PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stipe Miocic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fury
vs
Miocic

190 cm
25
235 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
255 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Hope MMA: Island Nutritions

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stipe Miocic!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miocic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut there from Miocic.
Miocic lands a nice shot to the body.
Miocic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fury closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Miocic misses with a looping left.
Nice straight punches there by Miocic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Miocic.
Miocic fails to land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Miocic.
Miocic throws a one two combo.
Miocic misses with a straight left.
Fury loads up on a big right hand but Miocic slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fury takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fury is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Miocic.
Miocic keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Miocic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fury.
Miocic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fury has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fury takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stipe Miocic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miocic scores with a decent looking hook.
Miocic throws a shot to the body.
Fury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Miocic throws a right and a left that both miss.

Fury shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fury was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Fury is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Miocic has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fury advances to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fury can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Miocic is looking to escape.

Fury with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fury is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Fury!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bob Fury!
Bob Fury thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Stipe Miocic was interviewed post fight and said 'I will back stronger then ever.'.