PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elmo Fredrico (ranked 2884 p4p, 4184 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fredrico
vs
Lee

194 cm
25
235
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
236
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Elmo Fredrico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredrico shoots in for a takedown but Lee shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fredrico fails with the takedown.
Lee shoots in and drives through. Fredrico sprawls well.

Lee gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fredrico to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fredrico slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lee trying to strike off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee wants to sweep but no luck.
Fredrico lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fredrico trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fredrico has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fredrico gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee trying to control but Fredrico is working from the bottom.
Lee tries to free his leg and advance position but Fredrico is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fredrico tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fredrico controlling Lee's posture.
Fredrico is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fredrico trying to control the position here.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Fredrico is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fredrico trying to control the position here.
Fredrico wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Lee throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee shoots in looking for a takedown. Fredrico tries to sprawl out of it but Lee keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fredrico manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Fredrico as Lee shoots in.
Elmo Fredrico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Lee.
Fredrico stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fredrico wants it to stay on the feet.
Fredrico misses with a takedown attempt - Lee sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fredrico looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lee unleashes a big counter combination but Fredrico bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Fredrico uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.

Fredrico closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lee's guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fredrico chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fredrico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Lee working for a triangle but Fredrico defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico cracks Lee with a solid left hand.
Fredrico wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
Fredrico sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lee is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Fredrico dives into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fredrico controlling the position from side mount.
Fredrico prevents Lee from escaping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Elmo Fredrico dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lee misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee stuffs the takedown.
Horrible takedown attempt by Fredrico or perhaps it was just good defense by Lee, which made it look bad.
Fredrico is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Fredrico fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lee avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elmo Fredrico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fredrico with a poor takedown
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lee throws a head kick that half lands.
Lee goes for a double leg but Fredrico avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Fredrico continues to drive forward.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fredrico.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredrico fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Elmo Fredrico is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fredrico sprawls well. Fredrico wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lee gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fredrico to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fredrico sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fredrico lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lee being controlled here, momentarily.
Fredrico scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fredrico slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lee shoots in and drives through. Fredrico sprawls well.

Lee tries to sprawl but Fredrico drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fredrico is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fredrico seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Fredrico seems content to control.
Lee is looking for a sweep. Fredrico is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fredrico looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fredrico's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Elmo Fredrico will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Lee lands with a nice body kick.
Fredrico shoots in but no luck this time.
Fredrico looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lee is fending him off so far but Fredrico persists. Nope, Lee circles away and we're back to standing.

Lee pushes Fredrico up against the cage in a clinch.
Lee should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Fredrico pulls guard successfully.
Fredrico keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee wants to stand but Fredrico has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fredrico managing to control the position.
Fredrico looking for a sweep. Not yet Fredrico, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrico pulls Lee in close to prevent any damage.
Lee looking to sit in guard and control but Fredrico gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Fredrico is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Lee has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fredrico can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fredrico is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Further stalling from Fredrico.
Fredrico postures up and lands a big shot to Lee's brow.
Elmo Fredrico overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fredrico not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Fredrico landing with the ground and pound.
Fredrico lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fredrico is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fredrico chips away with some ground and pound.
Fredrico controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fredrico has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elmo Fredrico. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Fredrico shoots in and bounces Lee off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Lee uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fredrico swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee shoots in looking for a takedown. Fredrico tries to sprawl out of it but Lee keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fredrico manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Fredrico shoots in and gets a takedown into Lee's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elmo Fredrico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fredrico, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elmo Fredrico!
Our winner, Elmo Fredrico, 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.