PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between bobby fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Pudzianowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). bobby fisher looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

fisher
vs
Pudzianowski

196 cm
23
255 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

178 cm
19
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bobby fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mariusz Pudzianowski!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

fisher gets a takedown into half guard.
Pudzianowski tries to roll over but fisher keeps him under control.
fisher with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Pudzianowski is trying to get back to full guard.
fisher seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pudzianowski is looking to escape.
fisher has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
fisher passes to full mount!
fisher blocks Pudzianowski's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
fisher unloading with bombs!
fisher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pudzianowski working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pudzianowski is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Pudzianowski is desperately trying to improve his position but fisher has a good base and remains in mount.

fisher working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
fisher is breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by fisher.
Pudzianowski is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pudzianowski squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Pudzianowski is squirming around, avoiding fisher's attempts to control the action.
Pudzianowski tries to hold on but fisher pushes him away.
fisher looking to control but Pudzianowski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pudzianowski wants to control but fisher is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pudzianowski is trying to stand up.
Pudzianowski wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
fisher just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
fisher's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Pudzianowski holding both fisher 's hands and preventing any damage.

Pudzianowski is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if fisher gets his way!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fisher is working the ground and pound. Can Pudzianowski escape?
fisher is looking to control Pudzianowski but Pudzianowski is wriggling around and keeping busy.

fisher looking to break Pudzianowski's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Pudzianowski remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise fisher will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
I would not like to be Pudzianowski right now.

fisher is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pudzianowski controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
fisher is looking to control Pudzianowski but Pudzianowski is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Pudzianowski tries to roll but fisher sticks to his back.

fisher working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

fisher looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Pudzianowski taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). bobby fisher!