PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Kolling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Kolling has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frank Edgar's chin.

Edgar
vs
Kolling

168 cm
22
173 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Simon Kolling!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Edgar closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kolling to the mat! Kolling manages to get full guard.
Edgar showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Edgar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Edgar passes into half guard.
Edgar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kolling does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Edgar is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Kolling wants to get back to his feet.
Kolling regains full guard. Nicely done.
Edgar trying to control but Kolling is working from the bottom.
Edgar stopping the sweep attempt from Kolling.
Edgar pushes down on Kolling's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Edgar is pressing down on Kolling's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kolling is holding on for now.
Still in half guard, Edgar seems content to control.
Kolling tries to roll over but Edgar keeps him under control.
Edgar winds up and cracks Kolling with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Edgar winds up and cracks Kolling with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Edgar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Edgar throwing shots but Kolling is blocking nicely.
Edgar perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kolling is staying active underneath Edgar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Edgar seems content to control.
Edgar is nestled in close to Kolling, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Edgar is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Frank Edgar just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Edgar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kolling looks gassed!
Edgar fails with the takedown.
Edgar ducks under a wild hook from Kolling.
Simon Kolling is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Edgar avoids the body shot from Kolling.
Kolling pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar shoots in for a takedown but Kolling shows good takedown defense.

Edgar throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kolling was covering up waiting for the punch and Edgar finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Edgar working some strikes from top position.

Kolling looking for a guillotine here but Edgar defends easily.
Edgar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Edgar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Edgar wants to control from the top but Kolling keeps moving.
Kolling wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolling utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Edgar trying to control the position from guard on top but Kolling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Edgar shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kolling napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Edgar cracks Kolling with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Edgar is chipping away with strikes.
Edgar in side control lands a decent elbow.
Edgar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kolling is trying to escape the position but Edgar is controlling the position.
Edgar creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Edgar working the ground and pound.
Edgar happy to just control the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Edgar dominated that round.
That's time! Edgar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Edgar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kolling pinned against the cage. Kolling gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Edgar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Edgar showed some decent athleticism there.

Edgar seems to be looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kolling is breathing heavily.
Edgar controlling the action here.
Kolling slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar looking to sit in guard and control but Kolling gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Edgar wants to stand up but Kolling is controlling him.

Edgar is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Kolling pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Edgar does no damage.
Edgar misses with a takedown attempt - Kolling sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kolling jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
No luck for Edgar with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Edgar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kolling slaps away a takedown attempt from Edgar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kolling fails to land with a series of punches.
Edgar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Edgar dives in and grabs Kolling's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kolling pushes down on Edgar's head and hops out.
Edgar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kolling bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Edgar's head.
Edgar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kolling circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar fails with the takedown.
Kolling catches Edgar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kolling's corner calls for a 1-2. Kolling obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kolling looks to land a combination. Edgar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Edgar defending well as Kolling loads up on a big left hand.
Edgar shoots in looking for a takedown. Kolling tries to sprawl out of it but Edgar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kolling manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kolling swinging wilding here.
Kolling defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Edgar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar moves away from the strike by Kolling.
Edgar slips under a jab from Kolling.
Edgar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kolling swings away with a body shot that misses

and Edgar decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kolling's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kolling manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kolling won't let Edgar get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Edgar trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Edgar is trying to stand but he's just given Kolling his back.
Edgar wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Kolling showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kolling lands an overhand right.
Edgar fails with a takedown attempt.
Kolling throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Edgar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Edgar wants to free his trapped foot but Kolling is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kolling works his way to full guard. Good work.
Edgar trying to control but Kolling is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kolling is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Edgar kicks Kolling off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Edgar closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Edgar lands in his opponent's guard.
Edgar tries to free his leg and advance position but Kolling is retaining full guard.
Edgar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kolling tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Edgar presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Kolling tries to reverse the position but Edgar maintains control.
The referee warns Kolling that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Edgar controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolling tries to reverse the position but Edgar maintains control.
Edgar tries to control but Kolling wriggling away.
Edgar controlling from mount.
Edgar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kolling can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar lands a heavy elbow.
Edgar landing strikes from the mount.
Kolling is bucking up trying to escape but Edgar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Edgar working Kolling over with strikes here.
Kolling tries to reverse the position but Edgar maintains control.
Edgar controlling from the full mount.
Edgar lands a nice shot to the head.
Edgar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kolling is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolling really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Edgar content just to control the position here.
Kolling is in a horrible position here. Edgar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Edgar unloading with bombs!
Edgar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Edgar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Edgar 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.
Edgar tries to control but Kolling wriggling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Edgar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Edgar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Edgar!