PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Ruckus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop comes into the arena with 999 - Homicide blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bishop
vs
Ruckus

185 cm
20
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Ruckus!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruckus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bishop manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ruckus.
Ruckus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ruckus darts in trying to clinch
and Bishop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruckus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bishop. That did some damage!
Bishop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruckus manages to avoid it.
Bishop smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ruckus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bishop.

Bishop tries to keep at a distance but Ruckus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ruckus landing knees to the body.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruckus tries to land a knee to the head but Bishop blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Ruckus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Ruckus.
Ruckus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bishop.
Ruckus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bishop avoids a kick to the body.
Bishop misses the shot to the body.
Bishop misses the jab.
Ruckus lands a nice shot that snaps Bishop's head back.
Johnny Ruckus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruckus thumps Bishop with a low kick.
Bishop throws out a loose jab but Ruckus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruckus lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Bishop. That snapped Ruckus's head back.
Ruckus blocks a jab.
Bishop misses with a hook. Ruckus ducked under it nicely.
Ruckus takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ruckus throws a right hand that Bishop ducks under and follows up with a left that Bishop also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Ruckus.
Ruckus throws a lazy head kick
and Bishop counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ruckus thinking.
Ruckus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bishop throws out a loose jab but Ruckus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruckus closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bishop counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with an uppercut.
Bishop misses with a hook. Ruckus ducked under it nicely.
Ruckus throws a lazy head kick
and Bishop counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ruckus's knee momentarily.
Bishop throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ruckus counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ruckus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruckus misses with a body shot.
Bishop on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ruckus. Ruckus obviously looking to wear him down.
Ruckus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bishop thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruckus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bishop on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ruckus. Ruckus obviously looking to wear him down.
A big right from Bishop misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bishop tries to keep at a distance but Ruckus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bishop taking a breather.
Bishop is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bishop gets through Ruckus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bishop is leaning against Ruckus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruckus.
A right hook to the body lands for Bishop.
A shot in the inside from Bishop.
Bishop can't break the clinch.
Bishop lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ruckus stalling in the clinch but Bishop improves position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruckus blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bishop.
Ruckus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ruckus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bobby Bishop will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bishop lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ruckus moves out of range of the strikes.
Good leg kick by Bishop there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick by Ruckus misses
and Bishop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bishop throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ruckus throws a solid leg kick but Bishop takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ruckus.
Ruckus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bishop counters with a nice uppercut.
Bishop takes a swing at Ruckus's ribcage but misses.
Bishop scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Ruckus tries to clinch there but Bishop circles away.
Bishop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bishop swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruckus.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ruckus closes the distance and clinches.
Ruckus misses with a punch on the inside.

Bishop breaks from the clinch.
Johnny Ruckus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ruckus clinches with his opponent.
Ruckus throws a head punch that misses.
Ruckus scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ruckus fails to land.
Bishop content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ruckus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ruckus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ruckus looking to throw knees to the head but Bishop is blocking nicely.
Ruckus wants to stall.
Ruckus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bishop tries to break free but Ruckus pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Bishop scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ruckus wants to stall.
Bishop misses with a punch on the inside.
Bishop lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruckus tries to break the clinch but Bishop is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruckus.
Bishop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ruckus misses with the head strike.
Bishop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ruckus trying to control the position but instead, Bishop has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ruckus into the cage.
Ruckus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Bishop manages to break the clinch.
Jab from Ruckus.
Bishop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruckus manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with a double jab.
Bishop has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ruckus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bishop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bishop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruckus tries to land a leg kick but Bishop saw it coming and moves away.
Ruckus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruckus misses with a low kick as Bishop jumps back.
A head kick from Ruckus lands but Bishop takes it in his stride.
Ruckus throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ruckus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bishop to score with a decent uppercut.
Ruckus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bishop to score with a decent uppercut.

Ruckus is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bishop.
Ruckus is still on wobbly legs! Can Bishop finish him?
Ruckus moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Bishop. Beautiful body shot.
Ruckus seems to have recovered his senses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ruckus lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bishop has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bishop and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bishop blocks a head kick by Ruckus.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ruckus, right into the meat.
Nice jab there from Bishop.
Ruckus connects with a nice looking jab.
Ruckus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ruckus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bishop swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruckus tries to clinch up
and Bishop counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Bishop dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bishop scores with a jab to the body.
Ruckus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bishop.
Bishop scores with a sloppy right hand. Ruckus should have avoided that one.
Ruckus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bishop throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ruckus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bishop fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ruckus wants to clinch.
Ruckus tries to clinch up
letting Bishop counter with a right hand.
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!
Ruckus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruckus throws a head kick but Bishop moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruckus tries to clinch there but Bishop circles away.
Bishop walks into a left hand.
Ruckus misses with a few strikes there.
Bishop throws a jab but it's blocked by Ruckus.
Good exchange - Ruckus coming out on top.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ruckus.
Ruckus slips under a jab.
Bishop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bishop thuds his right hand into Ruckus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ruckus ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
Bishop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bobby Bishop is winning the standup battle so far.
Bishop feints and then cracks Ruckus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ruckus down.
Johnny Ruckus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bishop thows a leg kick but Ruckus checks it
and Ruckus counters with a left to the body.
Bishop connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruckus moves away from the strike by Bishop.
An inside leg kick from Bishop misses.
Ruckus tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bishop counters with a left to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Ruckus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ruckus throws a low kick but Bishop avoids it.
Ruckus lands with a kick to the temple. Bishop shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bishop checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Bishop there.
Ruckus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bishop checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ruckus works the jab nicely.
A clash of legs there as Ruckus blocks the low kick.
Ruckus throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Bishop to counter with a crisp jab.
Bishop tries to work over Ruckus's front leg with a kick but Ruckus checks it.
Bishop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bishop takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ruckus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruckus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bishop throws a low kick but Ruckus moves out of range easily.
Bobby Bishop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ruckus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bishop keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruckus.
Ruckus lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bishop backs up against the cage.
Ruckus fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bishop checks it well.
Ruckus throws a leg kick
letting Bishop counter with a right hand.
Ruckus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruckus thows a leg kick but Bishop checks it
and Bishop counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop tests Ruckus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ruckus throws a low kick but Bishop avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Bishop showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bishop, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Bishop!
A very excited looking Bobby Bishop made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.