PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hank Bombay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Frost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Frost's choice of entrance music: RAWR. Andre Frost is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bombay
vs
Frost

180 cm
25
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
161 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hank Bombay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Frost!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Bombay. Those never looked like landing.
Bombay misses with a double jab.
Bombay scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bombay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Frost circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice takedown defense from Bombay. No joy for Frost on that attempt.
Bombay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Frost moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Frost dodges the punch combination from Bombay.
Bombay stuffs the takedown attempt from Frost. Frost gets slowly back to his feet.
Frost shoots in but Bombay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hank Bombay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Frost.
Bombay misses with a wild combination.
Bombay misses with a two punch combination.
Frost tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bombay sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Frost somewhat.
Frost shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bombay sprawls well. Bombay wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Frost gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bombay misses with a double jab.
Bombay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bombay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Bombay does no damage.
Hank Bombay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bombay misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Bombay does no damage.
Bombay stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bombay wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Frost or perhaps it was just good defense by Bombay which made him look bad.
Frost fails with a takedown attempt.
Frost looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bombay.
Frost is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bombay.

Frost shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bombay holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Frost tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Frost is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bombay can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bombay takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Frost lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost throws some wild stikes that Bombay manages to avoid easily.
Frost raining down shots from the mount!
Frost punishing his opponent with strikes.
Frost has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bombay is breathing heavily.
Frost lands a big elbow.
Frost throwing strikes here but Bombay is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Frost lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bombay hang on?
Frost looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
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!
Frost thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bombay is in a horrible position here. Frost smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Frost lands with some strikes.
Frost fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bombay knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Frost on the ground.
Frost raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Frost landing strikes, looking to finish!
Frost punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Frost dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Frost shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bombay is trying to defend but Frost finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Frost missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frost thows a huge punch but Bombay dodges it nicely.
Frost looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bombay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bombay won't allow Frost to pass to mount.
Bombay blocking the ground and pound attempt from Frost.
Frost looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bombay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Frost is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bombay is just riding it out for now. Frost eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frost looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Frost throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Frost thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Frost scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost stops Bombay from getting back to his feet.
Frost missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Frost looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bombay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bombay keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Frost not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bombay blocking the ground and pound attempt from Frost.
Frost not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Frost throwing shots but Bombay is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frost sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bombay defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bombay's head.
Frost missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Frost working Bombay over with strikes.
Frost throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Frost missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frost throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Frost thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bombay's head.
Bombay wants to get back to his feet.
Bombay has hold of Frost's hands but Frost slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bombay blocking the ground and pound attempt from Frost.
Frost lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Frost lands a nice short elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frost looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bombay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Frost not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bombay keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Frost throwing shots but Bombay is blocking nicely.
Bombay avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Frost.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Frost showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Frost shoots for a takedown but Bombay saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bombay throws a right and a left that Frost avoids nicely.
Bombay misses with a wild combination.

Frost scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andre Frost!
Andre Frost seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.