PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wietrzny has chosen Hunter-Fallen as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Edgar
vs
Wietrzny

168 cm
36
160 lbs
14 - 6 - 1

174 cm
46
163 lbs
25 - 32 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wietrzny misses with a takedown attempt
and Edgar counters with a nice uppercut.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Edgar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wietrzny uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Edgar.
Edgar misses with a low kick.
Edgar misses with a straight right.
Edgar scores with a body shot.
Wietrzny misses with a takedown attempt
and Edgar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jab from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but Edgar moves out of range.
As Wietrzny looks to move away, Edgar throws a big counter combo but Wietrzny just gets out of the way.
Nice shot by Edgar.
Wietrzny throws a sloppy body shot
and Edgar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wietrzny takes a swing at Edgar's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Edgar does no damage.
Wietrzny tries to counter with a clinch but Edgar shakes him off and moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Edgar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Edgar.
No joy there for Edgar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Edgar sets himself, and Wietrzny steps forward looking for the clinch! Edgar avoids it this time.
Wietrzny fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Edgar has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wietrzny missing with a left hand there. Edgar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny wants to clinch.
Edgar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Edgar throws a leg kick
and Wietrzny counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Wietrzny 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wietrzny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Edgar tries to keep at a distance but Wietrzny has taken the fight into the clinch.

Edgar manages to break the clinch.

Wietrzny takes the fight into the clinch.
Edgar pushes Wietrzny back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Edgar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice combination there by Wietrzny.

It looks like Frankie Edgar has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wietrzny misses with a looping right.
Edgar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Edgar. That's going to slow Wietrzny down.
Edgar's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Edgar duly obliges.
Edgar throws a nice outside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wietrzny.
Frankie Edgar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Igor Wietrzny.
Wietrzny keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Edgar walks into a jab.
Edgar throws a looping overhand right but Wietrzny ducks down to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Edgar.
Edgar lands a nice hook to Wietrzny's body. Wietrzny takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Edgar throws a right and a left that Wietrzny avoids nicely.
Nice shot by Edgar.
Wietrzny tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Edgar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Edgar appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Edgar is avoiding it.
Edgar fails to land with a series of punches.
Wietrzny on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Edgar circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Edgar counter with a right hand.

Wietrzny is rocked!
Wietrzny thows a leg kick but Edgar checks it
and Wietrzny takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wietrzny is still on wobbly legs! Can Edgar finish him?
Edgar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Edgar has closed the distance and engaged Wietrzny in a clinch.
Edgar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wietrzny seems to have recovered his senses.
Wietrzny has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Edgar is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Edgar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Edgar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wietrzny has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wietrzny there as he acknowledges the shot.
Edgar scores with a leg kick.
Edgar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edgar looks to land a combination but Wietrzny avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Edgar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wietrzny takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wietrzny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edgar.
Wietrzny looks to score with a jab to the body but Edgar is just out of range.
It looked like Edgar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The crowd cheers as Wietrzny lands an impressive looking overhand right. Edgar doesn't seem phased though.
Wietrzny tries to clinch
and Edgar counters with a stiff right hand.
Edgar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wietrzny.
Edgar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wietrzny.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Edgar! Wietrzny is backing up but he can't get away as Edgar lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Wietrzny and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frankie Edgar!
After winning the bout, Frankie Edgar thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.