PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez comes to the cage accompanied by Hail Mary - Tupac. Bishop has chosen Kano - P's and Q's as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nick Gonzalez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gonzalez
vs
Bishop

185 cm
27
183 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

178 cm
18
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Gonzalez !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Bishop lands with a cross.
Bishop looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gonzalez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Jackson Bishop has been cut.
Bishop takes one on the button.
Gonzalez connects with a single shot there.
Bishop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gonzalez .
Bishop throws a jab when Gonzalez was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Gonzalez misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gonzalez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gonzalez defending well as Bishop loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Gonzalez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A shot to the liver by Bishop. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Gonzalez misses.
A little jabbing left from Bishop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bishop works the jab nicely.
Gonzalez throws a jab but it's blocked by Bishop.
Bishop moves out of range as Gonzalez strikes.
Nice defenses there by Gonzalez .
Gonzalez moves away from the strike by Bishop.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bishop throws a right and a left that Gonzalez avoids nicely.
Gonzalez is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gonzalez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bishop in his tracks.
Bishop loads up on a big right hand but Gonzalez slips the punch.
Gonzalez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nick Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Bishop.
An attempted straight right counter from Gonzalez misses the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bishop throws a shot from downtown. Gonzalez moves away and avoids it.
Bishop takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bishop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bishop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzalez throws a big counter combination but Bishop scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bishop misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Bishop moves away and avoids it.
Bishop lands with a straight right. Gonzalez didn't see that one coming.
Gonzalez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bishop throws a poor cross that misses
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzalez lands a jab to Bishop's midsection.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bishop.
An attempted straight right counter from Gonzalez misses the target.
Bishop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Jackson Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez throws a big shot that misses.
Bishop might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bishop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.
Gonzalez tests Bishop's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez slips a straight right by Bishop.
Gonzalez throwing a counter right hand but Bishop manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut.
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzalez .
Gonzalez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bishop.
Bishop misses with a left hand
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nick Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jackson Bishop's cut.
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.

Bishop scores with a jab to the head.
Bishop throws a right hand that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.
Bishop misses with a hook.
Gonzalez jabs Bishop right on the nose. Bishop blinks but takes it well.
Gonzalez cracks Bishop with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Bishop falls to his knees and Gonzalez doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Gonzalez !
After the fight, Nick Gonzalez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Jackson Bishop spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm a bit too green still, got many things to work on for sure. Still gonna be Champion one day though. Congrats to Gonzalez, good on him.'.