PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Nergal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop's entrance music is teenagers. A fine choice. Nergal has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Rocky Nergal has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Walter Bishop's chin.

Bishop
vs
Nergal

190 cm
30
201 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

188 cm
22
192 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

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Solid boxing
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Lethal high kicks
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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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Walter Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocky Nergal!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nergal.
Nergal is looking to clinch but Bishop is avoiding it.
Nergal misses with a head kick.
Nergal stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nergal wants it to stay on the feet.
Bishop takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bishop shoots in for a takedown but Nergal shows good takedown defense.
Nergal lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Bishop enables Nergal to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bishop manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Nergal from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nergal throws a big elbow that misses.
Nergal looking to sit in guard and control but Bishop gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nergal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop is looking to work some ground and pound but Nergal has wrist control.
Nergal is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Our spies down at at BLKOUT Training Center inform us that Nergal has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Nergal avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nergal looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rocky Nergal was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nergal throws a leg kick which misses Bishop's front leg but catches the back leg as Bishop tries to avoid it.
Nergal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bishop.
Bishop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nergal misses with an uppercut.

Bishop fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nergal, pushing him back against the cage.
Nergal wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bishop tries to score a body lock takedown but Nergal shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nergal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bishop's elbow.
Nergal throws an elbow but it misses.
Nergal with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nergal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
Nergal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nergal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
Nergal misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nergal prevents the takedown attempt.
Nergal tries to land a knee to the head but Bishop blocks with his arms.
Nergal misses with a knee strike.
A short left from Nergal.
Nergal wants to stall.
Nergal prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bishop blocks a body shot from Nergal.
Nergal putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bishop in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nergal's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nergal trying to land knees to the body.
Nergal stops a takedown attempt from Bishop.
Nergal tries a knee to the head but Bishop blocks it.
Nergal working aggressively here.
Bishop blocks the elbow strike.
Bishop has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nergal avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bishop breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bishop looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Nergal dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nergal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nergal closes the distance but Bishop moves to the side

and Bishop counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nergal won't be happy with that.
Bishop working the ground and pound but Nergal is defending the strikes.
Nergal sneaks back into half guard.
Bishop seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bishop missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bishop keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nergal wants to improve his position but Bishop is controlling well.
Nergal is not content to let Bishop control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Walter Bishop wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bishop throws a leg kick
and Nergal counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Nergal scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nergal throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nergal in particular looking to stall.
Bishop is looking to escape.
Bishop trying to hold on to Nergal's head to control him but Nergal postures up.
Nergal seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bishop is staying active underneath Nergal, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Nergal.
Nergal engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bishop bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nergal's guard.
Bishop tries to free his leg and advance position but Nergal is retaining full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nergal is pulling down on Bishop's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rocky Nergal was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Nergal closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bishop is refusing to be controlled, as Nergal sits in half guard.
Nergal is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop manages to get to full guard.
Nergal tries to free his leg and advance position but Bishop is retaining full guard.
Bishop is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bishop controlling the position.
Bishop bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nergal's guard.
Bishop postures up in Nergal's guard and throws a big left but Nergal blocks it.
Nergal wants to hit a switch here but Bishop passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Nergal there!
Bishop is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nergal is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bishop pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nergal is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bishop avoids the attempt from Nergal to control.
Bishop fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Nergal is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Nergal bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bishop and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walter Bishop!
Walter Bishop took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.