PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sylvester Fredriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curt Beaudin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredriksson comes to the cage accompanied by Rambo theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fredriksson
vs
Beaudin

183 cm
20
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Takomo

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sylvester Fredriksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Curt Beaudin!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredriksson keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredriksson slips a straight right by Beaudin.
Fredriksson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fredriksson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beaudin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fredriksson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beaudin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fredriksson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Fredriksson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Beaudin manages to pull guard.

Beaudin kicks Fredriksson off and gets to his feet.
Fredriksson keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Beaudin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Fredriksson has managed to clinch.
Fredriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beaudin avoids the damage to the body.
Fredriksson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fredriksson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredriksson.
Fredriksson gets underhooks to prevent Beaudin's takedown attempt.
Beaudin misses with an elbow over the top.
Beaudin avoiding damage as Fredriksson throws knees to the body.
Beaudin misses with a punch on the inside.
Fredriksson stops a takedown attempt from Beaudin.
Beaudin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Fredriksson.
Beaudin is looking to break free of the clinch but Fredriksson has double underhooks.
Fredriksson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredriksson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beaudin.
Good body shot from Fredriksson.
Beaudin looks gassed!
Fredriksson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Beaudin managing to block the knees to the body from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body.
Fredriksson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beaudin avoiding damage as Fredriksson throws knees to the body.
Beaudin managing to block the knees to the body from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beaudin blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Beaudin.
Fredriksson digs a right hand underneath Beaudin's ribcage. Beaudin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fredriksson is trying to stall.
Fredriksson keeps control of Beaudin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beaudin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beaudin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fredriksson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Beaudin misses with a punch on the inside.
Fredriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaudin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fredriksson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Beaudin up against the cage.
Fredriksson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Beaudin struggles to land a body shot inside as Fredriksson controls his hands.
Fredriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaudin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fredriksson lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fredriksson looking to throw knees to the head but Beaudin is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Fredriksson - that landed with a thud.
Fredriksson with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Fredriksson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fredriksson lands a right hand.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body.
Fredriksson scores a nice knee to the body.
Beaudin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fredriksson scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fredriksson prevents Beaudin from breaking the clinch.
Fredriksson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredriksson.
Beaudin managing to block the knees to the body from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson pushes Beaudin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A hook to the body from Fredriksson.
Beaudin managing to block the knees to the body from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beaudins head.
Fredriksson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fredriksson is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.

Beaudin breaks the clinch.
Fredriksson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Fredriksson moves into range and clinches up with Beaudin.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beaudin lands an elbow inside.
Beaudin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fredriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beaudin avoids the damage to the body.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredriksson.
Beaudin letting Fredriksson take a breather here.
Fredriksson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fredriksson misses with an elbow over the top.
Fredriksson landing knees to the head.
Fredriksson is trying to stall.
Beaudin lands an elbow inside.
Beaudin throws an elbow but it misses.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Beaudin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fredriksson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fredriksson is trying to stall.
Beaudin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beaudin trying to stall but Fredriksson improves his position.
Fredriksson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Beaudin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sylvester Fredriksson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fredriksson tries to clinch up.
Fredriksson tries to clinch there but Beaudin circles away.
Beaudin throws a hook but Fredriksson avoids it easily.

Fredriksson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Beaudin has a couple of punches blocked by Fredriksson.
Fredriksson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beaudin.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
Beaudin can't break the clinch.
Fredriksson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beaudin blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fredriksson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beaudin.
Fredriksson trying to land knees to the body.
Fredriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaudin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fredriksson trying to stall but Beaudin improves his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beaudin.
Beaudin digs a right hand into Fredriksson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fredriksson's gas tank.
Fredriksson taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sylvester Fredriksson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fredriksson slips under a jab.
Fredriksson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beaudin.
Fredriksson moves in looking to clinch but Beaudin pushes him off.
Beaudin scores with the left hand. Fredriksson knows he should have avoided that one.
Fredriksson tries to clinch up.
Beaudin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beaudin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fredriksson was well out of range. Poor timing from Beaudin.
Fredriksson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beaudin paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Beaudin tries to keep at a distance but Fredriksson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beaudin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fredriksson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Beaudin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fredriksson keeps control of Beaudin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beaudin taking a breather.
Beaudin misses with some punches.
Fredriksson lands a shot to the body.
Beaudin is breathing heavily.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fredriksson keeps control of Beaudin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fredriksson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Beaudin avoiding damage as Fredriksson throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Fredriksson to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaudin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fredriksson scores with a knee to the head.
Fredriksson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fredriksson looking to stall.
Fredriksson landing knees to the head.
Fredriksson lands a nice knee to the body.
Fredriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaudin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Beaudin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fredriksson's elbow.
Fredriksson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Beaudin is looking to break free of the clinch but Fredriksson has double underhooks.
Fredriksson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Fredriksson.
Beaudin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fredriksson's elbow.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson with a knee to the head.
Sylvester Fredriksson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Beaudin is looking to break free of the clinch but Fredriksson has double underhooks.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson blocks an uppercut.
Beaudin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fredriksson lands a nice elbow.
Beaudin takes a knee right on the jaw!

