PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Baskerville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Tischer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baskerville's entrance music is God Save the Queen. A fine choice. Tischer has chosen Smells Like A Freakshow as his entrance music. Marcus Tischer is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Baskerville
vs
Tischer

195 cm
27
192 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
201 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Determined

Alpha Male

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Baskerville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Tischer!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baskerville throws a jab but it's blocked by Tischer.
Tischer misses with a wild body shot.
Tischer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baskerville misses the shot to the body.
Henry Baskerville seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tischer wants to slow Baskerville down by chopping away at his legs.
Tischer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tischer blocks a jab.
Baskerville is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tischer.
Tischer thows a body shot but no joy.
Tischer throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tischer throws a body punch but Baskerville moves out of range.
Tischer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tischer keeps the fight on the outside.
Baskerville looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tischer.
Baskerville uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tischer.
Baskerville misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tischer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tischer looks to land a body kick but Baskerville moved away.
Baskerville throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tischer misses the shot to the body.
Tischer lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tischer scores with the left hand. Baskerville knows he should have avoided that one.
Tischer throws a shot from downtown. Baskerville moves away and avoids it.
Tischer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baskerville slips a straight right by Tischer.
Tischer loads up on a big right hand but Baskerville slips the punch.
Decent striking displayed by Tischer there.
Tischer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Baskerville scores with a shot to the body.
Baskerville blocks a low kick nicely.
Baskerville throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tischer misses with a body shot.
Tischer works Baskerville's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baskerville looks to land a left hand but Tischer moved out of range nicely.
Tischer throws a body punch but Baskerville moves out of range.
Tischer throws a body punch but Baskerville moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tischer throws the kick towards the body but Baskerville avoids it.
Tischer has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tischer throws a big shot that misses.
Baskerville avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tischer misses with a leg kick.

Baskerville shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tischer is trying to defend but Baskerville finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Baskerville wants to pass to mount but Tischer is defending the position.
Tischer wants to improve his position but Baskerville is controlling well.
Baskerville tries to pass to full mount but Tischer defends it.

Baskerville is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Baskerville is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baskerville is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tischer wants to control but Baskerville is keeping busy.

Baskerville seems to be looking for submissions.
Tischer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Baskerville is working away from the top position though.
Tischer works his way to full guard. Good work.
Baskerville tries to free his leg and advance position but Tischer is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baskerville trying to control but Tischer is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tischer is looking to stand up but Baskerville isn't so interested in that idea.
Baskerville trying to control but Tischer is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Henry Baskerville just wasn't active enough.
Tischer throws a head kick but Baskerville moves out of range.
Baskerville is looking to wear down Tischer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tischer misses with a wild body shot.
Tischer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baskerville moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tischer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tischer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Tischer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tischer misses with a kick to the body.
Baskerville on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tischer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Baskerville checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Baskerville keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Baskerville misses the target.
Tischer tries to work over Baskerville's front leg with a kick but Baskerville checks it.
Baskerville tries to close the distance and clinch but Tischer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tischer misses with a looping right.
Tischer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baskerville circles away quickly and effectively.
Tischer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tischer thuds his right hand into Baskerville's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Baskerville moves out of range of the body kick.
Tischer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baskerville doesn't seem bothered though.
Tischer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tischer throws a nice looking combination but Baskerville bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tischer slips a straight right by Baskerville.
Baskerville shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tischer defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tischer throws a wild body kick that Baskerville sees coming a mile off.
Baskerville misses with a wild body shot.
Baskerville looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baskerville. Tischer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baskerville tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tischer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baskerville jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baskerville avoids the body shot from Tischer.
Baskerville shoots in looking for a takedown but Tischer manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Baskerville's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Baskerville. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tischer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Baskerville.
Baskerville avoids the body shot from Tischer.
Tischer defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Baskerville.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baskerville avoids the head kick by Tischer.
Marcus Tischer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baskerville tries to clinch but Tischer moves out of range.
Tischer looks to score with a jab to the body but Baskerville is just out of range.
Baskerville on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tischer defending well as Baskerville loads up on a big left hand.
Tischer slips a jab from Baskerville.
Baskerville misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Tischer.
Tischer misses with a low kick as Baskerville jumps back.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Baskerville.
Tischer blocks a jab.
Tischer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tischer blocks a jab.
Tischer misses with a hook. Baskerville ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tischer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tischer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Baskerville is able to avoid easily.
Tischer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tischer misses the shot to the body.

Baskerville drives through with a takedown into Tischer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Baskerville trying to control the position from guard on top but Tischer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Baskerville thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Baskerville wants to control from the top but Tischer keeps moving.
Tischer is looking to stand up but Baskerville isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baskerville trying to control but Tischer is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tischer has his hands on Baskerville's head, controlling the position.
Baskerville is looking to pass into half guard but Tischer pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tischer is in guard.
Tischer wants to stand and escape but instead Baskerville has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Tischer can't keep his opponent in guard - Baskerville advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Tischer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Baskerville throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tischer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marcus Tischer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tischer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baskerville throws a hook but Tischer avoids it easily.
Tischer moves out of range as Baskerville strikes.
Baskerville stuns Tischer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tischer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baskerville.
Tischer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tischer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tischer thows a body shot but no joy.

Baskerville has closed the distance and engaged Tischer in a clinch.
Tischer throws an elbow but it misses.

Tischer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tischer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circling - Tischer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baskerville avoids the head kick by Tischer.
Tischer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baskerville stuns Tischer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baskerville moves out of range of the body kick.
Baskerville tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tischer was well out of range. Poor timing from Baskerville.
Tischer misses with a wild body shot.
Baskerville keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baskerville fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baskerville takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tischer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Baskerville shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tischer manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Baskerville drops back looking for a leg! Tischer is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tischer manages to kick Baskerville off! Baskerville jumps back into Tischer's guard.
Baskerville trying to control the position from guard on top but Tischer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Baskerville is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Tischer is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Tischer has escaped and now he's on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baskerville pulls Tischer in close to prevent any damage.
Baskerville looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tischer is one step ahead there.
Tischer stays in close to Baskerville's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tischer stands and throws Baskerville's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Baskerville wants to control but Tischer postures up.
Baskerville tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tischer trying to control the position but Baskerville is working away.
Tischer controlling from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tischer is looking to take a break and control but Baskerville is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Baskerville tries to bench press Tischer off him but Tischer keeps the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baskerville wants to control but Tischer postures up.
Henry Baskerville overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Baskerville gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Henry Baskerville has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tischer wants to stand up but Baskerville is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Henry Baskerville.
I think Tischer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marcus Tischer!
Marcus Tischer thanked the fans post fight for their support.