PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitali Jurcina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fisher has chosen Cannibal Corpse - Priests of Sodom as his entrance music. George Fisher is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jurcina
vs
Fisher

188 cm
20
196 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vitali Jurcina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisher plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Fisher.
Jurcina swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fisher throws a shot to the body.
Fisher scores with a decent looking hook.
Fisher misses with an uppercut
and Jurcina makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jurcina moves in looking to clinch but Fisher pushes him off.
Fisher fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jurcina.
Fisher scores with a kick to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jurcina. Fisher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fisher takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like George Fisher has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fisher tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jurcina manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fisher slips under a jab from Jurcina.
Fisher slips under a jab from Jurcina.
Fisher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jurcina tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jurcina is looking to clinch but Fisher is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurcina punishes Fisher's body with a nice straight punch.
Jurcina fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fisher manages to avoid it.
Jurcina scores with a hook to the body. Fisher takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fisher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fisher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jurcina blocks a jab.
Jurcina just misses with a punch to the body.
Fisher takes one to the side of the head.
Jurcina has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fisher.
Jurcina tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fisher was well out of range. Poor timing from Jurcina.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fisher. That's going to slow Jurcina down.
Fisher misses with a hook
and Jurcina counters with a right hand to the body.
Fisher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fisher is looking to clinch but Jurcina is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fisher throws a leg kick but Jurcina sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jab by Fisher.
Jurcina swings for the body but Fisher moves out of range.
Jurcina throws a lazy uppercut
and Fisher counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jurcina uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fisher.
A leg kick checked by Jurcina.
A big right from Fisher misses.
Jurcina defending well as Fisher loads up on a big left hand.
Jurcina misses with a left hand
and Fisher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Fisher pushes Jurcina up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Fisher fails to land.
Jurcina lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jurcina wants to get back to striking at distance but Fisher won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jurcina creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Jurcina breaks the clinch.
George Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jurcina doesn't manage to clinch there - Fisher circles away.
Jurcina is looking to wear down Fisher with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jurcina avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jurcina throws an off balance right hand
letting Fisher counter with a right hand.
Jurcina swings widly with a right hand
letting Fisher counter with a right hand.
Fisher throws out a powerful jab.
Fisher dodges the punch combination from Jurcina.
Fisher connects with a leg kick. Jurcina looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fisher tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jurcina manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jurcina lands with a nice combination. Fisher backs away looking to recover.

Fisher gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fisher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fisher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jurcina cracks Fisher with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Fisher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fisher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jurcina throws a punch but it's blocked by Fisher.
Jurcina managing to block the knees to the body from Fisher.
A short body shot lands from Jurcina as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fisher struggles to land a body shot inside as Jurcina controls his hands.
Fisher blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jurcina cracks Fisher with a nice body shot.
Fisher looks gassed!
Fisher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jurcina's efforts to push away.
Fisher tries a body shot but Jurcina blocks it.
Fisher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jurcina.
Jurcina letting Fisher take a breather here.
Fisher being controlled against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fisher trying to control the position but instead, Jurcina has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fisher into the cage.
Jurcina is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitali Jurcina dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Fisher's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fisher throws a jab but it's blocked by Jurcina.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fisher.
Jurcina misses with an uppercut.
Jurcina throws an off balance right hand
and Fisher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jurcina displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fisher throws out the jab.
Jurcina throws a lazy uppercut
and Fisher finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A jab from Jurcina misses.
Fisher gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fisher lands a body shot.
Fisher staying out of range there.
Fisher scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice straight punches there by Fisher. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fisher.
Fisher scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jurcina in his tracks.
Jurcina throws a sloppy body shot
and Fisher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vitali Jurcina is winning the standup battle so far.
Jurcina looks to score with a jab to the body but Fisher is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher misses with a wild body shot.
Jurcina misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fisher counters with a nice uppercut.
Jurcina tries to clinch but Fisher is having none of it.
Fisher lands with a nice combination. Jurcina backs away looking to recover.
Jurcina has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fisher finds it's way round the side to connect with Jurcina's head.
Fisher works Jurcina's body with a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jurcina.
Fisher misses with a left hand

and Jurcina counters by clinching up.
Fisher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jurcina lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jurcina misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jurcina lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fisher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fisher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jurcina.
Fisher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jurcina backwards.
Fisher blocking some punches.
Jurcina working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.

