PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Run Fedder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stop War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedder comes into the arena with "Austrian Death Machine- Get To The Choppa" blaring out of the sound system. Stop War has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fedder
vs
War

172 cm
18
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Run Fedder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stop War!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
War shoots in but no luck this time.
Fedder stuffs the takedown attempt from War. War gets slowly back to his feet.
War shoots in for a takedown but Fedder shows good takedown defense.
Fedder tries to counter by moving into the clinch but War manages to circle out of the way.
Run Fedder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stop War.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
War fails to land the takedown.
Fedder wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fedder gets a clinch.

Fedder decides to pull guard.
War is pushing down on Fedder's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fedder is fighting to maintain full guard but War has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fedder is trying to stand back up but War is controlling him
War is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
War trying to mount his opponent but Fedder defends it.
Fedder looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
War wants to stand but Fedder has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
War wants to pass the guard but Fedder is defending well.
War is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

War looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Fedder is in all sorts of trouble here.
War is trying to take his opponent's back.
Fedder keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fedder is controlling an arm, preventing War from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Fedder tries to reverse the position but War maintains control.
Fedder regains half guard.

War is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
War trying to advance position but Fedder counters by regaining guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War wants to control from the top but Fedder keeps moving.
War stopping the sweep attempt from Fedder.
Fedder is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fedder is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, War has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
War scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Fedder manages to mount him!
War gets back to half guard.
War is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. War manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
War looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedder lands a couple of digs.
Fedder trying to control the position from guard on top but War is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

War is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
War keeping moving, preventing Fedder from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now War is on top in guard.

War looking to pass the guard.

Fedder is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
War works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Run Fedder will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

War gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fedder to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Stop War has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fedder stops War from standing up.

War kicks Fedder off and gets to his feet.
War misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fedder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
War with the counter takedown but Fedder avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fedder feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
War is looking to stand up but Fedder isn't so interested in that idea.
Fedder preventing the sweep.
War wants to stand but Fedder is controlling the position.

War had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fedder defends it easily.
War is breathing heavily.
War is looking to stand up but Fedder isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fedder drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Fedder jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
War 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.

Fedder drops back looking for a leg! War is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and War manages to kick Fedder off! Fedder jumps back into War's guard.
War 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
War is still trying to improve position.
War not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fedder is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedder prevents War from getting back to his feet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Fedder pushes War up against the cage in a clinch.

Fedder gets control of War's arms and successfully pulls guard. Fedder will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as War accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fedder is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

War is looking to escape.
War gets back to full guard.
War wants to stand but Fedder is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedder wants to control from the top but War keeps moving.
Fedder is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fedder distracts War with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
War keeping moving, preventing Fedder from controlling successfully.
War wants to sweep but no luck.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fedder stops War from standing up.
War looking for a sweep. Not yet War, not yet.

Fedder is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
War is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fedder is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Run Fedder dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Fedder closes the distance and clinches.

War lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
War wants to free his trapped foot but Fedder is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fedder wants to control but War is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
War tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Fedder.
War is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
War stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fedder swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fedder had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. War defends it easily.
War works a leg free and moves into half guard.
War takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Fedder looking for submissions off his back.
War frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
War wants to get back to his feet but Fedder is holding on tight.
War wants to take Fedder's back but he can't do it this time.
Fedder is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, War has taken his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

War looking for the RNC.
War gets his hands free as Fedder looks to control.

War looking to break Fedder's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Fedder remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise War will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

Fedder showing good submission defense here.
Fedder tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Fedder regains half guard.
War wants to pass to mount but Fedder is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedder makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fedder.
Fedder looking to hit a scissor sweep but War is one step ahead there.
War wants to control from the top but Fedder keeps moving.
War wants to pass the guard but Fedder is keeping the position.
Fedder bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in War's guard.

War is looking to stand up but Fedder isn't so interested in that idea.
War looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fedder is one step ahead there.
War keeps trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fedder thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
War looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fedder stops War from standing up.
War looking for a sweep. Not yet War, not yet.
Fedder stops War from standing up.
Stop War has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

War is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
War wants to stand and escape but Fedder is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fedder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
War is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Stop War.
I think Fedder has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Run Fedder!
A very excited looking Run Fedder made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.