PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vince Noir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Friedrich Bergfried (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Friedrich Bergfried is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Noir
vs
Bergfried

168 cm
21
160 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

169 cm
20
150 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Untouchable Fight Nutrition
160!

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155
Wolfpack Threadz

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Vince Noir!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Friedrich Bergfried!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bergfried keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Noir throws a body punch but Bergfried moves out of range.
Noir tries to score with a low kick but Bergfried moves his leg out of the way.
Bergfried scores with a three punch combo!
Noir tried to score with a low kick but Bergfried checks it.
Bergfried is looking to score with low kicks.
Noir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good work by Noir as he checks the leg kick.
Bergfried cracks the inside of Noir's front leg.
Bergfried moves out of range as Noir strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bergfried.

Bergfried gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bergfried wants to sweep here but Noir controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergfried has control of Noir's left arm, preventing Noir from doing any damage.
Bergfried keeping full guard, as Noir tries to pass.
Bergfried keeping moving, preventing Noir from controlling successfully.
Bergfried is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Noir tries to free his leg and advance position but Bergfried is retaining full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Friedrich Bergfried was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Noir looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bergfried moves out of range of the body kick from Noir.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir tries a head kick but it misses.
Bergfried takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Noir moves away from the strike by Bergfried.
Bergfried connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Noir momentarily.
Bergfried uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Noir.
Friedrich Bergfried is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Noir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bergfried manages to avoid it.
Noir tries to work over Bergfried's front leg with a kick but Bergfried checks it.
Noir circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bergfried lands a leg kick that knocks Noir off balance momentarily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Noir.
Noir takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bergfried misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Noir, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Noir takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Noir with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bergfried will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bergfried.
Bergfried misses with a looping left.
Bergfried tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Bergfried coming out on top.
Bergfried tries to close the distance and clinch but Noir swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Noir looks to score with a jab to the body but Bergfried is just out of range.
Bergfried bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Noir's head.
Bergfried lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bergfried feints and then cracks Noir's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Noir down.
Noir tries a head kick but it misses.
Bergfried lands a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bergfried lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Noir changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bergfried misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Friedrich Bergfried will probably get the nod.
That's time! Noir's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Noir shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bergfried as he jumps to the side.
Bergfried scores with a leg kick.
Noir fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Noir throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Noir throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noir tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Some wild striking there from Bergfried.
Bergfried buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Noir tries to land a front kick but Bergfried steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Noir has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bergfried.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Bergfried.
Bergfried swinging wildly here.
Jab from Noir.
Noir throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bergfried counters with an outside leg kick.
Bergfried cracks the inside of Noir's front leg.
Bergfried moves out of range of the strikes.
Noir throws a body punch but Bergfried moves out of range.
Bergfried throws a low kick but it's checked well by Noir.
Noir misses with a hook to the body
and Bergfried connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Noir checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Noir throws a shot from downtown. Bergfried moves away and avoids it.
Bergfried tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Noir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Noir has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bergfried.
Bergfried moves forwards but Noir connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bergfried scoring well with a low kick there.
Friedrich Bergfried seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bergfried.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Noir tried to score with a low kick but Bergfried checks it.
Bergfried tries to close the distance and clinch up but Noir swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bergfried tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Noir dips to his left and cracks Bergfried with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir connects with a body shot that sends Bergfried's belly button to the back.
Noir throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bergfried.
Bergfried defending well as Noir loads up on a big left hand.
Noir looks to score with a jab to the body but Bergfried is just out of range.
Noir misses with a leg kick
and Bergfried counters with a good low kick that Noir was not able to check.
Noir fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bergfried checks it well.
Noir misses with an uppercut
and Bergfried counters with a thumping low kick.
Bergfried lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bergfried dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Noir. That did some damage!
A big left from Noir misses.

Bergfried clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bergfried pushes off an throws an elbow but Noir leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Noir can't find room to land a body shot as Bergfried controls the action.
Bergfried creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Noir's defenses.
Bergfried misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Noir has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bergfried is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Noir will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bergfried up against the cage.
Bergfried gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bergfried lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noir is trying to pull guard but Bergfried has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vince Noir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bergfried tries to land knees in the clinch but Noir avoids the damage to the body.
Noir will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bergfried up against the cage.
Bergfried connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Friedrich Bergfried showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bergfried avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Noir fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bergfried checks it well.
Noir shoots in for a takedown but Bergfried shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bergfried swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Noir counters with a stiff right hand.

