PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Kidder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Fronning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kidder
vs
Fronning

169 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Kidder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rich Fronning!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kidder rushes Fronning and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kidder lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fronning backwards.
Kidder tries to break the clinch but Fronning is controlling the position.
Fronning has had enough of the clinch but Kidder keeps him there for the moment.
Fronning is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fronning has Kidder pressed against the cage, preventing Kidder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fronning keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kidder's efforts to push away.
Kidder is trying to break the clinch but Fronning is controlling him.
Kidder keeps control of Fronning as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kidder is looking to break free of the clinch but Fronning has double underhooks.
Kidder can't break the clinch.
Kidder scores with a shot to the side of Fronning's head.
Fronning has Kidder pressed against the cage, preventing Kidder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A shot in the inside from Kidder.
Kidder has had enough of the clinch but Fronning keeps him there for the moment.
Kidder tries to break free but Fronning pushes him back against the cage.
Kidder lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kidder is trying to push Fronning away but Fronning has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fronning keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kidder's efforts to push away.

Kidder's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Fronning. Those never looked like landing.
Fronning drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Kidder has managed to clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kidder creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kidder scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kidder lands a hook that snaps the head of Fronning backwards.
Kidder stalling.
Fronning keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kidder's efforts to push away.
Kidder is trying to break the clinch but Fronning is controlling him.
Kidder has Fronning pushed against the cage.
Kidder lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kidder creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fronning is trying to break the clinch but Kidder is controlling him.

Kidder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fronning takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Kidder fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fronning, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kidder lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fronning backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fronning keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kidder's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kidder.
Kidder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kidder lands a shoulder strike.
Fronning being controlled against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kidder.
Fronning is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kidder lands a shoulder strike.
Fronning prevents Kidder from breaking the clinch.
Kidder effectively controlling the action here.
Kidder has Fronning pressed against the cage, preventing Fronning from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kidder.
Kidder has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kidder is trying to break the clinch but Fronning is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidder lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fronning backwards.
Fronning has had enough of the clinch but Kidder keeps him there for the moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kidder.
Kidder stalling the fight.
Fronning is trying to push Kidder away but Kidder has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kidder lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fronning tries to circle away but Kidder has him pinned against the cage.
Kidder lands a hook that snaps the head of Fronning backwards.
Fronning is trying to break the clinch but Kidder has him pressed against the cage.
Kidder lands a nice uppercut.
Fronning has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kidder lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fronning looks gassed!
Fronning wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fronning tries to circle away but Kidder has him pinned against the cage.
Fronning keeps control of Kidder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fronning wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kidder has had enough of the clinch but Fronning keeps him there for the moment.
Kidder tries to break free but Fronning pushes him back against the cage.
Fronning wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kidder lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kidder lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Kidder.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kidder is trying to break the clinch but Fronning is controlling him.
Kidder scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kidder lands a nice uppercut.
Kidder stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fronning's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fronning wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kidder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fronning wants to break free but Kidder has control.
A short left from Kidder.
Kidder keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fronning's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kidder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fronning has him pressed against the cage.
Kidder lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Kidder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Kidder dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kidder clinches with his opponent.
Kidder is trying to break free.
Fronning has had enough of the clinch but Kidder keeps him there for the moment.
A body shot lands from Kidder.
Kidder lands a left hand.
Kidder lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kidder lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fronning keeps control of Kidder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fronning is looking to break free of the clinch but Kidder has double underhooks.
Fronning is trying to break the clinch but Kidder has him pressed against the cage.
Fronning wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kidder has him pressed against the cage.
Kidder lands an uppercut.
Fronning looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kidder is looking to break free of the clinch but Fronning has double underhooks.
Fronning prevents Kidder from breaking the clinch.
Fronning tries to circle away but Kidder has him pinned against the cage.
A short right from Kidder.
Kidder working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Fronning is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fronning is looking to break free of the clinch but Kidder has double underhooks.
Fronning is still on wobbly legs! Can Kidder finish him?
Fronning is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidder lands a shoulder strike.
Fronning has Kidder pressed against the cage, preventing Kidder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kidder keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fronning's efforts to push away.
Fronning seems to have recovered his senses.
Kidder keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fronning's efforts to push away.

Kidder breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rich Fronning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kidder gets a clinch.
Kidder gets through Fronning's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kidder lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fronning is trying to force a seperation but Kidder has the dominant position.
Fronning keeps control of Kidder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kidder works on Fronning's body with a couple of short punches.
Derrick Kidder has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kidder working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kidder lands a right hand.
Kidder lands with a short shot to the head.
Kidder pushes Fronning back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kidder taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kidder lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kidder lands a big uppercut and Fronning is down! He's in big trouble - Kidder follows him to the mat!
Kidder tries to stand but can't do so whilst Fronning controls his leg.

Kidder decides to stand and escape the position.

Kidder pushes Fronning up against the cage in a clinch.

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

Kidder clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Kidder.
Kidder is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fronning can do to turn this around?
Kidder is leaning against Fronning and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Kidder.
A short right from Kidder.
Kidder lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kidder throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fronnings head.
A short left from Kidder.
Kidder scores with a shot to the side of Fronning's head.
Fronning looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kidder throws a big uppercut that drops Fronning! More strikes from Kidder and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Fronning lies dazed against the cage as Kidder celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derrick Kidder!