PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mir has chosen Nas - Hate Me Now as his entrance music. Spencer Fisher has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fisher
vs
Mir

196 cm
21
254 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Spencer Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Francisco Mir!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mir wants to clinch up but Fisher keeps it at a distance.
Mir tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mir.
Mir is looking to take a break and control but Fisher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fisher is looking for a sweep.
Fisher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fisher tries to get out of the position.
Mir throws a strike aimed at the side of Fisher's head but Fisher avoids it well.
Mir remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mir trying to control the position but Fisher is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Fisher is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mir wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fisher keeps working.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A good leg kick by Mir.
Mir is looking to clinch but Fisher is avoiding it.

Mir feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mir slips nicely into half guard.
Mir wants to pass to mount but Fisher is defending the position.
Mir working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mir passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Fisher!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir raining down shots from the mount!
Fisher is desperately trying to improve his position but Mir has a good base and remains in mount.
Fisher is squirming around, avoiding Mir's attempts to control the action.
Fisher wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mir.
Mir trying to control but Fisher is having none of it.
Fisher really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir with good strikes from the mount here!
Mir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mir trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mir thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fisher is looking to get to half guard.
Fisher blocking the ground and pound.
Mir throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is trying desperately to improve position.
Mir looking to control but Fisher is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mir throwing strikes here but Fisher is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Mir throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fisher avoids a strike by Mir and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Mir's guard! Fantastic escape!
Fisher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mir on the ground.
Mir is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mir wants to take a breather but Fisher is having none of it.

Fisher has one foot on Mir's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francisco Mir dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mir tries to clinch up but Fisher circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Mir.
Mir tries to clinch up.
Fisher misses with a takedown attempt

and Mir counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Mir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fisher shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Mir counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mir tries to free his leg and advance position but Fisher is retaining full guard.
Mir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mir passes into half guard.
Mir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mir not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mir lands a nice short elbow.
Mir is pressing down on Fisher's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fisher is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher trying to control here.
Fisher is not content to let Mir control the position.
Fisher is trying to control but Mir passes into side control!
Fisher holding on.
Mir tries to score with some ground and pound. Fisher controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two 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.
Mir tries to move to mount but Fisher blocks the move with his legs.
Mir works to advance to full mount. Fisher defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Mir landing shots from mount.
Fisher bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Mir is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fisher postures up in Mir's guard and throws a big left but Mir blocks it.
Mir is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mir looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fisher is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher trying to control the position from guard on top but Mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mir has momentary wrist control but Fisher slips an elbow through the middle.
Mir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mir controls Fisher momentarily but Fisher frees himself.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mir wants to clinch up but Fisher keeps it at a distance.
Fisher gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Mir counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fisher won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spencer Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fisher has one of Mir's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Fisher prevents Mir from moving into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir trying to control the action but Fisher is working from the bottom.
Mir throws an elbow but Fisher slips to the side and avoids it well.
Mir is putting a hurting on Fisher here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fisher parries the strikes from Mir easily there. Mir is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Fisher to escape.
Fisher is trying to control Mir's posture but Mir avoids it.

Mir working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fisher struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francisco Mir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Mir tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fisher doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Mir counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fisher!
Francisco Mir has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mir lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mir looking to finish with strikes here!
Fisher taking shots to the head.
Fisher tries to hold on but Mir pushes him away.
Mir thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Mir thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher is looking to improve his position but Mir isn't that keen on the idea.
Fisher wants to control but Mir is having none of it.
Mir trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Mir is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Fisher to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Fisher shrugs it off.
Fisher is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fisher tries to lock up and control but Mir gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fisher is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mir scoring with strikes but Fisher is staying in there.

It looks like Spencer Fisher has been cut.
Fisher is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mir throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mir thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Mir is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Fisher to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Fisher shrugs it off.
Mir throws some wild stikes that Fisher manages to avoid easily.
Mir trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir throwing strikes here but Fisher is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Mir looking to ground and pound but Fisher is blocking nicely.
Fisher is desperately trying to improve his position but Mir has a good base and remains in mount.
Mir tries to control but Fisher wriggling away.
Fisher wants to control but Mir is having none of it.
Fisher wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mir.
Fisher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fisher is working hard here to advance position.
Mir can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fisher is looking to escape.
Francisco Mir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mir controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francisco Mir comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mir has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francisco Mir!