PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Fister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Fister
vs
Holmes

182 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Fister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Holmes!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fister is looking to clinch.
Fister tries to move into range but Holmes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fister showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holmes.
Fister shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice sprawl there from Fister as Holmes shoots in.
Holmes fails with the takedown.
Holmes misses with a few strikes there.
Holmes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holmes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Fister tries to keep at a distance but Holmes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Holmes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fister tries to pull guard but Holmes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Fister escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gary Holmes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fister has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Fister. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fister fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes shoots and misses
enabling Fister to counter with a crisp jab.
Fister tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fister misses with a body kick.

Fister has taken the fight to the clinch.
Holmes tries for a takedown. No joy.

Holmes manages to break the clinch.
Holmes misses with a leg kick.
Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holmes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fister.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fister looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holmes misses with a takedown attempt

and Fister counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Holmes looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Holmes wants to get back to his feet.
Fister knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Holmes on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Holmes pushes Fister off and gets back to his feet.

Fister drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fister tries to free his leg and advance position but Holmes is retaining full guard.
Fister wants to stand but Holmes is controlling his posture from full guard.
Holmes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Holmes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fister is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fister trying to stand up but can't free himself from Holmes's guard.
Fister is looking to advance position but Holmes has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Holmes avoids the attempt from Fister to control.
BOOM! Holmes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Holmes wants to control but Fister has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Fister is trying to stand back up but Holmes is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Holmes is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Holmes decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Holmes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fister shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Holmes scores with a three punch combo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fister fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Holmes stalks Fister and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fister's face. Fister staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gary Holmes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Fister's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Holmes throws a series of strikes that have Fister backpedaling.
Holmes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fister but Fister pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice takedown defense from Holmes. No joy for Fister on that attempt.
Holmes punishes Fister's body with a nice straight punch.
Fister defending well as Holmes loads up on a big left hand.
Holmes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Holmes.
Fister dives in and grabs Holmes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Holmes pushes down on Fister's head and hops out.
Holmes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fister stuffs the takedown attempt from Holmes. Holmes gets slowly back to his feet.
Frank Fister has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Holmes.
Holmes misses with the combination.
Fister shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Holmes as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holmes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fister tests Holmes's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Holmes moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fister.
Fister is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmes gets underhooks to prevent Fister's takedown attempt.

Holmes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gary Holmes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fister takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Holmes throws a series of strikes that have Fister backpedaling.
Fister tries to clinch but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holmes tried to score with a low kick but Fister checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fister swivels and escapes.
Holmes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fister misses with a kick to the body.
Fister closes this distance looking for a takedown but Holmes circles away.
Holmes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fister counters with a body kick.

Fister throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Holmes was covering up waiting for the punch and Fister finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fister prevents Holmes from getting back to his feet.
Fister wanted to stand there but Holmes had control of the position.

Holmes has his feet on Fister's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Holmes clinches up against the cage.

Holmes breaks from the clinch.

Holmes takes the fight into the clinch.
Fister misses with a knee strike.

Holmes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fister dodges the punch combination from Holmes.
Some wild striking there from Holmes.
Fister tries for a takedown but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Holmes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fister looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Holmes content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Holmes sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Fister is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Holmes working the ground and pound.
Fister misses with an elbow from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fister is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Holmes stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Holmes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Holmes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fister tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holmes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fister closes the distance and clinches up with Holmes, looking for a takedown. Fister pushes Holmes against the cage but Holmes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Holmes shoots in and drives through. Fister sprawls well.
Holmes is looking to clinch but Fister is avoiding it.
Fister fails with a takedown attempt.
Holmes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holmes tries to clinch there but Fister circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holmes.
Holmes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fister takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Holmes with that takedown attempt.
Fister tries to clinch but Holmes is having none of it.
Holmes looks for a takedown but Fister sprawls well.
Frank Fister has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Holmes.
Holmes stuffs the takedown.
Frank Fister is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holmes blocks a head kick by Fister.
Holmes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Fister looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fister wants to control from the top but Holmes keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Holmes pushes Fister off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fister trying to stall but Holmes improves his position.

Holmes breaks from the clinch.
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!
Holmes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Holmes with a hook.
Holmes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Holmes stalks Fister and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fister's face. Fister staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fister bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Holmes wants to get back to his feet.

Fister is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Holmes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Holmes sneaks out the side door and pushes Fister away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Fister throws a series of punches but Holmes moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fister.

Holmes drives through and clinches with Fister against the cage.

Holmes breaks the clinch.
Fister throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Holmes's waist but Holmes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fister off to one side.

Fister tries to keep at a distance but Holmes has taken the fight into the clinch.
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!

Holmes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Fister misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holmes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fister moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fister fails with a takedown attempt.
Frank Fister has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gary Holmes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fister slips a jab and a cross from Holmes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Holmes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Holmes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Holmes!