PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Don Flamenco (ranked 1994 p4p, 2111 weight class) and Addiel Frometa (ranked 165 p4p, 175 weight class). Flamenco comes into the arena with Punch Out Theme blaring out of the sound system. Addiel Frometa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Flamenco
vs
Frometa

178 cm
26
148
6 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
152
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

ZERO Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Flamenco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Addiel Frometa!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frometa catches Flamenco with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Frometa throws a poor cross that misses
and Flamenco counters with a nice uppercut.
Flamenco slips under a jab.
Flamenco was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Flamenco loads up on a big right hand but Frometa slips the punch.
Flamenco throws an off balance right hand
and Frometa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Flamenco moves out of range of the strikes.
Flamenco misses with a body shot.
Flamenco throws a big shot that misses.
Frometa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flamenco was well out of range. Poor timing from Frometa.
Frometa misses with an uppercut. Flamenco saw that one coming.
Frometa looks to score with a jab to the body but Flamenco is just out of range.
Flamenco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Frometa! But no joy.
Frometa scores with a nice right hand.
Frometa cracks Flamenco with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flamenco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Frometa misses with a left hand
and Flamenco counters with a nice body shot.
Frometa swings widly with a right hand
and Frometa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Frometa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Frometa misses with a hook. Flamenco ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flamenco slips under a jab.
Flamenco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frometa was well out of range. Poor timing from Flamenco.
Frometa throws a poor cross that misses
and Flamenco counters with a straight right hand.
Flamenco seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Flamenco clinches up with Frometa and pushes him back against the cage.
Frometa working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Frometa.
Flamenco presses Frometa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Frometa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frometa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Flamenco backwards.
Flamenco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Frometa's elbow.
Flamenco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flamenco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flamenco lands an uppercut.
Flamenco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Flamenco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frometa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Frometa pushes Flamenco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frometa swings wildly with an uppercut but Flamenco uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flamenco.
Frometa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flamenco can't find room to land a body shot as Frometa controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Flamenco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Flamenco misses with a punch to the body.
Frometa blocks a body shot from Flamenco.
Frometa throws a punch but it's blocked by Flamenco.
Flamenco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Frometa working aggressively here.

Flamenco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Frometa throws a body punch but Flamenco moves out of range.
Frometa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Flamenco dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Flamenco moves into the clinch.
Flamenco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flamenco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frometa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flamenco.

Frometa breaks the clinch.
Flamenco blocks a jab.
Frometa throws a poor cross that misses
and Flamenco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Frometa misses with a shot to the body
and Flamenco counters with a straight right hand.
Flamenco scores with a shot to the body.
Flamenco lands with a hook. Frometa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Frometa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Flamenco just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Flamenco misses.
Flamenco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Frometa misses with a body shot
and Flamenco counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frometa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Frometa misses with a hook

and Flamenco counters by moving into the clinch.
Flamenco holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frometa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Flamenco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flamenco misses with a body punch.
A short right from Flamenco on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Frometa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flamenco.
A short right from Frometa.
Flamenco scores with a hook to the body.
Flamenco misses with a punch to the body.
Frometa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flamenco jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Frometa walks away with a smile on his face. Flamenco gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Flamenco takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flamenco stalls.
Frometa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frometa misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Don Flamenco dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Frometa throws a jab when Flamenco was well out of range.
Flamenco with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Frometa to score with a decent uppercut.
Frometa looks to land a right hand but Flamenco moved out of range.
Frometa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flamenco was well out of range. Poor timing from Frometa.
Flamenco jabs Frometa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Flamenco scores with a punch to the head.
Don Flamenco is winning the standup battle so far.
Frometa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Flamenco counters with a left to the body.
Flamenco throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Frometa on the side of the head.
Flamenco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Flamenco throws out a loose jab but Frometa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flamenco cracks Frometa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Flamenco clinches up with Frometa and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frometa throws a punch but it's blocked by Flamenco.
Flamenco has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Flamenco tries a body shot but Frometa blocks it.
Flamenco lands a body punch in the clinch.
Don Flamenco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Frometa blocks a body shot from Flamenco.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Frometa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flamenco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flamenco lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Frometa takes a shot to the head.

Frometa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flamenco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frometa manages to avoid it.

Flamenco clinches.
Flamenco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flamenco lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flamenco.
Frometa tries to break the clinch but Flamenco is controlling the position.
Frometa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flamenco scores with a shot to the side of Frometa's head.
Frometa takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flamenco.
Frometa working aggressively here.
Flamenco scores with a shoulder strike.

Frometa is rocked!
Flamenco throws a punch but it's blocked by Frometa.
Flamenco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco is working Frometa over against the cage.
Frometa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Frometa misses with some punches.
Frometa working hard to break the clinch.
Flamenco working aggressively here.
Frometa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Flamenco has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Flamenco.
Frometa throws a head punch that misses.
Flamenco has a couple of punches blocked by Frometa.
Flamenco blocking some punches.
Flamenco makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Flamenco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frometa can do to turn this around?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flamenco.
Flamenco scores with a shoulder strike.
Flamenco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flamenco tries to throw a body punch but Frometa avoids it by throwing Flamenco back against the cage.
Flamenco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Frometa or not.
Flamenco digs a right hand underneath Frometa's ribcage. Frometa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Frometa prevents a body shot from Flamenco.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frometa blocking some punches.
Flamenco is leaning against Frometa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Frometa is breathing heavily.
Flamenco throws a punch but it's blocked by Frometa.
Flamenco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flamenco lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Flamenco.
Frometa is still on wobbly legs! Can Flamenco finish him?
A right hook to the body lands for Flamenco.
Frometa seems to have recovered his senses.
Flamenco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flamenco leaning his opponent against the cage.
Flamenco scores with a shoulder strike.
Flamenco can't find room to land a body shot as Frometa controls the action.
Flamenco can't find room to land a body shot as Frometa controls the action.
Frometa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frometa has had enough of the clinch but Flamenco keeps him there for the moment.
Flamenco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Frometa prevents a body shot from Flamenco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flamenco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Frometa tries to break free but Flamenco pushes him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Flamenco.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flamenco.
Frometa working aggressively here.
Flamenco lands a right hand.
Flamenco scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flamenco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flamenco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flamenco lands an uppercut.
Frometa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flamenco softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Flamenco struggles to land a body shot inside as Frometa controls his hands.
Flamenco working aggressively here.
Flamenco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Flamenco swings wildly with an uppercut but Frometa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Flamenco.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jab from Flamenco.
Addiel Frometa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flamenco moves away from the strike by Frometa.
Frometa takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Flamenco gets a clinch.
Frometa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flamenco throws a punch but it's blocked by Frometa.
Flamenco struggles to land a body shot inside as Frometa controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Flamenco.
Frometa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Flamenco scores with a hook to the body.
Flamenco will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Frometa up against the cage.
Flamenco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flamenco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flamenco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Frometa's efforts to push away.
Frometa gets through Flamenco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flamenco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Flamenco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Flamenco breaks the clinch.
Frometa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Flamenco connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Frometa scrambles back to his feet.
Flamenco walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Frometa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Flamenco swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Frometa's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Flamenco!
Our winner, Don Flamenco, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.