PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coca Cola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Frazier has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cola
vs
Frazier

187 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Coca Cola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ken Frazier!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frazier misses with a hook. Cola ducked under it nicely.
Frazier closes the distance and clinches up with Cola, looking for a takedown. Frazier pushes Cola against the cage but Cola circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cola misses with a takedown

and Frazier decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cola's guard.
Frazier won't allow Cola to get back to his feet.
Frazier is stalling in the full guard.
Frazier prevents Cola from getting back to his feet.
Frazier slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Frazier gets to his feet - Cola follows without any prompting.
Cola fails with the takedown

so Frazier counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Frazier's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier stops Cola from standing up.

Frazier decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cola, up you get!

Frazier throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Cola was covering up waiting for the punch and Frazier finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Cola on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cola tries to get out of the position.
Cola is breathing heavily.
Frazier is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Frazier decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cola is bucking up trying to escape but Frazier cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cola wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Frazier sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cola wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Frazier.
Cola is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier controlling his opponent.

Frazier has hold of Cola's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cola manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Frazier looking to ground and pound but Cola is blocking nicely.
Cola wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Frazier sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Frazier throwing strikes here but Cola is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Frazier tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Frazier stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Frazier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cola fails with the takedown

so Frazier counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coca Cola. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frazier tries to free his leg and advance position but Cola is retaining full guard.
Frazier throws a big right hand that misses.
Frazier stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cola swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cola being controlled here, momentarily.
Cola wants to stand up but Frazier is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Frazier 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.

Frazier is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cola's half guard.
Frazier controlling the action here.
Cola is looking to escape.
Frazier looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cola avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Frazier.

Frazier stands up from half guard.

Frazier decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cola knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Frazier on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frazier decides to stand and escape the position.

Frazier shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Frazier was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cola is trying to stand.
Frazier sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cola is trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Frazier controlling from the full mount.

Despite being in the dominant position, Ken Frazier just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cola with a poor takedown

and Frazier counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Frazier stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Frazier thows a body shot but no joy.
Frazier ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Frazier moves into the clinch.
Frazier has had enough of the clinch but Cola keeps him there for the moment.

Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frazier fails with a takedown attempt.
Cola keeps the fight on the outside.
Frazier wants to clinch up but Cola keeps it at a distance.

Frazier shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Frazier was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Frazier thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frazier looking to control and managing it successfully.
Let's hope that Frazier has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frazier's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Frazier looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Frazier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Frazier shoots in for a double leg but Cola sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cola misses with a takedown

and Frazier counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Frazier.
Frazier stops Cola from standing up.

Frazier decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cola, up you get!
Frazier misses with a head kick.
Ken Frazier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frazier moves in looking to clinch but Cola pushes him off.

Frazier drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Frazier tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier controlling the position from side mount.
Frazier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cola is trying to buck Frazier off.
Cola is letting Frazier control him for a moment.

Frazier tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Frazier has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Frazier remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Frazier working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Frazier decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cola to his feet.

Frazier shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cola trying desperately to get to his feet.

Frazier is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Cola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frazier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cola circles away from the clinch attempt.
Frazier tries for a takedown but Cola circles away easily

and Cola counters with a nice double leg into side control. Frazier won't be happy with that.
Frazier gets back to half guard.
Frazier moves into full guard.
Cola missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cola missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Frazier seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Frazier will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frazier wants to sweep here but Cola controlling him for the moment.
Frazier is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Frazier working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cola.
Frazier seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Frazier manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cola manages to get himself to full guard.
Cola is looking to stand up but Frazier isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Frazier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Frazier has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 25:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 25:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Frazier!