PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Godric Westbrook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Fredriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredriksson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ennio Morricone - The good, the bad and the ugly. The key to victory for Godric Westbrook has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Westbrook
vs
Fredriksson

177 cm
20
170 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
176 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Godric Westbrook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clint Fredriksson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredriksson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Westbrook sprawls well. Westbrook wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fredriksson gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Westbrook.
Fredriksson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fredriksson scores with a hook to the body. Westbrook takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Westbrook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Westbrook misses with a hook.
Westbrook throws a hook but Fredriksson avoids it easily.
Fredriksson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westbrook moves away.
Fredriksson throws a hook but Westbrook blocks it.
Fredriksson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Westbrook lands a jab to Fredriksson's midsection.
Westbrook misses with a few strikes there.
Westbrook looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Westbrook throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Westbrook throws a series of punches but Fredriksson moves out of range.
Fredriksson fails to land the takedown.
Westbrook lands a jab to Fredriksson's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westbrook throws a shot from downtown. Fredriksson moves away and avoids it.
Fredriksson wants to clinch.
Westbrook lands a nice looking body shot.
Fredriksson looks gassed!
Fredriksson misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Westbrook counter with a right hand.

It looks like Clint Fredriksson has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fredriksson. Westbrook does a little dance to reset his feet.
Westbrook misses with a few strikes there.
Fredriksson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fredriksson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A punch combination from Westbrook misses.
Westbrook throws a sloppy body shot

and Fredriksson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Westbrook scores with a shoulder strike.
Westbrook wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fredriksson has him pressed against the cage.
Westbrook tries to circle away but Fredriksson has him pinned against the cage.
Fredriksson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Westbrook's efforts to push away.
Fredriksson struggles to land a body shot inside as Westbrook controls his hands.
Westbrook wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fredriksson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson struggles to land a body shot inside as Westbrook controls his hands.
Fredriksson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Westbrook or not.
Fredriksson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Fredriksson fails to land.
Westbrook wants to get back to striking at distance but Fredriksson won't allow it.
Fredriksson prevents Westbrook from breaking the clinch.
Westbrook's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Fredriksson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Fredriksson manages to end up in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fredriksson in side control, throwing shots but Westbrook defends.
Fredriksson in side control, throwing shots but Westbrook defends.
Fredriksson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Westbrook on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Westbrook tries to get out of the position.
Fredriksson scoring with punches and elbows.

Fredriksson goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Westbrook has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Fredriksson but great work by Westbrook.
Fredriksson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Westbrook wants to stand up but Fredriksson is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook wants to take a breather but Fredriksson is having none of it.
Fredriksson is looking for a sweep. Westbrook is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fredriksson gets full guard.
Westbrook's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Westbrook stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fredriksson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Westbrook stays in close to Fredriksson's body and controls the position.
Fredriksson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Fredriksson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Westbrook looking to pass the guard.
Fredriksson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Fredriksson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Westbrook defends it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fredriksson wants to improve his position but instead Westbrook has moved into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Godric Westbrook dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clint Fredriksson's cut.
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.

Westbrook scores with a jab to the body.
Westbrook stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Westbrook wants it to stay on the feet.
Fredriksson misses the jab.
Fredriksson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Westbrook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson slips a jab from Westbrook.
Westbrook throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fredriksson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Fredriksson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fredriksson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fredriksson punching from mount but Westbrook doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fredriksson with a couple of short strikes.
Westbrook is working to get back to half guard.
Fredriksson working Westbrook over with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredriksson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Westbrook because Fredriksson loaded up on that one.
Fredriksson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fredriksson cracks Westbrook with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fredriksson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Westbrook's face.
Fredriksson breaks from Westbrook's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fredriksson landing strikes from the mount and Westbrook is in trouble!
Fredriksson unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Westbrook taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Westbrook tries to hold on but Fredriksson postures up.
Fredriksson looking to finish with strikes here!
Westbrook is in a horrible position here. Fredriksson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fredriksson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Westbrook hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Fredriksson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson throws some wild stikes that Westbrook manages to avoid easily.
Fredriksson landing strikes from the mount and Westbrook is in trouble!
Fredriksson looking to finish with strikes here!
Fredriksson throwing strikes but Westbrook bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Fredriksson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fredriksson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Westbrook is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fredriksson stands and throws Westbrook's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson misses with the ground and pound.
Westbrook defending against the ground and pound.
Westbrook is looking to regain half guard here but Fredriksson keeps moving and retains side control.
Fredriksson working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Fredriksson has managed to clinch.
Fredriksson tries a body shot but Westbrook blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Westbrook's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Westbrook is pressed up against the cage. Fredriksson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Westbrook down to the mat. Westbrook avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Godric Westbrook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clint Fredriksson.

Fredriksson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Westbrook sprawls well initially but Fredriksson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Fredriksson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Clint Fredriksson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Westbrook swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Westbrook is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fredriksson.
Fredriksson swings for the body but Westbrook moves out of range.
Fredriksson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Westbrook. Fredriksson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fredriksson is defended easily by Westbrook.
Westbrook moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Westbrook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Godric Westbrook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clint Fredriksson.
Westbrook lands with a nice combination. Fredriksson backs away looking to recover.

Fredriksson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Westbrook drops Fredriksson with a naaaaasty hook - Fredriksson is in real trouble here! Westbrook dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Godric Westbrook!