PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murska Puro (ranked 1517 p4p, 1843 weight class) and Keith Bishop (ranked 177 p4p, 209 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bishop's choice of entrance music: Whatever. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Puro
vs
Bishop

192 cm
26
235
10 - 4 - 0

200 cm
40
250
27 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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SynCity Fightwear
Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Murska Puro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puro throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Puro misses with a head kick.
Bishop misses with a right hand
and Puro makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Puro misses with a two punch combination.
Bishop listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Puro misses the shot to the body.
Bishop blocks a head kick by Puro.
Puro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bishop circles away quickly and effectively.
Bishop misses with a body shot.
A quick step to the side and Puro tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bishop lands a nice looking kick to the body. Puro takes a step back to recover.
Bishop lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bishop gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Puro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Puro closes the distance and clinches.
Bishop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Puro misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puro throws a head punch that misses.
Bishop throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bishop misses with a body punch.
Bishop blocks a body shot from Puro.
Bishop takes a shot to the head.
Bishop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Puro throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.

Bishop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bishop lands a nice shot that snaps Puro's head back.
We've been told by Puro's head coaches at Desert Fitness & Training -13 Elites/1 Sensational that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Puro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Puro misses with a series of wild punches.

Puro moves into the clinch successfully.
Bishop lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bishop comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop lands an elbow inside that Puro shrugs off.
Bishop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Puro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puro blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop gets through Puro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Puro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puro avoids a wild elbow strike from Bishop.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Puro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bishop takes a shot to the head.
Puro misses with a punch on the inside.
Puro blocks an elbow strike from Bishop.
Puro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puro tries a body shot but Bishop blocks it.
Bishop cracks Puro with a nice body shot.
Puro lands a hook that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop landing knees to the head.
Bishop working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bishop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Bishop.
Puro is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bishop.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Puro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Puro misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puro.
Bishop misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puro.
Puro tries a body shot but Bishop blocks it.
Bishop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Puro is defending well for now.
Puro avoids a wild elbow strike from Bishop.
Bishop throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Puro uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Bishop.
Bishop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bishop breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puro looks to score with a jab to the body but Bishop is just out of range.
Puro tries to close the distance and clinch but Bishop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bishop pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bishop moves into range and connects with a jab.
Puro takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bishop scores with a sloppy right hand. Puro should have avoided that one.
Puro misses with a lunging right hand
and Bishop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bishop chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puro can pounce on him.
Puro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bishop tests Puro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bishop connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bishop circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Bishop dominated that round.
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.

Bishop throws a shot from downtown. Puro moves away and avoids it.
Puro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Keith Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bishop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A good leg kick by Bishop.
Bishop throws a jab but it's blocked by Puro.
Bishop lands a lovely overhand right.
Keith Bishop seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bishop swats away the attempt to clinch by Puro.
Bishop pushes Puro away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bishop. That one must have hurt.
Bishop has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bishop blocks a jab.
Puro doesn't manage to clinch there - Bishop circles away.
Bishop looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Puro misses with a hook. Bishop ducked under it nicely.
Bishop lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puro checks a low kick from Bishop.
Bishop with a nice cross.
BOOM! Bishop lands a beautiful left hook that drops Puro. Puro tries to recover but Bishop is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Puro lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keith Bishop!
During a confident post fight interview, Keith Bishop thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.