Jurcina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jurcina throws an off balance right hand
enabling Fisher to counter with a crisp jab.
Fisher staying out of range there.
Fisher closes the distance but Jurcina moves to the side
and Jurcina counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jurcina missing with a left hand there. Fisher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Jurcina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jurcina throws a poor cross that misses
and Fisher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jurcina takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fisher throws a leg kick which misses Jurcina's front leg but catches the back leg as Jurcina tries to avoid it.
Fisher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jurcina.
Fisher swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jurcina counters with a nice body shot.
Jurcina lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fisher at a distance.
Fisher is breathing heavily.
Fisher is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jurcina moves away.
Fisher throws a right hand that misses
and Jurcina counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jurcina dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jurcina throws a hook but Fisher avoids it easily.
A shot to the body from Jurcina misses
and Fisher counters with a stiff right hand.
Fisher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jurcina just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Jurcina.

That has opened up George Fisher's cut even more.
Jurcina drops his hands momentarily and Fisher takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A lazy left from Jurcina finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jurcina checks a low kick from Fisher.
A telegraphed right hand from Jurcina misses the target.
Fisher lands a really nice looking cross but Jurcina seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina scores with a three punch combo!
Fisher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fisher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jurcina lands a nice shot to the body.
Fisher's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jurcina connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fisher scrambles back to his feet.

The cut above George Fisher's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fisher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jurcina ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fisher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jurcina avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jurcina scores with a jab. Fisher acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fisher gets tackled into the cage by Jurcina. Jurcina maintains the clinch.
Fisher scores with a knee to the head.
Fisher tries to land knees in the clinch but Jurcina avoids the damage to the body.
Jurcina is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitali Jurcina dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on George Fisher's cut.
That's time! Jurcina's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Jurcina dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jurcina throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jurcina throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jurcina cracks a nice hook into Fisher's ribs.
Fisher throws a solid leg kick but Jurcina takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fisher.
Jurcina tries to close the distance and clinch but Fisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fisher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fisher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fisher ducks under a wild hook from Jurcina.
Fisher avoids the body shot from Jurcina.
A telegraphed right hand from Jurcina misses the target.
Jurcina misses with a wild body shot.
Jurcina loads up on a big right hand but Fisher slips the punch.
Fisher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurcina misses with a left hand
and Fisher counters with a nice leg kick.
Jurcina lands a nice hook to Fisher's body. Fisher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fisher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jurcina was well out of range. Poor timing from Fisher.
Jurcina scores with a decent looking hook.
Jurcina fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fisher manages to avoid it.
Jurcina tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
Jurcina scores with the left hand. Fisher knows he should have avoided that one.
Fisher misses with a double jab
and Jurcina counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jurcina throws a right and a left that Fisher avoids nicely.
Fisher finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fisher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jurcina comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fisher will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fisher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jurcina wants to clinch
and Fisher makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jurcina tries to clinch but Fisher moves away
and Fisher counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jurcina chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fisher can pounce on him.
Jurcina moves out of range as Fisher throws a body kick.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jurcina paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jurcina throws a jab but it's blocked by Fisher.
Jurcina punishes Fisher's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jurcina moves into range and clinches up with Fisher.
Fisher misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina lands a nice shot to the body.
Jurcina is trying to stall.
Jurcina just leaning against Fisher, taking a breather.
Jurcina lands with a short shot to the head.
Jurcina will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fisher up against the cage.
Jurcina scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fisher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jurcina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Fisher.
Fisher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jurcina managing to block the knees to the body from Fisher.
Fisher is looking to control Jurcina's arms but Jurcina gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fisher has his back to the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Jurcina.
Fisher is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fisher misses with a knee to the head.
George Fisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jurcina lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jurcina lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.

Jurcina manages to break the clinch.
Fisher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jurcina misses with an uppercut
letting Fisher counter with a right hand.
Jurcina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fisher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jurcina.
A big left from Jurcina misses.

Jurcina gets a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jurcina lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Jurcina.
Jurcina lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vitali Jurcina is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jurcina is trying to break free.
Jurcina presses Fisher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vitali Jurcina showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jurcina has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitali Jurcina!