is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, potbelly is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bishop.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ryan Bishop!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
64% |
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