PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Bigelow (ranked 25079 p4p, 25043 weight class) and Oakley Fisher (ranked 586 p4p, 640 weight class). Fisher has chosen Bolt Thrower - Spearhead as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bigelow
vs
Fisher

197 cm
21
250
1 - 2 - 0

198 cm
24
271
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Bigelow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oakley Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fisher has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bigelow looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Fisher pulls guard effortlessly.
Fisher managing to control the position.
Fisher lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Fisher scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fisher slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fisher's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fisher throwing strikes from guard but Bigelow blocks nicely.
Fisher sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher stands up over Bigelow, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fisher landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fisher tries to free his leg and advance position but Bigelow is retaining full guard.
Fisher content to stall in guard here.
Bigelow has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bigelow working a defensive guard here.
Fisher is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fisher postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fisher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fisher controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bigelow can't keep his opponent in guard - Fisher advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fisher not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fisher moves into full mount! Bigelow won't be happy about that!
A nice elbow there by Fisher.
Fisher has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fisher moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Bigelow has worked his arm free - good work by Bigelow!
Fisher controlling the position from side mount.

Fisher is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Bigelow looks calm but he's in trouble here. Fisher gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Bigelow is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Fisher lets go of the hold and Bigelow can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Oakley Fisher!
Oakley Fisher took some time post fight to say the following; 'I would like to thank my opponent for this good fight'.