PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Bishop Of Bath And Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dickens has chosen I Want it All as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bishop Of Bath And Wells
vs
Dickens

184 cm
29
171 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

172 cm
29
185 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Bishop Of Bath And Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Oliver Dickens!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickens takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dickens shoots and misses
and Of Bath And Wells counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Dickens closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Of Bath And Wells to the mat! Of Bath And Wells manages to get full guard.
Of Bath And Wells working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dickens.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dickens accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dickens chips away with some ground and pound.
Of Bath And Wells preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dickens loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dickens throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Of Bath And Wells will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dickens lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dickens working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Of Bath And Wells controlling Dickens's posture.
Dickens working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Of Bath And Wells's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dickens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dickens throwing strikes but missing.
Dickens is looking to work some ground and pound but Of Bath And Wells has wrist control.
Dickens throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Of Bath And Wells works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dickens accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dickens trying to control the position from guard on top but Of Bath And Wells is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dickens being controlled here momentarily.
Dickens is looking to work some ground and pound but Of Bath And Wells has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dickens accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Of Bath And Wells looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Of Bath And Wells feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dickenss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Oliver Dickens has been cut.
Dickens shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Of Bath And Wells counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oliver Dickens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Of Bath And Wells stuffs the takedown.
It looked like Of Bath And Wells wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Bishop Of Bath And Wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Dickens.
Dickens fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Of Bath And Wells avoids it really well and circles away.
Dickens shoots in for a double leg but Of Bath And Wells sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dickens changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Of Bath And Wells tries to avoid it but Dickens manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Of Bath And Wells to the ground. Of Bath And Wells escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Of Bath And Wells swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dickens fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Of Bath And Wells wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens shoots and misses

and Of Bath And Wells counters with a nice right hand that sends Dickens toppling to the canvas! Dickens scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Of Bath And Wells finish him?!
Of Bath And Wells drops Dickens with a straight right hand, right on the button! Of Bath And Wells follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Bishop Of Bath And Wells!
The Bishop Of Bath And Wells was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.