PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhammed Brishnich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennis Palmer has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Palmer
vs
Brishnich

171 cm
21
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

152 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Bio-Tech Industries

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dennis Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Muhammed Brishnich!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Palmer shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Brishnich gets full guard.
Palmer passes Brishnich's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Palmer prevents Brishnich from improving his position.
Palmer controlling the pace.
Palmer is trying to control. Brishnich wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brishnich is looking for a sweep. Palmer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brishnich regains full guard. Nicely done.
Palmer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brishnich's head.
Palmer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A lull in the action here as Palmer stalls from top position.
Brishnich is trying to improve his position.
Palmer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brishnich is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Palmer taking a breather here.
Brishnich gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brishnich manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Brishnich is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Brishnich looks gassed!
Palmer works over Brishnich with some ground and pound from guard.
Palmer 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brishnich tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Palmer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Palmer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Palmer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Palmer looking to pass the guard.
Palmer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palmer 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.

Brishnich is looking for a triangle but Palmer pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brishnich is keeping the position for now.

Brishnich is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Palmer is aware though and is defending well.
Palmer stands and throws Brishnich's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Palmer is putting a hurting on Brishnich here, landing some big shots from side control.
Brishnich being controlled for a moment.

Palmer looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brishnich struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brishnich might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Palmer kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Palmer tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Palmer has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Brishnich manages to work his way to half guard, despite Palmer's best efforts.
Brishnich tries to get to full guard but Palmer has control of the leg.

Brishnich looking for submissions off his back.
Brishnich is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dennis Palmer will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Horrible takedown by Palmer or perhaps it was just good defense by Brishnich which made him look bad.
Palmer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brishnich's waist but Brishnich gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Palmer off to one side.
Palmer misses with a few strikes there.
Brishnich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brishnich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brishnich should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Brishnich misses with a wild combination.

Palmer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Brishnich working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Palmer doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Palmer manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brishnich is trying to control the position but Palmer postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palmer wants to pass the guard but Brishnich is keeping the position.

Brishnich looking for a guillotine here but Palmer defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brishnich keeping moving, preventing Palmer from controlling successfully.

Brishnich is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Palmer defends well.

Palmer drops back looking for a leg! Brishnich is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Brishnich manages to kick Palmer off! Palmer jumps back into Brishnich's guard.

Brishnich working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Palmer doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Brishnich is tightening it up a little... Palmer has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Palmer reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Palmer taps out! nice BJJ there by Brishnich!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Muhammed Brishnich!