PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Frederick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Frederick could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Toney's chin.

Frederick
vs
Toney

193 cm
23
205 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

191 cm
20
204 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Frederick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Toney!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toney is trying hard to land a takedown here. Frederick sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Toney gets a double leg takedown into Frederick's guard.
Toney throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Toney's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Toney stands up over Frederick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Toney wants to control from the top but Frederick keeps moving.
Toney is working Frederick over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Frederick is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Toney stopping the sweep attempt from Frederick.
Toney won't allow Frederick to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toney working some strikes from top position.
Toney working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Frederick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Toney postures up.
Toney scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Toney throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frederick had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Toney defends it easily.
Toney postures up.
Frederick trying to strike off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frederick wants to sweep here but Toney controlling him for the moment.
Toney wants to control from the top but Frederick keeps moving.

Frederick looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Toney keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Frederick's head.
Toney looking to pass the guard.
Frederick has momentary wrist control but Toney slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toney lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney cracks Frederick with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toney scoring with punches to the head and body.
Toney pushes down on Frederick's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Toney lands a nice short elbow.
Toney is pressing down on Frederick's thigh, looking to free his foot. Frederick is holding on for now.
Frederick is trying to control but can't.
Frederick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Frederick wants to get back to full guard.
Frederick is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Toney scores with a couple of nice shots.
Toney landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Toney is thwarting Frederick's attempts to control the position.
Toney seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frederick taking some punishment here, with Toney in his half guard.
Toney not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Toney wants to pass the guard but Frederick is defending well.
Frederick gets full guard.
Toney works over Frederick with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Toney's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Frederick trying to control the position.
Toney landing some decent shots from guard.
Toney is in close to Frederick's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Frederick is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Toney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Frederick works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Frederick wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Frederick trying to control the position.
Toney working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Frederick not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Toney got a little sloppy there for a moment and Frederick has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Toney has managed to get both his arms back between Frederick's legs - danger averted.
Toney trying to control but Frederick is working from the bottom.
Toney content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toney scoring with punches to the head and body.
Toney lands a couple of elbows.
Toney stands up over Frederick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Frederick leaves Toney with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Toney will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Frederick closes the distance and clinches.
Frederick struggles to land a body shot inside as Toney controls his hands.
Toney is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Frederick is defending well.
Paul Frederick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Toney.
Frederick trying to stall but Toney improves his position.
Toney has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Frederick avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Toney has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frederick has Toney pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Toney manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Toney tries to score a body lock takedown but Frederick shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Toney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Frederick.

Toney has picked Frederick up - he's going for a ride! Toney dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Frederick tries to kick Toney off but Toney keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frederick is trying to control but can't.
Toney is keen to just control but Frederick is a slippery customer.
Frederick is looking for a sweep. Toney is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Frederick trying to control from the bottom.
Frederick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frederick trying to control from the bottom.
Frederick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toney.
Toney looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Toney 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.
Frederick slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Toney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Frederick is keeping the position for now.

Frederick looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Toney working some strikes from top position.
Toney lands a couple of elbows.
Toney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Frederick is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney landing with the ground and pound.
Toney lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Toney is pushing down on Frederick's leg trying to pass to half guard. Frederick is fighting to maintain full guard but Toney has managed to sneak the leg through.
Toney winds up and cracks Frederick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Toney seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Toney is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Frederick has hold of Toney's hands but Toney slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Toney tries to pass the half guard into mount. Frederick knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Toney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Toney there.
Toney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Frederick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Toney working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Frederick's thigh. Frederick counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney preventing the sweep.
Frederick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toney.
Toney lands a couple of elbows.

Frederick has his foot on Toney's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Toney works his way back into a safe position though.
Frederick looking to hit a scissor sweep but Toney is one step ahead there.
Toney wants to pass the guard but Frederick is keeping the position.
Frederick looking for a sweep. Not yet Frederick, not yet.
Toney makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Toney is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Toney content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Frederick swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Frederick tries to strike from the bottom.
Frederick looking to control.
Toney won't allow Frederick to sweep him here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Toney's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Frederick has momentary wrist control but Toney slips an elbow through the middle.
Toney stops Frederick from standing up.
Frederick trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Frederick wants to stand but Toney is controlling the position.
Toney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Frederick is keeping the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toney scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Toney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Toney changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Frederick looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Frederick is trying to work for a sweep but Toney has mounted him!
Frederick is in all sorts of trouble here.
Toney raining down hammerfists from mount.
Toney scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Toney cracks Frederick with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Frederick is rocked!
Toney postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Frederick badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Toney around the waist but Toney pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Toney is the winner by TKO! Toney jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Toney!