PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arthur Bishop has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diaz
vs
Bishop

178 cm
33
156 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

163 cm
35
158 lbs
28 - 21 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luiz Diaz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arthur Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Arthur Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Bishop misses
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.

Bishop closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the cage.

Bishop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diaz avoids a kick to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Diaz misses the target.

Diaz tries to sprawl but Bishop drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Diaz is in trouble now - Bishop has advanced to mount!

Bishop looking to secure an arm triangle but Diaz defends it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Diaz is in a horrible position here. Bishop smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bishop lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

It looks like Luiz Diaz has been cut.
Diaz flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bishop is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bishop landing punches.
Bishop lands a big elbow.

Diaz is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Diaz in real trouble here! The ref calls for Diaz to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Bishop!
Arthur Bishop is the new lightweight champion!
Our winner, Arthur Bishop, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.