PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and pork fried (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fisher
vs
fried

150 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, pork fried!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

fried closes the distance and clinches.
fried lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, fried creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

fried breaks the clinch.

fried clinches.
fried is pressed up against the cage. Fisher has hold of a leg and is looking to drag fried down to the mat. fried avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
pork fried seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

fried takes the fight into the clinch.
Fisher has had enough of the clinch but fried keeps him there for the moment.
fried lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from fried.

It looks like Sam Fisher has been cut.
fried lands a nice uppercut.

fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
fried is looking to clinch but Fisher is avoiding it.

fried darts in and clinches Fisher up against the cage.
Fisher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fisher swings wildly with an uppercut but fried uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fisher misses with a punch on the inside.
Fisher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
fried blocks a punch to the side of the head.
fried lands a shoulder strike.
Fisher is working for takedown but fried is calmly controlling the position for now.
fried lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from fried.
Fisher jumps guard but fried stands there with Fisher around his waist. Fisher gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from fried on the inside.

fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
fried wants to clinch.

fried closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
fried scores with a shoulder strike.

fried breaks the clinch.
Fisher throws a low kick, looking for fried's leg but fried calmly moves out of range.
Fisher shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as fried sprawls well. fried wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fisher gets slowly back to his feet.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher is having none of it.
Fisher misses with a double jab.
fried is looking to clinch.
pork fried is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
Fisher fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fisher is breathing heavily.

fried clinches up against the cage.
fried lands with a short shot to the head.

fried's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

fried closes the distance and clinches.
Fisher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
fried lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
fried lands with a light punch inside.

fried breaks the clinch.

fried gets a clinch.

fried pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
fried is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fisher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but fried moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fisher keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

fried has closed the distance and engaged Fisher in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from fried.
fried lands a hook that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
fried softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

fried breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Fisher shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fisher was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
fried is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

fried bucks up and throws Fisher to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
fried doesn't manage to clinch there - Fisher circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fisher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fisher swings for the body but fried moves out of range.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch but Fisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
fried wants to clinch up but Fisher keeps it at a distance.
Fisher is looking to clinch.
A nice combination there by Fisher.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fisher throws a leg kick but fried sees it coming and checks it nicely.
fried doesn't manage to clinch there - Fisher circles away.
Fisher throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fisher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fisher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
fried tries to clinch there but Fisher circles away.
Fisher tries to clinch up.
fried tries to clinch up.
fried wants to clinch up but Fisher keeps it at a distance.
Fisher moves in looking to clinch but fried pushes him off.
Fisher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fisher looks to land a combination but fried avoids it well.
Fisher tries to clinch but fried moves out of range.

fried closes the distance and clinches.
fried is pressed up against the cage. Fisher has hold of a leg and is looking to drag fried down to the mat. fried avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
fried tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fisher keeps the fight on the outside.

fried has taken the fight to the clinch.

fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fisher keeps the fight on the outside.
A left lands for Fisher.
Fisher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher throws and low kick but fried moves out of range easily.
fried avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
fried avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fisher is looking to score with low kicks.
fried swats away the attempt to clinch by Fisher.
Fisher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fisher fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches fried on the side of the head.
Fisher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch but Fisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fisher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fisher is trying hard to land a takedown here. fried sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fisher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
fried doesn't manage to clinch there - Fisher circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

fried clinches up with Fisher and pushes him back against the cage.

fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

fried moves into range and clinches up with Fisher.
fried working some nice short punches in the clinch.
fried scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

pork fried dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Fisher's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fisher throws a right and a left that fried avoids nicely.
Fisher tries to clinch there but fried circles away.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch up but fried swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fisher throws a series of punches but fried moves out of range.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch but Fisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
fried tries to clinch up.

fried clinches.

fried's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

fried gets in close and instigates a clinch.
fried lands a right hand.

fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck for Fisher with that takedown attempt.
Fisher tries to clinch up but fried circles away and keeps his distance.
Fisher shoots in looking for a takedown. fried tries to sprawl out of it but Fisher keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. fried manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

fried moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

fried's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Fisher does no damage.

