PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Friendly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason David Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Frank has chosen Go Go Power Rangers as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Friendly
vs
David Frank

183 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Caveman's Meals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Friendly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason David Frank!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David Frank shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Friendly as he jumps to the side.
A big left from Friendly misses.
Friendly misses with the combination.
Friendly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Friendly misses with a few strikes there.
Friendly stuffs the takedown attempt from David Frank. David Frank gets slowly back to his feet.
Friendly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Friendly misses the shot to the body.
Friendly throws a looping overhand right but David Frank ducks down to avoid it.
David Frank tries for a takedown but Friendly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Steve Friendly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason David Frank.
A combination from Friendly does no damage.

David Frank clinches up with Friendly and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Friendly can't break the clinch.
Friendly tries to break the clinch but David Frank is controlling the position.
Friendly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
David Frank is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Friendly gets underhooks to prevent David Frank's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Friendly tries to break the clinch but David Frank is controlling the position.

David Frank breaks the clinch.
Friendly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Friendly stuns David Frank with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Steve Friendly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Friendly misses with a wild body shot.
Friendly throws a hook to the side of David Frank's head but David Frank sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Friendly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

David Frank gets the takedown into side control.
Friendly is not content to let David Frank control the position.
Friendly is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

David Frank tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no David Frank has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
David Frank looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Friendly wants to control but David Frank postures up.
Friendly is looking to reverse the position.
David Frank wants to lay and pray for a moment but Friendly keeps working.
Friendly throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Friendly is trying to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
David Frank looks for a takedown but Friendly sprawls well.
Friendly misses with a double jab.
Friendly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Friendly misses with a body shot.
Friendly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Friendly waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract David Frank.

David Frank clinches.
David Frank wants a takedown.
Friendly has had enough of the clinch but David Frank keeps him there for the moment.
Friendly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Friendly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
David Frank tries for a takedown. No joy.
Friendly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Friendly has had enough of the clinch but David Frank keeps him there for the moment.
Friendly wants to get back to striking at distance but David Frank won't allow it.
Friendly is trying to break free.

David Frank breaks from the clinch.
Friendly throws a big shot that misses.
Friendly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Friendly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

David Frank moves into the clinch.
Friendly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Friendly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but David Frank has him pressed against the cage.
Friendly wants to get back to striking at distance but David Frank won't allow it.
David Frank goes for a takedown attempt but Friendly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Friendly tries to bum rush David Frank with a series of wild strikes but David Frank uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
David Frank has a takedown stuffed.
David Frank gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice uppercut there from Friendly.
Friendly tries to bum rush David Frank with a series of wild strikes but David Frank uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Friendly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. David Frank sees it coming and avoids it easily.

David Frank closes the distance and clinches.
David Frank tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Friendly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason David Frank dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Friendly misses the jab.
Friendly misses with a wild body shot.
David Frank shoots in but no luck this time.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Friendly!
David Frank fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Friendly looks to land a combination but David Frank avoids it well.
Friendly misses with the combination.
Friendly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Friendly as David Frank shoots in.
Steve Friendly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason David Frank.
Friendly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
David Frank gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Friendly misses with an uppercut. David Frank saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

David Frank closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Friendly is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
You can see the frustration on Friendly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David Frank scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Friendly to see if he's OK.

Friendly is rocked!

David Frank in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Friendly is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jason David Frank!