PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olin Raymond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fiddy Pence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fiddy Pence will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Raymond
vs
Pence

211 cm
19
346 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

225 cm
19
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Olin Raymond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fiddy Pence!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pence shoots for a double leg takedown but Raymond sprawls well. He's pushed Pence's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Raymond just misses with a punch to the body.
Pence feints the counter takedown.
Pence tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Raymond defends well and Pence ends up having to push Raymond into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A head kick misses from Raymond.
Pence shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Raymond but Raymond pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Raymond throws a big counter combination but Pence scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Olin Raymond has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fiddy Pence.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pence darts in looking for a takedown but Raymond gets double underhooks and turns Pence into the cage.
Pence on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Raymond dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pence. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymond lands a jab to the nose.
Raymond is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pence is trying hard to land a takedown here. Raymond sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Raymond went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Raymond fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pence has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pence or perhaps it was just good defense by Raymond, which made it look bad.
Raymond tries to close the distance and clinch but Pence swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pence with the counter takedown but Raymond avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pence looks for a takedown but Raymond sprawls well.
Pence is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pence checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pence dives in for a single leg takedown but Raymond sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Raymond leaves Pence with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Raymond fires out a quick counter leg kick but Pence just manages to avoid it.
Raymond could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Raymond misses with a double jab

and Pence counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Raymond!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pence goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Raymond rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Pence's guard! Nice work there by Raymond!
Raymond is looking to work some ground and pound but Pence has wrist control.

Pence is looking for a triangle but Raymond pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pence tries to strike from the bottom.
Pence is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pence is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Pence is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Raymond is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymond postures up.

Pence is looking to cinch up a triangle. Raymond throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Pence's body to avoid the submission. Pence has instead reached around Raymond's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Pence arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Fiddy Pence!
A relieved looking Fiddy Pence thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.