PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Fredholm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Dorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fredholm
vs
Dorn

187 cm
29
254 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

187 cm
27
260 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Russian Bears Nutrition
AnonymouS

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nicolas Fredholm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Dorn!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fredholm has Dorn up against the cage in a clinch.
Dorn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fredholm backwards.
Dorn works on Fredholm's body with a couple of short punches.
Dorn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dorn tries to work over Fredholm's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dorn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fredholm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dorn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fredholm backwards.
Fredholm is looking to break free of the clinch but Dorn has double underhooks.
Dorn throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dorn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dorn dodges the punch combination from Fredholm.
Dorn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fredholm.
Dorn throws a right and a left that Fredholm avoids nicely.
Fredholm misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredholm has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fredholm there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Nicolas Fredholm has been cut.
Fredholm throws a series of punches but Dorn avoids them all with ease.

Fredholm tries to keep at a distance but Dorn has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dorn fails to land.
Dorn misses with a punch on the inside.
Dorn lands a left hand.
Dorn tries a body shot but Fredholm blocks it.
A short right from Dorn on the inside.
Dorn lands with a right to the head.
Dorn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fredholm wants to break free but Dorn has control.
Dorn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fredholm is defending well for now.

Dorn manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorn misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fredholm takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fredholm bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dorn's head backwards.
Fredholm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dorn.
Dorn is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fredholm throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fredholm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dorn misses with the combination.
Fredholm seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Fredholm scores with a one two! Dorn had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nicolas Fredholm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Fredholm, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dorn is looking for the big counter here.
Fredholm blocks a jab.

Fredholm pushes Dorn up against the cage in a clinch.
Fredholm takes a shot to the head.
Fredholm wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dorn has him pressed against the cage.
Dorn working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorn misses with an elbow over the top.
Dorn with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Dorn manages to break the clinch.
Fredholm swinging wildly here.

Dorn clinches.
Dorn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fredholm wants to break free but Dorn has control.
Fredholm is trying to break free.
Fredholm has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dorn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fredholm backwards.

Dorn breaks from the clinch.

Fredholm gets tackled into the cage by Dorn. Dorn maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorn misses with the head strike.
Fredholm is looking to break free of the clinch but Dorn has double underhooks.
Dorn throws a head punch that misses.

Dorn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dorn wants to clinch up but Fredholm keeps it at a distance.
Dorn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fredholm looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fredholm misses with a series of wild punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Fredholm clinches.
Dorn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dorn.

Fredholm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fredholm misses with a few strikes there.
Fredholm falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Dorn to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Dorn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Fredholm's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sloppy strikes from Fredholm. Those never looked like landing.
Fredholm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nicolas Fredholm is winning the standup battle so far.
Fredholm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fredholm swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dorn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dorn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fredholm.
Dorn tries a quick counter leg kick but Fredholm is wise to it.

Dorn closes the distance and clinches.
Dorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Dorn - that landed with a thud.
Dorn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dorn has Fredholm pushed against the cage.
Dorn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dorn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dorn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dorn misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dorn drops Fredholm onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Fredholm is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Fredholm is rocked!
Dorn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Fredholm is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fredholm wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ivan Dorn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Dorn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fredholm misses with the combination.
Dorn throws out a counter right but Fredholm avoids it with no problem.
Fredholm seems to have got his legs back now.

Dorn rushes Fredholm and presses him up against the cage.
Dorn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dorn misses with the head strike.

Dorn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dorn thows a leg kick but Fredholm checks it
and Fredholm counters with a one-two to the body.
Nicolas Fredholm is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fredholm lands a lovely overhand right.
Fredholm throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fredholm slips a straight right by Dorn.
Dorn throws a sloppy head kick and Fredholm moves out of range easily.

Dorn instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorn stalling in the clinch.
Fredholm blocks an elbow strike.
Dorn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Fredholm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dorn loads up on a big right hand but Fredholm slips the punch.
Fredholm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fredholm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dorn slips a jab and a cross from Fredholm.

Fredholm tries to keep at a distance but Dorn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dorn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dorn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Dorn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dorn misses with a looping right.
Fredholm gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Dorn moves into the clinch successfully.
Dorn lands a left hand.
Fredholm is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dorn lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Dorn breaks the clinch.
Dorn is looking to clinch but Fredholm is avoiding it.
Dorn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dorn misses with a head kick.
Dorn slips a jab and a cross from Fredholm.
Dorn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Fredholm's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fredholm duly obliges.

It looks like Ivan Dorn has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fredholm swinging wildly here.
Fredholm lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dorn circles away quickly and effectively.
Fredholm looks to land a combination but Dorn avoids it well.
Dorn is looking for the big counter here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Dorn breaks the clinch.
Dorn lands with a straight right. Fredholm didn't see that one coming.
Dorn scores with a decent looking hook.
A punch lands to the side of Dorn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dorn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dorn doesn't manage to clinch there - Fredholm circles away.
As Dorn looks to move away, Fredholm throws a big counter combo but Dorn just gets out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dorn lands a jab to the nose.
Dorn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fredholm.

Fredholm tries to keep at a distance but Dorn has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Dorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Fredholm clinches.

Fredholm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dorn closes the distance and pushes Fredholm back into the cage.
Dorn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dorn missing with knees to the body.
Dorn looking to throw knees to the head but Fredholm is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Dorn fails to land.

Dorn breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fredholm tries to keep at a distance but Dorn has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fredholm.
Dorn digs a right hand underneath Fredholm's ribcage. Fredholm let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredholm wants to break the clinch but can't.

Dorn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Fredholm pushes Dorn up against the cage in a clinch.
Dorn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dorn can't find room to land a body shot as Fredholm controls the action.
Dorn lands a left hand.
Fredholm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Dorn manages to break the clinch.
Dorn tries to clinch up.
Fredholm went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Fredholm looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Dorn closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Dorn.
Fredholm blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fredholm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fredholm walks straight into a right hand from Dorn - that's dropped him! Dorn jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Fredholm from any more punishment! Fredholm complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ivan Dorn!