PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Fitzwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitzwell comes to the cage accompanied by RATM - Killing in The Name. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Fitzwell
vs
Jensen

200 cm
31
270 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

193 cm
27
260 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Fitzwell!
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, Peter Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzwell shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jensen pinned against the cage. Jensen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jensen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Fitzwell tries to sprawl but Jensen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jensen is controlling the pace.
Fitzwell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jensen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fitzwell keeps working.
Fitzwell is trying to maintain the position but Jensen is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen tries to pass to full mount but Fitzwell defends it.
Jensen throwing shots but Fitzwell is blocking nicely.
Fitzwell tries to roll over but Jensen keeps him under control.
Jensen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fitzwell is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jensen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jensen is looking to stall here but Fitzwell recovers full guard.
Fitzwell keeping moving, preventing Jensen from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jensen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fitzwell is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jensen throws a strike but Fitzwell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Fitzwell throws a big right hand that misses.
Fitzwell won't allow Jensen to sweep him here.
Fitzwell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jensen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzwell tries to free his leg and advance position but Jensen is retaining full guard.
Fitzwell stands up over Jensen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jensen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jensen is trying to control the position but Fitzwell postures up.
Fitzwell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fitzwell preventing the sweep.
Fitzwell being controlled here momentarily.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Peter Jensen wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jensen throws a body punch but Fitzwell moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen throws a lazy uppercut
and Fitzwell counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Fitzwell moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Jensen goes down! Can Fitzwell finish him!?

It looks like Peter Jensen has been cut.
Fitzwell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jensen scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Fitzwell throwing strikes but missing.
Fitzwell trying to control the position from guard on top but Jensen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fitzwell postures up in Jensen's guard and throws a big left but Jensen blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jensen 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.
Fitzwell throwing strikes but missing.
Fitzwell postures up in Jensen's guard and throws a big left but Jensen blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Fitzwell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Jensen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jensen throws a hook but Fitzwell avoids it easily.
Jensen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fitzwell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jensen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fitzwell misses the shot to the body.
Jensen throws a hook but Fitzwell avoids it easily.
Jensen lands with a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fitzwell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jensen.
Fitzwell tries to bum rush Jensen with a series of wild strikes but Jensen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jensen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jensen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fitzwell dodges the punch combination from Jensen.
Fitzwell slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jensen shoots in and gets a takedown into Fitzwell's guard.
Jensen is in close to Fitzwell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fitzwell wants to sweep but no luck.
Jensen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jensen throwing strikes from guard but Fitzwell blocks nicely.
Peter Jensen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Fitzwell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen preventing the sweep.
Jensen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jensen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jensen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jensen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fitzwell keeping moving, preventing Jensen from controlling successfully.
Jensen advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fitzwell keeps working.
Jensen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jensen working over Fitzwell with some ground and pound. Fitzwell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fitzwell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jensen.
Fitzwell manages to get to full guard.
Jensen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jensen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jensen looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzwell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Fitzwell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jensen looking to pass the guard.
Jensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Fitzwell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jensen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Peter Jensen wasn't active enough on the ground.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jensen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Jensen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Peter Jensen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jensen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fitzwell swivels and escapes.
Fitzwell misses with an uppercut.
Peter Jensen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as Fitzwell lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jensen doesn't seem phased though.
Fitzwell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jensen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fitzwell shoots in but no luck this time.
Jensen throws out a loose jab but Fitzwell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzwell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jensen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fitzwell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jensen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Jensen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fitzwell napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jensen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jensen slows the pace down.
Jensen scores with punches from side control.
Fitzwell is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen landing strikes.
Jensen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jensen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fitzwell keeps working.
Fitzwell is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jensen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fitzwell some visible discomfort.
Fitzwell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jensen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzwell takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fitzwell is letting Jensen control him for a moment.
Jensen tries to score with some ground and pound. Fitzwell controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
You can see the frustration on Fitzwell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fitzwell is trying to improve his position.
Fitzwell regains half guard, as Jensen was trying to land strikes.
Jensen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen is trying to control the action in half guard but Fitzwell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jensen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fitzwell is refusing to be controlled, as Jensen sits in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jensen is controlling the pace.
Richard Fitzwell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Jensen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Peter Jensen.
Jensen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Jensen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jensen 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Peter Jensen!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Peter Jensen!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Peter Jensen!

Peter Jensen wins by unanimous decision!