PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Karleon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Frengar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karl Karleon has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Karl Karleon
vs
Frengar

187 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karl Karleon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Frengar!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frengar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Karleon pinned against the cage. Karleon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Frengar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Karleon's guard.

Frengar gets to his feet - Karleon follows without any prompting.

Frengar tries to sprawl but Karleon drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Karleon passes to full mount!
Karleon prevents Frengar from getting the reversal.
Karleon scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Frengar?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frengar is wriggling around trying to escape.
Karleon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karleon landing strikes, looking to finish!
Karleon landing shots from mount.
Karleon wants to control the pace but Frengar is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frengar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Karleon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Frengar is squirming around, avoiding Karleon's attempts to control the action.
Karleon landing strikes from the mount and Frengar is in trouble!
Karleon landing punches.

Karleon has hold of Frengar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Frengar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Frengar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Frengar looks winded!
Karleon trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Karleon with shots to the head and body - Frengar looks very uncomfortable down there.
Karleon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Karleon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Karleon controlling from mount.
Karleon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Karleon connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Karleon controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karleon wants to control the pace but Frengar is squirming around nicely.
Karleon content just to control the position here.
Karleon avoids the attempt from Frengar to control.
Karleon 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.
Karleon punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karleon is landing with some decent strikes but Frengar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Karleon raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karleon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Karleon lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Karleon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Karleon looking to isolate an arm here. Frengar doesn't see it coming and as Karleon extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Karleon!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Karl Karleon!