PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blood Wizard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Freeman
vs
Wizard

188 cm
26
205 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

187 cm
22
202 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gordon Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Blood Wizard!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman shoots and misses
and Wizard counters with a straight right hand.
Freeman shoots and misses
and Wizard counters with a nice uppercut.
Wizard cracks Freeman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gordon Freeman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freeman shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wizard counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Freeman thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gordon Freeman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Freeman misses with a takedown attempt
and Wizard counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Freeman doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Wizard counters with a shoot takedown. Freeman fights it but they end up in guard.
Wizard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wizard sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Freeman's guard.
Freeman wants to control but Wizard is keeping busy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wizard lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wizard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Wizard seems to be working for a kimura but Freeman defends the submission attempt.

Wizard is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman is trying to get back to full guard.
Wizard lands with a punch from half guard.
Wizard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Freeman actively working from the bottom here.
Wizard is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Freeman is looking to improve his position.
Wizard is nestled in close to Freeman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Still in half guard, Wizard seems content to control.
Ground and pound from Wizard.

Wizard is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wizard not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Freeman tries to roll over but Wizard keeps him under control.
Wizard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Freeman tries to roll over but Wizard keeps him under control.
Wizard working over Freeman with some ground and pound. Freeman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Wizard is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Freeman trying to control here.
Freeman is trying to get back to full guard.
Wizard is nestled in close to Freeman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wizard is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Freeman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wizard.
Wizard working the head and body with strikes.
Freeman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wizard cracks Freeman with a solid left hand.

Wizard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wizard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Freeman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wizard wants to pass the guard but Freeman is keeping the position.
Freeman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wizard's guard.
Wizard keeping moving, preventing Freeman from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Freeman drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Freeman as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Wizard screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Freeman! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Gordon Freeman!