PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colby Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bishop
vs
Smith

190 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Colby Smith!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a combination. Bishop tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bishop fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bishop eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bishop looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bishop.
Smith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bishop's hands.
Bishop connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Bishop moves out of range easily.
Smith lands a slapping body shot.
Bishop throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith wants to clinch up but Bishop keeps it at a distance.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bishop swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for Bishop's leg but Bishop calmly moves out of range.
Smith is working the combinations to good effect here.
Smith shoots in for a double leg but Bishop sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bishop is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scores with a hook.
Bishop looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.

Smith moves into range and clinches up with Bishop.

Bishop breaks the clinch.
Smith lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bishop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bishop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
A punch combination from Bishop misses.
A swing and a miss from Bishop.
A punch combination from Bishop misses.
Bishop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bishop is breathing heavily.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Smith throws a one two combo.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Bishop circles away.
Smith tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Bishop is having none of it.
Bishop walks forward, straight into a front kick from Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Bishop.
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bishop's sensitive parts.
Bishop swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bishop misses with a straight left.
Smith moves out of range as Bishop strikes.
Smith tries to bum rush Bishop with a series of wild strikes but Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bishop misses with the combination.
Smith throws a combination. Bishop tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to slow Bishop down by chopping away at his legs.
Smith throws a front kick aimed at Bishop's knee but Bishop avoids it well.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bishop.
Bishop takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marcus Bishop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Nice straight punches there by Smith. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Smith.
Smith tries to bum rush Bishop with a series of wild strikes but Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith throws out a leg kick but Bishop moves out of range and Smith only half commits.
Bishop throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Smith throws a head kick but Bishop moves out of range.
Smith tries to clinch but Bishop is having none of it.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bishop.
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bishop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith throws a head kick but Bishop moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Bishop throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Bishop backpedaling.
Decent striking displayed by Smith there.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bishop is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bishop misses with a double jab.
Bishop slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Bishop dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Bishop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith feints a jab promting Bishop to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bishop slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Smith closes the distance but Bishop moves to the side
and Bishop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smith throws a right and a left that Bishop avoids nicely.
Bishop tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bishop listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marcus Bishop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bishop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith lands with a nice combination. Bishop backs away looking to recover.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith wants to clinch up but Bishop keeps it at a distance.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Bishop moves out of range easily.
Colby Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bishop throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
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.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
Smith feints a jab promting Bishop to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bishop slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Smith jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A combination from Bishop does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop blocks a head kick by Smith.
Bishop misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Bishop falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Bishop will be more careful next time no doubt.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Smith lands with a hook. Bishop tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Smith scores with the left hand. Bishop knows he should have avoided that one.
Smith wants to clinch up but Bishop keeps it at a distance.
Bishop misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Smith throws a leg kick but Bishop sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Smith. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Bishop looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bishop missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bishop throws a right hand that misses
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick but Bishop sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bishop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith looks for the body kick but Bishop saw that one coming.
Bishop looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Smith!
Bishop throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bishop throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Bishop swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Bishop will be more careful next time no doubt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith scores with a three punch combo!
Smith on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bishop avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bishop backs up against the cage.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bishop.
Bishop misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bishop is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smith.
Smith lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bishop eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bishop swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bishop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bishop throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Bishop circles away.
Bishop misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Bishop.
Bishop takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bishop has taken the fight to the clinch.

Bishop breaks from the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bishop misses with a double jab
and Bishop takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marcus Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Bishop misses.
Nice straight punches there by Smith. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Smith.
Bishop checks the leg kick.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bishop circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Bishop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bishop cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bishop throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Bishop.
Bishop tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Bishop.
Smith is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bishop.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
Bishop slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Smith misses with the combination.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bishop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bishop avoids the head kick by Smith.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bishop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bishop falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Bishop backing up. Bishop nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Bishop misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Bishop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
A right-left combo lands from Smith.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
Smith lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bishop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bishop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice shot by Smith.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bishop!

Smith shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bishop pushes Smith off looking to stand but Smith dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Smith.
Smith wants to take a breather but Bishop is having none of it.
Smith working Bishop over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop has hold of Smith's hands but Smith slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Smith throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bishop to regain full guard.
Bishop has a closed guard, preventing Smith from standing up.
Bishop on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bishop tries to get out of the position.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Bishop is keeping the position.
Bishop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Smith has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bishop is proving hard to escape from.
Smith trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Smith trying to move into half guard but instead Bishop has managed to sweep!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bishop stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Marcus Bishop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colby Smith is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Smith throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colby Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Smith has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colby Smith!