PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Decon Frost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Frost's choice of entrance music: With Great Power. Michael Corleone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Corleone
vs
Frost

181 cm
24
185 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

178 cm
25
197 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Corleone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Decon Frost!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Corleone decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Corleone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Corleone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Corleone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Corleone seems to be looking for submissions.

Corleone is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Corleone is working for a kimura but Frost is defending it quite comfortably.
Corleone content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost is looking to improve his position.
Frost is refusing to be controlled, as Corleone sits in half guard.
Corleone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Corleone is thwarting Frost's attempts to control the position.
Frost tries to get to full guard but Corleone has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Corleone passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Frost!

Corleone swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Frost is now in Corleone's guard. A big mistake from Corleone there, giving up the dominant position!
Corleone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Frost gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Corleone is looking to clinch.
Frost just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone is looking to clinch.
Frost connects with a solid leg kick.
Frost throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Corleone counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Frost!
Corleone takes Frost's back.
Corleone scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Frost is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Corleone off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Corleone is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Corleone is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Frost is defending well though. Corleone let's go of the attempt for now.

Frost fending off the submission attempt from Corleone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone is looking to control Frost but Frost is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Corleone is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Corleone softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Frost fending off the submission attempt from Corleone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Corleone dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Frost walks into a jab.
Frost takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Frost throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Corleone counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Frost looking to hit a scissor sweep but Corleone is one step ahead there.

Corleone stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Frost falls off balance throwing a combination

and Corleone counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Corleone.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frost trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Corleone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Corleone wants to pass the guard but Frost is keeping the position.
Frost keeping moving, preventing Corleone from controlling successfully.
Corleone advances position into side control!
Corleone trying to control the position but Frost is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Corleone working the ground and pound.

Corleone tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Corleone has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Corleone throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Corleone is trying to get an arm triangle but Frost is defending well.
Frost is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost looking for a sweep but Corleone has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The referee warns Frost that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Corleone is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Frost has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Frost!
Corleone seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Frost trying to control but Corleone is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Frost's guard.
Corleone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Frost swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Corleone preventing the sweep.
Corleone tries to free his leg and advance position but Frost is retaining full guard.
Corleone is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corleone postures up in Frost's guard and throws a big left but Frost blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Corleone dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Corleone shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Frost as he avoids it easily.
Frost throws a nice looking combination but Corleone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Corleone darts in and clinches Frost up against the cage.
Corleone stalling in the clinch.

Corleone has clasped his hands together around Frost's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Corleone throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Corleone has control of an arm but Frost manages to advance to Corleone's back!
Corleone trying to control the hands but Frost won't let him.
Frost lands a shot to the head.
Corleone controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost wants to control but Corleone is keeping busy.
Corleone tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Frost trying to control but Corleone is having none of it.
Corleone tries to hold on but Frost postures up.
Corleone keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two 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.
Corleone regains half guard.
Corleone is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corleone is looking for a sweep. Frost is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Frost throwing shots but Corleone is blocking nicely.
Corleone missing with punches from the bottom.
Frost is trying to control. Corleone wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone is trying to maintain the position but Frost is very close to passing his half guard.
Frost tries to pass the half guard into mount. Corleone knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Corleone gets full guard.
Corleone is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Decon Frost has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Corleone is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Frost has managed to free his arm - good work.
Corleone is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Frost won't allow Corleone to pass to mount.
Corleone passes to full mount!
Frost is bucking up trying to escape but Corleone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Frost throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Michael Corleone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Corleone is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Corleone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Corleone, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Corleone!