Beaudin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fredriksson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fredriksson doesn't manage to clinch there - Beaudin circles away.
Beaudin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beaudin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fredriksson tries to clinch but Beaudin moves out of range.
Beaudin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredriksson tries to close the distance and clinch but Beaudin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Fredriksson moves into the clinch.
Fredriksson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fredriksson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fredriksson slows down the pace here.
Fredriksson works on Beaudin's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin working aggressively here.
Beaudin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fredriksson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson stalling in the clinch.
Fredriksson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fredriksson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fredriksson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson is pushing Beaudin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beaudin tries a body shot but Fredriksson blocks it.
Beaudin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fredriksson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Fredriksson has Beaudin pressed against the cage.
Beaudin struggles to land a body shot inside as Fredriksson controls his hands.
Fredriksson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beaudin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fredriksson digs a right hand underneath Beaudin's ribcage. Beaudin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fredriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaudin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fredriksson just leaning against Beaudin, taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Fredriksson.
A right hook to the body lands for Beaudin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Beaudin lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Fredriksson.
Beaudin swings wildly with an uppercut but Fredriksson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beaudin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beaudin throws an elbow that misses.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body.
Fredriksson avoids a wild elbow strike from Beaudin.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beaudin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fredriksson lands an elbow inside that Beaudin shrugs off.
Fredriksson blocks a body shot from Beaudin.
Fredriksson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fredriksson is struggling to control the position.
Beaudin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beaudin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Beaudin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fredriksson closes the distance and clinches.
Beaudin misses with some punches.
Beaudin is trying to break the clinch but Fredriksson has him pressed against the cage.
Fredriksson leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sylvester Fredriksson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Beaudin keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredriksson moves in looking to clinch but Beaudin pushes him off.
Beaudin throws a head kick but Fredriksson moves out of range.
Fredriksson tries to clinch there but Beaudin circles away.

Fredriksson has managed to clinch.
Beaudin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fredriksson.
Fredriksson lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredriksson.
Fredriksson lands with a light punch inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredriksson.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beaudin wants a takedown but no success here.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
Fredriksson scores a nice knee to the body.
Fredriksson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beaudin blocks it with crossed arms.
Fredriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Beaudin is trying to break the clinch but Fredriksson has him pressed against the cage.
Fredriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beaudin avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fredriksson stalls.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fredriksson closes the distance and pushes Beaudin back into the cage.
Fredriksson with a knee to the head.
A short left from Beaudin.
Fredriksson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Beaudin up against the cage.

Beaudin manages to break the clinch.
Fredriksson throws a nice head kick!
Beaudin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab from Beaudin misses.
Beaudin misses with a wild combination.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fredriksson.

Fredriksson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fredriksson trying to land knees to the body.
Beaudin trying to stall but Fredriksson improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Fredriksson.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fredriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaudin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
Fredriksson stalling in the clinch.
Beaudin lands a knee to the head.
Beaudin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fredriksson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Fredriksson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Beaudin looking to stall.
Beaudin throws an elbow that misses.
Fredriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beaudin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short uppercut from Beaudin.
Fredriksson connects with a knee to the head.
Fredriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beaudin avoids the damage to the body.
Beaudin lands a nice shot to the body.

Beaudin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beaudin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fredriksson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Beaudin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Beaudin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredriksson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sylvester Fredriksson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson scores with a nice strike.
Fredriksson wants to clinch.
Fredriksson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beaudin's calf.
Fredriksson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beaudin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fredriksson.

Fredriksson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fredriksson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beaudin.
Beaudin has had enough of the clinch but Fredriksson keeps him there for the moment.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
Fredriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beaudin avoids the damage to the body.

Beaudin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fredriksson tries to clinch but Beaudin is having none of it.

Fredriksson moves into the clinch successfully.
Fredriksson missing with knees to the body.
Fredriksson gets underhooks to prevent Beaudin's takedown attempt.
Curt Beaudin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sylvester Fredriksson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Curt Beaudin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredriksson lands a nice knee to the body.
Beaudin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fredriksson crunches a lovely knee into Beaudin's ribcage.
Fredriksson has Beaudin pushed against the cage.
Fredriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beaudin avoids the damage to the body.
Beaudin wants to get back to striking at distance but Fredriksson won't allow it.
Fredriksson lands a knee to the body.
Fredriksson lands a right hand.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredriksson.
Knees to the body from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson keeps control of Beaudin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Fredriksson.
Beaudin is trying to break free.
A body shot lands from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beaudin.
Fredriksson is pressed up against the cage. Beaudin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fredriksson down to the mat. Fredriksson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Fredriksson scores with a nice body kick.
Fredriksson staying out of range there.

Fredriksson drives through and clinches with Beaudin against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sylvester Fredriksson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fredriksson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sylvester Fredriksson!