PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Freedmen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freedmen comes to the cage accompanied by Simple Man. Red comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Where Is My Mind by The Pixies kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Freedmen
vs
Red

215 cm
28
258 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

180 cm
32
288 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's All 160
Conquer

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Freedmen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mr Red!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Red throws a predictable looking body shot
and Freedmen counters with a three punch combo that has Red backing up. Red nods at Freedmen to acknowledge the strikes.
A big right from Freedmen misses.
Red displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Freedmen throws out the jab.
Freedmen is looking to slow Red down with leg kicks.
Freedmen with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Red throws out a loose jab but Freedmen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Red swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freedmen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Red moves away.
Red uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Freedmen.
Red takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Red staying out of range there.
Red uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Freedmen.
We've been hearing reports that Freedmen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
An inside leg kick from Freedmen misses.
Freedmen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freedmen avoids the body shot from Red.
Nice shot lands for Freedmen.
A telegraphed right hand from Freedmen misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freedmen ducks under a wild hook from Red.
Freedmen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Freedmen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Red throws out a loose jab but Freedmen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Freedmen lands a head shot.
A jab from Freedmen does it's job there.
Roger Freedmen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freedmen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Red.
Red takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Freedmen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Red.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freedmen just misses with a punch to the body.
Red blocks a jab.
We've been informed that Red has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Red on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Red shoots in for a double leg but Freedmen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Freedmen punishes Red's body with a nice straight punch.
Freedmen misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Freedmen coming out on top.
Freedmen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Red stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Freedmen.
Freedmen fails to land with a series of punches.
Red avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Red on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Red bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Freedmen cracks Red with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Freedmen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Freedmen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Freedmen lands a body shot.
Red doesn't manage to clinch there - Freedmen circles away.
Freedmen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Red.
Freedmen defending well as Red loads up on a big left hand.
Freedmen lands a big head kick that sends Red to the canvas! Freedmen follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Freedmen!
Roger Freedmen thanked the fans post fight for their support.