PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Goldberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goldberg comes into a darkened arena with his song building. GOLDBERG kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fisher
vs
Goldberg

196 cm
36
254 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

193 cm
40
265 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Spencer Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bill Goldberg!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fisher lands with a right hand.
Fisher misses with the combination.
Fisher swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Goldberg counters with a series of strikes. Fisher will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Goldberg looking to score a takedown here. Fisher is defending well but Goldberg drives through and ends up in Fisher's guard.
Fisher looking for a sweep. Not yet Fisher, not yet.
Goldberg looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Goldberg is looking to stand up but Fisher won't let him.
Goldberg looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fisher looking for a sweep. Not yet Fisher, not yet.
Fisher keeping moving, preventing Goldberg from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bill Goldberg has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Goldberg is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fisher.

Fisher gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Goldberg decides to pull guard.
Goldberg can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fisher controls the pace.
Fisher wants to control from the top but Goldberg keeps moving.
Fisher controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Goldberg has momentary wrist control but Fisher slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goldberg will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fisher seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Goldberg looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fisher is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg trying to control the position.
Fisher works over Goldberg with some ground and pound from guard.
Fisher sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Goldberg's guard.
Goldberg is trying to maintain the position but Fisher is very close to passing his half guard.
Fisher trying to control the action but Goldberg is working from the bottom.
Fisher not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Goldberg trying to control from the bottom.
Fisher with the ground and pound but Goldberg uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Fisher is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher stays in close to Goldberg's body and controls the position.
Fisher has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Fisher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fisher with a nice head shot there.
Fisher throws a big elbow that misses.
Fisher is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Goldberg preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fisher controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Fisher trying to control the position from guard on top but Goldberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher cracks Goldberg with a solid left hand.
Goldberg is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fisher lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Goldberg is rocked!
Fisher gets to his feet and stands over Goldberg, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Goldberg felt that one! Fisher unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Goldberg from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spencer Fisher!
Spencer Fisher spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.