PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Njord Freyr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Compton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Njord Freyr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bill Compton's chin.

Freyr
vs
Compton

180 cm
24
180 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

183 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Njord Freyr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Compton!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freyr throws a jab but it's blocked by Compton.
An inside leg kick lands from Compton.
Freyr throws a looping overhand right but Compton ducks down to avoid it.
Freyr looks to throw the jab but Compton is out of range.
Freyr thows a body shot but no joy.
Freyr misses the shot to the body.
Freyr throws out a loose jab but Compton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Freyr swings for the body but Compton moves out of range.
Freyr digs a good body shot into Compton's ribs.
Compton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Freyr misses with a straight right.
Freyr misses with a hook. Compton ducked under it nicely.

Compton moves into the clinch successfully.
Freyr tries to break the clinch but Compton is controlling the position.
Compton has Freyr pressed against the ropes, preventing Freyr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Freyr can't break the clinch.
Compton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Freyr's efforts to push away.
Compton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
Compton looking to throw knees to the head but Freyr is blocking nicely.
Compton tries to land a knee to the head but Freyr blocks with his arms.
Compton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Freyr wants to break free but Compton has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Compton has Freyr pressed against the ropes, preventing Freyr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Freyr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Freyr tries to break the clinch but Compton is controlling the position.
Compton looking to throw knees to the head but Freyr is blocking nicely.
Freyr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Freyr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Compton blocks a body shot from Freyr.
Compton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Compton misses with a knee strike.

Freyr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Freyr.
Freyr misses with a wild combination.
Freyr is breathing heavily.
Freyr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freyr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Freyr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Freyr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Compton is fending him off so far but Freyr persists. Nope, Compton circles away and we're back to standing.
Compton blocks a jab.

Compton moves into the clinch.
Compton lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Freyr as Compton tries to tie him up.
Compton scores with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Compton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Compton with a knee to the head.
Compton tries to stall but Freyr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Compton unloads a knee to the mid-section. Freyr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Compton connects with a knee to the head.
Compton has Freyr pushed against the ropes.
Compton lands a nice knee to the body.
Compton tries to land a knee to the head but Freyr blocks with his arms.
Compton connects with a knee to the head.
Freyr being controlled against the ropes.
Compton landing knees to the head.
Compton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Freyr is trying to break free.
Freyr is looking to break free of the clinch but Compton has double underhooks.
Compton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Compton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Compton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freyr's face.
Compton controlling the action here for a moment.
Compton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyr tries to break the clinch but Compton is controlling the position.
Compton lands a nice uppercut.
Compton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Compton scores with a knee to the head.
Compton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freyr's face.
Compton unloads a knee to the mid-section. Freyr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Compton looking to throw knees to the head but Freyr is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Compton.
Freyr wants to break free but Compton has control.
Compton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
Freyr working hard to break the clinch.
Freyr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Compton looking to throw knees to the head but Freyr is blocking nicely.
Freyr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Compton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Compton misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Compton.
A frustrated look appears on Freyr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Compton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freyr's face.
Compton tries a knee to the head but Freyr blocks it.
Compton trying to control the position but instead, Freyr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Compton into the ropes.
Freyr has had enough of the clinch but Compton keeps him there for the moment.
Compton lands an elbow that stopped Freyr in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Freyr tries to circle away but Compton has him pinned against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Compton.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Compton slows down the pace here.
Compton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Freyr tries to break the clinch but Compton is controlling the position.
Compton is looking to control Freyr's arms but Freyr gets an underhook and turns him. Now Compton has his back to the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bill Compton.
Compton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Compton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Freyr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Compton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Freyr wants to get back to striking at distance but Compton won't allow it.
Compton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A bit of stalling here from Compton.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Freyr as Compton tries to tie him up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Compton.
Compton tries to land a knee to the head but Freyr blocks with his arms.
Freyr has had enough of the clinch but Compton keeps him there for the moment.
Compton lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Freyr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Compton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Compton stuffs the takedown.
Compton lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Compton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Freyr is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice defenses there by Compton.

Compton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Freyr letting Compton take a breather here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Compton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Freyr as Compton tries to tie him up.
Compton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Compton landing knees to the head.
Compton lands a right hand.
Compton lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Freyr can't break the clinch.
Compton trying to control the position but instead, Freyr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Compton into the ropes.
Compton misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Compton lands an elbow just above Freyr 's eye.
Freyr is trying to break the clinch but Compton has him pressed against the ropes.
Freyr is trying to break the clinch but Compton is controlling him.
Compton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Freyr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Freyr is looking to break free of the clinch but Compton has double underhooks.
Compton leaning against his opponent.
Compton stops a takedown attempt from Freyr.
Stalling in the clinch from Compton.
Compton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Compton slows down the pace here.
Compton lands a knee to the head.
Compton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Compton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Compton looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bill Compton.
Freyr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Freyr keeps the fight on the outside.
Good shot there by Freyr.

