PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Friedrich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Trouble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Friedrich might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Go hard or go home. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Friedrich
vs
Trouble

180 cm
29
280 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
28
260 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Friedrich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Big Trouble!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Friedrich closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Trouble slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Friedrich postures up.
Trouble avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Trouble throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trouble throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Trouble wants to sweep here but Friedrich controlling him for the moment.
Trouble throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Trouble is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Trouble throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Trouble has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Friedrich blocking the ground and pound attempt from Trouble.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Friedrich has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Trouble is working away from the top position though.
Trouble trying to control the action but Friedrich is working from the bottom.
Trouble lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trouble is thwarting Friedrich's attempts to control the position.
Trouble prevents Friedrich from improving his position.
Friedrich works his way to full guard. Good work.
Trouble chips away with some ground and pound.
Trouble trying to control but Friedrich is working from the bottom.
Friedrich avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Trouble lands a couple of digs.
Trouble pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Friedrich is keeping the position for now.
Friedrich tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Friedrich throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Friedrich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Friedrich landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trouble is looking to improve his position but Friedrich isn't that keen on the idea.
Trouble is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Friedrich is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Trouble can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Trouble is desperately trying to improve his position but Friedrich has a good base and remains in mount.
Trouble takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trouble is looking to improve his position but Friedrich isn't that keen on the idea.
Trouble is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Trouble taking shots to the head.
Trouble manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Trouble manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Friedrich postures up.
Trouble avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Trouble is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Friedrich is looking to work some ground and pound but Trouble has wrist control.
Friedrich missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Friedrich content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Trouble is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Trouble has momentary wrist control but Friedrich slips an elbow through the middle.
Friedrich trying to control the position from guard on top but Trouble is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trouble strikes from his own guard.
Friedrich is looking to work some ground and pound but Trouble has wrist control.
Trouble working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Friedrich tries to free his leg and advance position but Trouble is retaining full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trouble working a defensive guard here.
Trouble manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Friedrich is looking to improve his position but Trouble isn't that keen on the idea.
Trouble punishing his opponent with strikes.
Friedrich slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Nice strikes from Trouble there.
Friedrich is not content to let Trouble control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Trouble connects with a nice short shot to Friedrich's temple.
Trouble lands with a punch from half guard.
Trouble 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Big Trouble will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Trouble looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Friedrich!
Friedrich is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Trouble with good strikes from the mount here!
Friedrich is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Friedrich sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Trouble scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trouble seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Friedrich does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Trouble is looking to advance position but Friedrich won't allow it.
Friedrich is trying to control but can't.
Trouble missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Friedrich blocking the ground and pound attempt from Trouble.
Trouble working over Friedrich with some ground and pound. Friedrich looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Trouble trying to mount his opponent but Friedrich defends it.
Trouble lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Friedrich throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Trouble lands a nice short elbow.
Friedrich is holding on to half guard well.
Trouble is trying to control the action in half guard but Friedrich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Trouble winds up and cracks Friedrich with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Robert Friedrich has been cut.
Trouble working the head and body with strikes.
Trouble thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Trouble drops an elbow to the side of Friedrich's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trouble is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Robert Friedrich's cut is getting worse.
Trouble scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Robert Friedrich's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robert Friedrich's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Big Trouble!