PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad ty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Fredrickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

ty
vs
Fredrickson

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
19
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Team S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chad ty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lars Fredrickson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ty takes one to the chin there.

Fredrickson has ty up against the cage in a clinch.
ty fails to pull guard.
ty is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
ty jumps guard but Fredrickson stands there with ty around his waist. ty gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
ty is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
ty fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad ty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fredrickson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of ty backwards.

ty manages to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fredrickson is looking to stand up but ty won't let him.
Fredrickson trying to control the position from guard on top but ty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

ty had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Fredrickson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. ty Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Fredrickson's back instead.

ty is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Fredrickson defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Fredrickson breaks ty's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrickson is in bad spot here.
ty doesn't have the hooks in and Fredrickson manages to turn into his guard.

ty looking for a guillotine here but Fredrickson defends easily.
Fredrickson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fredrickson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Fredrickson trying to control the position from guard on top but ty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

ty working for a triangle but Fredrickson defends it easily.
Fredrickson looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fredrickson wants to control from the top but ty keeps moving.

ty working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fredrickson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fredrickson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fredrickson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
ty is breathing heavily.

ty throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Fredrickson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
ty takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fredrickson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Fredrickson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ty wants to stall.
Knees to the body from Fredrickson.
ty tries to pull guard but Fredrickson won't allow it.

Fredrickson breaks the clinch.

ty tries to keep at a distance but Fredrickson has taken the fight into the clinch.
ty trying to stall but Fredrickson improves his position.
Fredrickson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fredrickson lands an elbow inside.
ty wants to stall.
ty tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
ty is stalling here.
ty looking to slow down the pace here.
ty tries to pull guard but Fredrickson won't allow it.
Fredrickson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of ty backwards.
ty looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chad ty.
Fredrickson wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ty misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fredrickson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fredrickson tries to clinch there but ty circles away.
Fredrickson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ty moves away.
Fredrickson throws out a powerful jab.

ty tries to keep at a distance but Fredrickson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fredrickson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
ty looking to stall.
ty fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fredrickson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fredrickson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Fredrickson moves into the clinch.
Fredrickson unloads a knee to the mid-section. ty lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
ty tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredrickson smiles and moves away.
Fredrickson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Fredrickson moves into range and clinches up with ty.
Nice elbow from Fredrickson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fredrickson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fredrickson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of tys head.
ty tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
ty fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad ty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fredrickson lands a shoulder strike.
ty fails to pull guard.
ty fails to pull the fight into his guard.
ty tries to pull guard but Fredrickson holds him up against the cage and eventually ty drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredrickson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ty takes a shot to the head.

ty is rocked!
Fredrickson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh ty is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fredrickson creates a bit of space for himself and rocks ty with a big uppercut! ty tries to clinch up but Fredrickson pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples ty to the mat! ty covers up and Fredrickson unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lars Fredrickson!