PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Remnant (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! Bobby Bishop has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Remnant
vs
Bishop

181 cm
24
199 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
200 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Remnant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Remnant dives in for a single leg takedown but Bishop sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Bishop lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bishop tries to land a knee to the head but Remnant blocks with his arms.
Bishop prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bishop is pressed up against the ropes. Remnant has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bishop down to the mat. Bishop avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Remnant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Remnant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Remnant shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bishop as he jumps to the side.

Bishop gets caught flat footed, as Remnant shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bishop told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Bishop looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Remnant throwing strikes from guard but Bishop blocks nicely.
Bishop working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Remnant.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Remnant accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Remnant throws a big right hand that misses.
Remnant is looking to work some ground and pound but Bishop has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop is looking to stand up but Remnant isn't so interested in that idea.
Remnant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Remnant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Remnant thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bishop trying to control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Remnant throws a big right hand that misses.
Remnant is fighting to break Bishop's control of his arms but Bishop is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Remnant throwing strikes from guard but Bishop blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop working a defensive guard here.
Remnant loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've been hearing that Remnant has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Remnant throwing strikes but missing.
Remnant pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bishop is keeping the position for now.
Remnant throws a strike but Bishop rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Remnant wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remnant is trying to keep Bishop in close.
Bishop pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Remnant is keeping the position for now.
Remnant has his hands on Bishop's head, controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Remnant shoots for a takedown but Bishop saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A good leg kick by Bishop.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Remnant shoots in and gets a takedown into Bishop's guard.
Bishop working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Remnant.
Remnant trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Remnant is looking to work some ground and pound but Bishop has wrist control.
Bishop preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Remnant wants to pass the guard but Bishop is keeping the position.
Remnant throws an elbow that misses. Bishop uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Remnant's guard. Nice move by Bishop!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Remnant keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop is looking to stand up but Remnant won't let him.
Bishop must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Remnant looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bishop is one step ahead there.
Bishop is stalling in the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bobby Bishop was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Remnant dives in for a single leg takedown but Bishop sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bishop lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bishop.
A short right from Bishop.
A right hook to the body lands for Bishop.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Bishop scores with a shoulder strike.
Remnant throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.
Bishop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Remnant tries for a takedown but Bishop manages to get underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Bishop.
Remnant misses with some punches.
Remnant looking to stall.
Bishop unloads a knee to the mid-section. Remnant lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Remnant is breathing heavily.
Bishop working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bishop lands an elbow just above Remnant 's eye.
Bishop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bishop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bishop lands a damaging elbow.

Remnant is rocked!
Bishop lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Remnant is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Remnant takes a shot to the head.
Remnant is trying to push Bishop away but Bishop has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A right hand to the body from Bishop.
Bishop pushes Remnant against the ropes. Bishop is working some dirty boxing. Bishop pushes off with a quick right hook! Remnant goes down! Remnant tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Bishop moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Bishop!
During a confident post fight interview, Bobby Bishop thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.