Bergfried has Noir up against the cage in a clinch.
Bergfried pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bergfried comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Bergfried.
Bergfried unloads a knee to the mid-section. Noir lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bergfried lands a right hand.
Noir is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short left from Bergfried.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bergfried throws an elbow but misses.
Bergfried misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergfried throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noir blocks it with crossed arms.
Noir managing to block the knees to the body from Bergfried.
Bergfried throws an elbow but it misses.
Bergfried trying to land knees to the body.
Bergfried lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Noir just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bergfried's brow.
Bergfried missing with knees to the body.
Noir wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bergfried tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Noir is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Bergfried.
Noir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Noir blocks an elbow strike from Bergfried.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir avoiding damage as Bergfried throws knees to the body.
Noir can't break the clinch.
Bergfried lands a right hand.
Noir avoiding damage as Bergfried throws knees to the body.
Noir controlling the action here for a moment.
Bergfried misses with an elbow over the top.
Bergfried lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bergfried unloads a knee to the mid-section. Noir lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noir wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bergfried missing with knees to the body.
Bergfried misses with an elbow over the top.
Noir struggles to land a body shot inside as Bergfried controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir takes a knee to the side of the body.
Noir avoiding damage as Bergfried throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bergfried obliges.

Noir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vince Noir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bergfried moves out of range as Noir strikes.
Bergfried looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Noir will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bergfried misses with a double jab.
Noir fails to land with a series of punches.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Noir.
Noir gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bergfried.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried thumps Noir with a low kick.
Bergfried lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bergfried scoring well with a low kick there.
Bergfried lands a nice leg kick that just misses Noir's sensitive parts.
Bergfried connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noir takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Noir throws a looping overhand right but Bergfried ducks down to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bergfried.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Noir. That's going to slow Bergfried down.
Noir goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bergfried scores with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Friedrich Bergfried really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Noir throws a chopping leg kick but Bergfried manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bergfried takes one on the button.
Bergfried throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
Bergfried throws a leg kick which misses Noir's front leg but catches the back leg as Noir tries to avoid it.
Noir misses with a body shot.
Noir throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bergfried.
Bergfried thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bergfried just misses with a punch to the body.
Bergfried swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bergfried throws a leg kick which misses Noir's front leg but catches the back leg as Noir tries to avoid it.
Noir throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bergfried's waist but Bergfried gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Noir off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Bergfried coming out on top.
Noir misses with a few strikes there.
Bergfried lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bergfried lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bergfried slips a jab from Noir.
Bergfried misses with a leg kick.
Noir throws a head kick that misses.
Bergfried feints and then cracks Noir's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Noir down.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Noir tries to keep at a distance but Bergfried has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bergfried throws an elbow but misses.
Noir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Noir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Noir stalling in the clinch but Bergfried improves position.
Bergfried trying to land knees to the body.
Bergfried lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Noir.
Bergfried lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Noir blocking some punches.
Bergfried missing with knees to the body.
Bergfried comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bergfried blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bergfried throws an elbow but misses.
Bergfried stops a takedown attempt from Noir.
Noir trying to control the position but instead, Bergfried has worked for underhooks and has pushed Noir into the cage.
Noir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bergfried lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Noir backwards.
Bergfried softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Friedrich Bergfried seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bergfried landing knees to the body.
Bergfried is leaning against Noir and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bergfried lands an elbow inside.
Noir blocks the elbow strike.
Bergfried tries to land knees in the clinch but Noir avoids the damage to the body.
Bergfried lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Noir looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Noir.
Noir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bergfried comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bergfried lands a good knee to the midsection. Noir won't want to take too many of those.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bergfried just misses with a elbow thrown towards Noir's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noir is struggling to control the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Friedrich Bergfried dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Noir takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bergfried, as that shot connected.
Bergfried wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bergfried.
Noir throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Noir looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bergfried!
Bergfried really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bergfried wants to control but Noir is having none of it.
Noir looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir controlling from mount.
Noir thowing shots but they're missing.

Noir looking for a guillotine from mount but Bergfried is having none of it.
Noir trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poor strikes thrown by Noir there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Vince Noir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Noir content just to control the position here.
Bergfried is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bergfried is squirming around, avoiding Noir's attempts to control the action.

Noir working for a submission but Bergfried is keeping him at bay.
Bergfried is squirming around, avoiding Noir's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Noir is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bergfried has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Noir throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bergfried is desperately trying to improve his position but Noir has a good base and remains in mount.

Noir is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bergfried can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Bergfried really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Noir. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bergfried sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Noir wants to pass to mount but Bergfried is defending the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bergfried is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vince Noir showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bergfried has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 46:49
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 46:49
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Friedrich Bergfried! Friedrich Bergfried retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Friedrich Bergfried made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.