PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frontino Melfighi (ranked 3553 p4p, 2995 weight class) and Waldemar Friberg (ranked 241 p4p, 211 weight class). Waldemar Friberg is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Melfighi
vs
Friberg

171 cm
26
142
4 - 4 - 0

188 cm
20
140
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frontino Melfighi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Waldemar Friberg!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Friberg has Melfighi up against the cage in a clinch.
Friberg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Friberg stalling.
Melfighi tries to break the clinch but Friberg is controlling the position.

Melfighi breaks the clinch.
Melfighi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Melfighi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Friberg steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Melfighi.
Friberg lands a nice hook to Melfighi's body. Melfighi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Melfighi has managed to clinch.
Melfighi lands a body shot.
A body shot lands from Friberg.
Friberg scores with a shot to the side of Melfighi's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Melfighi.
Friberg lands with a right to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Melfighi.
Friberg is stalling here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Melfighi trying to control the position but instead, Friberg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Melfighi into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melfighi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Friberg.

Melfighi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melfighi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Friberg was well out of range. Poor timing from Melfighi.
Friberg connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Friberg lands with a nice body punch.
Melfighi tries to clinch
and Melfighi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Friberg is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Melfighi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Friberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Friberg lands with a hook. Melfighi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Friberg's jab looks to have found its range, popping Melfighi under the eye.
Friberg is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Melfighi throws a head kick that misses.
A combination from Melfighi does no damage.
Friberg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Melfighi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Friberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Melfighi.
Waldemar Friberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Friberg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Melfighi.
Friberg connects with a body shot that sends Melfighi's belly button to the back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Friberg.
Melfighi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Friberg lands a jab to the head.
Friberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Melfighi is just out of range.
Friberg jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Melfighi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Melfighi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Friberg stalls.
Friberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Melfighi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melfighi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Friberg.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Friberg.
Melfighi tries to work over Friberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Friberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Melfighi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Friberg lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melfighi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Friberg.
Friberg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Melfighi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Friberg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Melfighi blocks an uppercut.

Friberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Friberg throws out a powerful jab.

Friberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stalling in the clinch from Melfighi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melfighi.

Melfighi breaks the clinch.
Melfighi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Friberg jabs Melfighi right on the nose. Melfighi blinks but takes it well.
Melfighi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Melfighi takes one to the chin there.
Melfighi tries to clinch there but Friberg circles away.
A little jabbing left from Friberg on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Friberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Melfighi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Friberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Melfighi tries to clinch up.
A left lands for Friberg.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Friberg bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Melfighi's head.
Friberg scores with a sloppy right hand. Melfighi should have avoided that one.
Friberg lands with a right hand.
Friberg scores with a crisp jab that stopped Melfighi in his tracks.
Friberg slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Melfighi is rocked!
Melfighi tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Friberg counter with a right hand.
Oh Melfighi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Melfighi is looking to clinch but Friberg is avoiding it.
Friberg throws a monster overhand right that drops Melfighi! Friberg follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Waldemar Friberg!