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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Redmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryan Bishop could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nathan Redmond's chin.
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145 lbs
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157 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nathan Redmond!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redmond shoots in looking for a takedown. Bishop tries to sprawl out of it but Redmond 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.
Redmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bishop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Redmond swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Redmond fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Redmond moves into the clinch successfully.
Redmond tries to land a knee to the head but Bishop blocks with his arms.
Bishop avoiding damage as Redmond throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redmond landing knees to the body.
Redmond breaks from the clinch.
Redmond looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Redmond misses with the combination.
Redmond throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redmond looking to score a takedown here. Bishop is defending well but Redmond drives through and ends up in Bishop's guard.
Bishop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Redmond accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Redmond looking to sit in guard and control but Bishop gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bishop wants to control from the top but Redmond keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redmond is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bishop is aware though and is defending well.
Bishop tries to free his leg and advance position but Redmond is retaining full guard.
Bishop is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Redmond has momentary wrist control but Bishop slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throws a big elbow that misses.
Redmond looking for a guillotine here but Bishop defends easily.
Bishop has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Redmond is looking for a triangle but Bishop pushes his legs off easily.
Bishop throws a big right hand that misses.
Redmond looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Redmond escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bishop gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Redmond controls Bishop momentarily but Bishop frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Redmond is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Redmond looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Redmond is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Redmond thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bishop looking to sit in guard and control but Redmond gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Redmond controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bishop pulls Redmond in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Redmond from controlling successfully.
Redmond with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bishop seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Redmond in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Redmond dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Redmond wants to clinch up but Bishop keeps it at a distance.
Redmond shoots in for a takedown but Bishop shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Redmond moves into the clinch successfully.
Redmond taking a breather.
Redmond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Redmond gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Redmond effectively controlling the action here.
Redmond has Bishop pressed against the cage, preventing Bishop from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop dodges an elbow strike from Redmond.
Redmond digs a right hand into Bishop's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bishop's gas tank.
Redmond breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redmond throws a right and a left that Bishop avoids nicely.
Redmond 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.
Redmond fails in his attempt to clinch.
Redmond closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Redmond lands an elbow that stopped Bishop in his tracks for a moment.
Redmond successfully pulls guard.
Redmond is looking for a triangle but Bishop pushes his legs off easily.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Redmond is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redmond working for submissions but it's allowed Bishop to get to half guard.
Redmond won't allow Bishop to pass to mount.
Redmond wants to improve his position but Bishop is controlling well.
Nathan Redmond has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bishop is trying to control. Redmond wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bishop prevents Redmond from standing back up.
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.
Bishop lands strikes from half guard.
Redmond is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Bishop there.
Redmond keeping control of the position.
Redmond blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bishop.
Redmond wants to get back to full guard.
Bishop moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Redmond.
Bishop working the head with strikes.
Redmond gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redmond is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Redmond trying to control here.
Redmond actively working from the bottom here.
Bishop trying to control from half guard but Redmond is working away.
Redmond is looking for a sweep. Bishop is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Redmond on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bishop wants to free his trapped foot but Redmond is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Redmond looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Redmond showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bishop.
Redmond has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Redmond swinging wildly here.
A big left from Redmond misses.
Redmond stuffs the takedown.
Redmond lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redmond misses with a few strikes there.
Redmond lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Redmond misses with a straight right.
Redmond tries to bum rush Bishop with a series of wild strikes but Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redmond wants to clinch up but Bishop keeps it at a distance.
Bishop tries to score a power double leg takedown but Redmond sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bishop somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Redmond.
Redmond tests Bishop's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Redmond swings for the body but Bishop moves out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Redmond or perhaps it was just good defense by Bishop, which made it look bad.
Redmond tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bishop defends well and Redmond ends up having to push Bishop into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Redmond wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Redmond is defending well.
Redmond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bishop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bishop is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Redmond goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bishop prevents it.
Redmond lands an elbow that stopped Bishop in his tracks for a moment.
Redmond keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bishop's efforts to push away.
Redmond breaks from the clinch.
Redmond throws the left hand but Bishop avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bishop there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nathan Redmond seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Redmond wants to clinch.
Bishop slips under a jab from Redmond.
Bishop gets a takedown into half guard.
Redmond wants to control but Bishop is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bishop is keen to just control but Redmond is a slippery customer.
Redmond is trying to control but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redmond is looking to escape.
Redmond is refusing to be controlled, as Bishop sits in half guard.
Redmond looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop throwing shots but Redmond is blocking nicely.
Bishop looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Redmond with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bishop wants to pass to mount but Redmond is defending the position.
Bryan Bishop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bishop looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Redmond is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bishop pulls his head out easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Redmond comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Redmond winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Redmond!
Nathan Redmond really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Mango Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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