PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Owen William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Fredriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredriksson has chosen Ennio Morricone - The good, the bad and the ugly as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

William
vs
Fredriksson

185 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

183 cm
31
176 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Owen William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Clint Fredriksson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredriksson lands a right hook to the body.
Fredriksson cracks William with an open hand slap.
William takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fredriksson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredriksson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
William takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fredriksson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fredriksson lands with a shot to the body.
William misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fredriksson digs a good hook to William's body.
Fredriksson scores with a hook to the body. William takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fredriksson lands a slapping body shot.
Fredriksson cracks William with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fredriksson lands with a good body shot.

Fredriksson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fredriksson keeps control of William as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
William creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

William has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Fredriksson uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredriksson passes William's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Fredriksson working the head and body with strikes.
Fredriksson working over William with some ground and pound. William looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
William is concentrating on defense, preventing Fredriksson from advancing position.
Fredriksson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed William's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
William is in trouble now - Fredriksson has advanced to mount!
Fredriksson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fredriksson raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
William is trying desperately to improve position.
Fredriksson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fredriksson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fredriksson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fredriksson working William over with strikes here.

William is rocked!
Fredriksson lands with some strikes.
Oh William is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fredriksson softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and William is out cold! Fredriksson jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clint Fredriksson!