PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Bishop (ranked 2992 p4p, 2865 weight class) and Dustin Kruger (ranked 398 p4p, 383 weight class). Bishop's entrance music is Whatever. A fine choice. Keith Bishop has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bishop
vs
Kruger

200 cm
45
250
33 - 20 - 0

193 cm
45
243
46 - 23 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

SynCity Fightwear

Kore Fight Nutrition

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 33 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 23 - 2, fighting out of London, Dustin Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bishop tries to keep at a distance but Kruger has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kruger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bishop throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kruger missing with knees to the body.
Kruger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop is leaning against Kruger and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kruger fails to land.
Bishop avoiding damage as Kruger throws knees to the body.
Bishop lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kruger tries a body shot but Bishop blocks it.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Bishop lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kruger backwards.
Bishop stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kruger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kruger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kruger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Bishop.
Kruger looks winded!
Bishop scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bishop lands a hook that snaps the head of Kruger backwards.
Bishop trying to land knees to the body.
Bishop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bishop lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kruger backwards.
Bishop pushes Kruger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bishop lands an elbow that stopped Kruger in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger tries a knee to the head but Bishop blocks it.
Bishop misses with an elbow over the top.
Bishop avoids a wild elbow strike from Kruger.
Bishop comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bishop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kruger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bishop working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bishop crunches a lovely knee into Kruger's ribcage.
Bishop lands a body shot.
Bishop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bishop lands a nice uppercut.
Bishop trying to land knees to the body.
Kruger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bishop.
Bishop cracks Kruger with a nice body shot.
Bishop is leaning against Kruger and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kruger blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruger blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Bishop.
Bishop lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Bishop.
Kruger avoiding damage as Bishop throws knees to the body.
Bishop scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruger.
Bishop scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bishop missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bishop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bishop crunches a lovely knee into Kruger's ribcage.
Bishop struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruger controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Bishop.
Bishop lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Dustin Kruger has been cut.
Bishop with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bishop lands a left hand.
Bishop throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kruger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bishop stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bishop lands a good knee to the midsection. Kruger won't want to take too many of those.
Bishop misses with an elbow over the top.
Bishop lands a good knee to the midsection. Kruger won't want to take too many of those.
Bishop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kruger is defending well for now.
Good body shot from Bishop.
Bishop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kruger is defending well for now.
Bishop pushes Kruger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger managing to block the knees to the body from Bishop.
Bishop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bishop connects with a knee to the head.
Kruger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bishop.
Bishop tries to work over Kruger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bishop unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bishop works on Kruger's body with a couple of short punches.
Kruger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bishop working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bishop.
Kruger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kruger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop lands an uppercut.
Bishop lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop lands a shot to the body.
Bishop lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Bishop.
Bishop misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruger.
Bishop pushes off an throws an elbow but Kruger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Bishop pushes Kruger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bishop lands a body shot.
Bishop lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kruger's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bishop using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bishop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bishop pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bishop tries to land a knee to the head but Kruger blocks with his arms.
Bishop lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bishop tries a body shot but Kruger blocks it.
Bishop scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Bishop.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kruger dodges an elbow strike from Bishop.
Bishop throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Bishop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crunch! Bishop slams his shin into Kruger's torso.
Nice cross by Bishop.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Bishop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dustin Kruger's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bishop scores with a leg kick.
Bishop lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bishop dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kruger. That did some damage!

Kruger gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Bishop.
Kruger tries to land knees in the clinch but Bishop avoids the damage to the body.
Bishop unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bishop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kruger can do to turn this around?
Kruger blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop blocks the elbow strike.
Kruger trying to land knees to the body.
Kruger missing with knees to the body.
Bishop is working Kruger over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Bishop.
Bishop tries to land knees in the clinch but Kruger avoids the damage to the body.
Bishop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krugers head.
Bishop lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruger takes a shot to the head.
Kruger is breathing heavily.
Bishop comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bishop lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Bishop breaks from the clinch.
Good exchange - Bishop coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop sizes up Kruger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bishop lands a jab to the head.
Kruger misses with a low kick as Bishop jumps back.
Bishop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bishop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kruger throws a leg kick but Bishop checks it.
Bishop is looking to slow Kruger down with leg kicks.
Kruger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bishop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dustin Kruger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kruger blocks the body kick.
Kruger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bishop connects with a body shot that sends Kruger's belly button to the back.
Bishop bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kruger's head.
Kruger tries to clinch but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop lands with a kick to the temple. Kruger shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bishop lands an overhand right.

Kruger is rocked!
Both fighters circling a little - Bishop finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bishop moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kruger is still on wobbly legs! Can Bishop finish him?
It looks like Bishop has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Bishop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kruger seems to have recovered his senses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bishop!
Dustin Kruger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruger needs to keep his hands up - Bishop had a free shot at his head there.
Bishop throws a nice head kick!
Bishop pounces like a tiger and cracks Kruger with a vicious hook! Kruger is down but not out! Bishop follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Keith Bishop!
A determined Keith Bishop didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!