Fisher tries to keep at a distance but fried has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fisher looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from fried.

fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fisher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

fried has closed the distance and engaged Fisher in a clinch.

fried escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

fried pushes Fisher up against the cage in a clinch.

fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
fried fails with an attempt to clinch.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fisher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fisher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
fried dodges the punch combination from Fisher.
Fisher wants to clinch.

fried takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Fisher fails to land.
A short uppercut from fried.
fried throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fishers head.
fried working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

fried breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
fried checks a low kick from Fisher.
Fisher circles away from the clinch attempt.
fried steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fisher.
fried avoids a punch combination nicely.
fried is looking to clinch but Fisher is avoiding it.

fried closes the distance and pushes Fisher back into the cage.
Fisher is trying to break the clinch but fried is controlling him.

fried breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fisher throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around fried's waist but fried gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fisher off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.

fried instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from fried.
Fisher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

fried breaks the clinch.
fried avoids the body shot from Fisher.
fried uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fisher.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch but Fisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fisher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fisher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fried wants to clinch.
Sam Fisher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fisher tries to clinch up.
fried tries to clinch up.
fried wants to clinch up but Fisher keeps it at a distance.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fisher dives in and grabs fried's left leg, looking for a takedown. fried pushes down on Fisher's head and hops out.
fried tries to clinch there but Fisher circles away.
Fisher swats away the attempt to clinch by fried.
Fisher fails to land with a series of punches.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch but Fisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch but fried swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher is having none of it.
Fisher throws a series of punches but fried moves out of range.
fried fails in his attempt to clinch.

fried closes the distance and pushes Fisher back into the cage.
fried has Fisher pressed against the cage, preventing Fisher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fisher blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fisher changes levels and goes for a takedown here. fried fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Fisher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
fried avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fisher swings away with a leg kick that misses.

fried pushes Fisher up against the cage in a clinch.

fried breaks from the clinch.
Fisher fails to land the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - fried looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - fried looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
fried is looking to clinch.
fried swats away the attempt to clinch by Fisher.
Fisher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fisher misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

pork fried showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sam Fisher's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

fried fails with an attempt to clinch.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
Fisher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but fried circles away quickly and effectively.
fried moves in looking to clinch but Fisher pushes him off.
fried doesn't manage to clinch there - Fisher circles away.

fried closes the distance and clinches.
fried lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.

fried pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fisher swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A lazy left from Fisher finds it's target.
fried circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fisher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fisher misses with a jab, cross combination.

fried drives through and clinches with Fisher against the cage.
Fisher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
fried lands a hook that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

fried breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

fried clinches.

fried breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fisher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fisher throws out a leg kick but fried moves out of range and Fisher only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - fried looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fisher fails with an attempt to clinch.

fried pushes Fisher up against the cage in a clinch.
fried pushes Fisher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fisher misses with the head strike.
fried lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.

fried escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
fried fails with an attempt to clinch.

fried closes the distance and clinches.
Fisher wants to stall.
fried misses with the head strike.
Fisher is trying to break the clinch but fried is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fisher.
Fisher working hard to break the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from fried in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

fried breaks the clinch.
Fisher is looking to clinch.
Fisher swats away the attempt to clinch by fried.
fried swats away the attempt to clinch by Fisher.
fried stuffs the takedown attempt from Fisher. Fisher gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but fried swivels and escapes.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher is having none of it.
Fisher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but fried circles away quickly and effectively.
Fisher misses with a double jab.
Fisher keeps the fight on the outside.
fried tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fisher throws a series of punches but fried avoids them all with ease.
fried doesn't manage to clinch there - Fisher circles away.
Fisher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch up but fried swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fisher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

fried has taken the fight to the clinch.
fried lands on the inside with an uppercut.

fried's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher is having none of it.
Fisher is looking to clinch.
fried swats away the attempt to clinch by Fisher.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fried fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Fisher does no damage.
fried tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
fried tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fisher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fisher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
Fisher fails with a takedown attempt.

fried moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Fisher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
fried lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fisher wants to break the clinch but can't.
fried misses with a punch on the inside.
Fisher tries a body shot but fried blocks it.
fried keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fisher's efforts to push away.

fried breaks the clinch.
Fisher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by fried.
fried is looking to clinch but Fisher is avoiding it.
fried tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fisher is trying hard to land a takedown here. fried sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
fried tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
fried fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fisher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fisher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but fried moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fisher circles away from the clinch attempt.

fried clinches up against the cage.
fried misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fisher blocking some punches.
Fisher misses with a punch on the inside.
Fisher tries to break the clinch but fried is controlling the position.
Fisher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fisher fails to pull guard.
Fisher is looking to break free of the clinch but fried has double underhooks.
fried lands a hook that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Fisher is trying to break the clinch but fried is controlling him.
A short left from fried.
Fisher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but fried pulls him back up using the underhooks.

fried breaks the clinch.
Fisher shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts fried as he jumps to the side.
Fisher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? fried is fending him off so far but Fisher persists. Nope, fried circles away and we're back to standing.
Sam Fisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
pork fried is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fisher misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
pork fried comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got fried winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... pork fried!