PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trevor Fisher is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Payne
vs
Fisher

174 cm
19
187 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
30
193 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BlackStar Athletics

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trevor Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Payne moves into the clinch successfully.
Fisher misses with a body punch.
Fisher lands a hook that snaps the head of Payne backwards.
Fisher tries to break free but Payne pushes him back against the cage.
Fisher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Payne backwards.
Fisher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fisher working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Fisher fails to land.

Fisher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fisher misses with a body kick.
Payne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Payne crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fisher - the referee stops the clock and Payne gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fisher. Payne manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fisher misses with an uppercut. Payne saw that one coming.
Payne has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Max Payne has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fisher lands with a slapping head kick.
Trevor Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fisher has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Payne.
Payne avoids the body shot from Fisher.
The fight stays on the outside here - Payne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fisher lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher scores with a jab to the jaw.
Payne drops his hands momentarily and Fisher takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Payne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Payne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Payne tried to score with a low kick but Fisher checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fisher! But no joy.
Fisher lands with a cross.
Fisher throws a sloppy head kick and Payne moves out of range easily.
Payne checks a leg kick.
Payne shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Payne throws a big shot that misses.
Fisher has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Trevor Fisher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Payne missing with a left hand there. Fisher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Payne with a nice cross.
Fisher misses with a wild combination.
Fisher scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Payne throws a sloppy head kick and Fisher moves out of range easily.
Fisher scores with a hook.
Fisher is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher moves out of range of the strikes.
Good exchange - Payne coming out on top.
Fisher has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fisher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Payne.
Payne throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Payne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fisher follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Payne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fisher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Payne misses.
Fisher throws a counter combo.
Fisher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fisher works the jab nicely.
Fisher throws a head kick that misses.
Payne punishes Fisher's body with a nice straight punch.
Payne misses with an uppercut. Fisher saw that one coming.
Fisher fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fisher cracks Payne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fisher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Payne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice uppercut lands for Fisher. That snapped Payne's head back.
Fisher tests Payne's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne scores with a jab to the head.
Payne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Payne misses with a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fisher.
Payne throws a counter high kick but Fisher was just alert enough to avoid it.
Fisher displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fisher lands a nice shot that snaps Payne's head back.

Payne is rocked!
Fisher walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Payne drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Fisher swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Payne's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trevor Fisher!
Trevor Fisher made sure to mention his sponsor, KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$) in his post fight interview.