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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Bishop had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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150 lbs
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147 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
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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
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bishop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Bishop.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Bishop tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bishop manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bishop misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop slips under a jab from Johnson.
Bishop throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson leaves Bishop with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bishop scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bishop manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
An inside leg kick from Bishop misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Bishop misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Bishop sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bishop lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
Nice straight punches there by Bishop. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bishop.
Bishop moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bishop pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bishop takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson closes the distance and pushes Bishop back into the cage.
Johnson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bishop pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kevin Bishop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Johnson.
Johnson blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bishop prevents it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bishop to keep the fight standing.
Bishop is trying to drag Johnson to the mat but Johnson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bishop just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bishop has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop is pressed up against the cage. Johnson 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.
Bishop dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bishop.
Bishop connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bishop. Bishop obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Bishop pushes him off.
Bishop manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Johnson on his heels. He'll look to pass Johnson's guard now, I'm sure.
Bishop forces his way into half guard.
Johnson trying to control from the bottom.
Bishop lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
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 throwing shots but Johnson is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bishop not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bishop winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bishop stalling away here and it's allowed Johnson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Bishop dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bishop lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bishop's waist but Bishop gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bishop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bishop moves forwards but Johnson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bishop swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bishop counters with an inside leg kick.
Bishop misses with a low kick.
Bishop lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bishop.
Bishop looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Bishop circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bishop counters with a slapping leg kick.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Bishop is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bishop connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Bishop lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Jack Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson tries to clinch but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bishop throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson dives in for a single leg takedown but Bishop sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kevin Bishop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Johnson.
Bishop gets underhooks to prevent Johnson's takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop has Johnson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Johnson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bishop is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Bishop forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bishop turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop scores with a couple of short elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bishop working the ground and pound.
Bishop working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bishop controls the position.
Bishop wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Bishop working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop working the body and head with strikes.
The strikes coming from Bishop are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bishop wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kevin Bishop overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson defending against the ground and pound.
Bishop wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Check out the look on Bishop's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop landing a few strikes.
Johnson taking a bit of punishment here - Bishop scoring with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Check out the look on Bishop's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Johnson is rocked!
Bishop scores with a couple of short elbows.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Bishop finish him?
We've been hearing that Bishop has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Bishop scores with punches from side control.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
Bishop lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bishop working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop lands a strong strike to the head of Johnson. That's dazed him! Bishop looking to finish here. Johnson is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Bishop lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Bishop!
A very excited looking Kevin Bishop rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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