PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Fraiberg (ranked 4179 p4p, 4316 weight class) and Stri Yanhavoci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Michael Fraiberg has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michael Fraiberg seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Fraiberg
vs
Yanhavoci

193 cm
18
220
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
205
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Fraiberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stri Yanhavoci!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fraiberg throws a right hand that misses

and Yanhavoci counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Yanhavoci not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fraiberg is trying to get back to full guard.
Yanhavoci not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yanhavoci missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fraiberg is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fraiberg is working hard here to advance position.
Well, if Yanhavoci is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Fraiberg tries to get to full guard but Yanhavoci has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fraiberg trying to control here.
Yanhavoci content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fraiberg trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Fraiberg is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yanhavoci controlling from mount.
Yanhavoci is landing with some decent strikes but Fraiberg is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Yanhavoci can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fraiberg is looking to escape.
Yanhavoci working the ground and pound effectively.
Yanhavoci unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fraiberg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Yanhavoci with the ground and pound from mount.
Fraiberg is working to get back to half guard.
Fraiberg is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fraiberg is trying to escape the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanhavoci looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fraiberg is trying desperately to improve position.
Yanhavoci lands a big shot there that rocks Fraiberg but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fraiberg bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Fraiberg with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yanhavoci looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fraiberg is one step ahead there.
Yanhavoci managing to control the position.
Fraiberg sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yanhavoci's guard.
Yanhavoci flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fraiberg trying to control from half guard but Yanhavoci is working away.
Yanhavoci wants to get back to his feet.
Yanhavoci works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fraiberg slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Yanhavoci working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fraiberg doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fraiberg manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Yanhavoci has his hands on Fraiberg's head, controlling the position.
Yanhavoci bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fraiberg's guard.

Yanhavoci preventing the sweep.

Yanhavoci stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Yanhavoci takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Yanhavoci shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Fraiberg is trying to defend but Yanhavoci finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fraiberg works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stri Yanhavoci dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fraiberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Yanhavoci circles away.
Yanhavoci looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yanhavoci takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yanhavoci circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yanhavoci shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fraiberg tries to clinch but Yanhavoci is having none of it.
Yanhavoci wants to counter with a clinch but Fraiberg pushes him away.
Fraiberg connects with a looping right hand.
Yanhavoci fails with a takedown attempt.
Fraiberg lands with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yanhavoci with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fraiberg to score with a decent uppercut.
Fraiberg scores with a jab. Yanhavoci acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yanhavoci has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Yanhavoci moves into the clinch successfully.
Fraiberg throws a punch but it's blocked by Yanhavoci.
Fraiberg misses with a body punch.

Yanhavoci manages to break the clinch.
Michael Fraiberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fraiberg lands a slapping body shot.
Fraiberg lands a nice shot to the body.
Fraiberg throws a body shot but no joy.
Yanhavoci fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fraiberg bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fraiberg stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fraiberg with a nice cross.
Fraiberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Michael Fraiberg is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut there from Fraiberg.
Fraiberg scores with a nice head shot.
Fraiberg scores with a jab. Yanhavoci acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Yanhavoci is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fraiberg measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Yanhavoci! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Michael Fraiberg!
After the fight, Michael Fraiberg was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.