PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Titan Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Law's entrance music is Nirvana-Come as You Are. A fine choice. Fisher is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Anberlin - Feel Good Drag. Titan Law has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Law
vs
Fisher

170 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Titan Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerome Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Law misses with the combination.
Law throws a jab when Fisher was well out of range.
Law connects with a nice looking jab.
Law lands a lovely overhand right.
Law with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fisher ducks under a wild hook from Law.
Fisher slips under a jab.
Fisher walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - Law throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fisher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Law looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Fisher closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Law did well to prevent Fisher getting side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Law looking for submissions off his back.
Fisher not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Law looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Law actively working from the bottom here.
Law is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fisher scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fisher really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Law. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Law looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Law looking for submissions off his back.
Fisher drops an elbow to the side of Law's head.
Law keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fisher working over Law with some ground and pound. Law looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Law is refusing to be controlled, as Fisher sits in half guard.

Law looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fisher wants to take a breather but Law is having none of it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fisher lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law has hold of Fisher's hands but Fisher slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fisher lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Law actively working from the bottom here.
Law makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Law.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Law looking for a guillotine here but Fisher defends easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Law keeping moving, preventing Fisher from controlling successfully.
Fisher throwing strikes but missing.
Fisher scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fisher lands a couple of digs.

Law looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Fisher is defending well. Law quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Fisher has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Law celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Titan Law!
After winning the bout, Titan Law thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.