PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Cheese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fisher kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fisher
vs
Cheese

200 cm
26
300 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

195 cm
25
297 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harold Cheese!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheese throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fisher's waist but Fisher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cheese off to one side.
Cheese tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fisher gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cheese counters with a stiff right hand.
Fisher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cheese.
Cheese tries to clinch there but Fisher circles away.
Cheese avoids the body shot from Fisher.
Fisher checks a low kick from Cheese.
Cheese will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cheese misses with a straight right.
Fisher lands with a straight right. Cheese didn't see that one coming.
Cheese throws a right hand that Fisher ducks under and follows up with a left that Fisher also avoids with ease.

Fisher drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fisher landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher trying to control but Cheese is working from the bottom.
Fisher with a nice head shot there.
Fisher is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cheese looking for a sweep. Not yet Cheese, not yet.
Fisher trying to control but Cheese is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fisher throwing strikes from guard but Cheese blocks nicely.
Fisher throws a strike but Cheese rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cheese wants to control from the top but Fisher keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cheese's guard.
Cheese is trying to keep Fisher in close.
Fisher lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fisher with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fisher is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fisher thows a big elbow that misses.
Fisher lands a couple of elbows.
Fisher lands a couple of elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cheese is on top in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fisher looking for a sweep. Not yet Fisher, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fisher had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cheese defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cheese would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cheese looks gassed!
Fisher lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cheese!
Fisher with the ground and pound from mount.
Fisher thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fisher working Cheese over with strikes here.
Fisher scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cheese is bucking up trying to escape but Fisher cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher dominating with strikes here.
Cheese is desperately trying to improve his position but Fisher has a good base and remains in mount.
Fisher thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fisher with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Fisher.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fisher with good strikes from the mount here!
Fisher working the ground and pound effectively.
Fisher landing shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fisher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cheese takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fisher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fisher looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fisher fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cheese avoids it really well and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fisher.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cheese throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fisher sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Fisher shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Cheese keeping moving, preventing Fisher from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fisher stopping the sweep attempt from Cheese.
Fisher throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fisher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cheese wants to get back to his feet but Fisher is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cheese avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Fisher drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fisher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fisher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher cracks Cheese with a solid left hand.
Cheese working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fisher.
Fisher is looking to work some ground and pound but Cheese has wrist control.
George Fisher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cheese holds on and takes a little breather.
Fisher throws and elbow that misses. Cheese uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fisher's guard. Nice move by Cheese!
Fisher working a defensive guard here.
Cheese trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fisher's guard.

Fisher working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cheese doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cheese manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fisher trying to keep a closed guard but Cheese is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese wants to stand but Fisher has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Cheese preventing the sweep.
Cheese throwing strikes but missing.
Cheese trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fisher's guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A big left from Cheese misses.
Nice body punch from Fisher.

Cheese gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fisher to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fisher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fisher with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cheese utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fisher wants to control from the top but Cheese keeps moving.
Cheese 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 passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Fisher dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fisher with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cheese counters with a one-two to the body.
Cheese misses with an uppercut. Fisher saw that one coming.
Cheese throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fisher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harold Cheese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fisher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fisher.
Fisher trying to control the action but Cheese is working from the bottom.
Cheese is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fisher fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese manages to get back to half guard.
Cheese keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cheese gets full guard.
Fisher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fisher connects with a couple of short punches.
Fisher connects with a couple of short punches.
Cheese looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fisher is one step ahead there.
Fisher throws a strike but Cheese rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cheese preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cheese manages to get himself to full guard.
Fisher is working Cheese over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fisher trying to control but Cheese is working from the bottom.
Fisher throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cheese is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cheese tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fisher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheese can do to turn this around?
Cheese preventing the sweep.
Cheese trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fisher's guard.
Fisher lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cheese!
Fisher lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Cheese that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fisher raining down shots from the mount!
Fisher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fisher lands with some strikes.
Fisher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fisher postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cheese looks a forlorn figure.
Fisher putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Fisher.
Fisher with a couple of short strikes.
Cheese is looking to improve his position but Fisher isn't that keen on the idea.
Harold Cheese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fisher lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Fisher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fisher has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Fisher!