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.
Freyr throws a jab but it's blocked by Compton.
Freyr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Compton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Compton jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Compton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Freyr.
Freyr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Compton.
Freyr throws a body punch but Compton moves out of range.

Compton moves into the clinch.
Compton lands a good knee to the midsection. Freyr won't want to take too many of those.
Compton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Compton lands a nice shot to the body.
Compton landing knees to the head.
Compton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Freyr tries to break free but Compton pushes him back against the ropes.
Compton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Compton controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Compton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bill Compton.
Compton wants to clinch up but Freyr keeps it at a distance.
Compton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freyr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Njord Freyr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freyr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Compton doesn't seem bothered though.
Freyr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Compton is looking to clinch but Freyr is avoiding it.

Compton rushes Freyr and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Compton looking to throw knees to the head but Freyr is blocking nicely.
Compton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Compton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Freyr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Compton.
Compton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freyr's face.
Compton lands a good knee to the midsection. Freyr won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Compton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Compton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Freyr is keeping busy.
Compton tries to land knees in the clinch but Freyr avoids the damage to the body.
Compton working Freyr over with knees to the body.
Freyr tries to break the clinch but Compton is controlling the position.
Freyr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Compton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Freyr up against the ropes.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
Compton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
Freyr is trying to break the clinch but Compton is controlling him.
Freyr takes an elbow to the temple.
Compton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Freyr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Compton lands a knee to the body.
Freyr changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Compton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Njord Freyr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Freyr looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Compton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Freyr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Compton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Compton moves away from the strike by Freyr.
Freyr throws a sloppy body shot

and Compton counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Compton leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Compton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Freyr is keeping busy.
Compton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Freyr tries to break free but Compton pushes him back against the ropes.
Freyr takes an elbow to the temple.
Compton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Freyr working aggressively here.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Compton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Compton trying to control the position but instead, Freyr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Compton into the ropes.
Freyr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Freyr tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Compton just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Freyr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Freyr tries to circle away but Compton has him pinned against the ropes.
Compton lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton trying to control the position but instead, Freyr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Compton into the ropes.
Freyr tries to break the clinch but Compton is controlling the position.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
Freyr is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Compton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Compton connects with a knee to the head.
Compton controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by Compton.
Freyr wants to break free but Compton has control.
Freyr tries to circle away but Compton has him pinned against the ropes.
Compton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Compton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Compton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Freyr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Compton has him pressed against the ropes.
Compton wants to stall.
Freyr is trying to force a seperation but Compton has the dominant position.
Freyr wants to get back to striking at distance but Compton won't allow it.
Compton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Freyr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Freyr tries to circle away but Compton has him pinned against the ropes.
Freyr is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Compton tries to land a knee to the head but Freyr blocks with his arms.
Compton lands an elbow inside that Freyr shrugs off.
Compton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freyr's face.
Freyr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Compton landing knees to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Compton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Freyr's efforts to push away.
Freyr is trying to force a seperation but Compton has the dominant position.
Compton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Freyr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Freyr is trying to force a seperation but Compton has the dominant position.
Compton unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Freyr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Compton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Compton with a knee to the head.
Compton prevents Freyr from breaking the clinch.
Compton lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Compton.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Freyr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Freyr wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Njord Freyr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Compton has Freyr pressed against the ropes, preventing Freyr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyr wants a takedown.
Compton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Compton with a knee to the head.
Compton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Freyr is trying to force a seperation but Compton has the dominant position.
Compton misses with a knee to the head.
Freyr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Freyr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Compton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Freyr's efforts to push away.
Compton lands a nice uppercut.
Bill Compton seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Compton misses with a knee to the head.
Compton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Freyr tries to circle away but Compton has him pinned against the ropes.
Freyr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Compton has him pressed against the ropes.
Freyr can't break the clinch.
Compton keeps control of Freyr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Freyr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A knee to the head by Compton.
Compton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Compton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Freyr blocks it with crossed arms.

Freyr breaks the clinch.
Compton listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Njord Freyr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bill Compton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four 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.
A jab lands there for Compton.
Freyr misses with a body shot.

Compton forces Freyr back against the ropes and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Compton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Compton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freyr's face.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Compton scores with a knee to the head.
Freyr tries to break the clinch but Compton is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Compton.
Compton connects with a knee to the head.
Compton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Freyr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Compton has him pressed against the ropes.
Freyr goes for a takedown attempt but Compton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Freyr swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Compton counters with a three punch combo that has Freyr backing up. Freyr nods at Compton to acknowledge the strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Freyr changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Compton tries to avoid it but Freyr manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Compton to the ground. Compton escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Compton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Freyr at a distance.
Freyr throws a sloppy body shot
and Compton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Compton tries to close the distance and clinch but Freyr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Compton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Compton has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Compton!